The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-08-06

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE Ave
are to have here, on Wednesday, August
10Th, q triple Circus combination, which bids
lar to exhaust all the novelties that timer
ant shows can possibly muster Messrs.
SpaIding & Rogers, as will be seen by their
advertisement iu another coluE n, have cen
solidated their tlree CirCuses, each Of which,
singly, was probably the most extensive and
celebrated in the coGntry. Their Floating
Palace Circus, from their palatal steamers
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; their new
Railroad Circus, which, with their own cars
conveying the entire personnel of that singl-
lar establishment they moved daily, train
and all, from the track on to the exhibition
grounds, and which excited Universal curios.
ity last year, and their North American Cir
Gus, Of late years of uneXampled popularity
in New York and New England, and which
Western people must recolect when on its
last visit West in l849. In this overwheIm-
ing combination, they have three It's of Per.
'0rmers, three sets Of Clowns, three sets OF
Ring Horses, and all the appurtenances
upon a commensurate scale Of extent and
splendor. Otto Kyle's famous Bugle Band
constitutes the orchestra, and will usher IN
the abishment on the morning Of arrival
in new colossal chariot, drawn by forty
horses, driven by that celebrated knight OF
the ribbons, NJ jor Champ. The celebrated
prunaut and wire ascensionist, (of whom all
others are mere mitators) Mile Agnes, will
make grand aerial ascension at noon, up a
slender wire, extended in mid ar from the
ground t. the top of the centre pole outside
the tent Pantcmine and spectacle will be
interviewer with the sports OF the circle in.
side, 10 re ieve the entertainment Of the mon.
otony to which Circus performances are
sometimes liable. And the unexamp!ed
sight Of three distinct troGpes otriders, gym
nastists and clowns, all under one tent, in
friendly strife, in the presence of the audi
en- ce, ind all for only enc price Of admission
will render the occasion the most interesting
that hus ever occurred in connection with
public amusements in this region.
The list of names constituting this
triple company Of perform RS, presents most
| formidable array of artistes. Some we have
seen before reaching the high pinnacle Of
renown to which they have successfully as.
pired, and Others are familiar to US by name,
from the publicity given by them to our ex.
charges and from the general report. The
Man Monkey, nondescrpt specimen of hu
manity, who has been setting the world agoa
lor several years by his incomprehensibIC
equestrian and gymnastIc exploits; Frank
Barry, new luminary besides whom al
equestrian stars pale, who turns repeated
backward somersetts and pirouettes, ovel
banners and through hoops, on bare bach
horse at lnll speed, which no equestrian now
on the American continent even attempts
the Motley brothers, the Castor and Poluz
of The Circus, and the quintessence of every
thing extraordinary and laughable in comic
gymnastics; Henry Magillon, q compound o
agility, intrepidity and litheness, of which
| it is said, there is no rival specimen amongs
Circus performers. Bill Lake, a concentra
ton of all that's witty, original and iDtellec
tual in the department Of Glowing. Fou1
celebrated lady performers, Madame Ormand
J Mrs. Lake, Mile Agnes, and that paragon
equestrian and saltatory precocity, little Kate
Ormand, aud small army OF famous Gym
nasts, Aero bats, Comedians, Pantominist:
and Equilbrists, and whole stud of Trick
Dancing and War Horses, making up TOUT
ENSEMBLE that we are not likely again soon
if ever, to see.
Messrs. Spauding G. Rogers have Euro
pean as we'll as American reputation, as the
NapoIeons of the Circus. 1t is supposed
they have more capital engaged in the pros
cution of their Circus enterprises, than al
the other Circus managers combined. Three
of their show steamers FLOATING Palace
james Ray and Banio,) are alone saic
to have cost over 5000, 900; besides the
magnificent amphtheatre just built in New
Orleans, and besides their three extensive
Circuses now first brought together in on
grand combination. We have reason to fee
assured that we are now to have Circu
rete, which will amply repay the time and ex
pense OF visit.