Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-06-12

TIE NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS zoo
LOGICAL AND EQUESTRIAN
EXPOSITION.

As will be seen by an advertisement in
our columns to day, this immense institu
ton exhibits in Independence, Friday
June IL, 1874. 1t comes most favorably
noticed by the press in other cities. BY a
review of the advertisements, we perceive
it comes by rail, using sixty freight cars
to transport it from point to point. Has
an innumerable number of cages, dens,
wagons, etc, to contain its animals, c, r.
osities, luggage, etc. 1t requires and uses
"city of tents" ESQ to express it) for ex
hibition purposes, which at night are SO
brilliantly lit up with gas that evry thing
is as discernable as in day. Among the
animals enumerated are monster living
Alaska sea lions, the largest ever captured,
exhibited in a mammoth tank, holding
forty barrels Of sea water. This will be
truly novel sight, as these are the only
ones now alive outside the Pacific ocean.
We notice the announcement of the "blaze
box, the African hartebest, the gnu or the
wild horned horse, the wapiti, the ri mt
ostrich, all of which are very rare and in
tcrcsting animals. Also lions, elephants,
camels, hyenas, kangaroos, crocodiles,
sacred cattle, gorillas, manatees, first ever
exhibited,) koodoos, vultures, vlacke
varkes, baboOns," in fact world of an
imals, birds, reptiles, etc.
Its circus bids fair to out-rival any es-
tablishment we have ever had, both in
point of numbers and scale of merit.
Many English artists, who have an ex-
cellent European reputation, and who
make their first appearance in America.
Mile Elsie Reyes, the greatest female RI
der the world has produced; Mile Rosi-
ma Cook, with her stud of Menagc and
dancing horse; Mile Adelaide Rosiland,
the beautiful character equestrienne; Mr..
Harry Welby Cook, England's champion
horseman, who appears for the first time
in this country in his extraordinary and
original act, entitled the English Jockey
Pastimcs," the greatest achievement in
horsemanship the world has ever known
D. A. Seal, the great London court Jester,
the most versatile humorist living; George
Adams, the Pantomimic wonder and king
of the stills. These are among the Eng
lish importations for 1874.
There are the native American artists,
the most known of whom are Mile Jessie,
slack wire cquilibriste; young Leon, the
great bareback equestrian; VIM. Batchel-
Ter champion leaper of the world; the
Van-Zandt brothers, Holland, Murphy,
McIntrye, Long, Davis, Hart, and Rice,
the extraordinary gymnasts. Many other
celebrities are mentioned that We have
not space to designate here.
Henry Cookies great English troupe OF
performing dogs and monkeys will make
their first appearance in this country.
From indications, the parade will eclipse
anything and everything ever attempted in
that line in America up to the present
time.
Fourteen dromedaries truly novel
team will draw music Car at the head.
Then appear the ladies and gents on prince.
ly steeds. Next the open lions den, their
tanner seated among them, all Of whom
are exposed to view. Then the forty
dcns Of living animals, the largest zOologi'
cal collection in this country. Then Elm
grs and his plate-glass den Of serpents,
the reptile seen coiling around about him,
and obeying every word Of command
Terminating with the Partisan steam cal
iope, a monster musical instrument, play
ed by steam, and drawn by ten powerful
horses. At the tent another gratuitous
display is offered daily, at p NJ. a lady
ascends single wire, two hundred feet in
mid air from the ground to the top of the
pavilion. Two exhibitions are given dai
ly, at and p. NJ.
Parties living on the line of all the rail
roads running into Independence have the
benefit of reduced fare on that day. All
in all a very pleasurable and memorable
occasion will be the exhibition day, Fri
day June II.