| Show A considerate postponing a funeral to neo sec nar Dar junins show it is said that the kentucky legisla ture lure once wanted to adjourn to attend a cirou I 1 a county court in Irid leid indiana laua ians owing L to t the he desire of witnesses aua ana persons to beel beed the cincu obligingly to gratify them the judge going in deadhead dead head a camp meeting in 1111 lill illinois nois took a recess for half a day once to see the wonders of nature and feats of agility exhibited by a highly moral circus and menagerie farm hands sti ati stipulate kuae in georgia in their contracts for liberty to go to do de circus and the best of men have a weakness for the hoopla paint spangles aud sawdust of the arena resa reya ka cantly the isle of man house or of rt keys adjourned to go to an auction but we beard heard for the first time lime yesterday of a funeral being postponed on a circus coming to town we got the facts from that amiable pirate mods mons thomas the literary man of Bar numa show out in pennsylvania a country editor lost his bis child by death the night before the show reached the town the expression of his grief was all that any ordinary mind could demand he wa was a good man mav as are all country editors who live ve in hope and thrive on faith and believe that the substance of things hoped for but we wont drop into a theological exposition not to treat treats a grave matter lightly the editors child died the morning after agent entered his bis office and sat down and chatted in his fascinating way about the peculiarities of and ruminating animals the playful freaks of the monkeys and the aristocratic airs put on by the cam eleonard eleo pard As he commenced hia hib little narrative the editor had just given directions ions for the insertion of the funeral notice of his child ceremony to take place the same s afternoon he became interested in the agents glowing zoological sketches and when a half dozen i complimentary tickets were handed him his bis feelings underwent a change with the solemn demeanor of a man moan who could afford to enjoy life even under ahn most depressing influences the editor walked to the ohe stairs aud nud called to the foreman in a bad sad voice roh rob john job n you ou may take out that funeral notice well eili postpone it till tomorrow to morrow and he be did and went to great moral show this is the only onty instance on record where a funeral was postponed on account of a circus and yet nine tenths of the human race if they bad had their own choice would rather go to toa tea a circus any day in the week than attend a funeral even if it was their own louig couig louisville villo courier journal al i |
