The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-25
HERE AND THERE.

None o yer modern ilxlns with yer sim
infamous rings,
Yer stages goln' AL to once, an SIGH new
But captiVatia' circle, 10 your boyish
eyes so grand,
Yer pulses beat in rythm to the tara of
Twas that 0ne-rlng old time circus where
You took IN all tile sights
The cavaliers a1d ladies in their spangies
The DARN, tight rope artist, and the leapln'
la mid-nlr,
The clown In paint and powder a-wrestlln'
with tho bear
Oh, there was actin, in that ring, in which
you took PRIDE
With nary opposition from the rings on
tother side.
II may be that a fellcr's eyes grow DINNER
with the years.
An 1 may be ies the glass as how tho
thing appears;
But all things bein equal, as they argy in
debate,
I'll gamble on the one-vlhg style agin the
up-tO-date,
di,ame that kind o circus, the kind we
Dog gone yer mammoth circus, run by the
rule Of three. j. w.
"Oh, II you see one, you see them all :"
Is a common remark anent the circus,
made In answer to the question as to
the speakers probability OF attending
the show. Seeing IS believing, however,
and somehow Just to see II clrcuses are
all alike, the man who spoke rather dis
paruglngly, falls into line with his city
reighbor and hts country cousin. The
circus comes to town, and the earth
quake follows, Greater than FIRE, a
boom campaign meeting; great indeed,
Is the circus.
1t is an American institution, copied
from the foundation set by the travel
Ing showmen of merry England In days
gone by. The menagerle as at present
constituted. Is purely American In its
conception. Consequently. American
sheWmen are the only spnbeams In the
sky, and p, T. Barnum, knowing well
whereof he spake, didn't wander far
from the bulls eye when he said: THE
American people love to be humbug-
ged." Put together. ciluse and effect, or
| supply and demand. and the popularity
OF the circus is easy OF solution.
The pulpit doesn't turn Its batteries
loose on the circus any more. The town
fathers don't try now to put up license
bars so high that II would be folly to at
tempt the leap over them. Neither does
the police force always do double turn
circus day, for the majority OF circuses
have found It better to be shorn of the
rag-tag fakir, and skin-game fraternity,
Even the slogan-soG.id "Hey RUDE"
Is hardly ever called upon Of late to
rouse the stake drivers for the fray
with the citizen element and the circus
has evolved Into comparatively better
tone than that reigning years ago
Neither is the warning ever sounded
at the entrance. Look out for your
pocket books" II ever there was slick
warning that was one. Every man
In the crowds pouring into the tent, up
on hearing the warning. would clap his
hands on his pocket book to see II 1t
was safe. then would pass on, Later he
discovered that II was safe in somebody
else's care. The light-hngered gentry
didn't have to look for mans pocket
book; he gave the snap away when he
obeyed the warning, Look out for your
pocket books
| A Sixth ward merchant. who also has
q farm near Mozart park, purchased a
thoroughbred Durham bul calf Mon
day morning, and returning to his home
| Ou tilG AdlUl Nuul tNN'AAhh hN hPAhA NANs
the frislSy bovine had disappeared. II Is
a valuable animal, and Its owner de-
| ternined upon vigorous search. He
questioned all his nelghbors In vain for
a trace OF its whereabouts. and intend
ed advertising In the Lost, Strayed or
Stolen" column, n his search on Thurs
day failed OF effect. This was his decls-
/ ion after using up more time than lie
| cared to spare. but on the final day he
drove over every highway In Marshall
county. He stopped at all the black
smith shops. schoolhouses. etc, and al
lowed no traveller to pass him by un-
Questioned about certain bull calf.
The day ended without the prodigal
one. He had been given all kinds Of In
formation, FOR nearly every man saw
the calf lust around the turn In the
next road. Others were certain II was
out Boggs' Run; n few were willing to
swear Il was pasturing near Benwood;
another man offered 20 bet 1t was at
Sherrard. These places were Visited,
but no calf. Two assistant searchers
| also pursued forlorn hopes, for with
out variation those who claimed to have
seen the calf, we're positive they had
seen one answering fully TO the descrip-
ton OF the lost one.
II may he imagined with what disap'
poIntment the tired farmer-merchant
returned home at eve, and his opinion
of the percepttve faculties OF his Mar
shall county brethren. He laughed,
really laughed at them. when he found
| his calf that night In his neighbours
cornfeld, not rifle shot away from his
home. And 1t had been there all the
time.
The frost is coming. gentle Annie,
threatening to blight the toes OF Mar
ltet street patroling young man, who
ekes out precarious existence by
means Invisible to the naked eye. His
pedal cxtremltles are In sore need OF
coyering, and to prevent his going
abroad In sandnls. generous friend
the other day gave him pair Of shoes
not much the worse for wear. They
proved too small by lar. Then In an
evil hour he explained the discrepancy
to a fellow sufferer from the hand OF
fate. following II up by offering to give
them to him II they NJ him. But II
they don't NJ give me them back, cause
know where can sell them"
Thus, said he. In an evil hour, to his
fellow sufferer, and the latter cautious
~ Inquired where old shoes could be
sold. Receiving the Information, he
lett, presumably to Try on the shoes,
but as he came down the street an hour
later. paitinR bis stomach affectionnto-
~, the original recipient knew that the
stun was or "Next time gets shoes,
or any old thing" he growiod, I'll sell