Somerville a Sideshow to None

Bostonist determined on Wednesday that yes, Somerville does indeed rock! And what better way to celebrate than to hold a good, old-fashioned outdoor circus.

That's exactly what some revelers up in the Ten Hills neighborhood did last weekend. According to an article in the Somerville Journal, at 8:30 last Saturday night "firefighters found themselves busting the fireballs of a flame juggler during an apparent bootleg circus rehearsal on Sewall Street."

Residents at 38 Sewall St. reported seeing fire flying up in the air in a yard across the street. A man was juggling ignited sponges attached to a chain, just like performers do in a circus... The man was joined by at least seven other "characters," including little people in flamboyant costumes...

But the best part of all, we think is that when asked to put out the open-flames which are banned by city ordinance the fire-juggler refused:
"He was a nice guy, but he wanted to keep [juggling]...There were some guys in feather boas and then the smaller people came out."

The only question we have is, who are these "smaller people?" Neighborhood children or midgets from the sideshow acts?

Maybe beefy Mayor Joe Curtatone can join the show as the World's Strongest Man.