Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

Ills Qe8Q anu looked IL tu0m tulOu&D
the bars as though he was saying, in
snarling way, What you grave rob-
hers bowling about? Cant you keep
still and let the car of all the animals
enjoy his after dinner napr'
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 hundred hornets gave him his.
He gave an Abyssinian cough that
woke all the animals. and then the
hornets scattered and before knew
it. the zebras were dancing q snake
dance and all of them were bowling
as though they were in the ark, hum
cry, and the ark had landed on Mount
AIarat.
Just then one of the assistant mana
gers beckOned to me to lead in my
procession and we lighted the cam
6les in our Chinese lanterns. I didn't
stop to see how the animals got along
with the hornets, but couldn't help
thinking that if one hornets nest
could raise such row, what would
hundred or so do when we got to going
in the other tent?
Oh, If had only died when I was
young, I never would have witnessed
that sight. The band played, "ThereIl
be Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night" and pas crow1 of white trash
marched around the big outside ring
shouting. Bryan! Bryan! What's the
matter with Bryant" and the audience
got up on its hind legs and yelled
that is the white folks did-and then
We marched around tue other way, and
yelled, Teddy is the stuff! Teddy Ia
the stuff" and the negroes in the au-
dience yelled. Then my crowd met
pas crowd right by the middle ring,
where the elephants mad formed the
pyramid that closes their act, and thH
Japanese jugglers were in the right
hand ring, and party of female tum-
tlers, with low-neckel stockings were
standing at attention in the left hand
ring
There was no intention of having a
riot, but when pa yelled, whats the
matter with Bryan" a 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 IN pas bunch
rushed up and began to whack my
poor down-trodden negroes with their
Chinese lanterns. OF course, my fell
lows couldn't stand still and he
mauled, and the candles had warmed
our hornets nests so the hornets were
crawling out to see what was the trou-
Bile. Then every negro whacked a
white man with a hornets 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 tumblers found hornets
on their stockings and everywhere.
anG they gave female war whoop and
rushed for the dressing room. The
elephants got stung and they came
down of their pyramid and went out
to the menagerie tent trumpeting, and
switching their trunks. The negroes
and the white politicians were getting I
into race war, SO the circus hands,
rushed in and separated them, and my
negroes found that the fetty l had
them rub on themselves did rot keep
the hornets from singing them, so
they stampeded.
Then the hornets began to go for the
audience, and the women yelled MUIR
der and pulled down their dresses to
cover their shoes, and the men got
stung and the whole audience STAN
Teded into the open air.
Then l met pa, and he was sight,
and never got stung once. The man.
ayers tried to get the 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
lie horn players got stung on the lips
so they couldn't play, and the band all
lit out for beer garden. Before
realized it the show was over, and a
me- collared and brought me up before
a meeting of the managers. Pa was
The prosecuting attorney, and tod
them that didn't run my politics fair,
cause l had brought IN lot of ring
ers. The managers asked me how the
hornets nests came 10 be in the Chi
nese lanterns. toldthem they would
have to ask the negroes for how was
to know what weapons they had con-
cealed about their persons, any mora
than pa was responsible If his polisi-
clans carried revolvers. y
They said that looked reasonable,
bu. they believed l,new more about
1t than anybody, blu. as we had to
pack up the show and make the next
town they wouldn't lynch me till thu
next day. Pa got me TO put co cream