Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-25


canvas.
~ guess YOU think this Is magic
l.ntcrn show" said the man, with in
aipnation. ''No, my boy, that dodge
AMI work. These paintings are painted
right on the canvas, and this Is granu
moving panorama of the Harper's Ferry
resurrection, and you don't get in with
no pail of water past me
There was gloom and detection amoup
the boys when the nature OF the SHOW
was made known to them we had no
time to make new plan OF campaign
and the man at the door was inexorabie.
At last our agony was intensified ny
hearing the lecturer begin his discourse,
and we on the outside. 1t was summer
and the windows were open, and we
could hear what he said as he pointed
mt the beauties of the pictures showing
Uarper's Ferry, and this set us wild. II
was agreed, however, that If we didn't
have any fun out of the show tho rest
of the people shouldn't, and so we set up
the awfulest yell and howl that ever was
heard in that district. The school-house
vas of wood with siding on 1t, and by
means of a stick we could make the most
fripbtful noise down along these clap
boards, and soon it became evident that
the lecturer inside was not able to make
himself heard. He was very indignant
,t this and threatened to stop the OK
hibition, but somebody told him that II
he did stopit he would have to give back
the money and so there was saw-oI on
that. Finally he said:
tIsn't there enough people here to put
a stop to this racket
The constable rose and said that If nc
would stop the panorama for minute
he would go out and see what could be
| done.
"Tbere's nothing to be done" said the
lecturer, except to arrest the crown
that's what ought to have been done long
ago"
| The constable's own son was one OIL
the mob. and as soon as he heard thai
his father was coming he cut under tbs
school house and hid. The constable
came out and said that if we didn't quiz
this noise he would arrest the whole
crowd of us. | suggested that he would
have to catch us first, which view of the
subiect seemed to commend itself to
him. and then one of tho boys said
"Now. it's Just like this, we are going to
see that show else the folks amt agoing
to hear it,
"Well," said the firm constable, iii
go and talk to the man at the door ana
see what he can do"
So he went to the man at the door
and they had a confab, and the con
stable told him that he was powerless IN
the matter and the best thing he could
do was to let usin-there were only hall
dozen of us anyhow, the worst boys in
the town, he said, and if he allowed us
to come in every thing would go along
quietly.
SO the constable's son crawled out
from under the school house and the
rest of us got in and saw the great NOV
ing panorama of the Harpers Ferry in
surrcction painted on the canvas.
think the worst disaster that ever
took place in the show business in that
illage was the affair at the acrobat
how. There came to the village a
troupe entitled the Royal Acrobats and
Grand Spectacular Exhibition of Con
tortionist Wonders. The Marvel of the
Age" This combination was refused
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not "A historical panorama that was ed
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now we could corral that show withou
: spending cent. In the afternoon o
: the day that the show was to be he'll