The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-05

There Was a lecture by the Doctor. telling all about the wonderful show. and the great expense it was to get it together, and all that.
 They was a rope stretched between | the crowd and us Back Of that was tIle B1anelret Brothers wagon and our wagon, and our little tent. was jest inside the tent with chains on- Back of everything else was the balloon. l We'll the doctor he done a lot of l songs and things as advertised. Then the Blanchet Brothers done some of their acts. They was really fine acts too. Then come some more of Dr. Kirby's refined comedy, as advertised Next, more Blanchet Then lecture about me by the doctor. All in all 1t takes up about an hour and a half. Then the doctor makes a mighty nice little talk and wishes them all good afternoon. thanking them fur their kind intentions and liberal patronage, one and all.
 ~But when will the balloon go up3' asts half dozen at oncet-
 Dr. Kirby has been getting of the wagon, but he gets back on hex and stretches his arms wide and motions of 'em all to come close
 Ladies and gentlemen he says, please to gather near-up here good people-and hstenI Listen to what have to say, hearken to the utterings of my voicei There has been mis- understanding herei There has been a mfsconstruction! There has been, ladies and gentlemen. woeful hack of comprehension herer'
 It looked to me like they was begin ming tounderstahd more than he meant them to. l was wopdering how it would all come cut, but he never lost his nerve.
 -Lfsten,', he says, very earnest, ''1is- ten to me Somehow the idea seems to have gone forth that there would be a balloon ascension here this afternoon. how do not know. for what we adver- tised. ladies and gentlemen. was that the balloon used by Professor Alonzo Alderman, the ilKustrfous aeronaut, would be upon exhibition. And there she is, ladies and genh she is for every eye to see and gladden. with the sight of right before you, la- dies and gentlemen, the balloon of AIonzo Alderman, the wonderful dar- ing voyager of the air. You can see her, ladies and gentlemen, strain ing at her cords anxious to mount Into the heavens and be gone It is an edu- cation in itself. ladies and gentlemen a moral education-and well worth coming miles to see. Think of it. think of 1.-the Alderman balloon and then think that the 1lustrious Ac- herman himseIf-he was my personal friend. ladies and gentlemen, and 8 true friend sticketh closer than broth er-the ilIusuious Alderman is dead"
 Well, he went on and he told funny story about AIonzo, which I don't be- lieve they ever was no Alonzo Acker- man, and a lot of lem laughed, and he told pitiful story, and they got sollum agin, and then another funny story. We'll, he has lem listening, and purty soon most of the crowd is feeling in good humor toward him. and one feller yells out:
 "Go it-you're a hull show your- seif!' And some 5oshes him, but they don't seem to be no trouble in the air I thought all chancet of trouble was over with. But it wasn't
 Fur they is always a natcherel born kicker everywhere, and they was one here too.
 He was a lean feller with sticking out jaw, and one of his eyes was in kind of a black pocket, and he was jest natcherauy laying it of to about dozen fel1ers that was in a little knot around him.
 The doctor sees the main part Of the crowd going and climbs down of'n the wagon. As he does so that hull bunch of about dozen moves in under the rope. and some more tf.at was going out seen it and stopped and come back
 ~Perfessor," said the man with the patch over his eye to Dr. Kirby, you say this man Alderman is de0dY
 "Yes," said the doctor, eyefng him over. ''he's dead.''
 "How did he dte?'' asts the feIler. ''He died hard, understand" says the doctor. careless like.
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