The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-02
NIlDDLlsBURN.

z. 4. BARNuM's GREAT TRAVELLING
NoRLp's FAIR AND lNTERNAT1oNAL
AMUSEMENT EXPOSITION. "A although this
|tupenuous amusement animation IS to
bitch it, acres of cenvas colleges for the
rst time in Middlehury, on Tuesday,
June oh, its national fame has given II
he most favorable Of local ihtroductions
|verywhere, and there are, besides, many
! { our readers VIII ;, having seen 1t else
There, are prepared to unqualified y
|ndor,e the assertion that 1t l. rtoily more
han rwcb;y superior shows III Que, aud,
h mary, lous magnitude. maguiiireuce,
|ariety and motal character, many times
he most comprehensive. bcncdcent, costly
nd extraordinary enterprise in al the
unus OF field entertainment.
When i!is gigantic combination was
1 r,t put upon the road, The managers OF
|hows previously considered b II class III
proportions, jp,rcd at IT as a madman'S
Experiment., aud crazy Innovation on
he old rut order OF ;hlng>. Witch ccu.d
ever he made to pay "A tihc OF the rug
Sing expenses. and wa> certain to lrrak
h pieces tr,m its unwI,idy weight, aud
! III in ppndernus, ifret,irvahe ruin upon
Is ~, irctui's cnterlrieing head. TIE
esul,-,ven far hey ond Mr.. Burnume
wn most sauguine anticipation--iS too
;eii known to require comment. There
as u method iu his madness, utterly
|oufouudDg the di,maI- awdust prophets.
. lis lunacy was contagious. aud soon be-
ian to set the whole country wild. Crazy
billions congregated from ali sections &c
lew the almost supelhuman results o
his crazy curiosity.'eeker's managerial
forts; and his wild researches aud spec
alations have more than kept pace will
he eliminating excitement, until the pres
-moonstruck. like all the restaurant
nUusly pronounces the result altogether
90 multitudinous for desert ption, Ii
he words Of Coleridge's priest, "Wher'
III the world is mad it's worse than mad
bess to be sane !" ard so, when the l,OOC
men and horses, 100, 600 cardinal curios
ties, 1900 rare animals, birds and rep
lies, and superb procession Of eth
Worlds Show" make their appearance
his community, and those adjacent, ma,
rs well calmly prepare themselves for al
Epidemic attack Of emotional insanity
which will eliminate in visit to the vas
pity Of twenty centre-pole pavlions, can
bpying the wonderful Talking Machine
which laughs, sings, aud converscs fluent
y in many tongues; the only Twin
jiralfcs in the country; the mastodoni
burton Asiatic Khinoceros, as large as
common elephant; the upreconstructo
Fiji Caunibals, with ineradicable PEI.
thant for missionary chops: moustc
living Sea Lions from the North tactic
10 huge tauks Of water Admiral Do
he pigmy Of dwaris aud smallest ma
hat evey lived steam engine operate
Hall Of Automatous aud Polytechnic II
sti,u'e, containing hundred, of most VOL
1erful ifc.imtatiug figures and fair
scenes "a colossal rrpie circus troupe
star periormcr., appealing at the SAN
tine in two separate rival rings. IN no
tAb!c amphthratrr, with seats Ter l4OO
spectators Together Nith scores ct o'h'
notable features. each one Of which IS
blow 10 il,rH. aud united return II
times The p,ire OF admission IN live lie
sous and ncathlul, harmless auuscmer
So &c, your nous, holds in order, al
prepare to ." crazy on the date IA o.
named uvei 7. f. Barnum'o insane h
emlnru'ly successful fl 'rt to pu' hlm''
full century ahead ali other sho'
men. aud establish II veiiIahlr Tiavellr
World's I ir.