Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-06-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Jumbo Letter.
For the Boys TTho Did Not See tic
Circus.

From the Chcstertown CaId.) Kent Ncwsl
Two of the best 'sacts'' in Barnum's s
Jumbo Show are not down in the pro-
gram, nor are they set forth 10 any
great extent in the banners upon the
l'outcr walls, or cmblazoned in big
letters upon the ''snircs'9 and ''dod-'
gers so iavishly distributed.
But yesterday seated With some
IL, ,999 other people, having glanced
at the nubias, shaken hands with
Jumbo, patted. the baby elephant,
dodgod the canpihais and laughed at
the llamas, waited patiently for the
grand cntrcc, when suddenly tho
curtain of the dressing r5oin was
opened and the Reportorial Corps of
the Baltimore City Press came in
1.-TWO by two and couples by couples. -
-'+SOlcmnly, slowly, with dignified
'mein and Jumbo tread they marched
to ticiE reserved seats where they
were separated from the vulgar herd
bya curtain Of red.
Or what grand thing it must be
to be 6 reporter
To report everybody else and never
be reported.
To interview the world.
And never be interviewed 80
Tohavc reserved seats cveryN here.
But never TO be reserved.
They were noble looking body Of
men and they seemed TO enjoy the.
show
And the show enjoyed them.
The clown looked that way when
he smiled, the big elephants waved
their trunks and the little ones their
valises at them, and the monkeys
put an extra twirl in their tails and
smother inch of grin to their mouths
as they passed them.
The other 6nmentioncd feature was
the latest and most Convincing proof
that man is descended from the mon
key Mr.. Bar NUN has at great cx-
pense secured a resl, live Dpdc, and
yesterday he appeared for the frst
time in the ring.
What is Dude?
Well Dude is a Dude.
A female Dude is Dudinc.
A Dude is third-class mail matter.
1t bangs its hair and airs its bangs.
1t has no visible means OF support.
Tine toe end of IFS foot is the little,
end of nothing pointed
1t hasn't any understanding at
either end.
OF course it has a small waist.
The Dude is crippled in its speech,
it isps and utters oh! ,ah! in an ''ut-
terly utah mammal"
The Dude don't walk. q 4e
1t advances on the instaliment
plan. .-~-'
Two Lah-Dc-Dahs and one Lum-
Tum are equal 10 one Dude.
The Dude isn't equal to anything.
He is'the minus sign of humanity.
The naught of creation.
He is amusing and expensive.
The specimen secured by Mr.. Bar
mum is the very DaGiest Dude, and
when he walked up to the ushers and
began to quarrel about his seat. at
the same time balancing himself upon
his foes and waving his ''umbcroWl''
he was SO extremely natural that over
s 1000 of that audience took him for
4 regular Baltimore Dude.
Barnum has out Barnumcd himself
in this last effort, and he gives prob
ably the best performance ever given
under any canYas.
Only a man has TO bcrn sighted,
far-sighted and crcss-eyed TO sec it
all.
" Just imagine trying to see two men
in trapeze, orc Lady on horseback,
half-dozen children on veIocipedes;
a score of ioafers, and one Dude, at
one and the same time.
1t is sad to see the change that has
come over Jumbo. ?
OF course it's big change-a lit
tie change couldn't come over Jumbo.
Last year one could not detect IN
his thinness and melancholy distinct
likeness Of Hamlet Saving: sOh
that this too too solid flesh would
melt-mcit and dissolve itself irto dew.
drown the circus and swamp the
Cnion."
But now one wonders .supon what
meat our Jumbo feeds that he has
grown so fat.
He is very jolly, his eyes twinkle
and his cable tail gyrates with jocOse
gyratings.
1t is said he never lies down.
lie don't have to lie.
/ It's done for him: -
The baby elephant is very pref