The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27
The Great shou coming.

prehend that we mean The World ;
Show the press has very properly
got to designating it-of the irrepressi-
BILE Phoenix" T. Barnum. High Priest
of Marvel Land, and Great Practical
Object Teacher of the Age.
Yes, Earth's incessant ransacker, like
that musical myth of Negro Minstrelsy,
Picayune Butler.
lis coming to town"
and just about that time everybody for
for fifty miles round about, with their
devoted wives, phenomenal children and
blessed babies, will be doing the same
thing. and Fourth of July and Fair
Day will have to again retire into the
profound obscurity OF a total eclipse.
And as full and sufficient proof Of what
may be counted on in the way Of wisdom
and fun when it does come, we repro
duce for the benefit of our readers the
following from the Columbus Daily
State Journal of the 18th inst:
The people were packed in clear
around the circle, but the system and or
der which characterize the Barnum man
agement ensured comfort TO every body
By no means an insignificant part ofthe
great show, is lhe studious attention
paid by managers and employees to the
comfort of patrons. They control af-
fairs so as to make "down in front"
useless cry even in the largest crowds.
and seem anxious that every person shall
get great deal more entertainment than
he paid for.
| The entertainment is too extensive TO
warrant description in detail, but at
the same time there are SO many special
and exceptional features, that the re-
porter may not, IN justice to the estab-
lishment, comprehend everything in the
general and just expression that the
whole show was excellent.
The menagerie department, while it
requires much time to get though it so
"a to study it thoroughly. is principally
remarkable for the rarity of the ami
mails placed on exhibition. Omitting
first class menageries, and which are
we'll represented in the Barnum concern,
we refer to the rare animals which at
tracted the most attention yesterday
splendid live giraffe; the big sea lion
which Barnum loaned to Central Park,
New YORK, and which is now with the
Worlds Fair; first-class specimens OF
4 the sea COW, horned horse, sacred OK,
llama, axis deer, wart hog, etc., the bios
book, beautiful and remarkable ami
NAL, with holes about an inch under its
eyes, through which water passes; be-
sides many smaller animals scarcely less
interesting. The show comprises Ben
gal tiger of magnificent proportions; a
fine lion; a liOness that has ''chawed up
several men, and bears on her body the
evidences of conflict with powder and
ball. But an inventory of the menagerie
is not the object of this article. It may
. be comfort to those who have not seen
the show to know that there is nothing
. "stnffed" about it. The animals are all
alive, and very fine specimens.
In the circus department there is a
continuous succession of splendid per.
formances, arranged SO as to suit old and
young, and the admirers of the graceful
and classic as we'll as the daring and ex
travagant.
Lowande, the Brazilian bareback
rider, is the most dashing, daring and
skillful equestrian that has been intro
duced TO Colum bus audience in many
wears. While it is possible he has beer
r excelled in a few features, it is question
? whether he has ever been equaled as
5 general bareback equestrian. He use
two horses in his bareback act, strip
them of brides and girths, jump
r through hoop of daggers. assumes al
I sorts of difficult positions, and rides a
D the pace of wild Comanche. In tn,
; double act, with his little boy Tony
D who is not much larger than feathe
] dnsler, he Is unapproachable. On tn
{ bare back of horse, he performs tn,
e feats hitherto regarded as possible to on
ly one or two men; more than this-th
little fellow, while keeping up fusilad
of jokes on the clown, stands on hi
fathers head with one foot, holding tn
other foot in his hand-the horse beinj
y in motion, and the father holding hi
own hands to his side, and not touchin
d the intrepid infant. While the boy wa
: standing on his fathers head yesterday
d the horse, a little "ofi," departed fror
l. the conventional circus lope and cam
r, to a trot without disturbing the equil
l. brium. Lowande's four-horse act is til
>, most terrific and brilliant in that lin
p that we have had in Columbus.
h Madame Dockrill is undoubtedly I'll
"Queen of the arena" and il seems to /
~ in accord with the "eternal fitness I
"a things" that she should be under el
VI gagement in an establishment bearin
Ef aloft the pennant of Barnum. Decke
d. in the paraphernalia of the circus, 81
presents charming appearance; 81
u rides with q grace and ease that
10 thoroughly captivating, and at the san
9, time with daring that is extremely e,
u IA citing. She "goes it bare backed" )" al
'e rides like the wind; dismounts and r
'"' mounts without assistance, while h
r. horse is at full speed; jumps throus
eu nine balloons continuously; gives I
is- markable examples of equilibrium; al
y, does it all with the very poetry Of pc
hu ition and motion, and without an errs
he She is an equestrian of the first nagI
re- tude.
"o The French clowns make mp depa
-" ment of the show uncommon and e
gu, tremely amusing. They are excelle
eu gymnasts, and their fun is largely
motion; they are not only introduced
special acts, but are sandwiched wi
equestrian attractions, happily resti
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