Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-26
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Yankee Tells How Circus Men Some
times Wins and Sometimes Lose.

Yankee Tells How Circus Men Some
times Wins and Sometimes Lose.
WATERBURY,, Oct. 22.-"Do yer see that
air boss standin' over there by the peanut
stand?'' asked a Bradleyville farmer this
morning. "Wa1, I've just went and
bought him, and now find that it's pre-
cisely the same crittur sold year ago as
good for nothin'. 1 bought him some
three wears ago from some circus folks,
but he had different colored spots on him
then. [ found just now that the
color had been changed trifle.
Didn't yer never know how them
circus fellers work it? Wal, I'll tell you,
81 shall take the boss to New York
AGAIN next week, or if one o. them circus
| feners comes along sell to him. They
| came around about once in so often to buy
! or sell. THEY'LL give me, say, $50 for the
! boss. Then they'll take him TO New ork,
/ send him out 20 pasture few weeks, give
| him the best of stable care, and then sell
| HIM for $50 to some farmer who never
] bought of them before, ard who believes
| these fellows don't keep nothin' but line
animals. The tarmer'll take him to his
! ranch up country few miles. Inc CIR
| Gus fellers keep an eye on him, ana IN a
! few weeks Mr. Farmer finds he's lost his
| boss. The crittur is agin In the circus
stables. His spots are changed leetle by
clippin' and usin' of some kind O stun
they have. and then he's sold agln Tor sou
Once more he turns up in the circus sta
bles a month or two later, and is solo
agin. Sometimes they make over 5000 on
one poor old boss.
sBut there are times when they git left
Now. last year had boss that had tint
blind staggers or suthin', and WASH
III Il n ffr
with his oats. w al, twas all coulo ~
To cit him to New York on the boat.
walked him carefully up toward the cir
Gus stables. Then L got a boy to ride MN
Yer see, Id just bin feedin' him up purity
well on oats, aud he wanted to go Tx
thunder. But | held him until in s1ght o
the stables. / met stable man ana De
: gun to talk boss to him. l had good un
: / said, but 1 wouldn't part with nm
He offered me SIS, but l said l Wouldn'
part with the beast for three times tina
sum. Then l begun to confOund my luc
2 in gittin' taken In on a wagon Dargal
D that day. He told the boy to drive on tn
nag a little, and chirruped 10 MIN
q How he did git away. My stars;
thought he'd throw the boy! bu
4 the boy held on with might an
= main and turned the crittur back. On q
> went agin as spry as kitten. Then b
; stopped little, guy a leap, ana eIe ears,
= twenty-five feet for the sidewalk, the nut
Teller clingin' on, skeered nigh onter deatl
. Agin he stopped a little and trembled, an
!. 1 thought my game was up, for the OF
= boy was agoin' to have another attac
!, when the stable man shouted: HE am
D quite right; but come now, old man, L
give you $40 for him. Done l said, an
- the bargain was struck.
EsThe boss fell down gittin' TO the ST,
e BILE. But the stable man didn't care; ne
f. use him as I've told yer, and so mai
It money on him.
d 'sThey know how to work it, but the
a sometimes git left by us old ones up ne
It in New England"