The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-04-11
HOW A CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE
ARE WlNTERED.

Adjoining the Odd Fellows College
ana one mite WesG OF the CITY OF Ian
sIrg, tie capital VI Nj ,chigan, lies Beec>
enotoDk, the farm il me Of Joel e. War
ner, OF menagArIe fame, anu where the
great Pacific Museum, Menagarle and
CItcus las gone INTO the winter t,darteis
No better place could have been selected
for their winters halt, situated IS it i,
III the centre Of the great state of Mlchi-
gan witn lis railways diverging to every
point OF the compass, easy OF access. ana
III the midst OF abundance, in fact, In tie
very hea;t of one OF the greatesC produ
eng -tates IN the union. When exhlbI-
tI"ns such magnitude throw aside
ther holiday attire aud pomp and glory
Of Their summers campaign, preparations
OF the III st extensive CHARACTER are usual.
ly made 10y the managers to receive them
f0l the win'ef, requiring dozen OF coy,
permanent buildings to be erected, most
st wuirh are prov ,de9 with heating ap
para us ior Tie comfort OF The ANIMALS.
ami Vi . hIcn il brief deScgi ption Of tho st.
al B., cavnurook will be here giveh.
Be- cDenofook, as you approach II from
Nor Lansing, RESEMBLES neat lICtla
Village, q tied here and there wIth
bunulngs, many OF which are quite large.
On Xxi oil, nich Is skirtcd Dy GRAND
RIVER, and about 1900 feet trol the FAM
lily res deDce, is the principal baggAs<
and horse cage barn, buIlS In he form OF
Gre, k cros> 100 feet in length, with
t"v 80 Get Wings, very Handsome
bulldiug, having Il central tower, With aIi
Ornam, tai root, and accommodations for
$50 horses. The nay aad iced barn Is C oso
by Is + stories high, 100 teet long and
50 ice wide, Will side wings TAr
Wag, u warehouses four in number, ait
% le~t vide ana rs feet long, lii which
CSC stored the charlots, cages, Wagons
aid buggIes of the grand Caravan.
The auIlnai house Is three stories hig h,
facing th& north, is built OF wood, Wiz
hu~vy stone foundation, and is ien
houdlcd feet off the fancy horse or ring
stock barn. The basement, which Is
very eUisu and warm, was gotten up ex
presst] Tor the huge elephant, EDlpress,
the largest animal OF It's kind ever
brought 10 the western continent, anu
the peer IN magnitude OF the great Amer
lean nastodon The camels, fdrSned..
RES, Sd, rcd .cattle, lsmas, Egg I1ttsDcoS
ailapuS African Glands, ZeDras, &c, are
also here provided with quarters. I'll,
second Hoo is entirely devoted to tut
Car, an mai and bird department, Al
ranged around the room, at cUnYeulen,
intervals, aud secured IN large, strong
Cases, and all uuder the watchtul care
A. j. Forpaugu are the various specimens
OF AfrlCan and AsIatIc Ions, Bengal IL
gers, leopards, striped hyenas, bear,
VIVID eats, Brazilian tigers, lynx, Oscslots,
badgers, spotted byenas, monkeys, bat
O"ns, apes, parrots, ustrlcnes, Australia
cOckatoos, golden pheasants, birds III
Paraulse, aud the large and varied Coz
lection OF Wild beasts and rare exotic
birds. Thereon is heated with patent
sell feeding furnaces, which burn
hard Oh anthracite coal, givinga Uniform
heat. the fires of which are never pei
mlrted 10 go out during the entire WIN
ter, precautlon necessary tor the pre-
ReryatIOn Of the rare and expensive anl
mails. On the third hdor are two Iarge
nice room, for harness, seat trapplngs,
banners and the guided parsphernSlla OF
the circus department. Opposite the al
imaI house Is beautiful, TWO story rIpg
barn, eighty feet square, deliberately fur
she'd and painteu-the central dome Oh
tower mounted by the four points of the
compass, and vsne, in the shape of 3
golden horse. On the second floor, il
this building, ara nicely furnished
sic ping apartments for groons and AS
sistant. on the farm.
Overlooking all is modest two story |
white framed gothic cottage, The resting |
place and heme Of Joel e. Warner, WHERE |
during the long winter months, he re |
mains directing artists and artiZans IL |
repairing, identifying and improving this |
grand triple alliance for its approach |
ing summers tenting campaign.
The travelling caravan is tho acknowl |
edged amusement of the country, and j. |
every year growing to greater impor
lance. The managers recognizing th.
Importance # engaging active, INTEL.
gent, respectable snd sober men in the
transaction of their business thus MAKING
their success dOubly sure. To winter
the animals aHd stock of Warmers Pacif.
Museum, Menagarie and Circus will re
suire twenty -four beeves, each weighing
ont thousand pounds thirteen and 3 hal,
tons Of ground oats and corn, eleven hun
dred heads of cabbage, three huxdrso
and sixty bushels Irish potatoes, on
hundred gallons of milk, three hundred
tons Of hay, enc hundred and sixty tons
of straw, and twenty one hundred BUSH.
els of oats, no grain being given to th.
horses until two weeks before starting
time in the spring.
~entJarrar, ,wos 1s,1cn d;r;~m sxw;4L