Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-01-12

They made him get down % his
knees and below In token Of surren.
der, and then We all went ana changed
our clothes for the afternoon perform.
ance. AS we passed through the
menagerie tent, dripping, every animal
set up q yell, as much as to say:
There, maybe you will give cayenne
pepper to a 'pious sacred COW again.
confound you" and that convinces 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 II any
thing breaks he volunteers to go to
work and fix 1t, and II anybody Is sick
or disabled, he wants to take their
place. as he says 30 he will learn
everything about the circus. and be
competent to run . show alone next
year.
But 1t was a mean trick the principal
owner Of the show played on pa at
Canton, o. You see John L. Sullivan
used to do q 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 fall
over themselves to do John L. q serv-
ice.
Well, Sullivan showed up at Canton,
and he went everywhere. all the fore
noon. and met all the old timers. and
at tine 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 Sullivan. and when
he saw Sullivan holding the pole up.
pa said to the boss proprietor that the
fat nan who was interfering with the
show ought to be called down, o.. put
out.
The boss said to pa: "You 90 take
him by the ear and put him out and
pa, who is as brave as a lion. started
for Sullivan. ard 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 a
lion. Then he took pa around the
waist and held him up under his arm
and picked up a piece of board and
Slated pa just as though pa was q
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 1t did moi
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 thu
boss canvasman: bill. come on ant
tell me which Is the hungriest lion
and I will feed him with this cole
meat"
Pa yelled cause he thought he wa!
in the hands of an escaped l%unatic. 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: "Mr. Sui
Ivan. you must excuse me. II I hat
known you were 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 dc
me up" and pa and Sullivan became
great friends. Since then pa Is pretty
chesty. cause the circus men poin
him out to the jays as the man wht
whipped John L. Sullivan.