Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-04-13
BARNUn'S LIST GREAT EFSos.
IN THE SHOW BUSINESS.

II the great Il ,rnum is destined 10
a final and irretrievable collapse, as |
some of his less charitable critics al
feet to think. he will not snbslde
like n broken lin,bed umbrella nor
vet like a busted gnm elastic bal
loon ; hut rather. he will fall, like
that bass wood ef;igy of colossal |
Indian which fell upon the family OF
a Chicago cigar dealer and crushed
them into an untimely grave for
when he goes down he will carry
with him tie reputation and assets
of the biggest show ever devised
since menageries were first projected
and moral wax work became entitled
to a recognition amongst the artistic
contributions Of a Christian civilian
ton. By reading the terms OF Bar
MINIS advertisement in the New
York paper. We are informed in an
address, to Ladies. Gentlemen.
Families. Children, Friends. that
the illustrious Phineas. after career
OF forty years as a public manager
of .musements blended with instruc-
tion,'' comes before the public
with tile last. grand, GROWING
triumph of my managerial life
said triumph consisting OF monster
show. some items of which are set
forth in the following which are ex-
tract. from the body of the sail ad-
vertisements:
.No description will convey an
ad.onate idea of its vastness. its
beauty and its marvellous collection
of wonders. After onr grand open
ing in the buildings IF the American
In titute, Saturday. March %. where
ne will remain for abOut ten days.
~e shall commence the campaign OF
1873. :,
ct will travel entirely by rail
road and he Inhibited tits season In
near every large town in New Eng
land. anil the States E,st of the Mis-
s;ssiupi River and north of the Ohio.
II reonires more than one hundred
cars. besides fiftv of my own, made
expressly for this purpose. and i've
or ak locomotives to transport IT.
NV daily expenses exceed So, UOO
We can onlv stop l.. large towns. and
leave it to those residing elsewhere
tn reach us by cheap excnrslon trains,
which they may easily get mp.
Among some If nv novelties are .
Free Full Menagerie of Wild Ami
mails. inrlu,li g all. and more than
are usually seen in . travelling me-
naperie. v hich I now open to be
seen by everybody, without any
charge whatever.
Although have consolidated
NOR, than twenty shows in one. con-
;.;n;ny nearly one hundred gor-
oeonsiv magnificent gold and enam
elle,l cages. d-ns and vans. reqnir-
mo the services of nearly one thou
s.nd men and over five hundred
horses, the price of admission to tue
entire combination Of exhibitions Is
univ the same a. is charged to com
mon show. viz: Fifty cents chill
dren half price.
INV great Hi>podrome Tent com
fortablv seats ID 600 persons at one
time. while my numerous other tents
cover several acr 8 of ground.
Following this is an itemized
list of some of the more prominent
objects Of interest in this mammoth
exhibition. which list embraces
"Giants, Dwarfs, Fejee Cannibals
Moloc and Digger Indians. Circas
SLAMS the No Armed Boy" ETC.; and
then comes the following announce
meuts wherein the great Snowman
smcifies the more gigantic and over
whelming features of this unparal
l.lled travelling show shop:
I'm the hippodrome departm N
are three distinct ringa. wherein
three sets of rival performances arr
taking place at the same tine. IN mi
view of all the audience. Here vii
be seen performing elephants. horse
ri,ling goats. educated horses. ponies
trick mules and bears. and three dis
t;nct eouestrian companies with 81
cIownsI. including by far the hes
male and female bareback riders Il
athlete