Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-06-29
The Greatest of Them Ala CI-
ganrlc Exhibition Soon to be
Here.

AS will be seen by the immense ad-
vertisement which appears in our col
umns this morning, we are soon to have
one Of the largest and most complete
shows that is at present on the road. We
have been disappointed and deceived I'M
til it is a real source of qualification TO
feel assured that at last we will have an
exhibition worthy of patronage. The
great New York and New Orleans Zoo
logical and Equestrian Exposition, will
appear on our principal streets on Tues
IN speaking or this great show, we
can do no better than quote the follow
ing from the Buffalo On. Y.) Courier.
''The Great New York and New Or
leans Geological and Equestrian Exposi-
ton made its appearance in the city yes
terday morning, and its procession COM
manded universal admiration. The
dromedaries, the music car, the numer-
Gus dens Of wild animals, the brilliant
cavalcade, and the now famous Partisan
calliope, these and the other features
which make up the cortege, presented
highly attractive appearance, and made
our streets take on gala appea rance.
Although the weather was threaten
ing in the afternoon, the attendance was
very large, but it remained to the even
ing to put the monster circus pavilion to
the test. Such an assemblage we have
not seen together since Barnum paid US
q visit last summer, and hundreds had
to content themselves with an occasional
glimpse of the performance in the ring.
So great was the crowd, and so close the
pressure upon the ring, that the per-
Torrance did not commence until some
time after the appointed time. In order
TO relieve the canvas as much as posi-
BILE, the manager authorized his repre-
seDtatives 30 state that those who wished
could have their tickets returned to
them, which would be good this after
noon or evening. About nine hundred
persons availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity, but the great mass seemed dis
posed TO take their chance. AS it is
probable that the attendance this even
ing will be very large, we advise fam
lilies to go in the afternoon.
Everybody seems bound to see all
that is TO be seen in this great establish
ment, and those who take time by the
forelock and give up part of the after
noon to the great show, will find it to
their advantage OF the menagerie, il
is enough TO say that the claims of this
great concern have been before the pub
lie for several weeks; that II is in all
respects what it has been represented to
be. The collection of animals and birds
is unusually good; the Alaska Sea Lion
is veritable wonder. He can be seen
at San francisco in all his glory, but
everybody has not the time to go so far,
or TO the further Alaska to see the sea
lion of the Pacific, and so the proprie-
tors have bought them one, and show
the public how he conducts himself in
his native haunts.
''But the most interesting feature of
this great show and that excited the
curiosity of the vast throng, was that
marvel of mechanical ingenuity, The
Wonderful Steam Man. The most in
tricate and marvellous piece of mechan-
ism in the world.
1.-THE arenic department is simply
complete, and mediocre talent is CON
scientiously barred out of the rings
Hiram Marks, Miss Minnie Marks, Mile
Rosina Cook, and Mile. Adeline Rosa
lima, are all graceful and brilliant in
their eqnestrianism. Van Zandt, the
French jockey, is a decided novelty in
bareback horsemanship, and his per-
formanoes are highly exciting. The
other riders are fully up to the mark,
While the acrobatIc, gymnastlc and PAN
tomimic performances are all fine. The
leaping, vaulting and trapeZe perform
ances are unusually interesting, and the
parts taken by the clowns and George
Adams, are more varied and important
than generally falls to the lot of these
arenic appendices. Mile. Jessie, Young
Leon, Geo. NJ Kelley and Mr.. Batchel-
Ter, the Van Zandt Brothers, the Bens-
ley Brothers, the Austin Brothers,
Messrs. Holland, Murray, Mcintyre,
Long, Hart, Davis and Rice, are all cap
ital in their specialties, and Harry
Cooks troupe of performing dogs please
alike the old and the young.
'This great show has fully met its
obligations to the public and crowded
pavillions will be the order afternoon
and evening"