The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

there until Monday morning.. There
was a feast though at the show
grounds for all who were there Why
all circus people love Irish potatoes is
mystery to me, but they do just the
same. IF you want trouble just cut
Irish potatoes off the bill of fare.
saw u man working for dear life
Sunday under little tent over by the
horses. He was the harness maker
and he is never idle. Two hundred
yards from him was another tent.
This was the blacksmith shop.
Mr.. Chambers took me through the
animal tent Sunday afternoon and
introduced me to everything and
everybody. He knows more different
kinds of animals than you will find in
the dictionary.
He showed me the giant hippopota-
mus. "We had two he said, "but
one of them died in Columbus, O.,
last year of dropsy of the heart.
When I asked him how he knew
what the disease was he said: "Oh,
we took her over to medical college
and had post mortem examination.
She was sick only forty minutes.
"This, said Mr. Chambers, point
ing to a. beautiful animal, "is the
Partisan sheep.
While [ was admiring its beauty
the Partisan sheep walked over to a
cigar stump, picked it up between its
teeth and quietly chewed it up.
"Here is the reformed elephant.
He is called that because at one time
he was painted and advertised as the
great white elephant. He kicked on
the deception, however, and refused
to allow himself painted one day, and
since then he has been known as the
reformed elephant. :
While we were looking at the ele-
plants man brought table and a
camp chair into the tent. Then he
took several razors and brushes from
3 grip, along with cups and soap. He
was the circus barber. He stood at
that chair for ten hours and shaved
men like he was machine. When
night came every man that wanted a
shave had been accommodated.
Just before sun down Mr.. Jordan
and his army of helpers took the me-
nagerie tent down and rolled up the
canvas. This was done SO that in
case of storm or fire during the night
there would be no damage done.
After this every wagon was covered
over and then the herd Of elephants
was taken back to the cars. A man
with big stick began walking around
the cages. He was the night watch
man and he was walking at daylight
Monday morning
Just as the sun was rising Monday
Mr.. Jordan and his men were on the
lot. The men we're armed with
scythes and grubbing hoes. They
had come to cut the grass and weeds
from the lot and make the three great
rings. The rings were measured off
while 100 men were cutting the grass
and digging up the stumps.
Mr.. Jordan took a little slip Of pa
per from his pocket. It was dia-
gram of the lot and showed every tree
on it that would be in the way. With
the diagram was permission for the
trees to be cut from the owner of the
lot.
'That is to keep EN- from suing US
for damages for cutting trees. ex-
planned the boss canvasman. The lot
was ~eady, the rings made and the
big canvas was up before Augusta had
reused from its slumbers.
Early in the morning man that
had not said much to anyone on Sun
day came on the lot. He was Allen
Sells, nephew of the Sells brothers,
and his business is to get the parade
in order. Soon after he arrived the
covers were taken from the wagons
and u uniform for each driver was
placed on top Of them. The horses
were made ready, and then came a
bugle call for every man, woman and
child to be in position.
A big elephant pushed some Of the
(ss)of Richardson y and ID his s. con,