The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-01
~. Adams correspondence.
BARNUM's SHOW.

BARNUM SHOW.
At ten o'clock last Tuesday morning,
after long, weary journey of thirty miles
from Johnson, mostly performed in the
night Barnum's great worlds fair" ar
rived here, men and horses looking good
deal exhausted but all doing bravely, and
the pageant making fine appearance.
They gave two exhibitions, afternoon
and evening, the first being attended by
about 5000 and the last by about 900
people.
From our careful observation we are dis
posed not to endorse the rather sweeping
unfavorabe criticism published in The
GLOBE on'the show when at Rutland, but
rather to remember the very unfavorable
weather on that occasion, which of neces-
sity disagrees badly with the constitution OF
a circus. The collection of animals and
curiosities this season is trihe less extern
sive than last year. as it seems to us, but is
still the largest and best travelling collec-
ton in this or any other country, we think,
and to the students of natural history (and
we all are or ought to be such,) we con-
slider it alone well worth the price of adj
mission Who of us would not readily pay
fifty cents just to look at the sea lion if we
never had seen him! And what do we
mean when we stand by his cage and see
on every side scores of other curiosities as
rare and interesting, and complain that we
have been swindled on the price of our
ticket? Do you expect to get birds-eye
view of the whole world and part of
Canada for fifty cents?
The soil in this vicinity, by reason OF
the continuous and heavy rains, has become
as saturated sponge almost, and the con-
dtion of the rings was such that the horses
could with difficulty sustain gallop, even
at half the proper speed, but James Mel
vile and his three sons and young CASTILLO
fully sustained their repution as the
champion bare back riders of the world,
and Miss Lucille Watson hers as the most
daring and graceful 'equestrienne.
The specialties of these distinguished
! ring artists are not excelled by any, nor
can the pleased eye ask for more or better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson IN their character
riding are good, and the Rhine brothers
! illustrate the very poetry of strength in
| their horizontal bar exercises, when the
muscles on their white arms stand out like
knotted cables and make us almost shiver
at the thought of their latenl power. The
ring animals especially the elephant, dogs,
monkeys and goat, and Mr.. Cookies won
derful and equally beautiful horse
=" Senator" are exceptionally fine and
well trained, and taken altogether,
we are disposed to the opinion that the cir
Gus department, under reasonably favorable
circumstances of ground and weather, sur
passes in variety and real excellence any
thing that has visited Vermont, it being
better, in our opinion, than it was last year.
This being true, and the two mammoth
shows being coupled together under a
single canvas and unlocked for you by ono
ticket, we can't conceive how reasonable
being, unless he has no taste for or interest
in such things whatever, can pronounce
this last enterprise OF the great Barnum in
any sense a swndle or anything but worthy
and satisfactory.
We had pleasure in making the acquaint-
ancc of Mr.. James Cooke, the equestrian
director. whom we found pleasant and
accomplished gentleman, graduate OF
Yale college, making of his chosen profes-
sion an art, as regards his connection with
IT. We have also pleasantly to remember
! many courtesies from Mr.. Hopkins, the