. Harper's young people . ger wrings my breast:Whats done, my dear companions, I Did only for the at times a total wreck, So much I pitched and moved the cargo from the deck. And placed it in the hold. THE ELEPHANT ACT. NLY think of such a great, clumsy,awkward creature as an. ele-phant learning how to dance,play seesaw on a plank,take his meals at a table,and do many other thingsthat it is not always easyfor a bright boy tomaster! Yet Mr. Bar-inim has an elephantamong the animalsbelonging to his GreatShow that not onlyperforms these feats,but many others quite as curious
. Harper's young people . ger wrings my breast:Whats done, my dear companions, I Did only for the at times a total wreck, So much I pitched and moved the cargo from the deck. And placed it in the hold. THE ELEPHANT ACT. NLY think of such a great, clumsy,awkward creature as an. ele-phant learning how to dance,play seesaw on a plank,take his meals at a table,and do many other thingsthat it is not always easyfor a bright boy tomaster! Yet Mr. Bar-inim has an elephantamong the animalsbelonging to his GreatShow that not onlyperforms these feats,but many others quite as curious and wonderful. When the Great Show is in full working order, and anentertainment is being given at any place, among the otherperformances of the evening the audience will find an-nounced on the show-bills, The Great Elephant Act;or, the Clown and Elephant as Two Mischievous an extraordinary act it is! First, the Clown and Elephant enter, and salute the au-dience, after which they march around the ring, indulging. in some very amusing pranks and capers. The Clownthen lies down, and the Elephant marches over he has done this, without hurting so much as a hairof his masters head, the great creature rolls himself, oras much of himself as he can, in a tub. Finally he getsup, turns the tub upside down, and dances on it, while theClown plays the oi-gan. Fancy an elephant dancing! But he docs it. and onthe bottom of a tub which is hardly large enough to holdhis four great feet at once. It is no wonder that he soontires of such fun. and wants to try something else. Hethinks he will be a musician, and so he pushes his masterfrom the instrument, and grinds out the music for him-self, while the Clown dances. This he tires of too. and hisnext prank is to play seesaw. He gets on one end ofthe plank, while his master mounts the other. Of coursehis great weight brings his end to the ground, and thepoor Clown is tossed up aloft, and comes down on his head. After all this, su
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