Smyrna times., 1931-04-29

one such as is ordinarily seen, with
one or two novelties such as shoot
ing the woman from the cannon,
and the tribe of Sioux Indians. The
parade was very fine pageant,
the brightest and most snowy per-
haps of any that have preceded it.
The display of animals was no bet
ter than is usually seen in travel
ling manageries and the great
Bovalapus that figured so promin-
emily on the show bills as a feroc-
ious man eater was in the cage
nothing but a stolid Egyptian OK.
The curiosities otherwise than the
animal, the museum department,
constituted side show for which
an extra admission was charged.
The newspapers in their local an
nouncements were imposed upon
especially in the statement (rely-
ing upon the truthfulness of the
agent) that Batcheller & Doris had
made an innovation by abolishing
all peddling in the pavilion. On the
contrary, the attention of the list
ening spectators was constantly di-
verted by dozen men alternat-
ingly calling out peanuts, candy,
lemonade, song books, etc. Every
artful dodge possible, was made to
get the peoples money and there
were a great many gullible ones
beside the Forestors. A gentle
man who understands the Sioux
language and the signs and Ian
guage of several other adjacent
tribes could get nothing from these
Indians but grunt. Their war
and scalping dance was burlesuue
on the Indian style. He could see
nothing about them like Indian
but the feathers and paint. The
seats were well filled afternoon and
evening and the managers must
have carried from this section a
good pile of legal tender" 1t has
been said that the American people
like to be humbugged, and the re-
mark is no less true today than
when Barnum set out as the great
Snowman a quarter of century
ago, if the proprietors understand
as Bachelor & Doris did the great
showman's art in advertising.
Court-Kent County Court con
vened on Monday morning at 10
o'clock or did with the attendants,
but what is denominated the Court
itself did not put in an appear
ance, and, so far as we have learn
ed, no fines were imposed for de-
At 10 minutes after 10
o'clock Judge Houston ascended
the platform, Clerk of the Peace /
Raughley came in shortly after
and about half-past ten Sheriff
Lacy entered with his documents.
The jury and witnesses hung
listlessly begrudging the |
time from their pressing duties at
home. Sometime between eleven
and half-past, Chief Justice Com
eggs and Associate Justice Wooten /
took their seats, but nothing could I
be done without Attorney General
Gray and Assistant Cooper, who,
with Judge Wales did not report /
for duty until o'clock. The 200 T
DR. more people who were compell- I
ed under a possible fine to be on
the spot at the hour designated,
we're required to waste half a day
because it did not suit the conven-
lence of two or three men to be on
time. 1t is a great inequality and
the state, if it had the same con-
sideration for the yeomanry of
Kent it mas for the men who hust
ed the U. S. Marshals in Whining
ton and paid perhaps several
thousand dollars for attorneys to
clear them. might 60 to the slight .
expense of furnishing these offic-
als an extra train to reach Dover
in time, if they can not meet their .
by the usual mode Of .
conveyance. On account Of this
waste of time but one case was
tried the first day-Philip Bell for
an aggravated assault on Henry
Gerker of Kenton in January Of (
1880. He was fined SIS and costs
Of Court or altogether about S85.
Gray for the State and Pennington
for the defendant. Yesterday
the case of the State VS..
Henry Goldstein charged with an
assault on Jacob Levy was tried,