WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN.

Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1904, Page 4

WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN.

Thn spring is comln round ag’in, and soon on every tree You’ll hear th’ blue birds elngin, just as happy aaldnbo; The frogs are pipln in th* lane, and on the big board fence They’ve pasted up some lithographs about the circus tents—'Of elephants Br-danciu with a funny white faced clown, And you’d hotter b’lcvo I’m goln When the circus comes ' to town. * (Thar's lota of golden chariots with Queens and princes on ’em Who’ve got tired of rulln kingdoms and had rather bo with Bamum. A cage of tawny lions, where a keeper site in tights And hits a lion with a whip, hat the eritter never bites. Fur If ho even whimpers he can still him with a frown— And you bet I’ll see them lions When the circus comes to town. I ain’t no hand for music, bat when that circus band Strikes up with “Annie Rooney,” 1 tell you what. It’s grand! With the elephants a-waltzin and the horses keepln time; While clean up on the highest pole a spangled boy will climb And send a chill right up your back to see him dive way down— And you kin bet that I won’t mia« It When the circus comes to town^ Thar’s half a dozen camels and big elephants , enuflf To clean this here hnll town ont if they got to Syin rough, ngarooa and zebras, and a big long necked giraffe. And a cage of fanny monkeys, ’nnff to make the parson laugh. I’m a-savln up some money, and as sure as ray name’s Brown I’ll spend a half a dollar When the drone comes to town.

-Fair Hand. n nd diffident young There's a very pldti s. -v sensitive that man In Detroit who Is so vet, lonHng a certain gentleman with a ’’sorts daughter Is forever teasing him on to. of subjects, and the young fellow has neVa. been able to get even until now. The other day the old one me t the young one in a crowd of men. “Ah, my boy,” he said, "you weren’t at j 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 you? What kind of hands did you hold?” and ho 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.” And somehow the Old one hasn’t felt so much like teasing the pious young man since that.—Detroit Free Brass. Didn’t Want Them. Mr. Billus was looking over the plans of a new barn he was preparing to build. “I don’t care about having any windows on the side facing the kitchen yard,” he said. “But you will need them for light," replied the architect. “Light nothlngl” roared Mr. Billus. “Those windows call for 64 panes of glass, and I’ve got a boy 6 years old! Leave’em outl”—Chicago Tribune. She Could Trust Him. Mother—l wish you to go to the store and get me a bar of soap. Little Johnny—l’ve got a awful toothache. “Does it really ache much?” “Awfull I can’t let a thing touch itl” “Then you may also bring a pound of raisins.” —Good News. A Friend In Need. Mr. Sadly—Yea, the grief I feel over the loss of my mother drives me across the watte I will never return. Mr. Ohumley—Never return? Are you sure of that? “No, yon will never see me again.” "Say, lend me $5 until you get back.”— Texas Siftings. 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, weUl Jack—Thrifa true. Never been anything but engaged ft few times.—New Y«rk Weekly. . Hcplataeto

He—Speaking of presence of mind, Irejnember being in a panic once when I lost my wits completely. She—Oh, was that the way?—Scribner's Magadna A SNlsmme. Cora—Mia. Bacon’s parlor la furnished beautifully, but there tei*t a chair in the Mom. Clara—For Rraodouj sakes! Where in the world ISbes she go when some, one says “rata?”—Yonkers Statesman. Getting a Home. She—So she married that baldheaded old scampi Why, I heard he had been blackballed at every club in town. He—That’s why he married—for a home, —Life. __________ i ; Wo Wonder. ( Totling—Young Goslin declares he never will associate with an inferior. 1 Dlmllng—That's a wise resolution on his part. He’d find it imposaible^-Vogae.