The Monticellonian., 1906-03-29

the bars as though he was saying, in a srarling way, What you grave rob- hers bowling about? Cant you keep still and let the czar of all the animals enjoy his after dinuer nap?"
 Just then the hyenas kicked what vas left of the hornets nest under the bars into his side of the cage. and he put his foot on it and growled. and about a hundred hornets gave him his He gave an Abyssinian cough that woke all the animals and then the kCInets scattered and before I knew 1t the zebras were dancing snake dance and all of them were bowling as though they were ln the ark, hun gry. and the ark had landed on Mount ATarat.
 Just then one of the assistant mana gers beckoned to me to lead in my procession and we lighted the can nles in our Chinese lanterns. I didn't stop to see how the animals got along with the hornets, but 1 couldn't help thinking that if one hornets nest could raise such a row, what would ! hundred or so do when we got to going ill the other tent?
 Oh, If I had only died when I was l young, I never would have witnessed that sight The band played, ''There'i be Hot Time in the Old Town To- night" and pas crow1 of white trash marched around the big outside ring shouting, Bryan, Bryan! Whats the matter with Bryanl" and the audience 1 got up on it's hind legs and yelled that is the white folks did-and then we marched around tle other way. and | yelled, Teddy is the stuff Teddy is 1 the stuff" and the negroes in the au- dienee yelled. Then my crowd met l pas crowd right by the middle ring, where the elephants mad formed the pyramid that closes their act, and the Japanese iugglers were in the right hand ring, and a party of female tum- tlers, with low-neekel stockings were standing at attention in the left-hand ring.
 There was no intention of having a riot. but when pa yelled, What's the matter with Bryan?" negro in my crowd yelled, That's what's the mat ter with Bryan" and he hit pa over the head with his Chinese lantern, loaded with a warm hornets nest as big as, football, which had taken fire from the candle Pa dropped his lantern and began to fight hornets. and then all the white trash m pas bunch rushed up and began to whack my poor down-trodden negroes with their Chinese lanterns. Of course, my feI- lows couldn't stand still and be mauled, and the candles had warmed our hornets nests so the hornets were crawling out to see what was the trou- ble. Then every negro whacked white man with Ecrnets' nest and the audience fairly went wild with ex- element.
 The hornets got busy and went for the elephants and the Japanese jug glers, and they stampeded like they never met hornet before.
 The female tumblafs found hornets on their stockings, and everywhere. anG they gave a female war whOop and rushed for the dressing room. The elephants got stung and they came down off their pyramid and went out to the menagerie tent trumpeting and switching their trunks The negroes and the white politicians were getting Into a race war, So the circus hands rushed in and separated them, and my negroes found that the fetty l had them rub on themse1ves did Tot keep the hornets from stiEging them, so they stampeded.
 Then the hornets began to go for the audience, and the women yelled mur- deI and pulled down their dresses to cover their shoes, and the men got stung and the whole audience stam- Ieded into the open air.
 Then met pa. and he was a sighf, md l never got stung once. The man
 gers tried to get tho band to play some tune that would soothe and hold the audience till an explanation could be made, but somebody had thrown a hornets nest under the band seats and tie horn players got stung on the lips so they couldn't play, and the band ak lit out for beer garden. Before realized it the show was over, and detective that detects for the show had me colared and brought me up befors meeting of the managers. Pa wari
 
 them that didn't run my politics fair. cause had brought IT a lot of ring CTS. The managers asked me how the hornets nests came to be in the Chi5. nese lanterns. I told them they woulds have to ask the negroes for how was ]. I to know what weapons they had con ccaled about their persons, any mers than pa was responsible if his politi- clans carried revolvers.
 They said that looked reasonabs but they believed knew moas
 1t than anybody, bus as we pack up the show and make town they wouldn't lynch me next day Pa got me to put ea , on his stings, and then he sail , pery, you are the limit vermont's Biggest Ire Probably the largest tree in Y if not in New England, stands
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