The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-23

OF tie past nine centuries, eliminating IN a..
affecting finale so touching that IN nm.
awaken the emotions OF astoic. Her Naiosi'
the Queen OF England. heads the glirer.,,,
column, surrounded by her royal court ma
followed 10y long ancestral line, the notahn
/ lty and richly uniformed "life guardsms,,
Then France, In the person Of Napoleon n.
rirst and his famous Field Marshas; ireland
hnine, Russia, Germany, ltaly, Turkey, India
japan, China, and SO on, until all the Nnn
arehs and Courts Of the entire world pass ~
review, winding up like jewel.besprinkleJ
coli around the continuous circle To loot
upon this beautiful historical procession ~
an It's grandness and greatness Is equiyalen,
10 sitting IN full view Of the courts OF an ths
earth, so truthfuly realistic are the bewildey
ing pictures revealed In rapid succession
Such dazzling half mile OF solid gol5
Jewels, silver, precious stones and In
sci could only be produced after yeas Of
preparation and the expenditure OF half a
dozen completeness. Any attempt al imia
ton on the part Of ambitious and unscrupu.
lous showmen for years 10 come will resut
IN the most ingl0rious failure. None other
than the Prince OF showmen' himself
would undertake il, and none other than The
great and irrepressihle Barnum could achieve
so signal triumph"
This entire exhibition Is advertised 10 er.
hibit in New England in May, New York ETC.
In June, Chicago early In July, Ohio, llina,
and Michigan in July and August
IL Is due TO our readers that We inform them
that Mr. Barnum announces that certain i'm.
posters in Cincinnati have copied his hin.
posters, cuts and advertisements, and with
few Droken-down circus horses and wagon,
will precede his exhibition In the West, and
h. announcing the Great Roman Hippodrome
will attempt To make the public believe
that II Is his unrivaed establishment.
lie cautions the public against being
thus deceived, and reminds them thai
Il would be impossible with any amount
OF money TO organize and equip even sem.
blance Of his establishment without prepa.
ration Of several years. The Cincinnati Dali,
Enquirer Of Feb. "a, 1875, says that this pre.
tended "Hippodromc" is simply the "wfeck
nf that stupendous fraud known as the Great
Eastern and Great Southern Circus and Ne.
nagerie combination, which exploded AZ Sci.
ma, Ala, the l6tA OF last November, mum
Der OF horses having TO be sold TO pay The
expenses OF shipping the show 10 this city.
where the prOprietprs left q number OF Their
employees unpaid and penniless and yamosed.
Who the real pr0prietors Of the business
were sim remains a matter OF considerable
mystery, but IL Is generally believed that
Andy liaight, one Gibbons and George Weber
aud Others were large Stockholders Tie
dcfrauded circus men and others connected
with the concern finally obtained the
aid Of the law 10 compel a settlement Of
their just claims, and the whole matter end.
ed in the show being attached at Hamilton,
aud IN an auction sale Of the circus prop.
eriy at Lebanon yesterday afternoon
The best Of the joke is that Dc Haven, Web
Der, Gibbons and others are about 10 reOrg4u.
lie Hippodrome out Of the wreck 10 Start
out with next summer on another tour.
the whole show was rather a poor concern,
only few lions being In good condition aud
the menagerie including no really rare or val.
uaDic animals"
Our readers have only TO use ordinary eau.
ton To discover which is the real and which
IL the bogus concern, though we see that Mr.
Barnum complains that some shows obtain
an employe named Barnum, and then adver-
Use Barnums latest enterprise" and resort
10 other devices wherein they use the name
"Barnum" to deceive the public. He says
that all exhibitions with which he is connect
ed viii give mis- initials, Up. T." and also pub.
lish bis portrait by way Of identification. To
be forewarned is 10 be fOrcarmcd. "A word
10 the wise 10 sufficient"
AS Mr.. Barnum's great Hppodrome travels
under an expense OF nearly $4,000 each day
il can exhibit only In large cities. These can
be reached by cheap excursion trains. Mr..
Barnum says he can easily lose half a million Of
dollars by this summers experiment. and that
in any event he shall not bring back his Hip
podrome from Europe II is patrouized and
approved by the clergy and religious classes,
A. well as by schOol-tcacheTs aud all heads u
refined families who desire their children 20
improve their minds under this great system
of "ohject-teachingn Beyond al question
this is the most extensive and extraordinary
exhibition on the face 81 the earth, and prob
ably this generation will "never see It's Ike
again.