The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-10-26
News From Middleton.


Henry Chenault, late of Hills
boro, Texas, but who bought
the residence of J. M. Moore, has
gone to Knoxville on business.
VIM. Stainback is sojourning in
town. He is a genial fellow, quite
favOrite among the boys.
The Middleton Literary Club
which has recently been organized
by the young people is growing rap
idly. Several new members will be
received on the roll at the next reg
ular meeting, on Monday night. If
any other town in the county has a
club, we would be pleased to hear
from them; not including the school
societies.
On Saturday, goth, this town
was chucked full of people. They
were here from the highways and
hedges, big, little, old, young, ne
groes and all. 1t was a sight to be-
hold in a little town. 1t made the
merchants feel that good times were
at hand, like it use to be when cot
ton was worth l24 to 90 cents per
pound. The side walks were lined
with men, women and children; in
side of the stores were full until
there wasn't standing room. They
were here because it was a circus.
The Gulf q Chicago r. r. ran an
excursion and lots of Mississippi
people came to see wild animals and
clowns. About II o'clock little
boy came pushing his way through
the crowd shouting, "The cessiOn
amer comming;;" then everybody
wantedto be with some other fell Ow.
They pushed around among each
other for awhile, but no procession
came. At about l pm, the
band played few pieces and
then went to the grounds. Then
man came along, shouting at the
top of his voice, that a lady would
walk a rope from the top of the cir
Gus tent to the ground. After the
crowd had left town, your humble
servant put on his reporters badge
and started to the show grounds to
beat his way in. He went around
and found the special show officer
who gave him pass-provided he
pays as he goes. The first thing
| saw was the side show. The
first that met my gaze was the cleo,
trio girl. l thought would take
shock. After l had given her q
smile and wink out of my right
eye, / caught hold of her hand
then she sent all the electricity she
could into my body. My! My
what a shock / did get! There
stood and could not turn loose.
You bet | was glad when she turned
loose. Next was the cage of mon
keys. Here stopped to
gaze for q few moments, when
lady who was standing near re
marked, "That / favored them. ,
Not wishing to be made fun of il
the side show, | concluded to retire
On my way out, / struck the for.
tune teller; then | had to stop to
have my fortune told. The first
thing she said was, FEThat no living
lady could ever fancy that mug
of yours" did not wait to hear
any more from her but got out as
quick as possible / sauntered out
around on the outside for a while,
thinking might catch a sucker and
borrow % cents and rush in the big
tent on a half ticket. Finally l got
into the big tent. Not very long,
fight was reported to be on the
outside. My chum suggested that
go out and write up the fight.
concluded that on the inside was
the place for me. Finally, a gen
tleman came in and said drunken
man was trying to knock down one
of the large stakes with his fist.
l went over to where the reserve
seat man was selling tickets, think
ing might get a complimentary
ticket. / was talking to him when
the special officer rushed in and said
every body on the outside wanted to
fight. Said he to me, come out and
see if you can quiet them. "Oh"
said, / "Send the clown out and he
will scare them Off mo! No!
said he, "YOu'll do" | passed-out
of the tent, where | found several
young men from a neighboring
town, rather in aioyful mood, try
ing to raise a racket with the side
show ticket man because he would
not let them in the side slow free.
Everything passed off quietly un-
til the concert, when fellow from
GAINESVILLE began to feel his liquor
and he raised howl to see the con-
cert free.
After supper some of the actors
and the circus orchestra met togeth
er with the boys of town, in DIR.
Sasser's hotel parlor, where we had
plenty of nice music. Each and ev-
Fy one enjoyed the time spent
there.
Middleton, Oct. "a, 1894.