The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-08

lace. II was 20 rec hot. bu. hs learned
? lesson. for ! saw him holding a tired
" 'Afrs baby up on his shoulders. 80
q go. see the drove OF cam.is come
np 70 ne lOt from the train. soon after.
~ was great 20 see AN the tents 20 up
rs n raised by machinery. ana after
all were erected. and Tie rings we're
graded. and me animals in tho
managerie to1t AN fei and watars.
ana me performer i'm the dressing.
room ready for the afternoon perform
ance pa was the prouicst man ever
was. lie walked an around inspect.
ing everything and kicking occasion
ally az something that got balled an.
and when the crowd came 10 buy tick
cts. be stood around the grand en-
trance. looking wise. and he was 30
good natured that h. bet ten dollars
ne could guess which walnut shell
bean was under. which a three-card
monte man was losing money al. and
pa lost his ten with a smile. He said
he wanted 20 De kind 10 the patrons
Of the show.
This was my first appearance in
ne show business / had 10 stand
up beside the giant. 10 show how lit
tie ! was. and taan I had to stand
up beside the midget TO show how
big ! was compared with him. Il
went all right wi.h the giant be-
cause he was so big was afraid OF
him. but thought the midget was
about my age. and needed protection.
and when the crowd surged around rs
I said Don't be afraid. little fellow.
! will see that no one harms you -
The look he gave me was enough TO
freeze water.
When the crowd had gone into the
big snow tent what do you think.
that COMPOUNDED midget began to ask
me how stood on the tariff ques-
ton, and he argued for free trade.
whatever that is. for half an hour,
and made me think OF Bryan dur
ing campaign. and then he
hranched of on 20 the Monroe doc
triae which ! suppose Is something
connected with a rival show. and |
guess he would be talking yet. only a
big. husky fellow came along. a fell
low about p years old and he stopped
over and put his hand on the midget 5
shoulder and said Hello. dad" and
by gosh. the midget introduced me 10
the big gaIoot as his youngest son.
Wouldn't that skin you.
The first day OF the season was
great. only all the performers had
not got limbered up. one Of the
girls on the flying trapeze fell OF
into the net from the roof OF the
tent and broke her suspenders. 50
when they got her down in the
ring il seemed as though every.
thing she had on was going 70 shuck
loose. and leave her with nothing
bat string OF beads. and pa went ur
20 wrap his coat around her and she
kicked his hat on and ran into the
dressing room The audience just
yelled and pa blusEed scarlet. cause
he saw il was a put-up job TO make
MIN ridiculous.
During the chariot races pa haC
7 10 jump like a box car L
keep from being ran over by I
four-horse chariot driven by a one
horse girl. and the attendants dragge,
pa out from under a bunch OF horse
being ridden barebacked. like fury
Then two horses hitched together
with a strap were being ridden by +;
woman. the strap broke and the horsel
spread apart. and some one yelled tina
she had split clear in two Pa rushed
in 10 help carry one-half Of her into
the dressing room. but she WASH
hurt at all. cause the peanut boy
told me she was a rubber WON
an. and you could stretch her hal
way across the ring. and she voul,
come together all right. and eat I
hearty meal Gee, but a circus is I
great place TO study human nature.
In the evening performance at Peori:
there came up a windstorm which
blew down part Of the menagerie tent
where the freaks were. and when th'
storm was over. and the tent top wa
pulled up again. they found pa al
right. He started to crawl under tn
canvas. and skip out for fear OF thu
animals. but the fat lady caught hin
and sat down on him