. St. Nicholas [serial]. But the rest of the show —it was rather below The average mark, as circuses go;For the clown just criedWhenever he triedTo be funny; they should nt have let him. And as for the widely boasted ease Of Peters act on the high trapeze-He hung in the airIn a state of despair,And they had to go up and get him !. Ka»h ;»<4t«r Dal a rid19U But they luckily planned for a concert grandAt the close of the show, by the Famous Band; And those who remained Were entertainedBy popular songs and a charity thing, there was no expense,And the net receipts they w
. St. Nicholas [serial]. But the rest of the show —it was rather below The average mark, as circuses go;For the clown just criedWhenever he triedTo be funny; they should nt have let him. And as for the widely boasted ease Of Peters act on the high trapeze-He hung in the airIn a state of despair,And they had to go up and get him !. Ka»h ;»<4t«r Dal a rid19U But they luckily planned for a concert grandAt the close of the show, by the Famous Band; And those who remained Were entertainedBy popular songs and a charity thing, there was no expense,And the net receipts they were quite immense; And the money goes To Be-Ba-BoesIn straitened circumstances. POSITIVELY THE OLDEST INHABITANT BY AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN It is something to be able to boast that one is theoldest inhabitant of ones town or section. Tomake good this claim usually involves the pos-session of a plump one hundred years. The Tes-tudo vicina, or Giant Tortoise, of the New YorkZoological Park, however, might smile scornfullyon so paltry a record. For his two centuries ofexistence entitle him to the honor of being theoldest living creature in the United States. The Giant Tortoise is not native to NorthAmerica, but hails from the Galapagos Islands inthe Pacific, several hundred miles off the coast ofEcuador. He seems, neverthele
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