The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-24

SING hey of Jo-Jo, of Kee Boo and OF
the Jub -jub tree; sing we of love and 1.-THE
only dog faced boy in America; sing we
too of the lovely Kee-Boo and of the
fates and the FAIRIES that broughttwo fond
hearts and two bewhiskered mugs into
affectionate proximity and sealed them in
si!ken bonds, says the Peoria Journal.
Jo-Jo is the hairy young freak who has
been exhibited in tie various dime mus
seums and side shows of this country for
the past two wears as "the Russian dog
faced boy His face bears striking res
semblance to that of a Skye terrier and
this popularity has made him able to earn
salary of $500 week. He would have
had no competition in his line of business
had not Dame Nature in another
capricious mood produced Kee>Boo,
1.-THE only dog>faced girl in the
world" Probably nature on viewing Jos
Jo in his loneliness repented OF her whim
and to bring forth work meet for re-
pentance brought forth keeSBoo.
Neither Jo-Jo or Kee-Boo ever wasted
any time in cradles or in monkeying
around rattles or consumptive dolls or
ang other such infantile follies. They
began life in the woods, with nothing but
goose bones and chicken wings to amuse
themselves with. They were thousands
of miles apart then, and no sensible
sporting man would have bet one to
thirty that they would ever meet. But
they did, and it is right here, gentle read
er that the fates got in their cutest work.
According to the veracious museum
posters JO>Jo began life in small way
on the stcppes of Russian Tartary. His
father and mother were built on the Skye
terrier model but were not finished of so
completely as 10 10. A hunter saw the
family, bought the boy and made for
tune exhibiting him, and in due time
brought him to America. Miss kee Boo's
earliest recolec:ions are of the dark
pine forests of Michigan. The
same veraciOus museum posters
say that nobody knows who her
parents were, because the lumbermen who
found her running at large couldn't dis
cover any traces of the rest OF the family
She worked naturally into the show bust.
ness, and after making tour of the
west, brought at up an esthetic Boston
museum some six months ago. 1t so hap
happened that 10 10 was billed at the
same museum less than month later
When he appeared, he was the first specl,
men of dogfaced humanity beside her
self that kee-BoO had seen. 1t was q
clear case of mutual mash at first sight
sight, and in less than week the mama
ger of these star freaks caught them talk
ing soft nOthngs to each other in the
SlOdinlu5 anu COIuCl VI tut uustuh h'
irate manager. DESTROYS of breaking of
the match. shipped Kee Boo off to New
York museum, but this only made mat
tiers worse, for. without his kee Boo, 10
10 began to boo hoo and make things
very unpleasant around the museum
The wicked Boston manager sur
rendered, and sent Jo-Jo rejoicing tt
his love. Then they were married
The fat lady, in ninety eight yards o
white silk, acted as bridesmaid, and TIL
living skeleton performed the duties o
best man while the man with the elastic
skin pulled his nose out yard and
half and graciously gave the bride away
And thus we leave them where end al
fairy tales-at the altar-in the hope tina
like all the fairy heroes and heroines the!
will olive happy ever after"