The Ordway new era., 1908-05-22
Copyright, by Joseph Il, ROwlesJ

taN4s III - A4t III ANi-A-e--
When the StA-tuE and daring cir
Gus Advertisements hrst made ihv'7
appearance On the j NY b.i.eAE-s 20
the nelguhosiue JoNcs. thew N1s I'M
meiia;ely great vNriteule-t iH i1v
community and mus b 70 -e'D' " "a'
WAS coius With Who a1l U-a' I-e
;irls ver, gc;uE ,o w,a5 IarVr "AS
quite as much hsa-: ha-7.a- -i1 MS
the girls a. rht-y would e. ar a7'
lancy-dress ball N Newfo-'- Aai the
amount OF crisp s--Ca>0. i1d- -2
by the gl-!s Vas Is j. usual In s1t-
cases made and prNyiict x NE t''>
Werr short ot money. there NAs the
usual scramble - sri >ao-F ard Az
chance TO get cut and d q lizzie eE;r-
work VAS always s1aTl"a uT IA
hurry
Cl-cuses were a'Navs = 'ors vaYs
81 At some one " the la-Se- IoNas.
bu; such an event d7eN oa the neigh.
bo-hoods for 50 miles around Thrsr
who went from the smaller ioHrs nS'
ally could go by rasl oa' the main
body " the circus sc~rs "e1' n
bussies-
As We had seen tiSe- o. iVo IT
our time these events DID 10; excite
u beyond our control. but Ne ra;hs-
los; caste. imagine. BY osr staHla-
away from whe-e The monarch @: the
jungle aad The co-r.Sa;fj-hite1
-hlncce-o> t.spo-Tet thc-->e.Nes- and
the bareback riters oouto-ied
luus line Of bucries. with Joyous
u auric!patn-y couple - each vehicle
would pass the house II the ea-lF
da~a and Il We ha7Tea 10 hs ny. ~
would Be greeted always With Ait
YOU going 10 the circus ! hoeTal
speade-~ among the s~aias Sas slT"
TO make hit. a. IL was supposed
line could be gotten OF his liberal
ity - 4 husband in that way Red
lemonade. peanuts iASy. the ec1cer;
after the show. diune-. the ayiaE
tutchmaa.~ the sits-shovs. the to-.
tune teIlsrs-vell. there we're ssye-a.
ways IL which the ~ainhls shtll!as
could be induced to change hands. an
along Abou; midnight the rtss would
come troop!nc hack. an occasional
yell from some !olly Lo;ha-to aol!iy
Ing Us o: the passing OF a ho@e-oouad
couple
The .baad concerts were always
given a; the towns where they beast
- o; ;o~n band and they Were a.
tended ~ the boys aad -ir.s for
miles around Those in our section
were held Invariably on Sa;u-d4,
nights The hand gathered A. a liz
tie plank PAVILION on one SIDE Of tn
public squa-r oppcs.te The oourthousc-
and there tlseou-se4 sweet music FROM
about c.ghl TO ten p n The rural
sNaiEs came tn great droyes. buggy
laden. and from a.! points OF the cuun-
~. T1ey bought the girls surQer =;
the hotels Or restaurants. ice cream
at the drug stores and lemonade. pea
nuts and popcorn wherever the
necessities could - found There
vas visiting among the various neigh
borhoOds. and a psru!cious amount Of
reckless driving about a; racing speed
around The dusty streets and corners
OF the Town
Sometimes a boy ~ho had been bit
ten with a desire to be q bad man
would get into an argument with the
police force, one in number. and b.
escorted TO the town Jail. there to
rumina;e until the next Monday morn
iag. but usually there ~2s very Hlile
trouble at the concerts. The music
~as the best they had. and If YOU did
no; Ike il you could so home We
attended At ls1st one hand concert
ths; / remember The music vas o..
the "catoh-2s-oaioh-can- order. Queens
bury rules. classic holds barred. and
every fellow for himself Until the
finale. when they were all supposed
TO unite for the end Of the piece
At the country dances the sxains
appeared in full force, dancing until
dayb-eas, and with their best ''bibs
and fuckers The dances were the
mos; important OF all rural functions
and By the time a fellow began to
take gin regularly to these events
there Sas no doubt but that he haE
been hooked. played a1d landed 90
and that there vas something shortly
TO b. heard o! in the matrimonial lire
And yet as everywhere. the course
OF true lore went aSTy. and we would
swiftly past with a aeE ri-i On the
seat beside him. and the girl he used
TO drive With appearing in public
with another cavalier and by these
presents ve knew thz; the siIkea cord
had besa loossd- and that Cupid had
received another back set
The Ssh fries we're where old and
young congregated. bit the boys and
girls never missed these exciting oc-
eas:oas- They we're usually held in
some grove near river OF lake. and
the men went early to catch enough
hsh TO supply the dinner for all. The
women brought huge baskets loaded
down with everything possible in the
~ay OF good things to eat and some
times an organ would be brought
along. = platform built. and tn Tire