The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-20
The Socialist Merry Col Round,
With "a Bloodliss REVOLUTION
1vry Tin Minutes Tile Pro-
hibition Side sl1ow-Blilld
Tigers and Man-Eating Oc-
topi.
BY Henry M. Hyde.

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&c AIIERE'S nothin dom undher
III main canvas said Old
Man Hogan. 9TH two-rlng
i circus Is dayserted, save be
Charley Fairbanks, who's
doin ground an lofty tumblin' in tn wan,
an, Dave Hill, tn veteran athlete, who's
glvin' farewell exhibition on tn horizon
tai bar-r-r, in tn other. iris a poor
show an II 1t wasn't for tn bnr-r-kers
III front avsth' various wonder-r-s av ar-r-t
an nature along the political pike there'd
De no chance for excitement, at all, at
all. 3S'30 q '-l
Here's our old friend, Gene Debs, out
bar-r-kln' for the socialist merry-go-
round.
Come wan! Come all!' Wills Gene.
rake your seats an hold on tight A
bloodliss revolution ivry tin mlnutes! You
spin round an round IN tn air until your
heads dizzy an you're in fit condition
to understand what I'm tall1in' about.
They're off he yils. Now before we
STOP says you must answer me a
few questions. Ar-r-e YOU a producer or
parasite? Do you baylcve in III eco.
non1lc Interpretation nv histhory? DO
you plead guilty to class CONSCIOUSNESS?
Should tn workman own his tools?
You don't know what I mean? Av
coorse you don't. Neither do I. The
merry-go-round will now stop an dis
charge its passengers. All riddy for, tn
MKT rivolution.'
An Gene is maxim converts. 1vry
mornin' read in tn pa-apers that some
av thin have been out tn night bayfore
taktn tn unearned incraymint away from
tn capitalist class at tn point av six.
shooter-to say nothin' av a WATERBURY
Oh, ~ toll n - md
stud. 81
kindly step along now to tn mkt
booth. Thin two monsters painted on TIL
banner in front av tn tint ar-r-e faithful
representations av tn Demon Rum m
tn Giant Gin, taken In tn act av eatin
six young childer for breakfast An TIL
BARR er for tn show Is Doc Swallow
who, in spite av his unfortunate name, IS
wan av TIL 4esbdin Numbers avs tn Pro
hibition partly.
Last year.. says tn doc. Ivry man,
woman an child IN tn United States.
hncludin' Misther Debs. Ispint on tn
average three thousand, wan hundred an
sixty three dollars an eighteen cints fol
into4icatin, likkers. TIL whiskey bill aV
TIL country, he says, would pay TIL
national debt ivry twinty minutes II
we'd save our money, instead av spendin
it for BOOZE he says, we'd all be ridin'
III automobiles an enjoyin' appendicitis
an tn other amusemints av tn rich
".Step In, says tn doc, an take an
X-ray photograph av tn interior av a
drunkard's stomach to TIL loved vans at
home. Step In an hear our large col
lection av horrible examples till how
they used to beat their grandmothers
twice week regaler an pawn tn baby's
milk botthle ivry Saturday night for sip
av somet1ln' stronger.
''In TIL first cage to th'Sright as you
go in says tn doc. you'll see blind
tiger, captured at great e1pinse in tn
wilds av tn prohibition sthate avN Kan
sas an Just beyond is a drove av blind
pigs from Maine. In fact he says, most
av US are blind to ivrythin' but wan
Across tn pike there, with tn bearded
lady settin out in front, Is tn Populist
booth. The la-a-d on tn box with tn