Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-08-18
p. I. BARNtJM'S55
GRAND COLOSSAL
Museum and Menagerie!

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fIHHEaisrgesti Travelling ExurBIli6N i. .ha
f a world, heiDg combinaiisa Of all the meat
popular ard ceptonsl amusement, Of The ts,,
l-tnI- sod and improvrd fntlfhe season ~ 1854,
{t A TEAM OF 10 oELEPHANTS
5,4-f7 " ..l draw, the 9tosi Car OF ynpqernauf.
A BABY ELEPHAKrf
Ohy ycarold, and but 81 feet hig,, Will carry
35n his back around the interior of lie In ne,,,
Pa .alion the L,llipiutan GEN. TOM 9kUas.
The Magnlhcint C.rtege comprises Is0 hsrse si.ri
1870 men. The Pavilion of ExhibItioa Las be. a
enlarged until 1T is apabIe of accommodate i5-
030 spectators al, once. The collection ~ Inisg
Wild Beasts includes the most splendid speeime. =
ever eIhibned in America. Amorg msEy o.Aers.
i0stf Six Beautiful Lions
Fresh from their native toresis.
.ss5l A SACRED Blu RMESE BULL,
Fsom the Island OF ceylon, ~nIshipsd nv the pa.
gan Natives, and recently taken ftom IloIatr. o.
Temple e iSs
A hoN srER WHITE OR POLAR BE aRl-oT
pred glnUs size and ferocity.
A hlAGEIt ICENr ROYAL TIGEK.-The larxs
EST one ever captured alive.
I AN lNFANTILE CAMEL-OaIy six monihs Gf
age, the first one ever born in America, &c &c.
The Drove of ELEPHANTS were captured ~
tho Jangies of C.ittsi ceylop, by Messrs. s. Il.
JUNE aud GEO. NuIrER, assisted by s60 natives,
after pursuit of three months sad four days in lhn
JungIes. They were finally entrapped and secured
ia Indian Kraal or Trap, Of enormops dimenalons
aud prodigions strength, where they were subdued.
The Calf Elephant accompanies its Dam, and wos
weaped on its passage from India.
a NATIVE CEYLON CHIEF, Of high caste n
his own country, has chSsge ofthe ELEPHANTS, hay-
iEg accompanied them from Ceylon. ~
p. Il. BARNUM,
Proprietor Of The Ameucau Museum, New York,
has ihe honor TO anpdunce, that ENCOURAGED BY lhs
ballisnt success which has auended all his varloas
efforts for the amusement of the public, he has bees
led form the project Of otgaLiziag sasi tfaye.
ing.
MUSES.. ln of wonders,
Which comprises great variety ofatIrnctions, and
more extraordinary novelties, than any travelling
txaibiudh 10 the world. Every feature Of th,s
esting nature, and the whole u produced upon u
gig antlc scale of magnitude. The travelling para
tphernaiia of the American Museum, as II enters
each town is preceded by the gorgeous
Car OF Juggernau.,
Drawn by Ten Elephsnts sup srbly capars9neds
being an accurate model of the terrible engine nf
idolatrous sacrifice, finished and decorated In ell
the extravagauce. of HiLloo style. Following thus
monster vehicle, is long procession ofcosiy car
riages, the whole forming spectcle oi more thsB
OrientI splendor. The exhibition will take tfaeo
within magnificent Varigatcd Pavilion, ccmpased
ofAmerican flags of water-prooffabric. lhs real,
genuine, original ei,s 5z.Is.
GEN. Tom Thumb
Is attached to this eihibluou aud will appear In all
his perfot1iances given before the principle
crowned heads OF Rurope, incl iudng Songs, Dsnces,
Grecian Statues, ,and his admired persoaarlons af
Napoleon and Frederick tie Great The hrie
General is twenty years of age, weighs fifteen
pounds, and is sbu.tweniy>eight inches high. Also
engaged H., q. a.9i SAFES
The man without arms, who will execute his extra
ordinary feats ofloadtng and firing pistol with his
toes; cutting r.ole likenesses; shooting ate mark
with bow and arrow, playing upon the AccoIaeen
and Yioincello. etc. Mr.. Neilis, in these pefoim.
liable energy and industry can accompllsh, eseu
when laboring under Disadvantages apparaally ,he.
most insu mouEtaoe. -
A complete Menaeerie of
Living Wild Animals.
l. also included IN the American Museum, sEdat
q convenient period during the exhibition
HEF; Pierce
Will enter the Dens OF Wild Beasts, and give HE
classical iliustratio nf Hercules struggling witp
the EBmean Lior; Daniel in the Lyoh's Den;
Sampson; destroying the Lion, sc.
oae ofths notwithstanding poI.ioas Of the exhihi.
tion is formed hy thedispay Of great collecton of
gAil II Wax Statuary.
including figures Of the size o life, OF all the Pesi-
dents Of the United States, aud also Of great num-
Der Of noted characters, American and Fcrelgn, all
OF which are accurate iiksnesses, and aPproptl-
aiely costumed In fact the whole establishments
- -
Wonderful Objects of Nature and Art,
The iul1 particulars OF which nwould be impossible
to- give within the iimits of auewspaper anvettise-
men,, and which has been brought together at
enormous expenditure ofneans, forming the largest
and most novel travelling exhibition in this oI aey
other country -
"A fine Military Band will perform the most pops
ular airs Of the day as the procession enters toWDs
and aso during the hours of fexhibition.
The eAmtica.i Museum and Menagerie
WILL EXHIBIT AT RAVENNA,
on THURSDAY Sept. Sd, 1852.
Z Doors open from II to 4, and from TO 8 O'Clock
p M. Pr.ce Of admission % CeDtG Cbildten
uader years Of age, IS Gents. To the Whole OF
this immense establishment including Gen. Tom
Thumb, and the entire collection Of Wild AMI
mails, Wax Statuary, Mr.. Pierce,s Perfor-
mances tn the tDens, the Baby Elephant,
Mr.. Nellis, Performances, sc.
NO EXERA CHARGE uAdcr any pfdkense what
ever, let the sepprts be what they mayl
This Establishment will E&bbn at the following
TowBs.-- AT T minsbarah, "Wednesday Sept. lat;
Akron, Friday Sept. 35j and Canton, on Saturday