Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-01-25
SEEING THE
CIRCUS
BY Nj. QUAD
Copyright. 1911. by Associated Lit
erary Press

over at narby's Ferry, and good
many Of the simple people of Delhi
calculated on going The ministers
and deacons and other Christian peo-
pie frowned upon the idea. OF course,
and Deacon Spooner in particular usef
all his influence to keep people at
| home
Whatever got the matter with him
on circus day ne himself could never
explain, but he got up at daylight and
walked seven miles, and when The per
Torrance opened he had front seat
| A hundred Delhi people saw him there,
but he didn't seem TO care In fact,
he appeared TO be having the best time
possible, aud he didn't even get con
scious stricken over il when he got
home.
or course, such a break could not
pass unnoticed When Deacon Tyler
heard Of Il he called Deacon Williams,
aud the two together called upon the
minister and others. and 1t was decid
ed TO bring Deacon Spoouer TO account
He got scared about II and wanted 10
so to Iowa and visit his sister, INIT
he was held ON 20 and put on trial.
When he was asked II he wanted to
nuke statement. he rose NJ aud said
Il said | wouldn't 80 to the circus,
and ! advised Others not 10 20, and
whatever rot into me can't under
stand | went 20 bed feeling Tint cir
Gus performances was Invented by
Satan 20 trup the nuwHry and that
my face was set agin EN- like flint,
bur | got up NJ daylight and headed
for Darby's Ferry and struck a gait
of four miles m hour was there 10
see the circus cume in.
Deacon Spooner does insanity run
IN your fumilyE' asked Tyler in very
serious tones. "Have yen evel. lost
your mind for day OF 500"
III so don't remember t. I've been
told that lost my mind when ! came
pretty near marrying widow WITH
nine children. but | dunno
And neither your father nor mother
was ever an inmate Of IN insnne asy
1umT"
Il don't think So though my father
acted leetle off nj times,
"Then you couldn't truthfuIly say
that insanity runs in your family
mo. couldn't
Gould you truthfully say that your
mind was unchanged for the time
being? Did you seem to be yourself
or somebody else? II you WIS crazy.
Of course. we can't hold YOU 10 blame .
mo, | can't say as ! was crazy, re-
piled the deacon
But do You lay It TO sinful curt
osityY" asked Deacon Williams.
Il guess I'm have to- ia been hear
IN about cireuses for the last iifty
years and had never attended one
but you found Il sinful when you
got thereY asked Moses Schemerhorn,
who rings the bell for prayer meetings.
mo. | can't shy us did" slowly
replied Deacon Spooner.
There wns q long drawn sigh and
shudder all around and the minister
said.
Deacon, you may tell us what YOU
saw there
WAL the first thing, run up ngln
was four elephants. They was Zap
pin their curs aud eatin bay, aud |
didn't feet 30 sinful thoughts as |
stood ana looked ~ em. Can't a body
see elephants mud he saved tooY
"Go ON. deacon
Then TOOK m the camcls and ~
bras ANA CRATES looked NJ 'em
over ana over aelu. but didn't boil
over aud want to swear aud aght.
Fact is. fclt powerful peaceful over
IT, Is It agin me 10 Ioolt ~ critters
with humps and -triurs aud long
neil 4f"
nut they was connected with cir
yue. protested DRAGON Tyler
YES. believe lurr was bur !
couldn't hpn, ii After got through
there went over % look ~ the rhl
nocpros. ~ eum Gu a. wus betty
trittcr lip weighed as much ~ Two
COWS and d eaH admin TINT felt
little ml sHu8 when nokm at him
made Hp ms Huuo hal If crlttef
ltkr tm tackied me ~ the road az
uaht lH bUH Mf aspeubar iHin. To
buock his bora oG = Il TOO much to
ask that ms Sin o. oyerl0okedt
I'VE win near further. suid the
MINISTER who WASN'T looking 50 sol.
rnI as he might
Waai. they bad an ostrich. two AMI
gators. four hycnas and O sacred bun
som india ~ was burt by seein
Them critters and things I'm wlllin' 70
,ive III. but I'm @yin that ! don't
rar Ilke callu amy one liar
And you didn't feel that you bad
suned? queried Moses scbermerhorn
IS he SHOOK ais head IN solemn way
mot feel even waEted the
LOSSES to 70 faster and the fellcrs 70
ipnop tie harder Wien q Teller
oamn rlimbin around with pink lemon
ade and charged me 10 cents for a
small glass did wish ! had him IN a
tan acre lot FOR about two mlnits, but
fbp feeIn passed Off as soon as bad
drunk the lemonade ! guess you'd
nave an felt the same, wouldn't YOU
The deacon was turned out Of The
room. aud the investigating committee
went into executive session. and 40