The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-11
Selling Ont a circus.
Operations In RIug-SaTied Monkeys and
Miniature Horses.

Miniature Horses.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
For a week or two past display a3-
refreshments in the newspapers and
posters upon the dead-walls have fam
ingly informed the public that at u
o'clock noon, on Monday, February 10,
the animals aud 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 a
great crowd gathered yesterday.
So numerous we're the curious and
covetous, indeed, that the street was
quite impossible for fully half an ho7r
before the time for commencing the
sale. AS was to be expected, the as
semblage had a very horsey cast. There
were 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 profasion. Bat the
majority were mere
SLAVES OF CURIOSITY.
It isn't every day that one gets a
chance TO sea a circus sold a. action.
By u o'clock the crowd had grown so
unmanaEeably large that John @. Bell
the auctioueer, fatty refused to mount
the hogshead prepared for him. With
one arm around the neck of the guanaco,
and monkey sitting on the other, Mr..
Bell said that with all due respect for
Mr.. ChiariDi 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 juncture
John Wilson mounted the breach and
offered the use OF his amphithe a er.
In q few moments that commodious
building was crsmmed and the auction
eer upon table at the side of the ring
was airing his powerful voice on the
astonishing merits of the Batavia pony,
''Tom Thumb" black little beast the
size of a stun'ed Newfoundland. In q
toneOf slmosttearfdl reproach. Mr.. Bell
knocked him down to James Robinson,
the circus rider, for 500. +" Mazda
rim" a Chinese piebsld pony, next
scampered out and kicked up the saw
dust at tremendous rate.
a" How much am I offered for this
charming little fellow9" cried Mr..
Bell.
- Fifty dollars "
What You don't know much
aOOub DOA4CSs Sir HAtCGFGE gu
Why, look at i'm. He amt got spot
nor blemish, and. on my word as a gen
tlemau, is the finest animal on four
feet upon the globe to-day $75 /?
Thank you. sir. Come. raise it, gen
tlemen. He's as gentle as a dog Cat
this moment the Mandarin, imagining
that it was regular performance, laid
down and rolled over. A fire riding
pony for children, gentlemen. $50?
Thanks for small favors. No wonder
MR.. CHIARrNI SHEDS TEARS.
For heavens sake, Mr. Badger,
where are you today Mr.. Tetlow, in
Gods name don't sit there and see this
slaughter. I was offered 81, 900 for this
beautiful animal at private sale, gentle
men. Did you say a hundred, Mr..
Robinson? Thank you. Mars and
lightning, this viii never do Why
you don't offer ten cents on the dollar,
gentlemen. Look at him He's got q
breast like the side of a house, smooth
as smelt, and coat like satin" Man
DARN was finally sold for $40, and
seven other miniature horses went for
smaller amounts. The horses, a num-
Der of them really beautiful animals,
brought fair prices. Abdel-Kader, a
pure Arabian stallion, hardly needed
the eloquence of the auctioneer, and as
the handsome fellow went waltZing,
pacing and trotting round the ring IN
der the erroneous impression that
regular performance was in progress,
the house broke into hearty applause.
Look at him, gentlemen Mr..
Montgomery Queen, good morning. /
made you present of them two ponies,
now help me out. Going at $50! Oh,
heavens, gentlemen Why look at the
tears streaming down the aged checks
of Mr.. Chiarini. Young, gentle, sound
and kind. His skin is worth $50. Col
onel Thompson, can you stand this
Mr.. Daniels ! Jack Wilson Amt you
ashamed of yourselves to be sitting
there and seeing a horse like this going
up So at lick. Mr.. Austin, Mr.. Dom
ahue, don't sit there like dumb images. >"
Abdel-Kader was 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 hide
GUS little monster named Jimmie fetched
$50. Another dissipated looking
"IGJCu Oh sG1e 5AinS genus perm1Gt6u
himself to be sacrificed at $21. Guiana
COS are costly beasts, too. Mr.. Robin
son paid $11O fo- one, but then the
beast, which Is 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 all circus
or stable men. John Wilson and Mont
gomery Queen bought vast quantities
of crimson leather, yellow silk, snap