of P.J. Barnum as far as adhering to the creed that there is a sucker born every minute was concerned. Dad. paid the shor for all of us and it must have nearlybroke him as they soaked him 80 cts a ticket to get into the outer tent and another 80 to enter the inner shrine. Thery had very few abnaimals and what they had were a pretty moith-eaten looking bunch, and I never saw such dirty and ragged boys as the chore boys were.The insid eoerformance consisted almost entirly of the animals tricks as there were very few acroibats or clowns or anything l=else that generally goes with a circus exzcepot a lay=rge crowd. Howeve rit was a success as far as Harry b was concerned as it was rhe best he veer saw so i was not sorry he went. He staye dat Auntys all night and I wlake dhome & was dead tired when i got here. I didn't stay all the after noon at the circus but went down and interviewed Frank Reid about borrowing some money on a mortgage. I gave him the paerticulars but will havr to take Marj. up and arrange with Mrs. Quanbury to pay her off before rthe opayment falls due. I hate to put anothe rmortgage on the place but it seems