Wild Animal Show

Circus business is famed for its hazards. Last week to Haverstraw, N.Y., came the Kent trained wild animal show, five days out of winter quarters, gaudy and bullish. Promptly things began to happen: 1) William Schultz, partner, found one of his valuable horses had been stolen, sold to a Negro for $20; 2) The local light company refused to furnish illumination on credit, the fodder merchants to furnish fodder; 3) After putting up the tent, the roustabouts struck, left; 4) The band followed the roustabouts; 5) A rainstorm came, razed the tent; 6) The tent manufacturer and the sheriff came and took the tent away; 7) The lions, hungry, broke out of their cage, went to the ball park, slumbered in left field; 8) The S. P. C. A. and the sheriff jailed Robert Kent, partner.

After these calamities, William Schultz floated a short-term loan, led the circus on to Poughkeepsie.

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