Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-05-19
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Aw0v1sRPCL CIRCUS OF PERFORMING
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The q-s circus here described Fas ex
bibitsd some ime ago, and was composed
of.bop. 20Oof the most intelligent and
5istiro1i he'd fsas that could be collected
o. of the frst lessons taught TO the flea
ia 70 eort.o! its jumping powers for II i's
GREAT leaos should be taken in the middle
ofs performance there would Re a sudden
and 20 the circus. To Insure against
s,cb a misfortune the student hsa
h first placed "a glass VIA
and encouraged to jump a. much
ss pos.ib,s Every leap here made brings
A.. ,olished head Of the lea against the
- inning the insect back and throw
$3.50 tb,s wav and that, until, after
Io1g and sorry experience and perhaps
-,.1g headaches. il makes up It's MUD
-,svs- -o rnfo,d lis isgs suddenly again.
Vhe- il has proved this by refusing to
,rr,n ip The open air the hrst important
issson s. complete and it joins toe troupe
md h d,.lv hsruessed and trained, until
snail. it = pror ounced ready 10 60 On the
stage ir iheung
lannon's A-A N.AN A" '..."
-,,1i-s-y table resembling ~ SIZE ana
shan he common dinner plate A nm
ssv--,l inches nigh eucircled the outer
edge and around the edge stood uumosI
ofsmsn wooden boXes-the houses OF the
ns-formers and The stables Tor their car
RACES The audience, consisting OF one
amman being. wcu.d take m MS hand
Iarge ragnifyi1g gloss and the perform
,,ce would begin. AT the word OF com
r,ord rom the director tiny trap door
In ore of the houses sprang open ana
nnmher of ieas filed out. Ihey passed
around he circle ia a dignihed manner,
aDpesring through the glass about Us large
as vvasns OF hess. Each flea had
goid CORD around It's waist, and tais was
fbs GRAND entry al ways seen at the circus
Five Fl az. each adorned with different
colors stepped from another house Ia
af-er tumSllg bout here ard there, START
"a Oh rush around the circle.
When half the course mad oesn covered
fb7v commenced 10 move 10 regular order
and strove aiIlg for the goal In an0tnei
moment large lee would have gon the
race had no, two laggsrds, almost at the
last instant. taken a desperate leap ana
landed far beyond the winning post
Forthwith they were taken up IN pine re
and placed in solitary confinement IN me
glass vial. where 10 is -upposed they mao
learned not Co Jump.
A dance was next announced, and al
the signal NJ the manager there came tum-
blipp ont srom ths third house probably
The most ludicrous band OF performers ever
seen. Etch dsuCer wa M i1ll regalla' us
dress of tissue being ornameuted with pu,,
pla. cold AMI red The glass was plsced
I'm position. the spectator looked through
IL. and Che performance hegaD-a mixture
of Highland ding, the sailors hofnpiPe
spf a regular breakdown. The httla crea-
iures bobbe1 up and down, now or one
claw. nov on al six, hopping, bonlug snd
scrspirg. moving forward and bsCS and
humping up To- one a-o-her, until they
seemed utterly exhausted
Next came 3 hurdle race. Hurdles Of
thin silver wire were arranged, over when
Two ieas were supposed to leap. One,
however. was very ley or very cunning,
as De- won the race Dy crawling under the
lasl wire A moment later out came
number of dess all harnessed with gold
,gire trappings. and the several vehicles
were taken from the stables. There was a
tally-ho coach. smaller than the smallest
flea. an E-quimsu sled about o quarter OF
An inch long. a trosung sulky, evidently
made from hair o. hristles, and other gor-
reous eouipsges. The tally-ho team Of
four frantic Hess vas harnessed TO the
cosch. AID four phlegmahc heas were
placed on the top while two more ,ooK
their places inside The other vehicles
were each iur1ished wit a steed and rider
ard dawn no aide by side. AT the word
ofcommsnd they started II psll-mell, and
such race WA never seen before HE
horses an ran away, and the riders were
thrown In every direction, and would have
come Of with broken heads If they had
been snyth.ng else but dees The tally
no won the race, making the ci-cut on lis
side without any passengers on board
The ast act was the best. The manager
arranged TIRE stage by placing TWO me pms
about tour inches apart connecting them
with "A slender silver wire aud announcing
thu world-reno sned roPe-walker The
sienor vas then brought cut 10 q small
cut glass bottle. His only rsiment was a
little Jacket OF tissue paper. When hshed
ont and placed upon pin bead hs boldly
started ont up the wile, over Whlcc his
little ciawe1 toes seemed 10 90. IN the
middle he baIlced up and down aud
stood upon on- lg an. theu moved 90,
crossing In safety, thus ending the cHc1s'
40 least .0- this occasion.