, 1883-08-11
LsVyins on an Elephant


Pack Of John o 'Bnen's Greatest Circus
and Menagerie on Earth returned 10
Philadelphia yesterday While recuper-
ating Is the bar-room OF the GIrard House,
Air. Peek drew several grand pictures of
the ups and downs Of the greatest on
earth, this sumner. ''See THAR he
sid, pointing to his discolored lef. eye.
"A guy III York let NE have it with a
brick when Told him the three horned
dromeGaIy died the day before. 1t amt
ike il used TO be, he said, disconsolately.
"There amt no chumps nowadays II
you don't give the Jays what you adyer-
tise they Il do YOU up. Barkeep, give me
a fruzen absin,hu."
Refreshed by the stimulanr, be contin.
ucd. ''Th5rc must have been A regiment
Il J0Gahs with that shu6. We opened
BIZ in Frankford and went into Delaware
~ velvet. When say velvet, mean
W had money ahead. and If necessary the
governor could have unbel,ed couple Of
thousand dollars. But we had to begin
sngin' Hey, Rubs, in Dover, and that
started the bad luck After that rot 1t
raiEed and rainei and-ba-keep, gimme
a cold punch-rainel until every show
: looked IKE Young lake. When We
struck Maryland gang got mad necause
Te didn't have a nhl,e elephant drinking
mix rauches cut Of gold trough, and
20 had . Gglt our way out II We got a
dey Of fair weather, 1t woul1 be followed
by half week OF rain.
The public seemed to think that We
Base. aho-gooi show, said Mr.. Peck, ia
injured tones, and one guy wanted to
burn the canvass down because We dla't
have balloon ascension. Barkeep,
gimme i Santa Cruz sorr. Wen. We Just
Ao..ereI Hey, Rabe, and gave that coun-
'rynau ard his gang all the ascension
:Ley wanted. hut that didn't pull up the
business for cent.
Three n four slick guys around the
-l,a pulled The governors legs-.hal Is,
-.ya h.m tafy-teiiing him that as soon
as 50 struck Pennsylvania and the Cum
bertrand Valley the SHOW 4 turn people
~"aY. Ee struck the valley sure enough
and thc second day after that red haired
Sheriff struck US and seiz-d 4 cage Of cats
-tL2t IS hons
The governor stood it ike an injun
with his paint on, saying: Well, if you
have got dust enough to feed them cats,
Why keep 'em til pay the bill, bat if a
hair Of e.a hunt III saa the county for
5000 They b.uiied one another for
harbesp. shake me up another Santa Crnz
s1ur-prctty near an hour, and then the
Sheriff weakened. Oh, | tell You When it
comes to letting ont Of tight hole John
O'Brien takes the bun. They amt none
of en- that can play hoss with HIM.
We moved along . day IT i'.o 70 PEet-
- iair business bsfoTe another Sheriff
made a dead sci at US He wanted 500,
,he lergorr.in' elephant, or blood, and
didn't scglu to care --- which. The
main GUY, old John, he says Take the
elephant, because l hahn got no money,
ead g. tbs Is a moral show and I'm a
uesceshl. man, Ia rather give up that
so 900 animal Than have fight. The
Old man was ruIlin' his leg clear across
the tent when lie said that, because there
was d,zen cauvasmen standIn' around
uurs.,l' tent pegs and jnst achin to open
on the Sheriff. That elephant would be
G.a. 4 81. .OvD. The Old mans play sort
o! raraiyzea the Sheriff, Au, he come to
aa5 said &eI lake .ae beng Well, take
her.
"Hs made iLo coon that trained her
drive hcr mt, a bara. Whils old John
wa= trying to square things with the sher-
III the elephsut came awaiking slap bang
tar.u.i The side Of the building. They
l.ele3 lar % a past and she pulled 1t np
,nE eof G,rsa. Then the Sheriff ordered
. .,.a - ;ara her lose in \ ten-scre field
( Fifteen .n.Irutes later sBe WAS moving
az. SIS H., country Ike alocomolve, tear
/ .as u WI fences and searin' cattle and
( hrs=rs sul creating general paI.ic. We
( brought h.. back after tve-miIe chase,
a..a lie Sheriff a.ree4 t. g - the next
/ -.rn at oar expense and wait until the
MONEY came jaty he ueket-wason. On,
/ y,s. as vas paid Barkees, ! guess Il
cross H., SAT- sni take = frozen absIntae'
! -E.u cay "a. y, continued the elr'oS
Ran. ..es Lad q sA;rmish With crowd %
u,s. vi, backed np another Jay who
a.,n-d because he hldn draw. ten-kar-
II diamond IA tg5-bi, package, Bus'-
/ ness IN .asr weather WAS r.lddun. III. "e
} made Neville. There another Nherifi
/ urt tie wakes yu and g,bbied up the eie-
/ r-aur seain. He u; her IN a stone
{ !,.rry. stable after al rhe horses had been
AIKEN cut. she began amusiu herself
r..riay down stalls and smashing wsg"hs'
AID .hs livery Guy he run over and says
.Taas au- that elephant. The Sher.h
/ a.resd she ought 70 come oat, out he
I didn't know hos to go abou; It, aud "u
/ governor suo-e he wouldn't :1rn haii
k,o stop her ieyilment About that ;In'
she tatrsd dova tie back doors, iopeC
/ ,s-ass 4 yard, smashed through fence
( and ,.lsvsd up garden. Then the Nash
( vile guys began to git hot and sW'T'
:hey'd Xii the beast il she wasn't taket
. ~. Blaze away, says John oBrien
But If vcn XII that elephant ISL COS
vsu slCO. COO That staggered the Sher
III lie weakened and begged i"r hell
. 70 tie her up. Finally they got her IN
stable. ont she came through one side i"
--r r.,. H.IF an hour a.