Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-02
FOREPAUGH.


Hveutuation sfthe namenye Aggreaatlsn.
Considering the clustering winds and the
snap Of cold weather, the ovation given the
great aggregation yesterday was a. nAttsfinE a
one AZ the managerial heart Of Adam Fore.
pauEh could desire The people almost turned
out sH maits TO witness the great procession,
which was by all means the grandest Of Its
kind that has ever passed through our streets.
The faot that It was witnessed by such large
ecnoourse Of people makes an attempt at dc.
scrip,ion guits unnecessary. OF course Il was
usual crowd 81 BOYS and riris AMI odsr peyson my
for whom affairs o. this sort have such q gtrOnE
attraction. They oheered. laughed and showed
their appreciation Of the grand moving spec.
until lta arrival at
THE oAMrINa GROUND.
Here those who had the necessary ohrrgo
most willingly parted with u for a night at the
animals, whom the unlocking Of tho cages
would royeal,D the wonderful tumblngs OF the
daring riders tho tricks Of the jugEler, the per.
laugh al the Jokes Of the clowns. or 70 stSsd in
wonder before tho uurlosltics Of tho inuseum-ln
short, 10 800 and hear the countless things to DO
esen and heard under the broad roofs Of the four
we nrst entered the museum pavilion, and
straight In front Of the entrance, standing on a
little platform, next his blackboard, is Hutch.
ms, the lightning calculator. Hutohina Ia n
woBdstful fsllow perfect lightning on ngures.
lie could sum up tho expenses Of Tho many In.
ycstigatinE committees 70 a tvinkllng, at the
tho rapid reductions Of the natlonAl debt He'd
be worth an army Of CO neus clerks aud a barn
full ofcalculallng maehinos In getting at the
Isiow MA 10 for he ' ps%ccrScy 10 employ
Certainly the arithmetical wonder Of the New
York World must have studied under him,
though hutchins e as free Of mistakes as his
Hutchins Is shrrounded By wonders nearly "a
great a. himself There Is tho Dying Zouaye,
The perfect heaylngs Of bis breast showing the
him is kneeli6E nEure Of sister Of Charity,
who's face Is little too red for nature, We OF.
served, kindly ministering to his wants. Then
Sleeping Beauty, and a beauty she certainly
appears; too beautiful for hesh and blood, and
40 she Is 10 wax. About the best commentary
SO 90 S sSo asio DUD ,ss, u sSS M.
surenouRh band7" There are the Swiss Bell
Ringers, giving far better music and keeping
far better time than our wonderful chimes iilsr
all the tnkerlng they have undergone. Tho
double. headed, doubled-ieEEed, generally
doubled up baby Is q wonderful freak Of nature,
and very plentifully supplied with arms and
Ilibg IDEAS to which sight Of this what vast
gave rise and abandoned tho job In Disgust.
Then there are Dickens, Bismarck, King vii.
liam, Moltko and Napoleon, all In wax. Dickens
looks as romantic as could be wished. Bismarck
has bilious look the Qornan Emperor looks
ovtTy Inch a king; Moltke as " born 10 coin.
mand; and Nap0leon-weil his moustaoho ap.
peaTs TO mood comb ny out, and n bit VI his too
applied to the ends Of Il would help him won.
derfully.
rms siAMEsE TwiHs,
we've there In all the glory OF their indiyisable
union. They were rather out Of temper, Chang
having received an Invitation to dine with ap
at tho Arlington, and, as Eng hal been on a
lsmootoo tho night before he refused 70 20
orally. Looking at both as we'll as we could, uo
put the question, "what do you think OF unions
generally, and yours particularly" No answer.
Judge Eng's hS6ltsf DO you know when he
stays out late at nishf Do you fancy yourself
posted as 70 the company he keeps and the brand
ElSnss at Eng, and placed his hand on his StoITi.
nch, but made no reply. We closed the investl.
Cation after that, Gases Of insects, ancient war
Instruments, and innumerable Other eurioslties
lew comlcal looking monkeys, tho expression Of
whose mugs plainly asks Tor moro peanuts, with
which the Jolly creatures are generously sup
this cage. A poor little African did his utmost
70 got up conversation, on the sly, with a ven.
erab.o monkey, who seemed to be the grand.
SS MERE 'GS% PHR sS here SS S g. a..
that, tor tho sake Of the reputation OF tho estA6
men, there isn't a Crane to be seen In any OI
the tents, and In this II differs from the House
District Committee Toom.)
Entering the adjoining tent the frat objects
We see are the old war elephant
ROMEO AND THE BABY ANNIE.
The yeraclty OF any who would pronounce
Romeo model Of symmetry, or Annie little
'un, would he epon 10 question. Romeo ID In no
sense lively insect. He seems 10 us like one
Of those immense and unshApely mounds VI dirt
which the operations sf tho comprehensive sys-
tenn Of the Board Of Public Works have len In
some OF the streets, and CASING upon his Gle.
phantine proportions We felt Ike employing
gang Of la6Orers 10 shovel him away. Occasion.
ally, however, Romeo makes things very lively
Tor the employees Of the caravan. lie has killed
no less than four Of his keepers, and Mr.. Geo.
Of him, came near falling victim to his icrooiiy
about year ago. We really hope Mr.. y. may
have better luck than his predecessors; but II no
mat pS irUn sSeS ~ ~. sad sS SnS aaR oas
for accidents. Having given Mr.. 7. full warn.
ing he can do rs he pleases, 80 far as We are con
add hung up like leg Of mutton, and Fore
paugh can't accomplish the feat II he should try
u until the Washington monument Ia completed.
The old warriors hide Is bursting with sores,
the result Of his keepers vain Efforts, and Is
smallpoxed with the 6uokshot that have been
emptied into him. II seoms that when Romeo
gets on ono Of his whiTl winds the employees Of
the concern provide themselves with muIkets
aud 10 TO prdoticiuH on him. The old fellow
understands that II affords them amusement
aud doos him no particular harm. He Is very
tSshsd 70 The show as he does SSii Of tobacco S
To visitors ho 10 as gentle As n sucking ply, his
hostility only exhibiting itself towards IFS par.
tieular irlendsi In this resembling many Of the
Annie is tho "heniest" baby II has ever becn
our fortune TO behold, and looks like chunk
broken on tho LETT ear Of Romeo.
IN THE RINO,
which embraces the two elephants, are, In ALL
ten dromedaries and camels, all oil which have
" their back up" TO u remarkable degree.
Around the ring are tho gnu, the horned horse,
which, u Is said, cannot be tanned; the ibeN,
with fFQ0kad haFua WhInh aan LA altrhf
enedj the Japanese hog that doesn't board at
tho Arlington the hippopOtamus, Which fondles
. white rabbit aiiectionatelyi magnificent tigers,
smiling mugs leopards, with their spotted
coatFi mOrOse. looking bears, the sacred bull,
with bis mysterious paniori the venerable man.
aTi hall monkey hsit gorilla And the lllPS'
In one cage are Ia splendid louesses, with their
two little babies, only II days old, and In ad.
laeent one the DADDY o. ,em, who Is the very per:
the only consequential damages" were those
spring. Then there 70 = oAssOWary, a bird with.
out wings. This bird isn't much Of q singer,
nor Is he immense as nylst, but we want 10 see
I he bird or beast that can beat him on digestion.
10 breakfasts on concrete payements, dlnes on
Seneca stone, and lunches on boaIding.house
hiscults-when no Is hard pressed. We haven't
the space to make special mention Of the gorilla
royal yak, reindeer, and tho many other AMI.
inals which compose this wonderful collection.
10 the CIRCUS,
"Whero around the ring she goes,
A pointing her pretty toes;
She IL the cause OF great applause
When she agility shows"
Here the wonderful performers delighted a
crowd VI not less than three thousand persons,
among whom were many prominent citizens and
their families. The clowns, Matt Austin, (Who
10 ALA equestrian directory Old Sam Melville
and DoTdIau, are among the best we have ever
seen. Their Jokes arc freSh, and 1t isn't neces.
aaIy 70 employ CLUB or perform a surgical OPP
oration to have them appreciated. Matt Is a
brave lad and daring rider, and Is as much
At home on the back Of a h0rse as Mile Wiz.
ginla, u very lady-llko person who rides per.
forming horse, would DO In drawing room. The
luggler, Burroughs, with his suTpflElnR tricks,
Harry Marx aud his educated pOodles, Mile
Armstrong Franklin, the bareback rider, and
many others make up the performers under this
TnB AUDIENoEs
u yesterday afternoon and evening should bear
IN mind the fact that the performances were the
horses aud the riders were entire strangers TO
zach other, and this should account Tor the Tow
IAlls which occurred.
The exhibition intending TO making q stay OF
! week, our citizens will have n chance TO see
Ind Judge for themselves. II IL decidedly tho
BEST "aggreEationn that has ever visited Wash
ngton, and We len tho grounds with the i'm.
1rossion that fotepAugh could run the District
government 10 the satisfAntlOn VI the sorehsads.
Dur advice Is, Ego and SEQ H."
The Long Bridge.
On Saturday afternoon last, the two draws VI