Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-01

Romeo and Juliet pair the donkey
boy was a round smoothed faced guile
less youth with smile like a cereal
add, and Bedelia was a frisky, well
upholstered donkey with a meek and
lowly smile and beautiful cornucopia
ears. She seemed to enjoy being the
motor rower of the Cairo Transporta-
ton Company limited, but now the boy
has raised whiskers variegated wind
beraks, so his face looked like a coco
door mat. and Bedelia looks moth
eaten in spots, and has you will-miss-
me-when-1 -am-gone expression. This
worldly scion Of Egypt's nobility want
ed me to perch on the hurricane deck
of Bedelia and amble through the
streets of Cairo but not being familiar
with the characteristics Of the bird. I
declined with thanks and contented
myself by sitting on the fence and let
ting the other fellow find out.
Beyond Cairo l came to a beautiful
temple of Terpsichore and her friend
Thespis where l tarried long enough to
see some forms in cheesecloth and
smiles dancing the Virginia minuet.
Colonial Virginia is presented with
moving pictures and characteristic cos
tunes of the olden times The build
ing itself is a copy of the old house Of
Bursesses. The Temple of Mirth or
Ha IIa house is always funny and
draws q crowd like a plaster. I was
interested in the old corn cracker MILL
once a familiar sight in the mountains
of West Virginia now degenerated in a
Warpath attraction. The old relic
was picturesque enough with its over
shot wheel and its air of antiquity. 1t
is running full blast grinding out meal
to be made into hoe cakes while you
wait. They are served piping hot by
darkey mammies who know the trick.
Old jamestown is produced i'm quite
an elaborate scale a roof garden
overlooks the whole interior where the
weary may rest and refresh them
selves. As my old friend Sam Brick
used to say, 'There is rest for the
weary ana storage for trunks" The
famous 101 Ranch owned by the Miller
Bros, of Bliss, Oklahoma, is re-
produced here with score of cow
boys. Indians. rough riders and a
typical Wild West show. l saw an
this in its entirety while on visit
through the Southwest some two years
ago, and will remember with pleasure
my day on the Ranch. The Miller
Bros. own and operate the largest
tract of land in the world, something
like $1,000 acres. They are liberal
entertainers, keep open house to all
their friends, and to the press
especially, the latchstring is always
out. Jo. who is in charge of the out
hero fn1lnl n FL NJ
acquaintance.
Next came the ostrich farm, practi-
cally the same as | saw in Buffalo and
st. Louis. 1t is laughable to see the
great ungainly birds hopping around
with two or three thousand dollars
worth of millinery on them and eating
off of the roof, as household pets. I
hardly think they will take the place
Of the canary bird. The baby in
cubator or infant dollhouse, under the
charge of competent nurses. is de-
mOnstrating to the world what science
has accomplished since our grand
dadlicS took theirs out of a bottle.
Manassas. Gettysburg and the Mont
-Merrimac fight were ali WILDLY
portrayed by Cyclorama. 'Pharoah's
Daughters" and I'm the Shadow OF
the Cross" biblical tableaux or acting
charades were both good
Touring the world in pullmans at
nominal expense without the discOm-
fort of travel, was another attraction
half way down the Warpath. The
dcluSion was very clever. The
scenery flies by while you remain
stationary. Trixy, the educated horse.
"a He'd lis in no uncertain tone to come
and see what patience, perseverance
and good training can do for the brute
creation. TriXy'S reputation is world
wide and well does she deserve it.
From Trixys little school house to the
scene of Paul Revcre's ride was but
step. Here we saw LOngfellow's
famous poem enacted with panoramic