WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3615, 3 May 1906, Page 4

WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN.

She epring is comin round ag’in, and soon on every tree you’ll hear th’ blue birds singin, just as happy as kin he; The frogs are plpin In th* lane, and on the big hoard fence •They’ve pasted up some lithographs about th# circus tents— Of elephants Kiancln with a funny white faced clown, And you’d better b’leve I’m goin When tho circus comes to town. fhat’a lota of golden chariot# with queens and princes on ’em , . ... Who H-s got fired of rulln. kingdoms and had raw/ he with Bamum. A cage of tawny lions, where a Keeper sits la tights And hits a lion with a whip, but the critter never bites, ... jTiir if he even whimper# he can still him Wlu) ft frownAnd you hot I’ll see them lions YVhea the circus comes to town. I ain’t no hand for music, but when that cltotil band Strikes up with "Annie Rooney,” I tell you what, it’n grand! With tho elephants a-waltzin and the horse* kcopin time; Whilo clean up on the highest polo 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 miss it When the cirons comes to town^ Thar’s halt a dozen camels and big elephants enuff To clean this here hull town out If they got to playin rough, And kangaroos and sebras, and a big tong necked giraffe. And a cage of funhy monkeys, ’naff to make tho parson laugh. I’m a-savin up some money, and os sure as my name’s Brown I’ll spend a half a dollar When the circus comes to' town. Pretty Fair Hand. There’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 him 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 men. "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 you? What kind of hands did you hold?” end h# winked and laughed again and nudged the young man in the ribs. Then the inspiration camo to the young man. “They were just too lovely for anything,” he said, with a smile. “Your daughter 1 # was one, for Instance.” And somehow the old one hasn’t felt so much like tensis-g the pious young man since that.—Detroit Free Press. Diiin'l VTaut Them. Mr. Bilhis was l <ivir the plans of ane w barn,he was preparing to build, “1 don’t care about having any windows on the side facing the kitchen yard," he mid. “But yea.'-. ill u.-.ul tla;ia for light,” replied the archil act. "Light nothing!” roared Mr. Uillus. “Those windows will lori.i panes of glass, Rial gel r. Lt; V years old! Leave ’em out.”’— Chic ag.) Tribune. She C.iui-l Trust I! torn Mother —.1 wish yon to go to the store and get me u bar of soap. Little Jci’uuiy—l’ve got a awful toothache. “Does it iw.ily l-S.m much?” “Awfull 1 can’t let u thing touch it!” “'i l-.cu yon may also bring a pound of raisins.”—Uc-..d Nt ws. A t’r'i-iiu 3 n Keod# Mr. Sadly - Yes, tho grief 1 feel over the lo.« of my I---, r drives Lie across the water. 1 w’.i -«r r.' i-.rn. Mr. Churn!,-}- —Mover return? Are you i«otv of Unit > 1 yi.ii : 1 never see mo again.” “Say, lend me $5 until you get back.**— Texas Siftings. Decidedly Unsophisticated. Jack—That little girl I’m ia love with bow is a perfect little wild flower, fresh as a ditiay. Why, she’s never even been waltzed with. George—Well, well! Jack—That's true, Never been anything but engaged a few times.—New York Weekly, Explained.

He—Speaking of presence of mind, I toj member being in a panic once when I lost my wits completely. I She—Ob, was that the way?—Scribner’s i Magazine. ' A Dilemma, j Cora—Mrs. Bacon’s parlor is furnished | beautifully, but there isn’t a chair in the > toom. | Clara—For gracious sakesl Where in thfl J world does she go when some ond says 1 •‘rats f”~Yonkers Statesman. ! i ■' Getting a Home. I j She—So she married that baldhcaded old i scampi Why, I heard he had been blsck- , ! balled at every club in town. ; i He—That’s why he married—for a homeu -Life. II ' I No Wonder. I ‘ Totling—Young Goslin declares he never j! will associate with an inferior. ' Dlmling—Thafs a wise resolution on his cart. He’d find it impossible.—Vogue.