San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-21
MUNICIPAL CHATTER.
OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHTLY SHARP EYE.
AT THE CIRCUS.

OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHT BY SHARP EYE.
AT THE CIRCUS.
Claud-Throw your best eve on
| those Gagged animals and you'll fluid
some wonderful resemblances.
Brine-By the height of my Paree
hat that's 80; that bob-tailed parrot
resembles precisely my may'r pro
tenn.
Claud-View that ancient monkey,
there Is q faint dawn of Dsrwinian
intelligence on his counter ance. Who
does he resemble?
Brine-The sage of Beanville, of
course, and he has that same uneasy
manner when seated, as if his caudal
extremity was in the way.
Claud-Here is the bear trying to
break his chains. Don't he resem BILE
one of the opposition, our Bill Hoef-
ling?
Brine-By everything that's good
in the bottle In your pocket, he
does.
Brine-Bv the love you bear me and
sour mash look at that snarliny. rest
less and ill-favored brute, who can he
favor? 1 think have the councilmen
III my minds eye.
Claud-Yes, yernnor, you can see
the likeness without him. That's
an aldermaDic gorilla, who has am
bition, and like the hyena will be
ready to pick your bones next cleo.
ton, He's hungry now.
Brine-Let's pass on, the crowd is
guying us and among it are several
tax payers who have doubtless over
heard US.
Claud-The elephant is q fine bird
himself, amt he? And how he looks
like come of the big alderman and
eagerly he catches the peanuts that
the boys fire into his great mouth.
Persch and Beckman are big fellows
too, and you bet they take your pea
nuts the same way, shells and all.
Only one now and then is necessary.
Brine-We must separate at the
main entrance to the circus, people
might catch on to us, and besides
NewcOmb will be on the watch for us.
My hide is tough but Jim's pencil en-
ters it all the same, and I feel already
like nutmeg grinder.
Claud-Au revoir then, until we
connect at the corner grocery after
the.circus.
Brine-For the love of Moses and
the contents Of that flagon pass it :
1t leans towards you like the tower of
Pisa before taking. Think of friend
who hasn't connected with 1t in forty
three minutes. Pm dryer than an
alderman before adjournment.
Claud-NOw that you have had &C
ton on it why didn't you wear your
plug to the circus?
Brine-That is where you show
lack of craftsmanship. The show
was cross the san Pedro, and was
showing myself to my people, the
blanket voters, as the citizens call
them. They have no more use for
plug hat than [ have for a conscience.
They would kick it off my head, big
as 1t feels just now, and send me to
the lunatic asylum.
Claud-Well I'll be turned inside
out and white-washed with ink if I
amt believing that, but if you have
any regard for an arid throttle you
will release the bottle. The dust [
accumulated at the circus Is several
feet deep in my sarcophagus, (my
y
Brine-Well here's TO you, my cute
accomplish, L have felt amused all the
evening over the simiIitude of the
menag erie to our own little show.
Clsud-How did you enjoy your
self during the performance?
Extraordinarily; l assumed my
best smiles and lifted my hat to
all those who would recognize me,
n I'M tN no 10 Nd
heelers by the hands, as if had just
was the last gay capital | visited.
Claud-By the by, yeroner, you
have not told me about your Austin
trip. You were there employed by
Yoakum and Co. to bring your great
influence to bear on Hogg in favor of
your creature King.
Brine-Yes L reminded Hogg of our
compact and that was the biggest
man except him in the state and that
as such l wanted b i'm to make King
win. OF course it paid me to go there
and rustic for the gang. scratch
their backs and they scratch mine.
(Release the bottle.)
Claud-But HOgg is finding out
that the day of the Indian voter Is
about past, and had he been at the
circus tonight he would have seen
that the people scarcely see you any
more. Only blankets, you know.
Don't take any more.l
Brine-I know that, but Gregory
must fire in q resolution for a million
more dollars. 1 must feed my people,
even off the bones of the taxpayers.
Claud-You had Shardein and
others up helping King at the city's
expense; don't you think that was
spending the city's money to help out