The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-26
BIG five IN DURHAM
Flaming Eight Foot Posters
Decorate Bull City.
Features of Great Political Circus That is
Billed 10 Appear About Noyemb n 4lh.
The PhiVe P's.


man who passes through Durham
these days, whether he alights or merely
chances through the car windows, will
he surprised at the flaming posters thar
decorate the bill boards. fences. out
houses and other available space all over
the city. Don't let anybody be deceived
these are not announcements of the on
coming of Sells Brothers and Forepaughs
or John Robnson's or Franklin Bros cir
cuses. These eight by eight foot posters
are merely the announcements that the
Big Five are booked for Durham. The
great Phive s-Pritchard, Patterson,
Pearson, Protection and Prosperity. They
propose to show in Durham on Tuesday,
November 4th for a series of one day
only. This great aggregation has been
showing for the past two months In sec
lions, in different parts of the State TO
small and not appreciatiye audiences, ana
now judging from the two hundred ana
eighty dollars worth of flaming big let
tered eight-foot posters. the entire ag-
gregation will wind up the season in the
Bull City" This will perhaps be the
farewell performance of this wonderful
constellation of political stars, for it is
generally understood that after the Dur
ham performance the entire phalanx of
Political Pesterers" will disband for good
ard the larger proportion will go into
permanent winter quarters at some point
up about Lick Skillet.
But the performance in Durham, if we
may Judge from the advertisements, will
be thrilling and most interesting. The
official programme has not been an
nounced. but it is understood that the
head of the aggregation, Senator Pritch-
ard will be chief ringmaster. He will
have a regular ring master whip, pre-
scented to him by Mark Hanna the owner
and manager of the aggregation. and, it
is said. too that when he cracks this
whip it will be amusing to see his local
heelers cut the pigeon-wing around the
polling places. Mr.. Lindsay Patterson,
the great Cleveland Democratic aeronaut
will for the first time get astride the
trick mule Protection" This mule is
said TO be the most wonderful trick mule
in the universe. He is highly pampered
and seems to be unconquered and uncon-
querable. He has kicked the very gal
luses off many Republican tariff reform
er who has tried to straddle him, but it
is said that Mr.. Patterson insists that he
can ride him and Ring Master Pritchard
has consented for him to make the eff
fort. The betting now is four to one that
Patterson, mule and all, will go down in
heap in full view of the audience.
One of the most interesting features
of the performance will be great feats by
that dashing young political trapese per-
former Mr.. Pearson. He Will attempt
one of the most difficult aereal feats
yet introduced into the political arena.
He is, to balance himself on a moving
Populist trapeze, swing himself several
times, then dash through the political
atmosphere and catch two other flying
trapeZes, each going in different direc-
ttions at the same moment. One of these
trapeze is labeled Democratic" the other
Republican" They are, of course, to be
suspended at different points and in
movement must be going from each other
and yet this new star in aerial perform
ances must catch them both at the same
moment and glide safely from them into
Il seat in the Legislature. The betting is
ten TO one that Mr.. Pearson will fail.
Miss Prossie Perity will attempt TO
drive the glittering chariot of the cigar
cite trust, drawn by two hundred employ
ees of the trust from the factories to the
polling places, but it is we'll known that
these employees have never yet been
driven into such performances, and it is
going to be the hardest team to hold the
reins over, that Miss Prossie Perity has
ever yet encountered. Indeed it is rumor-
ed that this feature will perhaps be
abandoned, as the risk both to the life of
Miss Prossie Perity and the glittering
chariot is too great.
But there is one feature of the per-
Torrance that will surely be pulled off"
and. that is the great feat of "leg-pull-
ing Some folks close to the cigarette
trust have consented to stretch out their
legs for anybody to pull who will join
in making the show a success. 1t is we'll
know that this part of the programme
will not be abandoned for the principal
actors who arc to take part have been
practicing for two or three weeks. It
is said that at one of the rehearsels last
week they pulled the leg of one young
representative of the trust until he
danced up with about three hundred
cigarette trust plunks for bill posting
and other purposes. There will, perhaps
be dress rehearsal of the leg pulling
performance on the evening of Monday,
November 3rd, and the promoters claim
that even now standing room is selling
at fabulous prices. At the same time it
is rumored that complimentary tickets
are being offered and rejected by some.
The leg-pulling feature promises to
be The funniest part of the entire show,
especially to those who enjoy this sort
of political performances.
The performance will very likely con-
clude with disgusting sde-show perform
ances around the polls, where doodle, ;"
the trick monkey, will dance to the tune
of doodle for ballots and after this act
the curtain will drop. The effects of the
aggregation will be landed on a slow
freight bound for Luck Skillet, and
next morning the Democratic band
wagon will appear with all the I'M
bought braves aboard and will make the
Weli;in ring with shouts of victory.
FORTY YEARS TORTURE.
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