The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-04-14


p. =. ms
GRAND COLOSSAL
MUsRUM AND ~MENAGERIE.
THEhtss.t TrsvelliBg ExHIsIfION d thewerld
i keihs combination of al the most PoPal.r ers
uasxeep- innable s-Inusemvats u tho sfe-enhrgsd
and I'M roved for The season ofiooa
TEAM or iss HLEFHAETs
will draw the great Car Of Jusssrnsut.
A Baby Elephant,
only one year old and but 81 foe. high. win carry up
On IS back around the interior ofihe immense Psyil-
lon, ihe I.lIliputisn GENERAL TOM THUMB. Tho
Msssiaesni coftsgs s9IRT,ss 10 nor.s. and ~. v%s1 +,
Il capable accommodating 1900 spectators Il once.
The e~olsction Of living Wild Animals Includes tho
most splendid specimens ever exhibited m America
AmUns fnDHy others will Be found
EfGfIf BEAUTIFUL LIONS
fresh frnm their nstive Forests
A Monster white or Polar BeaT,-of Prodi-
A Magnificent Royal Tiser,-ths largest Ono
ever captured alive.
A Pair Of Young Llonsrcnl y six months old,
An InfnntiIe CanoI,-oply six months OF aBei
The Drove II, Elephants ikkts esRtHfcd in me
Iungles Of Central Ceyion, by Messrs, ;. D. svss Ana
GEoRoE N1rrER. assisted by ~ - ,hs In.siss-
ul " U hulittAa SAa w. - ~
. They we're finally enir1pped and secured IN an inal-n
Krsal or nap Of enormous dimensions and prooig,Sus
strength, where they were subdued. Ine SAnb
phAnt aeeompanies its Dam, and was wesned on Hs
passage from India.
r. r. BARNUan,
p~rouri.iot Of tho American Museum, New York, has
the honor 20 snnounee, that encouraged by the Dill
liant success which has attended all his various OF;
forts for the amusement Of the public he has been 'ed
TO form the project Of organizing a vast travennB
MUSEUM OF WONDERS,
Which e~omprises a great variety Of Attractions; and
more ext, scr6inary Novelties. than any travelling
TX ibition IN the world. Every feature Of this MANI
moth Establishment is o. ? peculiar and interesting
nature and the whole Is produced upon giganue scale
II magnitude. fhe travelling Par.Pherpaiia Of me
American Museum, as II enters each towr,n Preeou-
ed by the gorgeous
R~CAR or JUGGERNAUTi1
drawn by Ten Elephants, superblv esparisoned, be-
inc an accurate model OF thatterTible engine OF idoia-
trous sscrinees, finished and decorated in all the e1-
travsganee OF the Bindoo style, Following ms
monster vehicle, is = long procession OF costly Cages
snd Carriages, the whole forming a spectacle OF more
\ than IUienisl sd endor. Tire exhibition viii take pace
within a magnificent Vsriegated PayTion, composed
Of American Fngs Of waterproof fabric. Ihs res'i
genuine, originA'
GENERAL TOM THUMB -
is attached to this Exhibition, and will appear in Ill hi:
performsnc rs as given before the principal crowned
keads Of Europe, including Songs, Dances, Greelan
Sts.uss and Is admired personations Of Napoleon
md Frederick the Great. The little General Is tSeH;
ty.ore YEARS Of re, weighs OILY htieen pouhus' Il
Il but twenty eight ihchss hlgh. Also engaged
MR.. NELLIS,
the man without arms. who win execats his etI
trunrdin..ry lesia Of l"sdiug and firing a pistol
with his toes; cutting profile hkeDesfes; shooi'ne
at = mark with n bow and arrow; playing upon
1 the Accordion aud VioIincello. etc. Mr.. Nellis.
ia these performances. exhibits q wonderful ex-
smrle Of " hat indoniitable energy and industry
can accomplish. ev Ell when lab0ring under disad-
ysnlns-s spJarra,ily ths most insurr1Onntable.
4 complete Eirus2etse. OF
LIVING WILD ANIMALS.
lis also inc 'uded in the American Muselim. and ut
q convenient period during the exhibition
MR.. PIERCE
+ will inter the Dens Of the Wild Beasts. and give
his clasicsl illustrHtiou. If HERCULES struggling
v ith the Nsmean Lion; Daniel III the Lion sDen'
Sampson destroying the Lion. &c. +
Que 0f the must Interesting partitions oil Tie OK
hibirion is formed by the display OF a great col
lection Of
WAX sTATUARY,
inciadins figures Of ihs. size 81 lie. Of all the Pres.
idenis OF the United States. and Assoc q great
number Of noted churaciers.Amer1can and roreieni'
all If which are accurate likeneses, and sPProopri'
ately cosiumed. In fact, the whole EstabhSa-
nrnt is a vast repository oil
woNDERFuLo3JECTs OF NATURE & ART.
the fall particulars Of which it would be lDPossi-
Die To give within the limits ola newspaper ad.
vertiseInent. ani which has boen brought toseth!
er at an enormous ex Expenditure OF means. forming
the lrrgest aud mrst nnvei travelling Exhibition
in this or any other country.
fine Military Brnd will perform the most
popular airs Of The day. ms the procession enters
The city. and also dnring The hours OF exhibition.
!. THE AMERICAN MUSEUM AND MENA'
GERlE will exhibit ut
Lancaster, Thursday,April lst,Circleviile
April 22nd, ChillicOthe April 23rd.
Price Of odmissinn IS cents, Children under 9
years IS cents. To the whole of this immense
Establishment. including General Tom Thumb.
the entire, collection I Wild Animals, Wax Stat.
, nary Mr. Pirrce.s performances in the Dens, tho
Baby Elephant. Mr.. N=llis' performances. &c,
M extra charge under any pre,ence whatever, LET
the reports he whit They may.
Doors open from 7 TO 4, end from ? to o'clock
r. NJ. April II. 1853.