Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-14
How a Circus and Menagerie
are Wintered.

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Adjoining the Odd Fellows College.
ana one mile west of the city of LANSING
the Capital of Michigan, lies Beecben.
brook, the farm home of Joel E. Warner
E OF Menagerle fame, and where the Great
Pacific Museum, Menagerie and Circus
mas gone into winter quarters. No bet
ter place could have been found for their
winter malt, situated, as it is, in the CEN
ire OF the great State of Michigan. with
It's railways diverging to every point of
the compass, easy of access, and in the
nilusI oi aouncance, in fact, in the very
neaat OF one of the greatest producing
states IN the Union When exhibitions
oi sucn magnitude throw aside their hoi-
gay attire and pomp and glory of their
summer campaign, preparations of the
most extensive character are usually
nlaae oy the managers to receive them
lor the winter, requiring dozen of cozy,
permanent buildings to be erected, most
ol Whlcn are provided with heating ap-
paratus Tor the comfort of the annals, and
OF which brief description of those at
Beechenbrook will be here given.
Beechenbrook, as you approach it from
North Lansing resembles a neat littIe
village, dotted here and there with build.
lngs' many OF which are quite large. On
knoll, which is skirted bv Grand Riv-
er, and about twelve hundred feet frnn,
the family residence, is the princinaj bao-
gage and cage horse barn. bnilt in Tie
form of Greek cross, one bnndred ond
sixty feet IN length, with twoIeipbtv faat
wings, very handsome buildingk having
central tower, with an Ornamental roof
ana Accommodations for one hundred and
/ sixty horses. The hay and feed barn is
close by, IS two stories high, one humid
fed ieet long and sixty feet wide. with
sue wings, The wagon warehouses.
ioul IN number are twenty five feet wide
ana seventy five feet long. in which are
stored the chariots, cages, wagons and
puggles OF the grand caravan
the animal house is three stories hioh
facing the north, is built of wood. with
neaVy stone foundations, and is within a
ie" hundred feet of the fancy horse or
ring stock barn. The basement which
Is very solid and warm, was gotten nm
expressly for the huge elephant EnIe
press, the largest animal of its kind ever
brought to the western continent and
the peer IN magnitude of the great Amer
lean mastodon. The camelss dromedar.
les, @ sacred cattle, llamas, Egyptian cow
allapus, African Glands, elks, zeb,as &c
are ar, also here provided with Quarters
: : He second floor is entirely devoted to
lne cat animal and bird department. Ar,
ranged around the room, at convenient
Intervals, and secured in large. strong
cages, and all under the wstcbfI1l care oS
a. =. Forpaugh are the various snec;-
mems ol African and Asiatic lions, Ben
gai sigers' leopard, striped hyenas, bears.
milu cats, Brazilian tigers, lynx, osce.
~, to,s, oaugers' spotted hyenas, monkeys.
troI;" D.eG3ons, apes parrots, ostriches, Aus
"a otallan Gockatoos, golden pheasants, birds
lection of wild beasts and rare aot; ~
olrds. The room is heated with natcnt
selIfeedlng furnaces, which burn hard ~
anthracite coal, giving a uniform heat
the nres OF which are never permitte6 ~
60 out during the entire winter nreco,
tlon very necessary for the preservation
OF the rare and expensive animals ~
the thlrd noor are two large rooms for
harness, canvass, seat trappings. hammers
ana the gilded paraphernalia of the c;r'
Gus department. Opposite the animal
no4se Is beautiful two story ring barn
elgnty feet square, elabrately furnished
any pa!nted-the central dome or tower
"! wlilch there are fve) is very ammo.
p,lIately Surmonted by the four points of
Ine compass, and vane, in the shane Of
gold horse. On the second ioar ~
thls building, are nicely furnished sleen-
ing apartments for grooms and assistants
on the farm. o'''0n'o
overlooking all is modest two storv
wnlte framed gothic cottage. the restiny
place ana home of Joel E. WarneT
"here, during the long winter months he
.cIld!hs d!rectlng artists and artizans in
.elllIng oeautltying and improving this
sIdnu lflpple alliance for its approaching
summer III, tentlng campaign.
ue travelling caravan is the ackuovl.
sosea amusement of the country, and il
1InneIy In year growing to greater importance
! nc managers are recognizing the impor-
.ance OF engaging active, intelligent. re-.
'pectaoie and sober men in the transac.
ION OF tnelr business, thus making their.
'uccess doubly sure. To winter the ami
~ Ials ana stock of Warmers Great Pacific
nuseum, Menagerie and Circus will re-.
~, 49, 1Menty,lour beeves, each weighing
,no 'ncusahd pounds, thirteen and a half
Uns Vi ground oats and corn, eleven
nd sixty bushels Irish potatoes ona
hundred gallons of milk, three hundred
ons hay, one hundred and sixty tons of
traw, and twenty-one hundred bushels
u oats, no grain being given TO the
:orses until two weeks before starting
lme in the spring.
We printed some beautiful whole sheet
Ills last week, as specimen of our lob
York The bill posters didn't CHARGE
nythng for posting them. They did
heir work well too. The posters repre-.
ented that Mr. Hill Magician, would
lVor the public with some of his illu-
ons. Mr. Hill went off; but the exhi.
ltlon didn't. Heis the very fellow who
OF Platt's two shirts.
Printers who do work for Mr.. Hill.
nd Hotel Keepers who feed him. and the
ropi1etors OF Halls who furnish exhibi-
on rooms, and saloon keepers who sell
I'M whisky sbOuld no carfa;,, tha-. :. ~