The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-12

H.. NJ. SMITHS
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EQUIPPED AND DESIGNATED FOR THE LEAD
ING EXHIBITION OF 1856!
Will Exhibit at Davenport on Saturday, July
18th, 1856, afternoon and evening.
ADMISSION 50 CTS; CHILDREN IS CTs.
order To crafty the Public Taste IN THIS elegant
l.ssyle Of Amusement, the Proprietor has Incurred
great Expense, both in the variety OF the Perform
spces, and In the s~pieBdor Of the accomplishments.
Most Of the Feats gwen by this Troupe are entirely
new a repres ,ntaiion OF which may be seen in the
elegant Wood Cut Emf s wings By which the Pictorial
BilIsaIe embeliished.
The performances will be given with the utmost
grandeur and peculiarly Of eject, embodying at the
same time the most Artistic Scenes In the circle, Ac-
rebate exercises, and Gymnastics Of manly agility
and skill, superb Horsemahship, Comic Buriettas,
etc, accompanied BY asuperb military
BEass and string Band.
Two splsndid Performances;
(Afernoona and Evening"
III u A. q a IL ID h II X,
profusion Of his original and highly Comic Songs,
humorous Sayings, Quaint stories, and Practical
Jokes, adapted 10 the present era.
The Performance will commence with
A Beautiful Pageant Entree,
On Ten Horses, Richly Caparisonea and Supsrbly
Mounted, performing Splendid Cavalry NOV ements,
Evoiatons,, Charges, etc., by. ,he principal Horse
Ground and Lofty Tumbling, or Activity Con
tested.
BY the Whoio Company.
Principal Act on a Single Horse,
without saddle or Bride, by Mr.. IL. NJ. Smith, in
which he will leap Whips, Carte rs, Canvasses,
Balloons, o G., while his horse is at fun
Sports Of the Atlas, or the Magic Globe!
BY that wonderful phenonenon, Geo. W. Archer.
Fancy Dance, .
By the beautiful and accomplished young Danseuse,
MILE. VlCToRIA SMITH.
Grand Act Of Classic Positions, on a Single
Horse,
By the Funny Little Clown, II. Gardiner,
In which he will give Buriesque limitations of many
ofthe most distinguished personages OF the age,
drawn from reality. Constituting with
The Countryman's Visit to the Circus.
Graphic and Interesting Scene OF
Nautical Life,
BY r. ROBERTSON, entitled the
SHIPWRECKED MARINER;
or, a Voyage by Land and Sea.
Black Diamond and Cincinu&tns,
These wonderful Trick Ponies, whose astonishing
performances in the ring surpsss the Imagination
and elicit the applause and as'onishmens ofevery be-
| X. N. SMITH in his celebrated shaIspsaren Act,
Falstaff, khylock and Richard III,
Ia which he delir Gates the character of those ancient
| personsges with the utmost grandeur and effect, as
Wonderfai and Astonishing Performances on
The Duplicate Ladders,
BY the four Acrobatic Brothers.
This Act 10 entirely new, being performed on two
Ladders, each twsnty f~eethigh, held by a single indi-
| yidual, while three persons ascend to the summit,
forming themselves into beautiful Pictures, Classic
Positions, etc., as taken from ancient Statutes, filling
the audience atonce with the widest fear and admi-
ration.
Flying Indian,
Or Wild Forest Scene, by Mr.. +. Robinson.
Frial Leaps from the Batoute Board by
the v hole Troupe, on which occasion Messrs. Gardi-
nsr and Armstrong will rival each other In their
wonderful ~
Double Somersault,
Each turning twice while In the air before allghting
on their feet.
The whole to conclude with the very amusing and
laughable Afterpiece, entitled
The Shoemakers of Bagdad.
n. B-The public may rest assured that everything
advertised win be performed, and thatpolle anda :
tentive officers will be in an attendance 10 seal the
audience and preserve order.
Ir PAccompan,lng the above grand exhibition,
there will boz separate or SIDE performance OF
Ethiopian Ninstrels,
BY The most celebrated performers IN the United
States. july dwt