The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-04
Selling Out a Circus.


posters upon the dead.walls have fam.
ingly informed the public that OF ~
o'clock noon, on Monday, February 10,
the animals and properties of Chiarini's
Royal Italian Circus would be sod at
auction. The place selected was the
street in front of Wilson's Palace Am.
phitheater, corner Of New Montgomery
and Missions streets. Accordingly n
great crowd gathered yesterday.
So numerous were the curious and
covetous, indeed, that the street was
luite impossible for fully half au Lom
before the time for commencing the
sale. As was to be expected, the as-
semblage had q very horsey cast. There
we're a great many gentlemen in sulkies
sporting diamond pins and purple
black tufts at their chins. Raw, red
faces and variegated trowsers, belong
ing to gentlemen with hoarse voices;
were to be seen in p~rofusion. Bat the
majority were mere
SLAVES OF CURIOSITY.
ID isn't every day that one gets a
chance to zee q circus sold at action.
BY IL o'clock the crowd had grown so
onmanagcably large that John G. Bell,
the %auctionecr, fatty refused to mount
the hogshead prepared for him. With
onearm around the neck of the guanaco,
and a IN ,nkey sitting on the other, Mr..
Bell said that with all due respect for
Mr.. Chiarini he'd see him hanged be-
fore he would bawl for several hours to
such an unruly and probably hard up
multitude. At this critical ju~ncture
John Wilson mounted tho breach and
offered the use OF his amphitheater.
La a few moments hat comm0dious
building was crammed and the auction
eer upon a table Mt the side of the ring
was airing his powerful voice on the
astonishing merits of the Batavia pony,
tom Thumb" a black little beast the
size OF u stunted Newfoundland. In d
toneof almosttearfdl reproach, Mr.. Bell
knocked him down to James Robinson,
the circus rider, for 800. "Manda.
rin,' n Chinese piebald pony, next
scampered out and kicked up the saw.
dust ut II tremendous rate.
"How much am | offered for this
charming little fellowp" cried Mr..
Bell.
FIFTY dollars
What! You don't know much
about ponies, sir, whoever you are.
Why, look at i'm. He amt got spot
nor blemish, and, on my word as a gen.
tlemap, is the finest animal on Tom
fest upon the globe to-day $75 ?
Thank you, sir. Come, raise it, gen.
tlemen. He's as gentle as a dog (at
this moment the Mandarin, imagining
that it was a regular performance, laid
down and rolled over. A fine riding
pony for children, gentlemen. $50?
Thanks for small favors. No wonder
MIR. oHIARINI SHEDS TEARS.
"For heavens sake, Mr.. Badger,
where are you to-day? Mr.. Tetlow, in
Gods name don't sit there and see this
slaughter. | was offered SO, 600 for this
beautiful animal at private sale, gentle.
men. Did you say a hundred, Mr..
Robinson? Thank you. Mars ana
lightning, this will never dol Why
you don't offer ten cents on the dollar,
gentlemen. Look at him He's got a
breast like the side of n house, smooth
rs / smelt, and q coat like satin" Man.
DARN was finally sold for Sl70, and
seven other miniature horses went for
smaller amounts. The horses, a num-
Der of them really beautiful animals,
brought fair prices. Abdel-Kader, u
pure Arabian stallion, hardly needed
the eloquence of the auctioneer, and as
the handsome fellow went waltzing,
pacing and trotting round the ling I'M
der the n impression that a
regular performance was in progress,
the house broke into u hearty applause.
"Look at him, gentlemen Mr..
Montgomery Queen, good morning. !
made you a present of them two ponies,
now help me out. Going at $50! Oh,
heavens, gentle men Why look at the
tears streaming down the aged checks
Of Mr.. Chiarini. Young, gentle, sound
and kind. His skin is worth $50. Col.
onol Thompson, can you stand this I?
Mr.. Daniels /! Jack Wilson! Amt you
ashamed of yourselves to be sitting
there and seeing a horse like this going
up s. at u lick. Mr.. Austin, Mr.. Don.
ahue, don't sit there like dumb images
Abdel- Kader wa bought by Mr.. Wilson
for 1886, General Grant was knocked
down to o. A. Hickox for $500, the
highest price paid for any Of the nine
teen horses sold.
THE MARKET PRICE OF MONKEYS.
People in want of trained monkeys
will not be pleased to learn that a hide
Gus little monster named jimmie fetched
$3.50. Another dissipated looking
wretch of the same genus permitted
himself to be sacrificed at 1921. Guiana
COS are costly beasts, too. Mr.. Robin
son paid $40 for one, but then the
beast, which IS a compound of camel
and deer, can jump ten feet high, and
has large, tender black eyes.
A great quantity of harness, saddles,
etc, was sold at rather poor prices for
such gorgeous trumpery. The bidders
for this sort of property were oil circus
or stable men. John Wilson and Mont
gomery Queen bought vast quantities
of crimson leather, yellow silk, snap
ping-wlips, etc. 1t vas nearly 6 O'Clock
when what was left of the auctioneer
was lifted from the table. Although
Chiarini took in between $40, 900 and
10000 he did not seem happy, and it
was rather pitiful to see the saddened
king of the arena retiring into the stalls
and giving his pets a farewell pat or
two.
The official report of the Austrian
government respecting musical instru.
ments at the Vienna exposition, declares
the Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs to
be "the most distinguished and praise
worthy instruments" of their class
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