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an iiiiiur MumOF CIRCUS LIFE(Continued from Paoft 17-)communities as much as is possible itthe crops are had. If lUc crops are big, he can play the state t no roughly with profit. If not, the circus zig-zags across the state like a man playing chokers. If the farmer’s crop prospects iu*e good It i neat 1.4 III at he has plenty of credit itl the hank nml the Stores. Consequently h« is feeling good, and when the clrciiH comes around h» takes his wife and all the children arid the hired man. If Indications are that a had year is upon him one of his first measures in economy is to cut out his luxuries, and no matter what city-folk may think about the farmer's inability u live a whole year without acting the Inside nf n circus tent. It is a suU fact, sad to the fanner and sad to the- circus man, that if he begins to save on luxuries one of the jiryt to be sacrificed is the circus. Even If the crops are good it Is advisable not to send the circus inLu a prosperous community during harvest time. The farmer hates with all his soul the clr- j it;' eua that comes during that period, li«-cause since the work began them has been no hired man that has been able I ; to resist the “big top.” Too orteiij jthe hired man on his trip to town “to | jsee the elephant” looks not only at tho; harmless elephant in the circus zoo,piu.ilfaetu the c alentment iLnd tile «whScfar ;wuglt;Hhosit nwhkluckmowtkm: bud of i gets turntiits Imarit \trueIn ilh«bi\\rCiilit i:ls j to Iandhilt in the direction of the local elc- kphant, where money may be spent for liquor. Ho goes back to the harvest j flokl after a riotous course of rural dis- isipaUon and his employer never for- j wlt gives the circus which lured him away.irn
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Jul 12, 1914
Page 9
Full Page
Clipped by
Fred P.
OH, USA 08 Jul 2020
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