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Show IMPROMPTU CIRCUS. The irgima Enterprise of the 5th is responsible for the followine good little story: At the residence of judire HUiog, in this city, a lively little affair occurred. It partook in some respects of the circus and in others ol'the sports of the chase, and greatly amused such of the residents of the quiet neighbor-i neighbor-i hood as witnessed it. The judge was I seated upon hia front porch with a I huge volume upon his knee, pondering I upon some kootty point of law. Tho trout gate happening to be ajar, an old goat with a half-grown kid peeped in, and all being quiet, entered and began be-gan nibbling the shrubbery in the yard. So absorbed was the judge that the goats might have devoured all before them, but a neighbor's dog that hated the sight of a goat had seen the pair steal into the yard. He crept to the open gate, then, Uke an arrow from the bow, darted after the kid. Bewildered by the sudden charge of the enemy, the kid ran straight into the open door of the front parlor, the dog close at its heels. The pair tumbled over the childreu, who were on the floor amusing amus-ing themselves with their building blocks,and who ol' course shrieked with fright. The kid wheeled about and not having time to look for the open door, leaped upon the piano, and then darted through a window, taking out a light or two of glass and a portion of the sash. Just at the tail of the kid followed the dog, bringing with him what remained of the sash and glass, both animals clearing tbe judge's head in their flying leap, and reaching the street before he had any kind of notion what was going on about him. The sight of the two animals crashing through the judge's window liko a clown going through a paper balloon, caused much audible smiling among tho neighbors. |