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mo J-UIEWHHJUI.VO Ul/V lt;»«U«'UUV LU IJIUIJllSpalding lingers have been burfe al week with tkctr Floating Palriee, shcir tliret circuses, and tlieir famous Calliope.Around the Fair Grounds are scattered immunms tents, under one of which the wonderful performances of a fancy gtss-blowar can oe seen for fifteen cents a eight. Under another ..the fattest woman in the world allows you to take a look at her gigantic proportions for “the small auui uf liftccn cents.” Within the folds of anochor tent a boy who claims to be only fifteen yews old .and eight feet high receives oil visitors who each deposits fifteen cents at the dftor- At the on trance of another tent stands a tall and slim man wish a very hirsute face and exceedingly loud voice, who gmtnitonaly informs erciy passer-by that be has withm the only pair of Egyptian nmmmies in the United States which ho will allow von to look “for the small sura of fifteen cents.” In another I am told that an ; investment of ten cents will aeenro a eight at a pair of wonderful mice who have been taught to operate a miniature aaw-milL— “Oh! wonders, sure, will never cease.”
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Alton Weekly Courier
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 01, 1857
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