The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-26
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WAT FoR THE BIaGEsT s 2
- 49, AND
snEaTEsT SHOW IN TIE W. RID
TrrEsDAY AND WEDNESDAi =
OCTOBER FIRST AND sECosD'
orb RELIABLE JOHN RoBissos'
IMMENSE COMBINATION
urrsEu,1. AQUARIUM, MESAGEi'i -.' A.
u CIRCUS!
rO THE PUBLIC.

TO THE PUBLIC.
hoe oftv wears Of an active CAREER ~ ,.aSr,,,nod
..,,.ss reaching my sixty-ffth year. 81,
~ rct,rc from my managerial cares aiiu ., root NJ
,,ce of my family and there rei'ai,
my ny ,,,, ra,thcr ease nor fortune woulo brine
80, an6. stimulated by an unirnPalrea cohs
49,, h,, inundated energies, and, even lhore' y! ai
,,ost drstre to crafty rs have always done sue
aossf,,lv the demands of the amuseiheit-seehine
,uhlic became FESTIVE under rest. i"spieu ~ 4"
,,,o ,b,ton TO excel any of my former exnbitiois,
-. rar,nu successfully and satisfactorily supplied
,he nublic want for many years with wonders, sur
nrIscs. and the best OF entertainments, ana grauiy
inc MI wholesome tastes, established new mani
moth enterprise by collecting, cqupping, ana put
ting into operation my
GREAT NATIONAL MUSEUM, MENAGEklE,
CARAVAN, HIPPODROME, AND IN
TERNATIoNAL BIOLOGICAL
GARDEN COMBINATION,
IN exb,h;,,on rs novel; colossal exhaustive, and be-
u,,der,ngly various rs money and experience can
make It, and which can transport, by means OF
nearly ~ ,,,>, AVN uoDcESr
m erorv neIghborhood and city Of my native land
Tho admission to these great exhibitions is that OF
orIIuary exhibitions NV facilities and experience
were never rs good rs at the present lcould never
~ we'll AS now summon to my service from the eH-
tremest parts of the earth men 80 willing ana aoeo
carry out my long matured plans; and Willie sui
remain ut headquarters director OF the entcrprse
and constantly OH the alert to secure new
MIR. JOHN F. ROBINSON, JR.,
will superintend as he has the past season, the daily
opcratIons of the great moving army during lts
triumpllal march through the land.
Tt1EGREAT ROBERT THEODORE STICKNEY,
The Great Equestrian of the Age aud
JOHN WILSON,
direct the Equestrian Department OF tic are''c GU
trrtlinmcnt. Under their supervision I'D! pa'roii'
NAV he assured that nothing in the slightest degree
objectionable or prcjudlcal to the most r"ieo tastes
will Inc permitted Ny avant courcrs are gentlemen
or nor,l excellence and ability. The Unsolicited
oud unanimous expression of the press during the
,j,rn,,ut four I'm summer aud autumn, ana espe-
ci,,Iv the triumphant tour throughout the South'
frIIv warrants my saying my exhibition is inc
largest on earth. The daily expenses OF my eNipi
ton are greater than those OF any other TWO con-
cor,s travelling: and although ut times 1t has stop
ned I'm localities where the attendance OF every IN
,n,,,,t within one hundred miles has failed to
,,to cover the days expenses have been satisfied
TO crafty my patrons In such places at my own losS
,xhi, thc general aud great success of tile season
has verified the maxim that
.MERIT. AND MERIT ALONE, DESERVES
SUCCESS"
This meritcd success has stimulated certain pro-
nretors of smaller travelling exhibitions TO attempt
-, Imitation of my colossal combination by adding
to ,bc,r exhibitions few stuffed skins or WAX
figures the cheap and worthless refuse Of Old mtl-
seums. and to call their shows museums ana me-
uaperics Some have proposed to go further, by
claiming to have a Robinson, and advertising their
shows us John RobInson's. hardly need warn the
mublIc against such paltry yet most INSCRIPTIONS
attempts at imposition.
THERE is BUT ONE JOHN ROBINSON,
whose long career as generous caterer Tor anisc-
rent-scekcrs has made him thoroughly KNOWN
throughout the land My motto through lifc Has
,lways beeu get the best, regardless OF trouble or
expcnsc and to encourage that only when nus lor
ts object innocent diversion and amusement
blended with the moral, social, ana lnteiectual lih
movement of my myrads of patrons
If this last great effort brings to your doors the
largest and best Show You and your children ever
have witnessed shall be satisfied with my endeaFor
as mean TO make it the crowning success Oh my
managerial life.
The Dublic's ohc!ient servant,
JOHN ROBINSON.