Show KE KNEW C BOYS I WERE REARED IN AN IOWA TOWN Where W S OBrien of the Ogden n Of Office I flee fice of the Postal Telegraph Played M Marbles With Them f fI I 1 help hilt lut what uvon on progress S the tho Bros In the how busIness sluice since lImo I knew them as b boys s at l Iowa when I 1511 saw w their thell street Ir Parade de yesterday m and their I last night hl sat said II W S OBrien manager or of hun tho Postal Telegraph Ca Cable lc company In O len this morning Yes the tho greatest showmen aud I were together in that thit little Iowa lown town Own and nud lie tho bon or of tOda enjoy would not hot hold a candio to the Luo tutu wc tu to l have Io I never nore forget tho first RIng HOg clr circus lIs I attended The boys bos S gave O It In theIr harness ohe T 1 afternoon all o of th YO lII In town own were there e c had to 10 haY 1 I twenty pins and alIl we WC suro sura got our Each or of hos hunI sonic stunt to per peor perform I form Even then thAn the thA older olde h hays R I tow own would my SOUl Sonic day those lads wIll own OIl a real dhow of their I I own on That made all thi rest rcpt of II kids sit on and la taie e and w wo admired the youthfuL all the tho more We had plenty of shows In III I those hoso Ila s an hill hail lint hue t P lt was a crowd of urchins I tell you ou t there were many lonesome ho boys s ami girls In hit town when Yh l our entertaIners moved d to I Vi We WoUld diet n uit t ace e for fOl little time lime after w went nt to 10 lIe in the lie Badger state did not JOt propose to lo puss tur lp their old od homa hom altogether and one d there was greit jO joy created create around town when It was announced by br u a utra I I tra traveling man from Crom that circus was on its WU way back I to McGregor We kills kids hardly 1 i sleep for foi two weeks oHm wo we the good news and the old folks In I town lawn wore were just m as much int interested as We too when it came caine right down downto to tolL IL Veil rehl the bl big day dawned bright and fa II find we nil all ot ol up OJ earl euI to lo welcome homo home the of heroes Vo Ve waited for man long a ably ly about nn niu hour lull and a the show arrived Now lont dont laugh when I tell you OU that the lie circus of the he brothers and an old trained horse because that was quito Cullo a t show in those hose days hl S and ami McGregor was as proud to welcome lint old nag and th urge se bO boys H as a a city of oC today would be the president of the United SLa Slates es Eel ocl lii III the tho country turned out to lo s see e that little cIrcus it Il W uvas S a i da lay in hil McGregor and were more marc little faces lint night the old trick and th coming circus kings of thc lie world took to the dust dusty road roaul and tray off orr in lIw he direction of another town lown they were scheduled to Lo play I hue he following da daOne day One thing about the day T I In particular was the stunt that lint Al AI lIng off He balanced a wagon wheel On his chin McGregor held Its breath while lie he did iL and thou then hoist burst into Inlo ap applause He was McGregors son Al AI AIa I a 1111 McGregor was tickled to lo death The rho boys were from the day clay they ma made e their first flu all on this earth It was born In Iii them and there was no getting awa away it And a set of lads you ou never saw sawtell tell roll to make a long story short Ill hasten on We c lots about tile tho boys after aler their appearance with the trained horse and we have been heen hearing about them ever eyer since The 1 he next time lima the they showed at McGregor their advent was wa heralded bv b brilliant posters and they came a real rail rall railroad road train Their shows was wa great the best the town had ever ocI seen After this visit by the he be began gaui gan to lo Sn Sll Know those boys hoys Well WellI T I smile Used to go to school to together Aint Int ther the simply won wonder cr I ful fiul Then some oung kils tin any I just felt lIke A th T n never Her can I forget the lie night he took look me home from church I |