The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-03
his father was ready Tor the homeward

his father was ready Tor the homeward
drive.
Tomorrow / shall go 10 Jobs
Creek and Silvcrville. and the next day
Yuba Pond and Sim Bits" said
Johnny. Don't you think he will
come for nj! these names. fathcr?'
Mr.. Hunter would no: commit him
self. but he did MAKE it in the way OF
business To drive over to the creek next
day. and Johnny and his petition went
along. too.
Johnny walked about the town on air
for the next few days. lie haunted the
small post-oflice which was kept in one
side Of the only grocery store in the
settlement. and was always on band
when the big ten-mule team brought in
the mailbag.
At Inst the letter came the first that
Johnny had ever received. II was a
big. business-likc lookin. letter in a
light buff envelope, and it was directed
10 Master Johnny Hunter. Kentucky
Jim's. Sligo County, California. On
one end there was some printing: II
not called for in ten days. return TO
Mr. Montgomery King, Palace Hotel.
San Francisco. CAL Letters being
such a new experience. Johnny very
naturally read tho outside through
carefully before he opened the cnvcl-
ope.
His hand trembled with excitement
as he unfolded the sheet and read:
MASTER JOHNNY HUNTER Dear Sir.-Yours
Of re 18th inst. received. AMI contents noted
II gives me pleasure TO infor II yon that have
2 Jingle date fire.. in your vic nifty next week.
and will be glad TO visit Kentucky Jim's with
the circus on Friday. ! send my agent with
posters to morrow.
VERY iruy.
MONTGOMERY KING.
San Francisco. Cal May II. u.s.
'.Hnrray., The ciyc4s Is coa.iagw
yelled Johnny. and he rushed down the
street giving the Sioux war hoop with
all the strength Of pair Of very
healthy lungs rs he went. DO you
know what the Sioux war-whoop Is? II
not. can tell you that it is about the
most horrible sound that ever issued
from the mouth Of white man. or an
Indian either, and your mothers are to
be congratulated il you do not know
how to make it.
All the small boys OF the settlement
came rushing after Johnny. and helped
him shout, and such a jollification had
never been heard in Kentucky Jim $
since the discovery OF the great PAGER
Lode.
You can be sure every boy in town
was out to meet the agent next day.
and offer advice as to the best methods
Of posting bills, and that each boy was
fairly wild II. the gay red and green
and yellow pictures were attached to
the cabin, and fences and rocks and
trees by the wayside.
Perhaps you can imagine what the
real circus was TO those boys. 10 say
| nothing Of the fathers and mothers -
| for they all went; and how the grand
| procession was met anywhere from two
| to five miles from town, by all the boys
and dogs in the vicinity; ard how they
iude AAA SISIIGu silu GhlON Cu luC
elephants and ponies and giraiTes and
lions and parrots and monkeys.
can not begin to describe to you
what a day Of excitement it was in that
little place | happened to lie there
on n summer vacation. and as watch.
ed the people on their way to the big
tent. il seemed rs ii all the inhabitants
Of California must have come up to
Kentucky Jim's to see the circus.
| And Mr.. Montgomery King sent for
Johnny Hunter and complimented him
on his enterprise and perseverance,
and said that he shouldn't be surprised
il he took him into partnership some
day.
But. although Johnny thought Mr..
Montgomery King such a wonderful
man, and the circus the most magniii.
cent spectacle in the world. yet he
doubted very much whether he would
ever become Il travelling Snowman. =
Helen Marshall North, in Christian
Union.