The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-11-07

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was on show. There were many
rabbits that l think amused the small
boys. There were some large ones.
[ am myself fond '5of them, and can
cnj ~ their pranks.
After this I went around to see
what [ could see. I saw mlny va
cant spots where side show tents
were last year, and do you believe it,
| heard the band play thiq year. 1
didn't last year. And I saw the
ostrichs, real live ones, and it is no
measly thing to see one either, as the
Lord did not put them in our country
at the creation we do not see them
only now and then. A negro at a
side show said Saint I cu'is," and
like he, the ostrich is "cu'is." l
have not decided in my mind whether
it is bird or animal, or "mixtry", or
is first cousin to cooter. If bird
it don't look like it was flushed. 1t
has no feathers, only a pretense of
wings and tail, that must have been
especially desired to grow plumes for
the pleasure of the ladies. The other
part of the body is covered with
down. They have the ugliest foot
onto chem | ever saw. X peacock
ought to be ashamed to be ashamed
of his and would be if he was not
such fastidious (over the left) dude.
| caa't tell what its head or mouth
looks like, but its bill favors that of
a goose, and it looks as if it had been
mashed in between the eyes with
hammer. 1t is very ugly. Will
hold monkey a close second, and if
it was twice as ugly it would be as
ugly as dromedary. Its strong too.
saw some men Harvesting one to
drive to pneumatic tired little
buggy and it took three men to hitch
it up. They caught big gobbler,
or rooster, or cock, or buck. l do not
know which to say, blindfolded it to
keep it f,om biting and after hitching
it up the three men tried to back it
but could not, but they got in the
arena where horse sale was in pro.
gress aud big crowd around. aud
With the big crowd that followed, the
arena was full. They got the ostrich
started aud after going half round
it began to "buck" like a mule, ran
right into the crowd aud all the
scrambling I ever saw those people
had it getting out of the way. The
thing was gotten straight again aud
started and it trotted to tho other
sid,, "few the track" again and
bucked into the crowd where lot of
ladies were, then another big scramble
ard the ladies did not seem to care
who they ran over. The man then
tried to ride its back, took the buggy
loose aad mounted it, and it trotted
around twice as satisfactorially as one
might expect then began "bucking"
right into the crowd. enjoyed that
scene more than any other / saw.
Seldom one ever hears such cheering,
the foot ball game could not beat it.
The ostrich is a good trotter and no
fae horse saw could get around that
riug faster, but it seems to 90 as rough
as q would-be-pacer goes. I wa, we'll
pleased with seeing this. 1t vas our
"big show"
We left the Fair Ground, aad
walked over part of the city after
this. Went to the old park site, now
the Ssaboard Air Line yards, looked
at some of the big magnificent loco
motives, to several places on Main
street. attending to some business,
then to The State House. That is now
q beautiful house. S,me unfinished
work saw last year I could not make
out what it was for but this time 1
could s,e it completed, and we felt
pride III it. 1t has no back nov, all
is front, Both s.dss are exactly alike.
We wantel to 60 up on the cupola
bat up there it was not finished and
the approach was dark and risky, 60
we let the "trip" 90 over.
went to the United States Weather
Bureau office but at that hour it was
closed, 80 failed to see soma of the
instruments and the director.
1 saw s,me people l knew but it
was only by chanos as W, wsre all
prssing to and fro through the sergiug
crowd. ] only saw three ladies that
knew. Imet q girl friend in the
agricultural building face to face and
only had an opportunity to shake
Lands when the tide following each
pressed Us on aud I never saw her
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