The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-06

drome more interesting and instructive than
any other. 1t is the great procession known as
"The Congress of Monarchs" The Hdtper's
omitted mentioning this, because, probably
they supposed Mr.. Barnum would not dare to
incur the expense of transporting such an
enormous affair through the country. But he
will do so, and here is brief description Of
this dazzling and bewildering exhibition as
given by New York cotemporary
"Of all the gorgeous pageants the world
ever saw the Congress OF Nations is the
greatest, and how the surprising genius Of
even Barnum could produce it is wonder.
The costumes are true TO life, and many OF
them are genuine, having been procured direct
from the nationalities which they represent.
The individuals employed to personate the
historical characters have the most faithful re-
Bemblance to the originals in face and physique.
Each nation finds its special portraiture in
some kind of triumphal car, brilliantly bedecked
with appropriate flags, emblems, colors and in
tricate devices, and all sorts of characteristics
in the way of peculiar uniforms, animals,
soldiery, attendants and music Scores Of
gllstening gded chariots iluinne the arena with
halo of luster, as it were, and the display OF
royal splendor Is far more imposing and i'm
pressive than words can describe, thrilling the
auditor with unspeakable amazement and ad-
mratiou.
"A ghe uame of the grand Congress i'm
plies, 1t U a stupendous gathering of the
Monarchs Of the universe, bringing in vivid
Potentates of the past nine centuries, culmina-
ting in an affecting finale so touching that it
must awaken the emotions OF stoic Her
majesty the Queen Of England, heads the gilt
terlng column, surrounded by her royal court
and followed by long ancestral line the
notability and richly uniformed life guards
men, Then France in the person of Napoleon
! the First and his famous field marshals Ire
land, Rome, Russia, Germany, Italy, Turkey,
India Japan, China, and SO on until all the
| Mnn 01,a nd - f1,a ,tirnr
in review, winding up like jewel besprinkled
coil around the continuous circle. To look
| upon this beautiful historical procession in all
its grandness and greatness ls equivalent to
sitting in full view of the courts of all the
earth, 80 truthfully realistic are the bewilder-
ing pictures revealed in rapid succession. Such
dazzling half mile of solid gold, jewels, silver
precious stones and tinsel could only be pro-
duced after years of preparation and the ex-
penditure of half dozen completeness. Any
! attempt at imitation on the part of ambitious
and interruptions showmon for years to come
will result in the most inglorious failure. None
other than the prince of Showmen himself
would undertake it, and none other than the
great and irrepressible Barnum could achieve
30 signal a triumph"
The entire exhibition is advertised to exhibit
In New England in May, New York. etc., in
June, Chicago, early in July, Ohio, Illinois and
Michigan in July and August
1t is due to our readers that we inform them
posters in Cincinnati have copied his bills, pos
ters, cuts and advertisements, and with a few
broken down circus horses and wagons will
precede his exhibition in the West, and by an
nouncing the Great Roman Hippodrome will
attempt to make the public believe that it is his
unrivaled establishment He cautions the
public against being thus deceived, and reminds
them that it would be impossible with any
amount Of money to organize and equip even q
semblance of his establishment without pre-.
<Nf 1,A -.
Dailv ENQUIRER Of February 9th. 1875, sayl
that this pretended 'Hippodro me" " is simply
the wreck of that stupendous fraud known az
the Great Eastern and Great Southern Circus
and Menagerie combination which exploded al
Selma, Ala, the 10th of last November, a mum.
Der of horses having to be sold to pay the ex-
penses Of shipping the show to this city, where
the proprietors left number of their en-
ployees unpaid and penniless, and vamosed
Who the real proprietors of the business were
still remains a matter of considerable mystery
but it is generally believed that Andy Haight
one Gibbons and George Webber and others
were large stockholders. The defrauded circus
men and others connected with the concern
finally obtained the aid of the law to compel q
settlement Of their Just claims and the whole
matter ended in the show being attached al
Hamilton, and in an auction sale of the circus
property at Lebanon yesterday afternoon.
The best of the joke is that DeHaven
Webber, Gibbons and others are about to re-
organize " I1lppOurOlue OuU Ol un6 " WTecR u
start out with next summer on another tour.
The whole show was rather poor concern
only few lions being in good condition, ant
the menagerie including no really rare or valu
able animals.
Our readers only have to use ordinary caution
to discover which is the real and which is the
bogus concern, though we see that Mr.. Barnun
complains that some shows obtain an employe,
named Barnum, and then advertise Barnum'
latest enterprise" and resort to other device
wherein they use the name of "Barnum t.
deceive the public. He says that all exhibition
with which he is connected will give his initials
"P. T., and also publish his portrait by way o
Identification. To be forewarned is to be fore
armed. "a word to the wise is sufficient"
AS Mr.. Barnum's great Hippodrome travel
under an expense of nearly ten thousand dol
lars each day it can exhibit only in large cities
These can be reached by cheap excursion
/ trains. Mr.. Barnum says he can easily los
| half a million Of dollars by this summers OK
pertinent, and that in any event he shall no
bring back his Hippodrome from Europe. /
is patronized and approved by the clergy ant
religious classes, as we'll as by school teacher
and all heads of refined families who desir
their children to improve their minds unde
this great system OF object teaching. Beyon
, all question this is the most extensive and ex
, traordinary exhibition on the face Of the earth
and probably this generation will "never 30
, its like again"