The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-22

will cover more ground than an ordinary
circus.
ITO move such an enormous establishment =
without hitch or delay requires the employ
ment of clear-headed, practical men at the
head Of each department. Everything is so
arranged as to move with the smoothness and
precision of clock-work. At the appointed
hour the canvas will go up, the street process
sion will move, the performance will COM
mence. When all is over, and the great tent
emptied, everything will b. packed up bythose
detailed for the work, and the caravan, with
out the loss of a minute, will be on the move
toward the next place. of exhibition.
1.-THE programme Of performance will be
varied and attractive. Donaldson will make
daily balloon ascensions with a car large
enough to contain a company OF five or six
persons, at a cost of about $500 a day for this
feature alone. Then there will be the 'Ro-
man races in chariots driven by 'Amazons;'
the liberty races in which forty wild horses
are turned loose in the arena, in exact imita-
ton OK TIE famous carnival races of Rome
and Naples; standing races in which the
riders stand on bareback horses; hurdle races
for ladies; fiat races by English, French and
American Jockeys; besides camel, elephant
and ostrich and monkey races. Another
feature will be the exhibition of Indian life
on the plains, in which the actors will be
scores Of Indians, with their squaws and pap
pooses. They will put up a genuine Indian
enc impment, hunt real buffaloes, give war
dances, pony races, foot races against horses,
exhibitions of daring Workmanship, lasso-
throwing. A band of Mexican riders, mount
ed on famous mustangs, will make a pretend
ed attack on the Indian camp and give q
mimic but faithful representation Of the
wild scenes enacted on the Western frontier.
The English stag hunt will be an exact pict-
ure of the sport Itself, with a company OF $50
I $50 = f-1 L,-ts., -, a-l
q large pack of English s~tag-hounds. There
will also be many other interesting and at
~tractive features, the mere mention OF which
would make a small volume.
NJ Barnum certainly deserves great credit
for an enterprise which is calculated to afford
a vast amount Of innocent, popular muse
ment; and although this gigantic venture
involves an outlay Of money it will
present too many attractions not to be gen.
orally sustained"
Amazing as this exhibition seems from the
description given by Hdrper's, we can say,
from actual observation, that one feature is
to be introduced into the travelling Roman
Hippodrome more interesting and instructive
than any other. 1t is the great procession
known as 1.-THE Congress of Monarchs." The
i Harper's om;ttedF mentioning this because,
I probably, they supposed Mr.. Barnum would
not dare incur the expense of transporting
such an enormous affair through the coun-
/ Try. Dub NC WI wv oO1 ahu Z u u iiS NJ
scription of this dazzling and bewildering
exhibition, as given by q New York contem-
porary:
"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 a wonder.
The costumes are true to life, and many of
them are genuine, having been procured d.
rect from the natienalities which they repre-
sent. The individuals employed to %personate
the historical characters have the most faith
full resemblance to the originals in face and
physique. Each nation finds its special por-
iraiture in some kind of triumphal car, brill
iantty bedecked with, appropriate flags, EN-;
blems, colors and intricate devices, and all
sorts of characteristics in the way Of pecul-
lar uniforms, animals, soldiery, attendants
and music. Scores Of glistening gilded chart
OTIS illumine the arena with a halo Of luster,
as it were, and the display of royal splendor
is far more imposing and impressive than
words can describe, thrilling the auditor with
uDspeakable amazement and admiration.
"As the name Of the grand Congress implies,
it is a stupendous gathering of the Monarchs
of the universe, bringing in vivid view the
living Kings, Queens, Rulers and Potentatft
of tie past nine centuries, eliminating in AT
affecting finale SO touching that it must
awaken the emotions OF a stole. Her Majesty
the Queen Of England, heads the glitterine
column, surrounded by her royal court and
followed by a long ancestral line, the notabil
ity and richly-uniformed "life guardsmen.'
Then France, in the person of Napoleon the
First and his famous Field Marshals; Ireland
Rome, Russia, Germany, Italy, Turkey, India.
Japan, China, and SO on, until all the Mon,
archs and Courts of the entire world pass in
review, winding up like a jewel-besprinkled
coil around the continuous circle. To look
upon this beautiful historical procession il
all its %grandness and greatness is equivalent
to sitting in full view of the courts Of all thu
earth, so truthfully realistic are the bewilder
ing pictures revealed in rapid succession
Such q dazzling half mile of solid gold
jewels, silver, precious stones and tin.
sci could only be produced after years OF
preparation and the expenditure Of half q
dozen completeness. Any attempt at imita.
ton on the part of ambitious and unscrupu.
lous showmen 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
SO signal a triumph"
This entire exhibition is advertised to ex.
hibit 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
that Mr.. Barnum announces hat certain i'm.
fposters in Cincinnati have copied his bills,
posters, cuts and advertisements, and with a
few broken-down circus horses and wagon,
will precede his exhibition in the West, and
by announcing 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 amour
of money to organize and equip even a sem
blance of his establishment without a prepa
ration of several years. The Cincinnati Dali,
Enquirer of Feb. 81, 1875, says that this pre-
tended "Hippodrome" is simply the "wrecl
of that stupendous fraud known as the Grea
Eastern and Great Southern Circus and Me
nagerie combination, which exploded at Sci
9 ma, Ala, the 10th of last November, a nun
a Der of horses having to be sold to pay III,
J expenses OF shipping the show to this city
z where the proprietors left a number of thei
t employees unpaid and %penniless, and vamosed
Who the real proprietors of the business