Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-11-04
ATTHE CIRCUS.

AT THE CIRCUS.
Mrs. Ceoghessn Relates 10 Mrs. o,Rourke
Her Exciting Experiences at the Great
Moral Show.
-Oi understand that yourself an
Mr.. Gsoghegan attindsd the circus"
said Mrs. O'Kourke, a. the friends met
at the fence.
"BegorrA, va did that same. an 1
divil ~ . tonne we had, too; but tell
me, Mrs. O'Rourke, did ye liver attind
. circus?"
sOi did not:s answered she, shut ii
wasn't fur the want av q chance. Moike,
he came to me. an SEE he, Bridget,
wud ye loike to 60 the circus?' The
divil take the circus SEE Oh, lit has
made me enough throublo already
'Phat thronblef' sec he, .Wsllg' seq Oh,
this morning Oi went out to see the
perade, an left the twins at home fasht
aslape. On me return Oi discovered
that some avil-moinded person had
mixed them up, an now OF don't know
which il Maggie an which is Willum.'
Very we'll seq he, you get the twins
Strengthened out, an Oh will go over to
O'Phesey's an hear the newsl' That
ID AZ near. a. Oh came To going to the
rirctis, an now wud re be afther tell
ing me phat it was loike?"
ITO be course OF will" said Mrs.
Geohegan. "The circus itself was all
roight, but the crowd was big, an me-
self an Phelan got handled koind av
rough. In the fursht place, Phelan
had to buy q ticket out nv the back ind
Az a bus, ain in the crowd we got sip
Grated. Oh hunted around for him but
divil a bit av him cud Oh see At lasht
my frind, James Duffey, the policeman,
phat used to court me beture Oh was
married, axed me phat was the throuble,
an OF toald him. He soon found Phe.
Ian for me. an thin the blooming idiot
had the impudence to accuse me av
flirting wild Dutiey. o. was that mad
that Oi could have chewed q railroad
spoke in two, but Phelan made it all
ro:ght wild me by trating me to some
red-headed lemonade phat q flannel
nlouthed Italian was selling close BY,
We stopped to look at the monkeys, On
OF axed a pizen-fnce man, PLAT had a
red coat on, PLAT koind av a monkey
the one was plat had q blue an lid
lose. Monkey seq he. that's no mon
key And what ia it, seq OF. Why
sez he, that's an Irish dwarf 'Ho, HOP
seq Oi, and he looks enough ioike We
to be yer own sister. Wild this the
crowd began to laugh, an one big fell
low offered the funny man a peanut.
Once more we sampled the lemonade,
thin Phelan an Oh whit insoide av
the tint where they did the actin. Oh
niver saw such o crowd in all me loife.
The safes were all full except some
that was resaryed, an so Phelan
bought a couple av thin. Purity soon
tie muse began to play, an a lot av
men an momen, all dressed up in gold
silver, came out on horseback. Oi
was niver SO happy in me loife, IL iiss
samed al if Oh was draining. but the
didn't lasbt long"
An why not?" asked Mrs. O'Rourke.
who by this time had been too inter-
ested to speak.
"Why not, is it? Well, you Just go
an sit on o narrow board almost six
inches fhrom the ground, wild nothing
softer betune you an it than a piece av
anld carpet for a couple of hours. an
see il you won't long for your home al
frinds. If ye thry to sthand up an
yourself, some bloke behoind
ye will yell, Sit down, Smith or
something ay that koind. OF know PLAT
u am talking abpe. because Oh was
there; an, Mrs. ORourke, to tell the
truth, l don't want 10 sit down again for
the next six months. Along toward the
Aasht av the performance, they erected
. net soight in fhrunt av where we was
tran ! &c, sa,; the s h HIN for the fnrst
tonne OF noticed that wan nv the p
tho. held the net was betune me an
the board that Oi sat on. Oh axed wan
av the min if he didn't want il, an he
me to kape me hair on, nm not
make sc much noise. Phelan got up
said he wud kick . lung out av the
that wud insult his wolfe, but
some wun behoind caught him be the
coat an axed him to sit down so that
the folks behoind cud see.
"The next tonne that Oh attend cir
Gus. Oi shall kape rs far away fhrom
the trapese as possible. Whin the fell
low did his grand lape for loife, Oh fol-
lowed suit, but not half 80 graceful as
he did. You sec whin he lit in the
center nv the net, it caused the rope
upon which Oh was sitting to suddenly
out, an Oh was lifted up
aboite foive feet in the mir. Oh tried to
sthanding, but it was no use.
Phelan's bran new plug hat was
smashed, an OF fell all over him. WI
that we had had enough cir
Gus, an SO we lit out fur home.
"Oi must be afther going into the
house now, Mrs. O'Rourke, or Phelan
will come home an foind no supper.
Come over tomorrow an bring the
twins, an yer sewing, an Oh will talk
all day wild ye."-Peck's Sun.