| Show 7 el x T zy PICK pickette ta 5 a copyright IMO 1306 by th the pub co alt all rights reserved rr As a I 1 sat on the porch talking desultorily with the landlord the wide roomy porch with the wobbly creaky comfortable splint bottomed rocking chair of the old tavern not the pi pl aiza of the garish new hotel which the younger generation point to pridefully as stamping with an outward and visible eign sign the villages evolution into a city elty I 1 happened to mention ive ivo forgotten exactly how it came into my mind having seen gen grants fun eral era humph I 1 observed tha the landlord contemptuously you ought erve seen i hose johnsons Johna oua funeral it you wanter say may youve seen a funeral eh fb tellers fellers an appreciative chuckle circulated among the rest res of the loungers and spurred me into asking why V cause it was worth heeln explained the landlord scraping vigorously with bla his jackknife jack knife at the turnip with which he was refreshing himself whenever any of you out ottohn te fellers I 1 lers comes round here braggin about your gorgeous mortuary pary pageants liko like them oen gen grants obsequies you jest mentioned he added after thoughtfully selecting a new now point of ot attack upon the turnip it dont tease ua us any we jeet jest nudge each other la in an finas sumin way an say he ile ought erve seen mose johnsons funeral it was plenty of tor for simply country folks like ue us what was it how cpu it remarkable I 1 asked curiously ob oh I 1 dunno as it was remarkable except out here in the country aklo abbe you tellers that live in big cities are used to them replied the landlord cautiously well let me har bear about it and I 1 can tell better I 1 urged then to begin at the begin began the landlord clearing reluctant Ir 1 apparently for action by depositing the turnip with his knife stuck upright in it on the porch railing it was all on account of an ordnance ord nanco weve got here providen ln that thero there shant hi br any an parades unless the may or gives a permit for it last year when the circus struck town we bad had a cross grained crabbed old teller for mayor an when the circus man went to get a permit for or his parade he got turned down 11 1 I want a permit to parade say says the circus man you cant have IV it saya says the mayor 1 I d like to know v A by I 1 cant says the carcas man cause cir circuses cusen are an indecent inventions of the devil fr to lead the young an unwary enter destruction st aa an consequently I 1 dont approve of them says the bryor bothin No thin of the kind ays says the dr cir ws nus man ill hive you know that mine Is a great moral and lust how show benefit an uplift any corn com ag you cant have itil it ay says the mayor an especial any old rooth moth eat en fossil like ou so the two of them had it bad an corth forth hot an heavy the circus man beggin an the mayor ref the circus man threatening threat enin an the mayor deflin him the circus man an the mayor obstinate the circus man gettin madder an madder an the mayor not budgin an inch the circus man cussin and tho the mayor finin him seventy fire five cents per cuss until the upshot of it all HUB aas that the circus man bad had to leave without the permit but ew sw earin earial hed parade in 40 41 1 I 1 wha at ta gasp gasps the mayor spite of all the mayors an permits in creation while the mayor was bowin he it be he had to call out the militia to stop him well mister circus man came down aero h ero an carried on awful worse than the wildcat wildest man from borneo you ever seen an of ferin every thin to everybody if only tell him bow how ho he could outwit the mayor an jest then I 1 had r orte an idear so I 1 says to him say 1 I 1 says mose johnsons alyin dead thia thin maritt waltin for the poor board to bury him mose lose always bein a shiftless thoughtless no count kind of a feller 1 7 wish it was the mayor snaps mr atmus what of itt it well I 1 says 1 I dunno as theres adv ordnance regulation regu latin funerals or permit got to be got for the same earn e do I 1 get that contract for feadin the animals I 1 says you do says the circus man his face lighting up like a transparency set get cm em up tor for the house an them then come and show me where johnson 3 abode Is at first the disconsolate td out tor for a full suit of mournful mour nin dress shoes lna bonnet veil yell an all the but focally she he compromised a a crape veil an a pass to the show an a seat on the band wagon accordia Ac cordin right on the time edver used along down the street past the mayors office came a hearse with johnson re rep oain peacefully in it an ta be circus carcus mollerin fol lerin in all its glory with crolla ln an carrein car on each in hia his the red an fold rold glit glittering terin an the elephants trum trumpeting petin an the lions boarin au an the hyenas laughlan laug bin ln an the rest of the menagerie howlin an grondn gr an particular style an the band sometimes a funeral march to jig lg time an sometimes A hot time in the old town to funeral march time an the horses brancin pr ancin an the ladles ladies gmirkin smirk in an the chariots nimbi in an the clowns grinnin brinnin grin nin an the men smil emilin an the steam planner to hymn tuned with variations an the circus man straddling a dancin piebald stal lloa lookin proud an serene an happy my cocks rocks it the mayors turn to be mad madl lie ile came carne rushin out of his bin domce like a crazy man on an the loose an catchin hold of the bridles 01 of the horses the bearie shoved them right spang back on their haunches the deanin of this herer the circus man pian ridin ap up pro pre to be terribly shocked what you mean by interferon Inter ferin in this out way with ith rov my old friend mr bolins johnsons ons funeral you old gravo gravo rob tR t ber her you wha at att gaspa gasps the mayor ill have ou know thu that t were per x formin our sad ad duty of attending atten din our late lamented friends remain to their last place you irreverent old body snatcher snatch cr aint we mrs john 04 son sa s the circus man pleasant as a a banket basket of chips yea yes you be chirps the forlorn VV from where here ehe she was peanuts an popcorn besides the base 1 IV dmm drum in tho the bandwagon band wagon well sir air the mayor was pis headed about come some things but he realized in that he have lave no authority to stop a funeral in full career so all he could do was as grind hie teeth an froth considerable at tho the mouth are an hope turn up give him a chance at that circus man whilo while that parade followed johnson all over town an they shirk johnson done none either but finally went ahead an planted him to the tune of where was mosea moses when the light went aly out there wa was the biggest crowd at that funeral that ever attended such a melancholy event in this town an thy why concluded the I 1 landlord and lord resuming knife and tur nip were calmin claim lu that the last nad mad t rites paid to beloso johnsons ashes were so som othin methin new an unique in the way of obsequies at least in this hero here neighborhood |
