The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-04-18

more conscientious WOMAN uidh Aunt
Sally Warner. reliet ii lolh Mariner.
who departed this life after u fall from
the roof OF his barn AUNT Sally had
no children OF her OWL hut did have
half n dozen uieceS aud a news, and
among the latter MIS- In, rulliching.
frolicking Joe Henderson Nho WIS
twenty year, old at the Time the great
calamity fell upon tie house OF War
mr., Reference is not made To the fall
from the Foot OF the barn. hat To
calamity aitt overlook Aunt Sallys
conscience.
one day nephew Joe, whose parents
lived five or six miles away arrived AT
Aunt SallA's ON an errand She was
about to sci out for the Village OF
EawSoN He 10 Ito some trading" and
doe volunteered to - along as driver
of old Eobbin Aunt Sally had not
been over That road Tor Il month. and
She MAS surprised 10 SEE circus pie
lures pasted up on every barn on the
route Since childhood she had had Il
foudnass for circus pictures, but had
been brought up To believe that eternal
punishment awaited every one Who
passed The doors OF the circus Itself
During his lifetime Joab had discharg
ed various hired men for stay ing day
of to "a la the circus. and lie had re
fused L. deal with certain men Who
had accepted free tickets tor The priNi-
legc Of posting pictures on their barns.
As the epod aunt and her nephew
logged along the dusty highway and
came To barn after barn decked out In
gayrst colorS of printers iHk Joe heard
her signing lie didn't stop to ask him
SELF whether She VAS signing over HE
death of Uncle Joub or the fact that
she couldn't attend L circus promising
50 much entertainments but he forth
with proceeded to cUncoct II plan.
II Il sinGle person could conspire II
would have been called conspiracy AZ
we'll n Il plan. lie made 40 comment
On the hare.iAckcd riders. On the wom
en- jumping through hoops, on the rhi-
noccroS grazing along the banks Of the
African river and the hycna sneaiing
about Ia tie Indian ihiekrt lie Just
sat still and thucblcd and when he
wasn't chnesling lie Was talEns about
golna Ia Alaska Ia dig for gold.
When they reached town aud found
things in hustle he had 10 make
some examinations ia. eXulnlu.d that
-p<bitttion >vaa= to=b,, given that
afternoon Tor the benefit OF widows
and orphans. hat he didn't say too
much Mhilc Aunt SALLY VAS making
her purchases the merchant might have
referred IL the exhibition and called
| II by some other name II ntl hcw Joe
| hadn't given him the Nink
When ten yards Of calico fifteen OF
sheelins. three towels. one table cloth
and threstd pins and needles had been
bou hl Aunt Sally sHddenly remein-
| berrd something and turned IA Joe and
sald
III Their. Is anything going on Tor
the hrheht of widows and orphans /
ought 10 be Interested, being ns | am
widow myself r. il Il spelling bee
or nyihIns OF that sortt"
"Oh. no They have got II tent and II
| collection Of Wild anlmals. Its whit
You might call natural history eShibl-
tion. bid you ever see a live lion or
tiger AuHt Sally Z"
No meyer did
Ever sec hn elephant OF II Zebra or
graft
NO.
"Well- You can see thrni no" and
help the widows and orphans the same
time. rs % cents aplr'" bat We
got the money for my ticket
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