The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-08-08

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A Show Worth Seeing.-On Monday
August 18th, Adam Forepaugh's Exhibition,
consisting Of his great Free Menagerte, Dou-
BILE Circus aud Grand Museum are to exhibit
in Fremont. Our readers will remember that
in 1870 Forepaugh visited this county with
the largest and best Menagerie ever exhibited
here, and circus of corresponding merit.
Since that time it has been enlarged in ten
fold ratio, and cheerfuIly recommending his
aggregation" 70 the patronage of all our
readers, we insert the following notice from
the Detroit Union, in order that the public
may be fully satisfied that Mr.. Forepaugh
fulflls all promises he makes to the communi-
ty IN his advertisements:
To begin notice of Forepaugh's great show
with the announcement that It arrived in tho
city yesterday, had its procession, gave two
exhibitions, one in the afternoon and another
in the evening, would seem supererogatory;
for there can hardly be an individual, man,
woman or child, in the city of Detroit, who
did not see Its immense street parade yester-
day, or one of its exhibitions in the afternoon,
and is not therefore aware of these facts al
ready. The sensible and enterprising mana
gers had 80 completely advertised it, the Un-
ion had 50 frequently announced its coming,
and the reputation of the management for
truthfulness and enterprise was so well known
that every one was prepared for it long be-
fore its advent Yesterday morning at an
early hour the streets began to fill with young
and old, rich and poor, from afar and near, all
impatient for the passing Of the grand process
sion.
| EVERY SIDEWALK WAS LINED
with smiling faces, all displaying equal eager
ness to see and hear. AS it finally appeared
and wended its way along the streets, many
were the shouts of admiration that greeted the
gorgeous cavalcade. description is entirely
unnecessary. The intelligent agents have de-
scribed it in glowing terms in their adver-
tisements, and the highest compliment we can
pay it is to say that these descriptions are not
overdrawn in the slightest degree. EVery
t0dgon, banner, camel, elephant, band, horse,
etc, promised to the public s0aS there, and
there t0ds also much that gave splendor to the
scene a0hich toas not mentioned IN the aduer-
tiSeBlents at all.
The first exhibition began at two o'clock in
the afternoon. Twas jammed with people.
For ourselves we waited until the labors of
the day were over and went in the evening.
When We reached Third street an impenetra-
Bile mass of human beings cut off our further
progress. Far beyond, at the other end of the
crowd, tall man could see the lighted en-
trance, where the big mass of human beings
reduced itself to a wedge which filed in the
first tent. When we approached nearer we
left the line of the crowd and turned aside to
enter the tent which contains
FoRPAUGH's FBEE ExH1BITIoN
Of animals and curiosities. This was well
crowded with people, and indeed well it might
be, for there are Uey feao travelling shous
,siich in their 'Ohols collection erhibst, for pay,
so many and so costly and strange sights.
There were many cages, filled with all kinds
of wild beasts, including q den of magnificent
lions, tigers, hyenas, leopards, and other ami
mails. We then passed our way into the next
tent, at the entrance of which three or four
ticket men found Plenty of work grabbing the
tickets from tho hands of the crowd as they
passed in an interminable line This was the
curiosity, automaton, aud wax-Work tent
Many of these were very rare, intricate, or
beautiful, and some single wagons contained
enough to repay the spectator for his trouble
and expense.
We next passed to the menagerie. Here was
a grand geological collection, in which the
student OF nature could almost find oil the
grades of animal life through which Darwin
traces the progress and development of the
mollusk to the man. The huge rhinoceros, a
male of 5000 pounds weight, was chief at
traction, and large crowds fingered in front of
his den to see his keeper stir him up. The
wonder was that the wagon which bore his den
| did not break down with his great weight
when he moved or lay down. He is the
largest specimen Of his race that wss ever
shown in Detroit. Two beautiful Bengal
/ tigers were in smother cage, with couple Of
fine lions. a polar bear reclined upon his 10y
bed elsewhere, cheek by jowl with a gigantic
Rocky Mountain grizzly. An ostrich that is
an ostrich, and gave the spectator some idea
OF what that huge feathered specimen is, was
also favorite with the crowd. But it would
be vain to attempt recapitulation of every
thing. Suffice it is to say that there were
about
THREE ACRES covERED BY THIS TENT,
and it was as full as it could be with animals,
each of which was fine healthy specimen of
rare species.
In the next tent was the ring and amphi-
theatre. Every inch of space outside the ring
was occupied, and we were obliged to stand.
We stood, however, and sacrificed many we'll
beloved corns TO see the performance, and
thought the result repaid US for our suffering.
The clown, Sam Long, Is original as well as
funny; HawleW and Miaco, the trapeze men,
seemed to be endowed with invisible wings;
Mile. Virginia rides her magnificent horse rs
if she were part of him, and, indeed, were it
not for her beauty she might be taken for
such; the cODtortionisf Signor Farantee,
makes one believe that he belongs to a bone
less order of man; and all the others are
equally excellent in their way.
There was another exhibition this afternoon
and the season will close with the perform
ance of tonight. After that Forepau gh will
visit our country cousins throughout the
State, and we heartily recommend him TO their
patronage. If they fail to see his show, it
viii be their own loss
C.M. Dillon & Co. are prepared to put in
Portable or Brick set Furnaces for either coal
or wood They have the exclusive agency Of
the celebrated Boynton Furnace, which has