Truly Remarkable.

Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 52

Truly Remarkable.

" Ladies and gentlemen," began the proprietor of a travelling circus in a voice of triumph, " I think you will agree that our piogramme this week out-Herods Herod, as Sir Walter Byron — or was it Lord Shakespeare? — once remarked. Surely such a gregarious compilation of unprecedented monstrosities was uever before assembled in harmonious contact beneath one roof.

" On your right you will observe that most singular of marvels, the man who is in love with, hia mother-in-law. He ia an Eskimo, and Mas discovered by Professor Andree on arriving at the North Pole. Next to him is the boarding-house Keeper who nover served hash and whose Sunday night teas are always enjoyable. The gold crown studded with diamonds, which you see upon her head, is a token of esteem from her grateful boarders. " The' dark-complexioned lady at her side U Signorina Fakem, the only lady pencil sharpener in the world. She will give a demonstration of her skill every 'quarter of an hour. Before J forget it, I wish to state that tho report circulated by a rival to the effect that Siguorina Fakem is a man in disguise is a base calumniation, and I will give £5 to anyone who can prove it.

" You will next observe the tramp who ex- \ pressed his willingness to do a little -work, and would xmdoubtcdiy hfive done so but for an i unfortunate attack of vertigo. And now, ladies and gentlemen, in the glass case on the centre -platf orm you behold the greatest wonfler of all. I have the honour to bring to your attention the celebrated armless wonder, Professor Doembrown, the only man in existence who ever relixmed from Klondyke without having made a fortune."