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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-10
STEAMER MOKOLIl,
lMcGregor, Commander,

tMcGregor, Commander,
Leaves Honolulu each Monday at 3 p. m. for
Kaunakakai Kamalo, Pukoo, LahainR, Lanai, moa-
nui, HAlawa, W ailau, Pelekunu and Kalaupapa. Re-
turning, leaves Pukoo Friday6 a. m. for Honolulu,
arriving Saturday morning.
HE- The Company will not be responsible for
any freight or packages unless rcceipted for, nor
for personal baggage unless plainly marked. Not
responsible for money or jewelry unless placed in
charge of the Purser.
All possible viii be taken of Live Stock, but
the Company VIII not assume any risk Of accident.
SAML q. WILDER, President.
8. B. ROSE, Secretary.
OFFICE-Cornsr Fort and queen streets.
6s-ly Mar 80
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-10
STEAMER KILAUEA HOU.
STEAMER LEHUA.
davies, Commander

WIN leave regularly for same ports as Kilauea
Hou.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-10

Peck's Sun: Repentance is the boot.
ack with which we sometimes pull of
the brogans of our sins ere we lie down to
sleep on forever,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

CHICAGO I'LL, Oct. %. - The nrovers'
Journal reports: Catlle-Receipts 5000; chip
ments 1000; weak, 1Oal5c over; shipping
sloe,s 50 ioa5 25i stoekers and fctdere
bulk 81 eSd2 10; through Texaa cattle slead3
COWS 81 1912 20; steers 81 60d3 so; Western
rspgers i0c lower; natives aud haf.hreeds
81 25dS 60; wintered Texans 50 60a3 81; North
ern rangers Mon auas 81 1908 So; Wyoming
ana rrNans y 7062 90, Colorado So 30 Hogs--
Receipts 20 ono; shipments 5000: steady ear y
closing 100 lower a, 50 00a4 10. She Pre-
ccipis 000. sniuments 200; market ateady
mai ca 81 00d4 90; weston So 50a3 SOL Texhni
81 2598 25; lambs So 75a4 so.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, Oct, 90 -Cattlc-Receipi
2c6O; shipments 1900. market strong; choice
native steere 81 8od4 80; fine TO medium 81 7Sd
420; butchers steers, common TO choice ~ O0G
4 IS: feeding steers, fair TO 90 ID 81 7063 10
stockers, fair TO good 81 7bd2 30; Texas anC
Indian steers. common TO choice S. 70. Hogs--
Rsceipts $500; shipments 6t0i marSet opened
qui /, assumed some activity n liberal a. mant
Receipts 500; shipments l0l; market active q
frmer lgutes; common to fine 81 O0al %.
KANSAS CIrY. Mo, Oct 20 -CAttle- Receipts
407s; shlpmaG,s, 2072; best quality OF corn 'fe'
aud grass range, steady others slow and weak
good IL choice S4 10 "a 65; common 10 medium
So 3064 90; stoc. ers 81 2h02 70 feeding steers
80 s0d8 go; cows 81 6002 GO; grass range steers
| s. 26sa8 90 Hogs ReGt ipia, 40A5; shipments
none market weak ard 5al0c lower 50 fOa4 90
She p Y ceipts, 1889; shipments, lOl0i marke
steady for good muttOna; GOOD 10 choice
| 81 50@3 90; com on TO medium 81 b062 70.
NkW YORK, DC 20 BE ewes Receipts 46l
all for sla ph ersTs direct except two car loAu
| no trading in beet cattle; dressed beef bare
81 ady; 50 bnG6 80 for Texas and Oolorad
sides; SO O00S no for natives do ; exports 2A
quarters OF beef sheep Receipts 1870; II a
s. 0O9l % for sheep, aud s. 0Od6 20 for lambs
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

shoulders, boxed, s. fsas so. Short clear sides
boxed, " 1895 80. whisky 81 10 FntuWe
closed asfelloes' W eat-Novo nber 1Si.c Ne
, November sisln, December So 10; January Ss1c;
MAY 4lhc POrk-Octoher So IS: November,
Sssol Decemosr s. eOi January 50 T7H. Lard
-. Neyember y TX; December s. ~; Janu-
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, oci. 20 -wheat lower
No 2 red exc bid November &c bid, December
ysmber asIc I'D Deeemb S'S SOC bb ia a 10
No quotations.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, oct. 2e.-Flour market
quiet, steady aud unca Anged. Wheat active
6ua ,9,ssy ana lower the market opened lower,
declined &c steadily, later pridee rallied "a
] &c and closed firm "a SO lower than yte Or.
/ day No. red cash 7lhG7ac: November 7sa
rs rs s oos,"E a.; 5,SgI "a pessgoeS Is,
~ stsc BIZ Corn very dull, closing haHe
lower ,nan yesterdays No; mixed
ssEc, December siS S ccs IiSO a. 'i saHs.
May 3sho 3sH ), closing al SsH. oa,s irfegu
Jar; near options lrmeri futures easier No.
AZ Nav SA o1sSer .eSS pecsTo 10
Whisky firm at 81 49, Wool quiet but steady ;
Medium clothing 2!egjc; eomeinE gsasec
heavy l6a2Ic; black l7a2ls. Prov slons iairiy
active. Pork lower at 81 rs Lard
easy. at s. 20. Bulk Geais about
ribs 50 90; short clear S. 50 Boxed lots easy,
long clear 50 80; short Iibs So Co. short clear
81 %. Bacon steady long clear and short ribs
| 81 2567 27k; short clear 81 al 80 Hams
quiet and week at $40 O0al2 0l Afternoon
board-W Geat we X and 1sGac lower Corn
IA &c lover. Oats shade lower.
NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. 20 Flour qnIei
but arm Corn dull and lower; mixed 46alTo,
yellow 1a4sc: white l9d5 sos. Oats quiet but
sieady. Hay steady. Hog pr duets easy. Pork
S9la Lard, refined tierce, 6d6kc. Bulk meats
| shoulders S525; long clear and clear rib 81 62k
Bacon Long clear 7At; clear ribs 100 Hams
| lldllkc. Whitky steady Coffee quiet but
| firm. Rye hrmer but quotably higher. Cotton
seed products quiet but steady. Sugar and mo-
asses In fair demand. Exchange, New Yolk
| Ss "a
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
GENERAL nsARKEzs.
Produce ana ProvisioDs.

CHICAGO, Ill. Oct. 25.-The wheat make,
ruled weak ana 10 ser, the offerings exc ecu
The demand and the opening was ABOUT sc
low, r than the closing hgares OF YESTERDAY a
further decline Of te then followed, Win
at nearly the inside prices the shipping ee
mand .or common was good, bat mo market
rtllet qulet ana pTices remained moderately
.tsady and closed only q thade easier
Proylsiong were lightly traded In bus
,rioes were steAdler, market closed
hort and hIsher. u ar quiet aud chAng a'
nfqnOtAtiOne were a. foilows tMhtAi, ~
TiIrs Corn $40; Ness pork s. slh. Lari
IS TX al 10 shOgt-Tlts, loose, 81 -. Dry tsisa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

Grant Allen, gentleman who writes
novels about creatures bearing such names
ss ''Mamle, ""Sadie," and 80 on,tslls the
Pail Mall Gazette that ''Amtrleans are
oarbarous in the sense OF leading life
that is destitute Of almost all the con-
yeniences and appliances OF civilization"
This sort Of talk is valuable as showing
that Mr.. Allen has not yet written his
great work OF fiction, and that when be
does it will PROBABLY be entitled "Facts
About America. - Philadelphia Press.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

Never fails when the directions are fol
lowed, hence there is never word o.
complaint heard against 1t. The mex
perienced cook Is able 10 make as gooc
bread with II as the professional baker
simply because its ingredients are &c
compounded as TO make failure impossi
Bile when the directions are followed. A
trial is all that Is necessary 10 make II in
dispensable to all well-reguluted house
halda
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
a Convict Kml.d.

Special 10 tic Gazette.
RUsK, TEX, Oct. 2s.--This afternoon
while Frank Castells, convict who nres
The penitentlary switch engine, WAS back
Ing ahead Of a train Of cars to set the
switch, his feet slipped OF and he was run
over by the FIRST car and mRngled. He
died one hour efterward. He had only
ebout six weeks to serve, and was con-
sidered good man by the officials.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

The chestnut bell has been superseded
in Buffalo by the liar card. When the
story teller becomes too enthusiastic In
his exaggeration the fastener hands him
a card on which Is printed, ~ am some
what OF a liar myself"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

nCAlliope's Answer Is the name Of a
new and classic poem. The last calliope
that was heard here was with a circus. II
answered the purpose IL calling attention
70 the parade, but lis music was very dis-
agreeable.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
eady; l point lower


GALVESTON, TEX. Oct. ~, - Cotton-spot
closed easy 1876 lower.
Low ordinary 7 100; ordinary 7-l6ci good
ordinary .l6c; low middling 8 ] l6e; middling
sll .l6c; good mitdllng / lsci middling fair
9kc.
Gross receipts, b095 bales.
Sales, 1924 haeb.
kxpnrts, 4l13 bales.
stock, 2b4S bhlcs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
The Wool Market.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Oct 90 Wool quiet
Ohio, Pc nsyl ania and West virginia n eces,
Xxx and above 36a37c; X, 8IaS6c; medium,
3s04Oc Goa go, 3Sd40c.
BOTTOM, MASS Oct. 26-wool quiet but arm
with fair demand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

You won't eat oysters prepared any
where else II you try them at Capera 3
Bro. Is cafe.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

LIVERPOOL. Oct. 20 --Cotton-spot closed
duh In buyers favor.
Ordinary l 161; good ordinary 10 l6d low
middling 3D.; middling uplhnds b54d: mid.
ding orleans sd
Total sales, 701o; American, SAOO. Imports,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
LOTTO DEHnIIC
Observation-Disclosures Skin. RemadHI

For the total eradication OF pimples, frocklee
Oiotches. tan ana aunburn. A certain cure foi
letter, soaid head ringwOrm and all diaea0ef
II W WfI.LfAM8& Co.,
Wholesale AysntA. Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
! EXPRESS COMPANY,
}. 7. CAMPBELL,

" u CAWFbELLJ
eHdent Houston, Tex.
~, Agt,, 313 Main st., Fit. Worth.
lREss coMPANY's LIST OF OFFICES.
marked there ale no agents, and
uch points must be prepaid, with
fuc1lons to put off at owners risk,
Lampasas,
VA tLnckhart,
zap, Linden,
Leon Junction,
fLock,
|3 Lords,
Livingston,
fLeggett,
i Lutkin,
lola,
LoSansport, La,
Mustang, Tex,
tMlllheim,
t tM allen,
Mllano,
H. Moody,
Mc9resor,
Meridian,
Morgap,
Montvale,
si NMeridith,
4 Midlothian,
Montg imery,
7Pigni Morris,
Mt Pleasant,
Murchlson.
M Malakoff,
WI Mt Cam,
MI. Sellman,
Murray,
.N Moscow,
|Hf miami,
NolauYille,
M Navasota,
Nacogdoches,
M %Ogles,
HFei Oglesby,
sPhilips,
Pendleton,
Plantersyille,
fltts6urg.
Powell,
J Purdon,
'Paulie,
'presswood,
f1 sQaarry,
Richmond,
Rosenberg,
H Rogers,
N6 tRloker,
An sRltchie,
W. Rusk,
M Sealey,
M somerville,
M santa Anna,
A M shannon,
sulphur,
fsmith's,
summit,
2 Shepherd
W aterne,
{, Shreveport, L.,
THOMPSON, Tex.
" IrueiOye,
Tharp's Mil,
TeXarkana, Ark,
Tyler, Tex,
alI.. Timpsor,
49, Tenaha,
xirglnia Point,
Valley Mills,
WAllis,
M Minona,
= M tWatars.
Waco,
Yellow Prairie,
Marlboro,
, Zephyr.
4 .,l Il 49, company way bills di
ka -,niesgo, New York, Philadel
ia w points, The Texas tx
9 N.Y. M we Wy only COMPANY thnt way
N P4 IA $3.50 IN the southern TX
8 ilev tlty' shippers havlnl
4 NJ polnta In thu Southern
l,.ss'shey by shipping by thu
w F"Ns ~ one through rate
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

ding sHe; middllng exc; good middling
exc; middling fair l0fe
IN ures closed dull and easy to points
htOhaF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

New YORK.
NEW YoRK. Oct 2e.--ootton--spoi closed
easy.
Sales, 400.
Ordinary e&ei sOos ordinary '}ssi low MD
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

COTTON mARKETs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

Total sales, 22,MO.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
cOTTON PICKINQ.

The South annually raises about $780,
600 bales, or 1900 100000 pounds OF cot
ton, and more than $500 100000 pounds
OF cotton-seed. The seed aud cotton to,
fields weigh IN the neighborhood OK 8, 600,
600, 600 pounds. Putting the cost OF pick
ing this at the low figure OF half cen
per pound, 1t will be seen that to pick the
Southern cotton crop by hand costs 81
least $40, co., 900 annually.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

eHdent Houston, Tex.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
"lET HER RIP"
How Daniel Webster Amused q Host of
His Ardent Admirers.

How Daniel Webster Amused Host Of
His Ardent Admirers.
On one occasion some Boston friends
sent him as present an enormous
sized plow to use on his place. Webster
gave out word that on certain day it
would be christened. The day arrived,
and the surrounding farmers for miles
came to witness the event. A dozen
teams with aristocratic occupants came
down from Boston. 1t was expected by
every one that Webster would make a
great speech on the occasion, reviewing
the history of farming back to the time
when Cincinnatus abdicated the most
mighty throne in the world to cultivate
turnips and cabbages in his Roman
garden. The plow was brought out and
ten oke of splendid oxen hitched in
front. More than two hundred people
stood around on the tptoe of expecta-
ton. Soon Webster made his appear
ance. He had been calling spirits from
the vastly deep, and his gait was some-
what uncertain. Selling the plow-
handles and spreading his feet, he
yelled out to the driver in his deep, bass
voice:
"Are you all ready, Mr.. Wright"
"All ready, Mr.. Webster" was the
reply, meaning, of course, for his
speech.
Webster Strengthened himself up by a
mighty effort and shouted:
''Then let her ripr'
The whole crowd dropped to the
ground and roared with laughter, while
Webster with his big plow proceeded to
rip up the soil. Chicago Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, j

have time to look further, and were
well satisfied to buy the clock. The
secret of successful selling is always to
be courteous and interested in your GUS
toners. In no business is this so i'm
portant as in ours, in which sales have
to be carefully cultivated from the first
feeble nibble to the final bite Here
comes a man now that have been try
ing to sell diamonds to for q month y
The door burst open, the jeweler left
his cozy quarters to meet the visitor,
entered into a pleasant chat with the
would-be buyer, got out the familiar
casket and displayed its contents to the
best advantage. Then he leaned care
lessly over the showcase, whistled
softly and gazed out at the people on
the street. But the visitors part was
not played so nicely. He turned over
the jewels nervously, put them on his
fingers, took them off, looked at them
in every light, twisted his handkerchief
in them. Then, as if with sudden de-
termination, ne held up ring, asked
the price, criticised the fit, haggled
over the price little, and said he
would take it. The purchase was
quickly made, and the jeweler came
back with smile of triumph. "He
paid five dollars more for that diamond
than l would have given it to him for a
week ago." he said. at almost
amounts to superstition with me, but l
make special efforts to sell, and at good
prices, on rainy days. Some days we
sell ten dollars worth of goods and
some days five hundred dollars" Rainy
days, and some others, are set down as
bad ones for trade. So exert myself
to bring up the sales if possible on the
off-days. We hang out for fair price
if we can get it, we take a low price if
we must, but sell we will. One sees a
good deal of human nature. for few
things touch mans innermost self SO
closely as his pocket-book; and few
things touch his pocket-book like a
jewelers. line of goods. ."-Springfeld
Republican.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
AMERICAN GIRLS.
Why They Should Become Acquainted
with the Intrica cies of Business.

why They Should Become Acquainted
with the Intricacies of Business.
Women are so sharply taking rank
in all the avenues of labor, that the
girl of the next period is sure to be on
level with man in all his opportuni-
ties This enlarging the boundaries of
woman is of recent date, but 1t is
as if by magic that she has filled
in the fields, and as she stands
aggressively before the last bar
riers we have bit of counsel to give
the girls who will soon come along as
rcinforcements. 1t has ceased to be
surprise that women manage business
enterprises. From the thrifty hose
support factory in Waltham to the i'm
mense reaper industry in Chicago,
women are to be found shaping sue
cessful enterprises, and handling intri-
cate financial and business details with
all the confidence and sang-froid of the
most adept of males, so that in no
counting-room. office or store is she
ineligible, and to but very few of the
shops or work-rooms. This much Sc
cured, the promise for usefulness is in
any direction that her talent and abil-
| ity may seek, with confidence that the
sex lines in America will only be
drawn at manual labor.
The introduction of physics and
chemistry into our common and high
school studies, joined in by the children
and youths of both sexes, is the step
by which the girl may 60 into higher
mathematics, and here, with her intu-
tive love for detail and trivial diver
gences, she may be trained into the
most intricate problems, and be grad
uated to survey, draught, engineer or
invent, and thus become a more val
liable aid in scientific and technical af-
fairs, That in fabric designs and sim
liar art work girls have peculiar value is
confessed. Then why not IN architect
ure and monumental designP And if
here, why not fill a place with the me-
chanical engineer, and so bring this
painstaking business within her reachP
1t is not so clear but that the girl, now
so important in all light mechanical
work, will not in the future be found
in our engine-room and machine shops.
If the preponderance of this sex con-
tinues, and the girls acquire the compe-
tency sufficient, there is no reason to
doubt that any avocation she may
choose will not be available.
This, then, girls, is our counsel: II
your father is manufacturer, acquaint
yourself with his interests. Why aim
your existence as an appendagep Why
not be as vital and important as your
brotherP Marriage is a holy bond, but
making match ought not to be the
work of any woman. Acquit your
self competent to master your father
or your husbands business, and the
discipline of study and of work will b.
your highest delight and secure you
greatest value. whether in the home
shop or Office. Boston Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
How She Attacked Him.

He had been courting a West-end girl
for long time, but he has quit now.
1t happened Sunday night after church.
They were sitting as close together as
the sofa would permit. She looked
with inefable tenderness in his noble
blue eyes.
George" she murmured, with a
tremor in her voice, didn't you tell
me once you would be willing to do
any great act of heroism for my sake?"
"Yes, Fannie; and l gladly reiterate
that statement now" he replied, in con-
fident tones. ''No noble Roman of old
was fired with loftier ambition, q
Drawer resolution than |. y
well, George, want you to do
something real heroic for me-"
"Speak, darling; what is it?"
ASK ME to be your wife. We've
been fooling long enough"
The sequel is stated in the preface
Washington Critic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
A FRANK MAN.
Why He Became an Inmate of the state
Penitentisry.

Penitentiary.
The superintendent of the peniten-
tiary, while conducting party of la
dies and gentlemen through the estab-
lishment, remarked:
at is proverbial, you know, how
many innocent men you find in the
penitentiary. Even after being con-
victed, men do not like to acknowledge
their guilt. Say" he called, address
ing convict, "what were you put in
here for?"
IL was accused of stealin' hoss."
"But you didn't do it, did you?"
mo, sir"
There are a few of them," added
the superintendent, 'who will tell the
truth. Now -yonder comes fellow
who can't tell the truth. Now note
his replies to my questions. Pillgree.
you were innocent, were you not?'
innocent o. some things, yes, sir. ="
"Will you answer me truly if ask
you question:"
"Yes, sir.
why were you put in this placei
Tell the truth. now."
Because couldn't help myself" "
"Ah, exclaimed the superintendent
''you shall be rewarded for such frank
ness.
That day at dinner the frank man re
ceived two extra teaspOOnfuls Of bean
soap.-ArkaRSaso Trareler,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
AN IMPERIAL ISLE.
The Charming Retreat Owned BY tho
Crown Prince of Austria.

The Crown Prince Rudolph of Aus.
tria, in addition to many other desirable
pomps and vanities, has an island of his
own-Lacroma, in the Adriatic, oppo-
site Ragusa; and there in the midst Of
lovely scenery, surrounded by a trans
parent sea, he is convalescing after
recent indisposition. The isle, three
days steam from Trieste, is as beautiful
as Monaco, and quite out of the world;
for while the owner is in residence no
one is allowed to land without special
permit. Lacroma formerly belonged to
that most unfortunate of monarchs,
Macmillan of Mexico, who was much
attached to it, and wrote several little
poems in praise of its charms. After
his terrible end the island was possessed
by succession of ordinary people, by
one of whom it was sold to the Arch
duke Rudolph in 1878. The future EN-
peror of Austria lives at Lacroma in the
greatest simplicity. When Macmillan
bought the isle the only available resi-
dence on it was an old monastery which
had been going to ruin for half a
century; and in this building the Crown
Prince and Princess live their simple
lives. There are but three good rooms
in the house-the drawing-room, the
ancient refectory, used as a salon de
musique, and the drawing-room. The
imperial bedrooms are of very meager
dimensions, while the long-titled Dukes
and Duchesses of the suite have to be
content with the cells of the vanished
monks. The plain whitewashed walls
match the rough, serviceable furniture.
The monastery is said to have been
built by the citizens of Ragusa as a
thanks-oflering for the stoppage of a
great fire. At the beginning of the
present century it was partially de-
stroyed by an earthquake, and has
never been thoroughly restored. The
scenery of the island is entirely roman
tic. Beneath sky which is rarely
clouded grows luxuriant tropical
vegetation-groves of orange and myr-
tie, of aloes and figs; true Gland
where the citron blooms. London
Life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-01
WHEN THE CIRCUS CUM.

You kin talk O. your circuses nowadayA
An your railroad shows, and s,ch,
An the wonderful things the riders do,
An your managers gettin' rich,
Fer il tetches tender spot an sometimes
A tear starts tricklin' down
AS think O home an the village green,
When the circus cum to town.
remember well how we'd scamper out
Long ufore the break O. day.
An how onc'd collar waterin' pail
An t'other bunch of hay.
An with carryin' water an feedin' tn hay
An doin' odd jobs aroun',
We all stood in fer tOpmost seat
When the circus cum to town.
An can't forgit how my heartd thump
AT the sudden turns they made,
As we stood an watched EN- drive in line,
Fer the daily street parade
An think how we'd all fall in behind,
An foller 'em all aroun',
Till my teart beats fast as II used to do
When the circus cum to town.
kin see them rings on the village green,
With the sawdust 'rOun inside,
An the house on the top O. the elephant
back
Wher the 'hammedins used to ride.
kin hear the crack o. the masters whip,
An the shrek O the striped clown,
As we set on the highest seat an LATED,
When the circus cum to town.
An arter the show was done we'd stan
Aroun' where the hucksters bake
An in silence gaze with hungry eyes
At the chunks O. ginger cake.
These things come back, an ther' amt n,
use
A tryin TO keep 'cm down.
Why, never thought O doin' the chores
When the circus cum to town.
James A. Parks.