Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-09-05
IN A eowERY MUSEUM.
Between Performances ON q Midsummer
Day-A serious Curiosity"
The Bowery museums feel a summer dull

Between Performances ON q Midsummer
DRy-A serious Curiosity"
The Bowery museums feel a summer dull
ness
''Going 10 give stage performance sconF"
was asked, before dropping a ten cent piece at
an entrance.
Performance begins in the auditorium in
ten minutes" was the sententious reply.
Inside the museum there was nothing
lively except glass ease OF tropical snakes
which were reused from their dormant CON
dltion 10y the heat Of the weather. A seal lay
on chunk OF icc, -poss blv comfortable as to
his lower side but away out Of his latitude
as to the rest of him. Some Brazilian mon
keys ia "A cage were lazy ia the high temper
ature, and the Circassian girl and the tat
tooed man were tanning their about equally
eylosssi surfaces. The third human curiosity
was "a chap with enormous legs. Those mem.
hers were not lssS than treble the size OF
usual legs. There - no deception in his case,
however. Tor the immense limbs were unciai
lie was fellow Of solemn visage, and le was
perusing large book with the mir OF a stu
dent He looked up lStlcssiv, and began his
rigmarole. 81" am - years old" he said
''and was born Ia Boston. My legs began TO
outgrow the rest of my stature when was a
boy, and"-
"What are You readingF' the visitor In
quired
He stopped I'm his set speech. and turned the
open page toward the inquirer. The book
was melical work
II ann studying up my case the curiosity
said in a confidential tone, and with glance
around to sse that there were no other listen
ers. II want 10 know what is the matter
with me, and all about it,"
4 n
Of the matter IN the book, II was learned that
he had the disease called elephantiasism.
There were as yet no outward signs Of un-
healthiness in his disprQportiouate legs, aud
he was getting $40 week as an exhibit
According to the best light can get = he
said, ~ have got just about another year 10
live. Probably | won't be able TO stay in
this business more than half that time. Then
I'll go TO "a hospital and die IN go sooner il
they don't pay my wages regular, and they
amt been doing it lately"
No wonder the poor fellow was the most
serious looking person ON the premises, ex-
cepting the manager. whose depression arose
from the poverty Of the summer business I
was about to depart
Hold on he nterposed, ''well give n
show as soon as there is fifty cents in the
house -
He kept his word When five visitors
were gathered together he reappeared ia our
midst and ordered the curtain rung up The
entertainment consisted of a few fcats In
legerdemain by constructive, seedy and
clever expert When h~ came 20 the point
where he desired 10 iutru,iut'e the trick Of
taking numerous articles from hat he made
the usual appeal for the loan Of that article.
The writer handed one To him
THANK you, sir, thank You" he said IN
singularly heartfelt voice. You're the first
gentleman to-day that has trusted me with
his hat. You'll get IL back, upon my honor"
When sleight Of hand show is so mea-
gerly patronized that the performer can't
borrow "A hat, surely the show business may
be said to suffer from a lack of public conf
dence. New York Sun.