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Show Circus-Struck. On Wednesday, a young fellow, 20 years of age, arrived in f hiB city from Cedar Springs, having walked "hoofed it," as the boys say one hundred and fifty miles, his sole object being to "see thecircus." Hie is perhaps per-haps the moat complete and thorough case of circus-struck ever developed. We have heard of a widow lady residing in a Utah county settlement who sold her sewing machine and with the proceeds came to thin city a couple of years a;o, and attended the circus performance. One of the sterner Bex receutly disposed of a cook stove to obtain mouey with which to treat himself and family to the luxury of Bteing the spangled knights and trick ponies of the sawdust saw-dust arena. But our Cedar Springs youth eclipses these semi insane individuals, in-dividuals, leaving them entirely in the shade. He states that two years ago this summer he walked to the city to see the circus, but arrived two days alter the tents had been "truck, and the show, with, itia colico hortes, tights and thin lemonade, hod gone hence. The young man has never recovered from the terrible dinap pointment. Two long yaars hua he labored, and when the news again reached him that the circus was coming, com-ing, ha cast about him to ascertain the extent of his disposable property. The result was that the only article he had that could be sold was a grain cradle with which he was earniDg his living. This implement imple-ment be cloied out to a neighbor at a sacrifice, receiving only $3 for it, and with that sum he startedon foot for this city, arriving on Wednesday without a cent in bis pocket, tired and hungry, but jubilant. TheBame evening his awkward, gauky appearance appear-ance attracted the attention of a company of gentlemen in the billiard hall. They began quizzing htm, aud soon ascertained the object of his visit to the metropolis. When asked how he expected to get into the circus cir-cus without money, he said he only hoped to Bee the tents and pictures, but he would stay on the grounds and might possibly obtain a glance of the animals and some of the circus people. peo-ple. After much sport with th enthusiastic en-thusiastic countryman, the gentlemen gentle-men made up a purse of $2.50, treat ed him to a mug of beer hii eyes sparkling with delight while he swallowed the malt beverage and then tdok him to a hotel, giving him strict instructions to be early on the circus grounds and remain there through the day, so as to "take it all in." Yesterday morning the youth was the first on Washington square and be only left it to follow the street procession about town. He attended both performances and was fairly wild with delight, the entertainment more than equalling his expectations. It is doubtful if he left the square Inst night. It Is probable that he slept in the open air, in the vicinity of the tents, so as to be on hand this morning. morn-ing. The story seems improbable, but it is none the leu true in every particular. par-ticular. Yesterday parties were selling sell-ing wheat here at 60 cents per bushel, in order to obtain circus money, but that does not compare with the conduct con-duct of the Cedar Springs young man, who is a veritable.fact enthusiastic, insane and wild on the subject of circuses. |