The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-01-19
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mary Ann, did ! Win?' and the man
ager said il was pity they ever opened
mat helmet and let pa out. The man
'oid pa he won in a walk. but the chicf
OF police Of Scranton was going 10 arrest
pa for exceeding The speed limit.
They took pa 10 the dressing room,
on Piece Of board. and when the won.
an driver saw him She got an ak. and
wanted % cleave him from head 10 foot.
bul me BEARDED woman stepped In front
OF her and said: not on your life %
and she shielded pa from death with her
manly form, which pa says he shall
never forget. Pas ola friends In Scran-
toh gave him a banquet that night. but
pa couldn't eat anything. cause nc rim
OF me brass helmet cut cash In his
Adam S apple
after me chariot race the managers
concluded they wouldn't let pa have any
position OF importance again very soon.
ana made mp my mind you wouldn't
ever catch me 10 any game that "a was
lhi but IN the circus business you can
never tell what is going to happen from
one day to another.
On the train on the way TO Wilkes
Barre there was hot box on one OF the
sleepers. and the car was sido-tracked
all night
Nhen we arrived at the town about
80 wagon drivers that were in the car
ala not show up. and they had TO press
everybody that could drive a team into
the service TO haul the stuff to the lot
and pa drove four horses so well with a
load OF tent poles that the manager
comphmented pa and that gave pa the
Dig head. When the parade was all
ready TO start through town. ana the
drivers had not arrived. the MANAGER
asked Pa If he thought he could drive
'ne zen gray horses on the band wagon.
70 lead the procession, and pa said drly.
ing ten horses was his best hold.
ana he got up on the drivers seat.
and called me to get M with him
and hate a boy that will disobey a
parent, so | climbed up and began
70 jolly the band about the chariot
race, and told them pa wouldn't do
a thing 10 them this time.
The manager of the show always rides
ahead OF the parade. with the chief OF
police Of the town. and the band horses
follow him. so il Is easy enough TO drive
ten horses. cause all you have to do is
to hold on to the 20 lines. and look say.
age at the crowd on the sidewalks
and the horses go right along and tho
people think the driver is wonder. so
when the manager started in his buggy
pa pulled up on all the lines he could
hold on to. which flied his lap. and
made him look like harness maker
and he yelled "Ye-up.' and the pro-
cession moved. and the ten teams 10
was driving went along all right. ard pa
looked as though he owned the show and
the town.
We got downtown. TO a wide street.
and there was a fire alarm ahead or
something. and the procession stopped.
and the manager and chief Of police dis.
appeared, and there was wagon load
Of green cornstalks right beside the
lead team. which farmer was taking
TO silo. bur he had stopped his team
TO see the parade The three teams 81
pas leaders six horses. began 10 eat
the corn stalks. and the camels. that
We're behind us, worked along up by the
band wagon and began 10 cat and The
farmer got scared TO see his corn stalks I
disappearing. so he drove OF on a side
street, and started for the silo. and Iy
ginger pas team turned onto the side |
street and followed the wagon Of corn
stalks, and pa couldn't hold them. and |
the band played. In the Good Old sum |
mer Time. There VIII BE a Hot Time |
in the old Town
The camels kent up with the farm
er's wagon, too. and the whole parade |
followed the band The farmer /
started his horses into run.
and the team Of ten horses that
was driving pa started 20 gall
Looping and looked back. and the
elephants we're beginning to gallop. and \
all the cages were coming whooping. |
and it was a picnic. The band stopped /
playing. and tho players were scared
and as we we're lrossi-g little bridge
over a small stream, on the edge OF
town. ! turned around to the band
and told them to jump for their lives
and they all made jump for the stream
and the air was fun Of uniforms and in
struments. and they landed in the
stream all right
We went on mp a hill ard were in the
country. and the farmer turned into
farmyard and the band wagon followed,
and the farmer jumped OF the corn
stalk wagon and rushed for the house,
and pas ten-horse team surrounded the
wagon. and every horse was eatirg corn
stalks and the team was all mixed mp.
The camels and elephants crowded in
for the nice green lunch. and the farm
er's wife came out with her apron wav-
ing. and said Shoe" but none of the
animals shooed worth a cent. and "a
pulled on the lines and yelled. while
the rest Of the parade came into The
farrr and lined up. The drivers yelled
Al "a to know where in thunder he was
going and pa said: "Damhno"
lust then the manager and chief Of POI
lice came up and the way they talked
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