Iron County register., 1893-08-17

| Ad6AsS mOuS Oi IfanSpOFIdtlOn. he1n
deers, also, brought from the region
OF everlasting snow and ice, lay pant
ing in the shade, or unwillingl,
traversed the street pulling substitute
for the lighter-running sledges used a
home. All about the lagoon were mel
in kyaks, Or native boats built o
whalebone and covered with skin. Th,
boatmen rowed lazily back and forth
and seemed at home in their fragil,
vessels, but we didn't see any of then
| perform that famous water somersaul
| we have all read about. Perhaps the
water of the lagoon was too warm fol
their aurora borealic constitutions!
Then we visited the Vienna Cafe
drank a glass of beer and listened to
the music of a string band composed o1
equal parts of men and women. Ate,
genuine, tO-the-manor-bornm mazourks
by the instruments, the three girls
sang an old-country ballad, the music
of rather mournful numbers, though
the words must have been light and
pleasing; for the prima donna of the
trio smiled vigorously, and laboriously
exposed her fine white teeth all through
the rendition. She evidently captivat-
ed a young and tender dude who was
very conspicuous in his callowness,
and made the casual observer to wish
to spank him soundly and send him
home to his mamma.
The main street of the Plaisance is a
sort of kaleidoscope of nations: at
every turn comes change of costumes
and peoples. Turks, Arabs, Hindoos,
Africans, Japanese, Chinese, Javanese,
Fiji Islanders, Indians, ETC., crowd
the way, and every tongue known to
the planet is used in this limited space.
This to us was the biggest show, and
we had but limited desire to see the
side-shows, seriatim. We took in the
German Village, the Turkish Theatre,
and one or two other of them, ..just to
be a-dOin'," but they were of minor inn
portance, to our notion. The Dahomey
Village, however, is curious enough to
the civilized beholder, and is constant
ly thronged by sight-seers. There is
African life in all it's savage simplic-
ity and lack of decorum. A friend,
resident of Chicago and a frequent visit
or at the Fair, whom we met afterward.
asked if we had seen this part of the
show. We told him we had. Said he,
''I'll bet you didn't have an experience
similar to mine" s.Perhaps not" vel
'eplied. What was your experienced"
..I'll tell you. About three weeks
lgo went there for the first time. As
was looking about me, noticed at
he further end of the village large
rowd, and all seemed particularly in |
crested and somewhat excited about /
could not tell what. The
rowd would gradually close up to a
ertain point, remain stationary a few
moments, and then suddenly sway out
Tard in a hurry, their movements ac-
with shouts and laughter.
)f course I wanted to know what it
,eant, and quickly moved toward
ne scene. The crowd was standing
bout in high good humor, but II
ouldn't see anything to justify the
xcitement. Looking about me. / saw
distance of about thirty steps an
frican family standing outside their
ut. The family was made up of a /
AN, a woman, and several children;
le first two named were very scantily
Othed, and the latter not clad at all.
moved up to get closer view, and i
re crowd moved with me, but little e
my rear. / was interested, and was
lrious to hear the man and woman !,
inverse in their tribal dialect. For
is reason drew closer still to them,
parently unnoticed by the objects of
Y curiosity. 1 didn't like to appear :
D in trusive, SO halted at the distance is
about fifteen feet, and proceeded to n
ietly take in the scene, as did the "
owd behind me. Suddenly the wom- - -
caught hold of one of her breasts IL
ere was no impeding covering--raisedl p,
took quick aim, and shot stream "
genuine Dahomey milk spang into y
: face! How that crowd hooted and -
led. you may imagine; and the o,
man who had made me her victim Is
ghed till the tears ran down her Ell
lie checks. / wiped my face in e.
snce, and waited philosophically for nc
ompense in the woes of the next hi
Tim. He came along in due time, eli
| the woman didn't miss her aim. 10
ey told me she could hit dime at -,
'nty-five feet, every pop. But you hi.
It see repetition of that sharp lif
oting exhibition: the manager of pl.
village, when he heard OF it, came uo
und and put his official seal of con-
nnation on it.
lmong the other attractions here, is tol
urkish fire company, with engine, a. -
9, buckets, ETC., complete. The aw