The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-19
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS


Shows at the Fair is applicable to the
tented attractions on the fair grounds
this week:
walk up. good folks, if you're anxious
The Albino girl that's tattooed.
The rubber neck man from the banks of
And the bow-legged skeleton dude:
The African wild man who dances on
The woman as strong as an OK,
The boy who exists upon lizards and grass
And the thing that's half man and half
The ground hog that MARBLES and stands
The mermaid with gold on her fins,
The fellow who's make-up's remarkably
with leaves growing out of his shins;
The worm that, can smile and the fish
that can walk,
The three headed snake and the COW that
can talk,
:. Twill cost you the nominal price of ten
These wonderful sights. all to see
just purchase your tickets-walk into our
The show on the stage will be freew
The young fellow listened with mouth
To this song the sideshowman did sing.
And then he concluded he'd jist go inside
An take in the wonders, by JingH'
And So, walking up to the ticket man 5
He laid down his only ten cents,
Received in his turn an admission card
He then hurried into the tents,
But soon reappeared and exclaimed: "fn
And scratched his head hard as he
with wrath in his eyes and in tones of
by ginger. how that Teller liedY'
Louis W. Jones in Indianapolis Journal.
w. D. Sheldon went to Kansas City
yester6a%s-
The fair grounds is well sprinkled
with confetti.
The one flock of Angora goats at the
fair grounds looked lonesome.
E. D. Robertson and wife, of Topeka.
were in Kansas City Friday.
After all Cider Smith was correct
as to the weather for fair week.
]. G. Pricer, of Hiawatha, was in To-
peka yesterday for the state fair.
An incubator at work Matching chicks
has been one of the features of the
poultry tent at the fair.
w. L. Tracy, a Santa Fe man who
formerly lived in North Topeka. is
very sick in the hospital at Ottawa
Don't fail to see the Great Majestic
Range bake biscuits in three minutes
next week at the w. A L Thompson
Hardware company. Don't get left.
Charles Titus, of Lawrence, will speak
at the Y NJ c. A. Sunday at 4 o. M
His subject will be Your Opportunity.
A solo win be sung by J. A. Augustus.
Charles Westbrook of Peabody, has
been one of the judges of the races this
week. Westbrook owned the famous Joe
Youngs one of the fastest horses raised
in Kansas.
The fair is over and there has not
even been a rumor that hop tea was
sold on the grounds. This has been a
temperance fair and nothing stronger
than pop and ginger ale was allowed on
the grounds.
J. H. Cline of Buffalo, N. Y, has been
in topeka this week to attend the fair
and to look up some fine horses to ship
east. He made r. I. Lee an offer OF
$4,000 for Jackdaw. Mr.. Lee has not
accepted the offer.
in Chanute and viii move his family to
that place in a fewzdays. He has built
up large and profitabl insurance
business in Topeka which he gives up to
go into the oil fields.
DIR. and Mrs. Melvin Gardiner. of
Greenleaf. who have been the guests of
DR.. Harriet z. Adams during the fair,
have returned home. DIR. Gardiner at
tended the meeting of the state board
of health of which he is a member.
There have been over 1000 sets of G.
s. E. (Gavitt's Stock Exchange), the
new card game, sold in Topeka in the
last six months. The book stores claim
it is one of the most popular games
they have ever handled.
Charles Martin, son of Secretary G.
w. Martin of the State Historical So
ciety, is in Tooeka to secure medical
treatment One of his hands has been
poisoned in some unexplained manner,
and its swelling has given its owner
considerable annoyance.
The First Baptist church will occupy
its new tabernacle on the corner of
Tenth and Jackson streets for the first
time, tomorrow. 1t expects to hold SER
vices IN the temporary home for about
seven months. Work on the old build
ing has already begun. The pastor. Rev
P w. Cranneil, D. D.. will preach to-
morrow morning on I'm This Taber-
nacle," and in The evening ON 1.-THE Best
Place on Earth