Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1852-07-08
BARNUM'S


Corner of Broadway and Ann st. New York.
PHINEAs T. BARNuAI, Proprietor.
JOHN GREENWOOD. Jr.. Manager
This distinguished place Of
FAMILY ANEUsEN1ENT
uneuestionably without a rival in tine United
STATES and scarcely surpassed by the Royal
institutions Of France aud CIR eat Britain, is
still in the full tide of success, presenting the
'aost chaste and yet amusing
Performances every Afternoon and
Evening.
! and for the sake Of public accommodation
nearly
EVERY HOUR ON TIE 4Ih JULY.
and other public holiG AIS.
The Curiosity Saloons.
! of this Museum now embrace, in every branch
! of Art and Nature. over a
Million Of Novelties,
and presents Collection that for Interest and
4 Value suIpasses all escripion besides
which, large additional supply of
NOVELTIES FROM EUROPE,
is now on It's way, ana Will arrive Tor eXhl'
shition here previous to the
Anniversary Of Our Nation s Birth
The usual display of the Museum has just
been increased oy costly and magnificent
sgroap of
LIFELINE CEREAN SCULPTURE.
prepared expressly for this estabi shment, by
1cminent artists, imported from Eng land toi
The purpose, and entitled
Lord Byron i'm Greece
OR THE
SULOKT COyNSPHR.R CY
This is the latest wonder of the Age, and is
a combination of Twelve Gorgeous Figures of
aDlstingu shed Greeks, all of them
MOVING AS IF ALIVE.
Among viii CHI are the exact counterparts of
Lord Byron, of the Greek President, in 1924
1 Of the renowned Bezzaris, the famous Mavro~
cordato. aid several other peIsons Of equal
celebrity. Here is also,
The Happy Family.
A marvellous Illustration, among irrational
creatures. OF the LAW OF LOVE, and most
s,rreiuiahle pit ture of the beneticent result Of
1 he principal of Peace. Here ATE upwards OF
Fifty different Birds, and Beasts, most OF them
1lnstinctively bent on each Others destruction
vet here taught by mysterious piot ess. to
i've harm oniously together. Here are Cats.
Rats, Owls, Nice. Dogs, Hawks, Song birds.
SC, that have been educated to lay aside Their
tantagonistic natures, and now repost in each
,ther's arms without apprehension or distrusi
The Youthful Giant,
Harry Page, but Is years Of age, and yet 7
feet high. is curiosity of no ordinary charac
ter. The vast Collection called
Ten Thousand Things from
0WH - ~ "a
70 another subject Of overwhelming interest.
|reprcsenting, the Chinese OF the Present day
n all the various phases of their Oriental eX-
rstence, with Full Sized Efiges OF Chinese
people, from the Bum Boat Women and the
|Coolie, to The EMPEROR and EMPRESS. and the
whole Court Of the "Cental Flowery Fation. >
: THREE HUNDRED NATIONAL POR-
TRAITS
lof great men and wcmen. host OF attractive
objects in 'olany, Geology. Ichthyology, 10
ioI ,sical Specimens, FOSSIL Remains, Ancient
StatuaIy, &C., are among tnc u'AaiilS ColtehtS
lof this establishment. The
The Elegant Senic Enter
tainments
in the pret,iest Lecture Room in the world.
|are presented
EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVE'NG.
SUNDAYS exceplcd,) and comprise almos'
EVERYTHING that is attractive, amusing, touch
ling and effective to be found within the
range Of
Moral Dramas. Temperance Plays.
English Comedies. Local Farce',
Pantomimes, Spectacles.
Pretty Ballets, Singing.
Dancing. Mnsic' &C
The whole forming a fascinating and ever
varied body Of
POPULAR ADJUSTMENTS,
in which modesty and mir'h, wit and pr"7rie>
~ are always ca efuIiy associated. and moth
ing is said or done, however iaughable, io|
offe nd The eve OF ear OF modesty, good taste.
or proper sense of religion.
Admittance Is Cents
Children under 10 years age, half price