CIRCUS

n : A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool. CLAIRVOYANT, n. A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron—namely, that he is a blockhead. CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet—two clarionets. CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones. CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio’s function was to preside over history—which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addre ed by Me rs. Xenophon, Hero dot us and other popular speakers. 55