The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-01-12

I the people got a rope around pa, ana
\ keeper got an iron hook In the ele-
plants ear. and they pulled pa OUT
on one side. and got the elephant nway
on the other side. and just then the
7 calliope. that ends the parade. came
7 by us and played the Blue Danube,
and the elephant got on his hind ieei
and waltzed on the pavement They
put pa and the Circassian beauties In
patrol wagon and took them 10 the
show lot. and sat by the driver, and
he let me drive the team.
Pa had his sheik clothes rolled up
around his waist. and was wringing
them out, and talking awful sassy, and
when we got 10 the lot il took a long
time 10 convince the policemen that
we were not guilty OF disorderly con-
duct. and just then the elephant came
tearing by us, with the keeper on
horseback behind him, prodding him in
the ham every jump with a sharp iron.
and he went through the side of the
tent as though he was mighty sorry he
didn't kill us all.
They made him get down on his
knees and below in token OF surren-
der. and then we all went and changed
our clothes for the afternoon perform
ance. AS we passed through the
menagerie tent, dripping. every animal
set up a yell, as much as to say:
There, maybe you will give cayenne
pepper TO pious sacred COW again,
confound you" and that conyinces me
that animals are human.
The last week has been the hardest
on pa of any week since we have been
out with the circus The trouble with
pa is that he wants to be Johnny on
the spot" as the boys say. and IL any
thing breaks he volunteers 10 go TO
work and fix 1t, and II anybody is sick
or disabled. he wants 10 take their
place. as he says so he will learn
everything about the circus. and be
competent TO run a show alone mex;
year.
But it was a mean trick the principal
owner Of the show played on pa at
Canton, o. You see John L. Sullivan
used 10 do a boxing act with this
show, years ago, and everybody likes
John, and when he shows up where the
show gives a performance he has the
freedom Of the whole place. and every
body about the show is ready TO fan
over themselves TO Go John L. a serv.
Ice.
Well, Sullivan showed up at Canton.
and he went everywhere. all the fore
noon. and met all the old timers, and
at the afternoon performance he was
awfully jolly.
John was standing beside the ring
when the japanese jugglers were Jug
Cling, and he leaned against a pole.
Pa came in from the menagerie tent,
and he didn't know Sull van, and when
he saw Sullivan holding the pole up.
pa said TO the boss proprietor that the
fat man who was interfering with the
show ought to be called Gown, o. put
out.
The boss said TO pa: you go take
him by the ear and put him out" and
pa, who is as brave as a lion. started
for Sullivan. and the boss winked at
the other circus men, and pa went up
to Sullivan and took hold OF Johns
neck with both hands. and said:
Come on out OF here"
Well, sir. we ought TO have moving
pictures of what followed. Sullivan
turned on pa, and growled just like .
lion. Then he took pa around the
waist and held him up under his arm
and picked up a piece or board and
Slated pa Just as though pa was .
child, and the audience just yelled. and
pa called to the circus men for help
but they Just laughed.
Pa got a chance at the fat man and
he hit him in the jaw. but it did not
hurt Sullivan, only made him mad
He took pa Up by the collar and
whirled him around until pa was diz
zy, and then he started with him fol
the menagerie tent, and called TO the
boss canvasman: bill. come on and
tell me which Is the hungrlest lion
and I will feed him with this colo
meat"
Pa yelled cause he thought he wa
In the hands OF An escaped lunatic. ant
the circus hands came and took hin
away. Then the owner told pa who
Sullivan was. and pa almost tainted
But finally. after breathing hard FOL
awhile pa went up TO Sullivan ant
shook his hand. and said: mir. Sui
Ivan, you must excuse me. II haf
known you we're the great John L..
would not have licked you" Sullivan
looked at pa and said: well, you ar
a wonder. old man. and you did d.
me up" and pa and Sullivan became
great friends Since then pa is prett,
chesty. cause the circus men poin
him out to the jays as the man who
whipped John l. Sullivan.
Expert Smokers.