Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-19

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sese 81 l.otfris AL ilaee Ana laa
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> - thai ~ d.dn nass 4aY eity kiseT-
"a aE- t1It y sd get sen,e
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= f41xio1 e1a clear tiQtH1 a week
j ~ bro&sr then sod his beer wagons
aBsl hpesez FER 80 Aad gave tne alcaey
. 'ijex hDoerts N4s - 20 - Chicago
oF the aau.rtislpx kiee ana SeFe o.
g - \ a. soa up tie rad and get
ready 10 give a sh0E me brewer a1d
the ennfary 0ere - wslt rnih Roberts
sslt f0F tltas. ! guess tley Fe ~aiNas
Jet hooests disls.'t % - nscago lie
seat 70 PosIFllle. anoCf fifteen miles
away. Thee he iosasd us and said ths
show was busted. tsiee and | were
little discouraged, huf Doc wasn't he
found ~ that mad 80 aud agreej u
: vs hlm nth interest ~ the shoE II
he'd iavcss the coin lie DAD We al
vent bsoke at tie end u week. and
the slieat partner returned home Ihsn
Doe began a eth hunt for partners.
Semetimes Ne bad as many as eight
Any mar that lid a Chez 81 t0tac,0
would seeoms partner BY applying 10
Eoberts
Three Sherins With Them
-By the time Ne got 10 fankton We
bad three sherifs Nith us TO collect
hoard bfl.s There WASH eussrd thing
they could levy 90 except the buster aud
tie song aud dance SHOES. We did a
good Business there. Doe BACKED up
two Of he sherins and put en- on the
end. aud NE had howhng show. Made
money enough TO pay part OF the bills
aud shake the sleuths. bat we we're soon
dead broke Roberts got his title Of
doctor by reason OF having been vet
erinAEy surgeon. 80 be conceived the idea
Of sfaFtinga wagon show. tie bought
the remains 81 a horse for clio. doctored
him up, and Ne started out In a week
We had eight cracker Jacks. BY iudicious
swapping with farmers along the route,
Roberts acquired a bundle. Then he
decided the show business was too swift
for him. so ne went back 10 Cedar Rap
ids and bought livery stable. tie still
runs il.
-fsiee and had very funny expert
eucs shortly after that over in Black
Earth, Wisconsin. We were Civ
ing a grand minstrel show-there were
three % ms. Rice and and Frenchman.
Tue Gsul played violin and a zylo-
phone by ear. aud We billed him as the
musical prodigy OF the century. There
wsSat any hail Ia the city; but | con
eeised the idea OF giving the perform
ance in the village cnurch--a presbyte-
rian donicile OF the Lord. After chase
over the country for tee miles obtained
the consent OF ali the elders and the
officers OF the church. The pastor said
he was willing. IL the show was a moral
one. / told him IL was. and more too.
We offered them \ percentage OF the re-
eeipts. but the preacher refused. Finally
we made dicker for the church that
night for ~
A Breach or Confidence.
Il got the pastor TO announce the per
Torrance from the pulpit, Sunday. aud
xe had crowded house. We'd rugged
up stage on the pulpit and used kero-
sene lamps for footlights. A fellow
across the street from the church. who
ran billiard hall, lent IFS the covering
Of bis oniy table and We partitioned
of one corner of the pulpit for
q dressing room. We still had our para
phernalia the song and dance shoes
and the linen duster. The first part Of
the performance caught the audience.
We had grand overture by the Fren III
man and the entire caste appeared in
the first part The Frenchman used TO