Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1890 — On Exhibition Here. [ARTICLE]

On Exhibition Here.

The several signs at the door ani nonneed a grand exhibition of snakes, a tattooed woman, wax figures reprei senting the Twelve Disciples and the Last Supper, with rare animals, etc. As we entered the place the lecturer ; was all ready to begin. He said: “Laj dies and gentlemen, this woman was j taboed by the savages of Borneo. Some call it tattoed and some taboed, but it i all moans the same thing. Next to hex lis a guerilla from Africa. The guerilla I is noted for sucking the blood of people ! when asleep. I don’t know whether it’s when the guerilla or the people is asleep, and odds is the difference to you. “This, good people,” he continued, passing to the next cage, “is the celebrated buoy constructor, from South America. This reptile is able to crush an ox in his folds. On the left of him is the raccoon, bo called from its gait, which is that of a racking horse. Next beyond is a beaver, which secures its name from Beaver Falls, Wis. That animal on the right is called a porkupine, so named from its love of pork, and that on the left is an oppossum. The last named creature gots its name from the Grecian word op, the Latin word pos, and the Hebrew word sum.” He then posed before tlie wax figures, and went on: “Tliisdcis* pie is John, that one Hercules, that one Mark, that one Cicero, and so on; all good men except Judas ’Scarrot. Each figure is an exact reproduction of the celebrated painting by Nero, and virtue is its own reward.” An old gentleman with spectacles hung in our rear as we went out, and said to the lecturer: “Aren’t you mistaken about Hercules V” “No, sir.” “Sure you ain't?”. “Look a-here, old maul” exclaimed the lecturer, as he squared off, “I’ve been in the show business for twenty odd years, and if you think you know the ropes better than I do you can take command.” “Oh, uo, no, no! You avo doubtless right—quite right—and of course you know your business. Only !” “Only what?” “Oh, well, never mind. It struck me as a little queer, but I guess it’s all right- all right. It was because lam rather rusty on such matters, probably. Very entertaining, very, and I shall call again.”— Neiv York- Sim.