Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-29

A GIGANTIC CIRCUS AND MEEAGERIE
OF TRAINED ANIMALS COMINGs-Th
agents of Messrs. Thayer q NOyes have
issued their proclamation that the mod
el Circus of America and the monarch
of all shows will visit Delaware on
Monday June Sth, and will give our
amusement lovers two of their match
less chaste and elegant entertainments
within their airy and spacious pavilion.
Messrs. Thayer & NOyes are determin-
ed to maintain and uphold their repUta-
tiOn that they have so honestly acquir-
ed from continuously Offering an eXhi-
bitiOn of pre-eminent excellence;
They have invariably endeavOred to
present something new, original, and
interesting and of a cast different from
anything offered by other companiC 3,
and with this end in view, they have
spared no expense to secure the most
de sirable attractions and most talented
performers in the Equestrian AcrObatie
and Gymnastic schools. Messrs. Thayer
q NOyes claim that a finer or larger
company of artists in their particular
TOtes never UedOrO EzEJE'5ltHySt rhtlstia tlao
precincts of an amphitheatre whilst
their collection of trained horses, trick
ponies, comic mules and performing
monkeys viii compare faYorably with
any similar institution in America.
A prominent feature is Whites den
Of performing Lions, six in number,
four of which are the largest and finest
animals in the country, with the two
Baby Lions fourteen weeks old. White
will exhibit them in a series of feats,
of the most astonishing, exciting and
impressive character, finishing his
performances by actually feeding them
raw meat out of his naked hands.
The magnificent Public Procession,
or Street Pageant, will take place about
10 O'Clock on the morning Of the COM
pany's arrival in this city. and will
1 ma a irrH1 al l.
tzat1ons displaying magnlheence and
I splendOr and eXcelling in dazzling eff
feet the feteS held by mOnarchs in the
/ days of yOre, when knight met knight
to break q lance in honor of their
/ "ladyes faire.o In this mass of mag
nihicence viii roll the Gear Aurora, /"
the most gorgeous and classical struet-
/ ure Of the kind ever seen in the West
\ ern Hemisphere. On the dais of this
I allegOrical car are tdbIealsC UtUant OF
I Henry WIIIs of England, and CathRrine
I OF AragOn; Zenobia Septimia, Queen
Of the East, and Cleopatra, Regime OF
/ Egypt, representing Europe, Asia and
I Africa while on the summit of the car
/ stands the majestic figure Of Columbia,
I with living Lion crOuchimg at her feet.
/ The car, appropriately decorated with
1 banners Of the several nations, is pre-
ceded by a cavalcade of Knights, clad
in real armor, superbly mounted on
richly caparis0ned steeds, and followed
by the troupe of Equestrians, the Cages
Of Wild Animals, the Ele phant "Lal-
! lRh Roolzh," the Performing Horses,
/ Ponies, Mules, DC, DC, presenting a
scene Df imposing magnifcence and
superlatIvs excellence, and at once
| suggesting to the observer Ofthis gratu-
/ itou8 outside display, the charming per-
/ 4OTnaanees that may be witnessed with
/ in the canvas.
1. Ladiea and children wishing to visit
! the afternoon exhibitions are assured
En9g special arrangements are made for
1 theirs comfort,