The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-02-09

yell. and thought I could smell "a,
burning. oh, but I was scared for fea,
they would burn pa alive.
Just then the man who had ebsrgs
OF our cannibals. who each had a dos
that they were looking 10. a place Ia
roast, came along ~na told him abop,
me Indians corn roast. and he ordered
the cannibals 10 20 drive the Indians
away from their FIRE and roast their
dogs Well. II worked like a charm
ana the cannibais made a rush for the
Indians and drove them away lust rs
they had lighted the fire around pa
and we were not minute too soon.
AFTER the Indians had skedaddled for
ne woods, and We cut the cords that
round pa. the cannibals went 10 wO-l,
and skun the dogs, and began TO cook
them, and pa looked on. until il made
MIN squirmish. but he was So tickled
at being saved from the Indians. that
ne tried TO be good fellow with the
cannlbals. ] guess IL would have been
all right only the cannibals got TO
drinking the Philadelphia beer. and
then II was all of. cause roast dog
wasn't good enough for them. and
they wanted to roast pa.
First they offered pa dog TO eat. but
he had swore on on dog, and passed
on II. and that made the cannibals
mad. and they got ready to roast pa.
and / guess they would have eaten
him half cooked, IL il hadn't been for
the performers and freaks who had
missed their pet dogs. and the circus
hands told them the cannibals had
Just gone 10 the woods with a mess OF
dogs 10 roast for a dog feast.
Well, they were just getting a fire
around pa, and he was giving the
grand hailing sigh Of distress. when
the performers. headed by the fat
woman, whose peeled Mexican dog
vas lost in the shuttle, came in
amongst the cannibals. and pa and the
other dogs were rescued. in the
darnedest fight | ever saw. The per
formers just walked right over the
cannibals. and mauled them with
stakes, and all the dogs that had not
been killed were pulled away from
the heather, and saved. The fat
woman got her dog all right, and
when pa came up from the stake
whsre they were going to burn him.
and congratulated her on recovering
her dog, she turned on pa and accused
him OF being the leading cannibal.
and that he was the one who put IN
the whole job to steal the dogs. She
jabbed him with a parasol. but pa
was innocent
The Indians got back to the tent
along towards morning. and the can.
nibals went back with US. and we had
to feed them on weiners, which was
the nearest to roast cog we could get
for them at that time OF night.
Pa seems TO get il in the neck in
this show, cause everything that goes
wrong Is laid to him, and II anything
goes right. somebody else gets the
credit. and think he would resign il
II was not for his pride. After the
trouble about the Indians and the
cannibals the manager called pa up
and reprimanded him for indulging
the tribes in their wild orgies. and
said we couldn't maintain discipline
as long as pa mixed up with them and
encouraged them in such things.
Pa tried to explain that he was the
victim instead OF being the cause OF
the dog roast, but the manager dis
missed pa by telling him not to let il
occur again. Then to show the incon-
sistency of the manager, he ordered
pa TO go on ahead of the show to New
York. and advertise that the cannibals
in our show would give an exhibition
81 roasting and eating a human being.
and to offer a reward for anybody that
would consent TO be roasted and eat
en- in public.
Pa has gone TO New York to look
for somebody who will take the posi-.
ton of meat for the cannibals, and he
Is instructed 10 spare no expense to
find such a man. He thinks he may
ind somebody connected with the
Equitable Life insurance scandal. who
has lost all desire TO live any longer.
and who will gladly go into this "mu
tual' scheme. ! don't know.
This circus business is too much for
ne, cause l am losing friends all the |
ime. Even the monkeys have got SC
hey seem TO be ashamed to be seen
alking to me, and when | pass the /
monkey cage they turn their backs on
ne, as though did not belong to their
'et When a fellow gets so low that
feel above him. and throw
'ut sarcastic remarks when he goes
~, it is time to change your luck
iome way.
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