The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-04
HIS REQUEST.
A Circus Man Who Was Not Anxious For 9
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Write Up.
''Ah, good morningl" said a brisk,
natty little fellow. walking into the Of
fee Of the Crosby County Clarion and
Farmers Vindicator and tripping light
ly over cuspidor. Il represent the Lit
tie Gem circus. >
I'VE have thrown off on circuses. =
snapped the editor They grand
considerations -
I'VE have not got a single concatena-
ton. We don't carry them any more.
They are altogether too common. In
fact, we are drawing our circus very
mild this season. =
''Why. haven't you got IS. 900 feet
of venOmous serpents?'
''NOt a foot, not even a dead garter
in a bottle of alcohol. Boa constructors
and pythons are out of style -
'Don' It you advertise three miles of
golden charlots, headed by 10 silver
plated bands. a steam calliope. a galaxy
of Circassian beauties, l6 educated stal-
lions, a bass drum with two heads.
dozen 81 ton elephants and &c timber
jointed acrobats on bicycles3''
No, oh, nor answered the advance
agent, with a sickly smile lowering IN
the corners of his mouth. I'VE drive
in town with an old lumber wagon and
a trOtting sulky. Our elephant died last
season of hay fever, and our So beauty
eloPed with one of the canvas men. We
have got a pretty middlng good snare
drummer and a Bohemian with a hare
lip. who blows the fife That is our
band. -
"Of course you have the wonderful
gigantic Bovolapus which sweats blood
and disem bowels camelOpards.
was i'll last fall and was laid up IN the
hospital for six weeks. He finally escap-
ed by chewing up the hospital steward.
three guards and the physician on
night watch. But he was never the
same Bovolapus afterward He dropped,
pinned away, and one morning we found
him dead III the horse tent.
you don't seem to have many at
fractions, that's q fact. OF course YOU
have the wittiest clowns in the Vvorlds''
''Clownsl Oh, no, sir; only one
clown-a regular bowling idiot. Some
of his jokes are covered with cobwebs,
and besides that he is blind in one eye,
knee sprung in the left leg and dying
with consumption. l hardly expect no
will live to get here with the show.
But it will be a small loss. -
''Of course you have three rings?''
OA b41C wv nave Jill HALL
a ring. We send the old plug of a pad
horse half way around a circle, and
there is a turntable at the end, like
single track car line. We then head
him the other way, build a fire under
him, and he jogs back on slow trot =
Il don't see what you want with the
assistance of an influential newspaper
like ours. . said the editor. You Go
not seem to want to advertise anything.
or rather you do not appear to have
anything to advertise. "
''Advertisel Death on a cream horsel
Mol What / came in for is to see how
much you fellows will take to stay
away from the show and say nothing
about it Name your figures. and if
they are anywhere between a sour tod
dy and $50 III cash right in. Can we
trade?''
The editor was thus easily corrupted. /
but it was noticed by the managing ed
itor that when he returned from a trip
round the corner IN company with the
advance agent he was full of inspira-
ton, and it required the whole force to
restrain him from giving the Little
Gem circus a preliminary write up.
Texas Siftings