The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-07-29
''GOats and Monkeys!"

! "GOats and Monkeys!"
ros'erity and the distant reader may like to know
something respecting the Of the most ponular
ou Lord 1852 'N "
! l. ne boards but lately trodden by SteGanone pa.
loa'' Mafin, Bettini, and Badiah-perchance soon
TO be the scene Of Albonis operatic tiumphsare A.
present occupied By troupe consisting Of a dozen
monkeys, iour or five dogs, and educated aoat and .
revolving man. Arriving rather late the other eya
ning, we lound II difficult 20 get Ieep al The stare
and did SO at length only through a vista of yea1s
SHIRT collars and whskers, belonging to those gentle
men "ho were standing IN the doorways Of the boxes
On the stage table arranged as for dinner .t
which SAX tashonably dressed monkeys were seated
ihey were waited On by Frenchman, who, at the
hrst glimpse, was gong round the table filling wine
glasses, each monkey in turn holding his glass up
over ms right shoulder, and when was filed drink
ing on his toast and water with considerable grace
This, It appeared, the bumper at partinc far ,
moment after, a (monkey) waiting maid came rm
nlns IN, and, taking the two candles from the hand
oil the exhibitor, off with them behind the scenes.
and the curtain fell. The next scene was perform.
ahce on the slackrope by two monkeys IN succession
and the following were the eats executed. The rope
vas arranged like common swing. The monkey
performer i'Fsf enjoyed swing in the usual manner
gong as high as the scenery permitted; the motion
however, being communicated BY the hand of the ex
hibltor. Then the monkey stood upon the ror.
and swung as high before. Finally, he turned ,
somerset, after the manner Of slack rope dancers.
then another; then backwards; then half a-dozen.
ana concluded by scinerseting continuously, like
wheel, with great Iapidity. There was next ner,
o,mahce on the tight-rope. The monkey of the
scene was dressed in the usual style Of rope dancers
and was assisted by white balancing pole. which
he he. gracefully, and really appeared to dene,d
upon for his equilibrium. AT first he refused To he.
gin The music struck up, the master coaxed and
threatened, but the gentleman remained in1mov.hlo
farther end az 10 A h, Il
attendant; he has forgotten TO chalk the mopkev,.
eet! Ihis done, JockO seizes his pole and dances
along to the end Of the rope, back again 10 the mid
die, leaps into the air, many times ia succession
jumps over his pole, beth forwards and backwards
loses his balance, fails and catches the rope bv on
hand, swings there for moment, is replaced iumpa
again, and so on to the end OF she scene. Next en-
tels a carriage, drawn by two white dogs, monkey
coachman on the box, monkey iootmon standing
behind, monkey "marC hioness" inside araycd IN =
riding dress Of black satin. The, drive around tho
stage several times. At length wheel comes of
down goes the carriage, the rchoncss leaps to the
ground the footnan picks Up the wheel and rolls it
30 the carriage, the coachman flies TO his horses,
heads and holds them fast. The marchioness walks
to char placed for her accomno dation holding nm
her long dress in very ladylike style and remains
seated till her vehicle Is repaired when she bounds
again into it aud drives Of. Then there were sore
equestrian exercises, the horses being dogs and tho
riders monkeys. Then d goat was introduced which
walked on its knees, fired of a pistol by pulling A
string attached to the trigger and did various Other
'cats large white dog the next performer.
whose doings were peshaps as surprising those of
any other member Of The troupe. At first he nee,v
ran round and round the stage at signal from tho
exhibitor, he lifted one Of his fore feet and IAN on
the other three, as though he had become .uddenlv
lame; then he changed the maginarv iar,eness l.,
his other ioreoot then TO one Of his hind ieet then
TO the other next, he was ane IN mis- iolefoo, and
his ci: hind foot, The same time calorinr a,ound
on two feet ony last, and most wonde. ful of al he
lifted from the ground oietoo, ond one hindioot
on the same side. and in that extraordinary manner
ran found the stage several times. The an,onimo
scene OF the ''Dcseiter created considerable aprsc-
nIent. The Desertor was rcysonatcd By a dor dress
ed III the uniform Of q French soldier He took his
place on the stage very dcnuely. An advocate in
his robes produced the legal authority for the execu.
son. Nhcn all vas ready the eyes Of the desc.ier
were handaged monkey soldier advanced took
aim ard fired. The Deseiter fell forward, drama,i-
caily dead; ard though the exhibitor lifted hin,
roughly 10y one leg, he made molten, and his limbs
hung down Ianguldiy. Then the grave digger,
with lantern, spade and black dcad-calt The dead
body was placed III il, and away went the monkey
SEXTON drawing his load in the dwardling mechani-
cal manner Of a monkey who used to it, To-
wards the close Of the evening, the entertainments
were varied by The RTVoLUNIoSARY HERO alluded
To above, as The ''Ieyoving man.. This individual
spun round upon one leg, with something like the ra-
pidiiy Of hunming toP-tast enough least for the
cooIs OF his dress to blend and the parts of his body
TO be undstiDguishsble. But more; while thus re.
yolvng, he held upon each hand large dinner plato
nnd on each plate there three or four tumbiers
half full coored water: and, To his immortal honor
DC 1t recorded, not drop spilled! The perform
auce closed by the ''asccnsion Of the dog John Bull
surrounded by a brilliant display of fireworks -
John seized the end Of a rope in his teeth and though
hc htrd up twenty feet iionl the stage and sur
rounded by "a semi-yolcano Of fireworks vet did the
gallant Bull cling TO the ropes end with which the
King of IcITos ropu.rly SUI posed 10 adhere to a
Of Africa, whose spirit has taken its High, to an
other and better world Such are the entertain
ments which have attracted overwhelming audiences
night after night, while the thermometer has been
ranging from eighty degrees to the s,cwing point
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