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Herald Sep 12

JACKSON PARK SKETCHES.

There has been a shift of lecturers at
Buffalo Bill's show in Sixty-third street.
The big fellow who used to howl out the
features of the programme and then wave a
red flag for the performers to appear is now
in Boston. His voice wasn't strong enough
to be of any service to the spectators, but
nobody can truthfully say that he didn't do
the best he could. The proprietors were
anxious to make a change, but men with
fog horn voices were scarce and so the
howler from Boston was permitted to hold
his job for a much longer period than anybody
had a right to expect. One day, however,
Colonel Saulsbury was startled by a roar
of a man who was selling peanuts in the
grand stand. It tore round the big amphitheater,
rolled out of the entrances, and
drowned the voice of the lecturer who was
supposed to be something of a yelper himself.
On the following day the peanut man
was summoned to appear before a jury on
howling. This owlish body was composed
of Colonel Cody, Major Burke and Colonel
Saulsbury. The peanut vender was asked
to give "some specimens of his ability."
Opening his face half way to his forehead
the long legged candidate let loose a deafening
bellow.

"Now cry out 'ladies and gentlemen,'"
said Major Burke.

The face opened again and the roar that
came from between the heavy jaws shook
the ridge pole of Colonel Cody's tent. It
did not take the jury long to reach a verdict.
The lowly peanut vender was there
and then promoted to the exalted position
of lecturer, with instructions to let his hair
grow and buy himself a white sombrero.
The Boston crier went home the next day.