The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-07
A CIRCUS IN TIE BARN.
Georges Pa Docs . Trspere Act aad
Comes to Grief

Georges Pa Docs o Trxpere Acs ana
Comes to Grief.
deer editor-lGTst weak pa an mister
bings tux me an bil a circis wat ts IN
new york.. we had q CRATE time on the
trane and lated and LATED ct the clowns
and give peanuts 9 the elefants an we seed
gurls wat onl had beds an no bodies bat
they wos alive snd talked. an bill sskid the
man wot owned en- where THAR food went
wen they Gated. an the man sed it went >
THAR stomfk, that wos gud joke on bil
cause they amt got no stomiks-onlr
heads.
next da bill sed we orter haiv circis in
barn, so we put up big poster IN hil
made a picter with shoo blackin an it cost
2 pins TO cum 10.
we had marie grean fixed up for gurl
wot dident haiy ami body. we put barrul
over her an onli had a place her head 2
cum out.
about ten people cum the circis. WAS
the clown an had on Ills skirt and mis-
ter bings high hat. bill wos the man wos-
hits the boss in the ring, an we had the
boss wot mister biDgs rided on SAINT pat
rik's da. bill hit the boss an he commencid
9 Xix an al the people run out ov the circis,
and bill woodent let EN- cum in game until
they paid moir pins.
then we had trapeas an bill pulled HIM
self up TO mis- chin times, an the people
clapped THAR hands then / tride IL an
wen got up bill hit me with the wip. then
/ cride and bill sed wos the wurst cloun
he ever seed, so j stopid crien an LATED like
a cloun.
then marie grean yelled cause she coodentl
see the circis come. she was in the bsrril,
so we rolled the barril up an marie cride.
cause it shook her so, an wen she seed her
skirt wos torn bi nail in the barril she
cride moir.
Pa coined the dore an sed he liked 2 sea
childryn enjoy themself an be cum in and
pade 2 pins. an pa sed he wood show US
sum triks on the trspese wat he used du
wen he wos 4 boy. wen pa tux hold of the
bar bill linked at me an lated an took mis-
ter bings hat of mi he'd an put a underthe
trapese pa pulled hisself up an turned
hisself Just ike rele circis actor wen the
rope broke AZ pa GU IN doun cerfump on his
stomik an mister bings hat.
guess it hurt pa pretty bad, cause he
groaned, an bill sed if pa had been gurl
like we seed at the circis wat onh had a
he'd he woodent hurt his stomik wen he
fell.
ma an Ill an mister bings herd pa gronin
and they 81 ruined in the barn
poor pa, sed III.
the ole fool, it serves him rite, sed ma
get up, poor Teller, sed bings.
then when pa got up and sed his mex wcs
broke, mister bings seed his new hat layfn
THAR all smoched. no, he wos orful mad
how did mi hat cum here be sed 2 pa
don't know groned pa.
u don't know? ispose if you had cigar
in yure mouth u wood say you dident know
how it got THAR. woodent ~ we'll, this
lftel monkey business vii cost dollars
for a moo hat me. an mister bings went q
way mad as AMI thing.
that bustid up the circis an mister bings
an pa is on the outs. pa was 20 mad he
Tux the hat an grinded it up in the hay
machine.
i wonder wy be dident ask BIZ an me how
the hat cum THAR.
ma hasent spoke 2 pa since, cause be ses
IL he haster bi biDgs a moo hat be cant 81
her a spring bonnet 2. yours, gorgie-
New York Mercury.