The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-10
Furnished Entertainment For Few
Moments Last Evening When
They Entered the Lions
Den.
Gagged WITH BIG PRINCE
Mayor Got Excited and Wanted Alder
man Roberts to Pull the Pin
But He tiad to Stick
It Out.

The large animal show of the Par
ker Carnival company has entertain
ed several thousand pleased visitors
during the past week. but never be-
fore was the entertainment so pleas
ing as it was last night 1t was rich
and rare and all of the fun was fur
nished by no less personages than the
honorable Mayor Charles Off and AL
derman from the Second, Tim Hickey.
1t was great as all who were pres
ent last evening at the exhibition will
attest.
The two distinguished gentlemen
We're invited by tie management of
the show com pany, Mr. Kennedy to
visit the tent ard see the splendid per-
formance put on a dozen times day
by the animals and their trainers, and
also to assist in christening several lit
tie cub lions that have not yet been
named. Lionesses, too.
After having witnessed the splendid
featrues of the entertainment for
some time. tae mayor and alderman
were asked to step inside the steel en-
closed arena and take part in the inn
pressive ceremony of giving names to
the little cubs.
When inside, little cub was hiled
through the door of he big enclosed
cage and after few wild dashes
around the rig was finally persuad-
ed by the mayor to sit still on the lit
tie inverted tub for a second while
the photographer snapped the cam
era and he named it.
I'm the name of the best city in
the country and for the honor and
glory of yourself, name you Charles
Off, exclaimed his honor, so that all
might hear
Enter Leo.
There wasn't much to it all and the
stunt of naming the baby lion was
pulled off in fine style. But the mayor
never thought when he entered the
cage that he was going to have TIC
give the father of the little one he
had just given his one name to, a
name also.
Suddenly the door of the big circus
wagon backed against the arena was
opened and out jumped NJ less beast
than the great Leo himself, or Prince
as he is known to his lady trainer.
With a snarl the big beast ran
around the mayor and Alderman
Hickey and the worthless crouched into
the corner as far as possible. Great
doughnuts and little fishes" exclaim
ed tae mayor. whats this you're
giving us. Let us out, Roberts, come
here and open this door-pull the
pin. pull the PIN his excited highnes:
said to the president of tae free fal
celebration. But the president onl.
grinned and stationed himself neare
the door. The audience laughed AM
the big alderman and the mayor KEEP
trying to keep out of the road of tn
big fellow.
Name him. name him." shouted tn
audience with down-turned thumbs
There was 40 naming to it though TO
the two gentlemen inside wouldn
have gone near old Prince for thou
sand offices last night.
Prince was persuaded to sit on tn
big tub in the middle of the ring an
was finally let back into his cage
1t was a trying moment and one Q
great excitement for all concerned blu
never again will Mayor Off and Alder
man Hickey consent to name bah
lion and then have the great kin
of beasts make his appearance as
little side dish