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Manawatu Herald, 16 July 1898, Page 4

WHEN THC CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. Tho cpring is comin round ag'in, and E.on on every. Iroo You'll hear V blue birds singin, just aa happy as kin be; Tho froga are pipin in th" lane, and on the bighoard fence They've pasted up some lithographs about tho circus tents— Of elephants o»dancin with a funny white faced clown, And you'd better b'levo I'm goin When the circus comes to toVr'D. Ihar's lots of golden chariots with queens and princes on 'em Who've cot Ured of rulin kingdoms and had rather ho with Barnum. A cngo of tawny lions, whero a keeper sits in tights And hits a lion with a whip, hut the critter never bite?. Fnr if ho even whimpers he can still him with a frown— Ahd you bet I'll see them lions When tho circus comes to town. I ain't no ba?id for music, but when that circus band Strikes up witli "Annie Rooney," I tell you what, ir/j grand! With tho elephants a-waltzin and the horses keepin time; While clean r.p on tho highest pole a spangled boy will climb And send a chill right up your hack to see him divo way down— And you kin bet that I won't miss it Wlien tho circus comes to town. Thar's half a dozen camels and big elephants enuff To clean this hero hull town out if they got to playin rough, And Kangaroos and zebras, and a big long necked giraffe, And a cage of funny monkeys, 'nnfl! to mako the paraon laugh. 1 _a a-3avin up eoino money, nnd &•» sure as my name's Brown I'll spend a half a dollar When the circus comes to town. Pretty Fair Hand. There I 's a very pious and diffident young man in Detroit who is so very sensitive that a certain gentleman with a good looking daughter is forever teasing hiui on all sorts of subjects, and the young fellow has never been able to get even until now. The other day the old one met the young one in a crowd of moii. "Ah, my boy," he said, "you weren't at the club last night?" "No, sir," was the response, "I was making a few calls." "O-ho," laughed the old one, with great significance, "making calls, were yon? What kind of hands did you hold?" and he winked and laughed again and nudged the young man in the ribs. Then the inspiration came to the young man. "They were just too lovely for anything," he said, with a smile. "Your daughter's was one, for instance." Aud somehow the old one hasi^t felt so much like teasing the pious young man since that.— Detroit Free Press. Didn't Want Them. Mr. Billus was looking over the plans of a new barn ho was preparing to build. "I don't caro about having any windows on the sido facing the kitchen yard," ha said. "But you will need them for light," replied the architect. "Light nothing!" roared Mr. Billus. "Thoso windows call for G-i panes of glass, and I've got ahoy 8 years old! Leave 'em out!" — Chicago Tribune. Sho Could Trust I-im. Mother— X wish you to go to the store aad get me a bar of soap. Little Johnny — I've got a awful toothache. "Does it really ache much?" "Awful ! I can't let a thing touch iti" "Then you may also bring a pound, of raisins."— Gcod News. A Friend In Need. Mr. Sadly— Yes, tho grief I feel over the Iqss of my mother drives me across the water. I will never return. Mr. Chumley— Never return? Are you ■ure of that? "No, you will never see me again." "Say, lend me $5 until you get back."— Texas Slftings. Decidedly Unsophisticated. Jack— That little girl I'm in love with now is a perfect little wild flower, fresh as a daisy. Why, she's never even been waltzed with. George— Well, well! Jack— That's true. Never beeu anything but engaged a few times.— New York Weekly. Explained. He— Speaking of presence of mind, I remember being in a panic once when I lost any wits completely. She— Oh, was that the way?— Scxibner's Magazine. — . v — A Dilemma. Cora — Mrs. Bacon's parlor is furnished beautifully, but there isn't a chair in the room. Clara— For gracious sakesl Where in the world does she go when some one says "rats?"— Yonkers Statesman. Getting a Home. She— So she married that baldheaded old scamp! Why, I heard he had been blackballed ab every club in town. He — That's why he married — for a home. -Life. No "Wonder. Totling— Youn;?; Goslin declares he neTer will associate wit'i ru inferior. Dimling — Thr _'s i\ wiso resolution on hi* •©art. He'd find it impossible. — Vogue.