The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-09

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with weeds.
IT. chief attrastjon, Il I except ths
cheap clothing. scores and the Bsu0-
magem jewelry shols, seems to b
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the cheapest so-ealled museums, sD1
hardly 1t to be compared with many
Of those little teut-shows to be seen ct
every county fair, or In the near
vicinity Of . popular circus. A q
sesipsieu Of one will sulles for I'll. '
A man ct the door Il . Eattle-tlop
building, which b embsllished on all
sides with the NEST horrible pictures,
ofths most impossible creatures. The
man who has . voice like that o! .
bull Of Bashan with IN attack Of
Group. walks up and down, flourish
Ing . cane, and bowling . list Of the
eusiosities to be seen inside, "for this
night only, admission ten cents"
4 barrel organ. accompanied BY .
cracked drum. and an a9thuattc
cornet, sends forth strains Of diseord-
ant melody upon the feted cir. A
tlear-eyed nonderseript awaits 1t IN
inner door to take your dime. At his
side stands 1.-The largest woman In the
world" taking . glass Of beer. She
weighs-museum weight, 800 pounds.
She might weigh oue-fourth ~ much
II she wore . greater superdufty Of
clothing and If her arms and calves
could Only be more elaborately pad
ded. and her face and neck and other
visible portions Of her anatomy could
carry mere soil. Passing the largest
woman in the world; who. - soon
- she drinks her beer, will put on
her waterproof. and exhibit tor an
hear at the museum up the street.
where her weight l. So pounds, you
encounter the living skeleton, weight
museum weight-A pounds. He
. simply . thin boy, too lazy to
grow stouter, and weighs 100 pouads.
The lecturer represents him - being
~ years old. This age he we'll reach
about the year 1917. Thea you are
shown the great Pstagonion Giant.
He Is 8 feet Ill inches hiyh-museum
Recommendation which deduct
two feet aud q hall. and you get his
altitude. Although . Patsgcnian
giant he was born IL the Fourth
ward Of New York. of Irish parents.
and speaks HiberniAn English with
q Tipperxry accent. Next you view
two allixalOn, the, likes Of which you
may zee in adozen private aquari ln,s
and an anaconda II feet long. three
times its actual length: aud = razor
backed big from Tennessee. that.
passes for an Australian hedgehog.
You have seen all that IL to be seen;
IL yeu tramp up and down the Bow.
cry one block you will see ut another
museum the sane parties Earring
the hedgehog, the alligators and the
In both muse un,s. in
nearly oil Of them. you will see the
same visitors. They are country
cousins WHO d. not read the papers.
Bunnell's, on Broadway, Is far supe-
rior TO the Bowery shows, and in
course OF time will equal Rarmum's
world-renowned establishment of
wenty years ago.
cRCN5s.
The market IL glu,tesl with st-~.'.
uralses ana IlAckbe.rles. This is q
sign that summer Is near. 4 farmer
near White Plains has killed snake
with two heads. People have ceased
to express astonishment.s ut the di>cov.
cry OF such i"sus nature nowadays,
but just let farmer kill a snake with
, head at each end Of its body, and .
pair Of wings between. then the Curl
Gus world will howl.