The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-07
RANDOLPH RACK EFT.
Tim Jones Visits the Circus at Greensboro
Other Matters.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.


Other Matters.
Correspondence of the Sentinel
RANDOLPH Co., n. c., Oct. I.-Some of
us went to Greensboro to see Dorriss big
show the Doth inst They had big pictures
in the papers, and told what great things
they were going to show. The papers said
they had an elephant larger than Barnum's
Jumbo. | knew he would be a monstrous
big one, for thought Jumbo was as big as
anything could be, and bigger too. When
we got there, saw heap of folks about
there, put didn't know any of them, so /
went to the McAdoo House, and there were
a lot of men sitting around there; some
were talking and some were reading news
papers; SO [ picked up a paper, and
thought would do like the rest !; but l
couldn't read one bit for thinking about
that big elephant. Pretty soon l heard
something making an awful fuss down to-
wards the depot, and l just thought it was
the elephant barking, though didn't know
whether elephants barked or not but
lowed aybe he had freed the water-tank.
So went down that way to see him; but
when / got there, it was some negroes
throwing sheet-iron out of an old box-car.
So stood around, wondering whether the
elephant was of the bovine, canine or rae
coon race. I knew if he was of the bovine
tribe, when he began to below folks
would think it was thunderstorm in the
morning. l thought that if he was akin to
the dog, that when he took notion to
shake himself his ears would flap together
like barn doors on windy day, and the
ground would shake like another earth
| quake.
At last there came along mess of horses,
wagons and carriages, and in the midst of
them was the elephant-they called it the
street parade I don't know what the ele-
| phant didn't look like; he looked like he
had been made too long in the beginning
and cut off at both ends, and he had tail
at both ends; but they said the front tail
WAS his snout. l guess he looked like a
whale-though l never have seen one
but there's no other living critter he could
look like. But he was not half as big as
thought he would be, because Jumbo is
pictured three times AS big railroad To-
connective. Railroad engines insult be
mighty small where Barnum lives, or Jum-
| DO is mighty big, one the other. But
kinder think somebody has lied, but don't
know enough logic to tell who it is, but
| guess its both.
use to hear the big boys saying lessons
in logic when l went to school. They
talked II great deal about the major and the
minor, the premises, conclusion, etc.
know if Jumbo is as big as Barnum has him
pictured, he is a major animal, and Dorris's
| elephant is minor beside him. Pve come
| to the conclusion that don't want such a
looking thing as either on my premises
Well, the show was too big to talk about.
|
We wish you would send us some candi.
dates down this way-nobody seems to
want office. All the parties had hard
time to get anyone to accept, and John NJ
Coltrane, the Republican nominee fol-
clerk of the court, has refused to RIM. Bu
we see no reason why he shouldn't 60 fish
ing with the rest. He will stand chance
to get a few bites, as there IRE plenty o
suckers left in the Republican party yet
and there's not much danger of him having
6sherman's luck this dry weather. He is
little fellow, weighing between tw, and
three hundred, and it would take big 10
of water for him to have much fisherman
luck.
Your correspondent, "B.," Of this county
told you about kieptomaniac we had dow
here thought tha, was lnonstrous bi,
name to give man, just because he hat