The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-01

Grand Musical Sore-ee'
g SRCOND EXHIBITION
OF THE GREAT MENAGERIE

OF THE GREAT MENAGERIE !
HiSDaEARTERs, Saturday, Aug. 25.
Towing to the fact tina, the Sauatsers have
hung out a chicken, in front Of their exhi-
bition room, friend suggests thai hey
should change the name Of their shop, aud
Instead Of the Hindlaarterr, caH sths Hen
nery. Bot this is domestic affair which
they will hare to regulate in their o~n way,
sabicc. only TO the Constitutional
ON last Saturday night, the great Theat-
rical Dem ocracy gave one Of the most
brilIian. entertainments Of the season. The
show opened on this occasion, under pecu-
liarly favorable auspices. At an early
hour il waaanneuncedsh that the Distinguished
speakers from abroad were all present; al!
tie members Of the stock company were
also on hand. we'll trained, with their re-
spective parts perfectly committed, AMI
everything in readiness at the appointed
hour for the performance to commence
nothing being wanted but the audience
The show at the lower end of town, evil
IDENTITY interfered with the profits of the
managers on this occasion. Finally, a
tremendous crowd collected. consisting of
thirteen very enthusiastic boys, and FIVE
gentlemcn-mi- ht have been all sober, We
don't know-but it was very large and
fashionable audience.
The great travelling show, was also out
~. sii. occasion. This is, perhaps, the
greatest collection Of Democratic trained
animals in the world. Every cage was sur
mounted By hrilIiant transparency, gor-
geously decorated with representations of
various Democratic birds and animals. On
one, we noticed representation Of live
Squatter Sovereign on exhibition an ami
NAL which they call ''Little Sandy" (sup-
posed to mean, ye great manager, We re-
doubtable " hoa G ee CRAWFORD The in
scription on the cage said that be was n
cross between the African and Fire. eater.
and was perfectly harmless, all of which is
very true. On another We noticed the pic
ture Of large bird. On one wing was the
name Of BELL" and on the other, "Doug-
las" We didn't have an opportunity to
notice, particularly, butfew of the animals,
as the show soon went past, and We re-
turned to witness the performance at the
headquarters.
Just before the hour for tha show to be-
gin, it was asccr;ained that the Republicans
had employed the Brass Band to play at
their meeting. This information created
tremendous excitement among the mana
gers, and prominet members of the com
pany. They were justly indignant, on
account Of this iatolerable imposition
Indeed, some of the very chivalric members
considered it an outrage Of sufficient mag
nitudc to justify an immediate dissolution
of the Union. After a great dea! of very
loud talking it was determined 10 not dis
solve the Union, at present, but employ a
man to play the fiddle, and thus have some
genuine squat,er music whereupon, a
desperate effort was made to raise dollar
and fifty cents, with which to pay the fiddler.
This very benevolent enterprise, we are
sorry to say, proved a failure, for, after the
hat had been passed around, and the receipts
summedup the amount thus extorted from
the craoud, would not meet the demands
of the fiddler, by one dollar and forty cents.
=, Just at this critical juncture, an intoxicated
brother ruined the good hGmor Of the mana
> ;ers, by Offering to bet seven cents against
= he dde-fuud, that the chicken on the pole
wanted to lay. After this very eloquent
remark, the intoxicated gentleman went out
:, OF the show, but remained near the door.
, very gracefully leaning against the side
walk. BIZ this time the momentuous ques-
t. tion, "To fiddle or not to fddle,r had been
decided IN the negative, and the managers
were busy making preparations to 60 on
with the show, with nothing to .'soothe the
savage breast of their audience, except a
Little liquid Democracy!
= The performance commenced with neat
little speech, by Capt. PRICE. lie was fol-
. lowed by the Hon. Mr.. BENNETT. Neither
= of these speeches amounted to much. The
gentlemen are both very poor comedians
- have, evidently, never been trained for
the stage. The performances wasvery dull
until sc great manager appeared before the
'icrrtain. lie dscoursed, for about half an
hour, in very terrific manner, completely
'Fiveting the attention of his awc-stricken
Customers. As the public are familiar with
this speech, any further notice is uunes-
'cessary. ........ a...
y We are informed, upon good authority,
that the whole company are now engaged
in rehearsing several new and beautiful
''plays. Ye great manager will personasc
the ''orator," in that beautiful, one act
drama, which Commences -
nj "fou'dsca expect one Of nv age,
To speak in public on the stage"
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