The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-18
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| We have received q circular from the
| inimitabls Phineas in regard to his pro-
posed Centennial Exhibition which he
! Intends to travel with this season. He
has evidently done his best and proposes
to out. Barnum Barnum. We publish an
extract from It for the interest Of u
leaders :
1t is the height of my ambition to hon
orably identify my name with the Centen-
NAL Epoch Of my beloved country, AS
I an American citizen who has visited all
! countries and nations, appeared in all the
| courts, and conversed with nearly all the
| crowned heads Of Europe, | appreciate,
love and venerate, all the more dearly,
OUR NATIVE LAND, and l gladly tender
to my couutrymen every facility az my
| bration, each DAY this season OF our Clio,
| rious Centennial Anniversary the fair
! beginning Of the second century OF our
| national birth and independence. Each
morning, about 8 o'clock, National Salute
J of 10 Guns, and joyous pealiDg OF bells.
will announce that in the public streets,
the triumphat procession OF liberty ana
the nation, with it's inimitab.e and in
| describable display of tableau, allegoric
| and industrial designs and riches ami
! NAL mammoths, equine marvels. vehicu-
lar triumphs and Respondent spectacular
accessories, is in massive motion, ana
each entertainment in the great Pavilion
| will conclude with a grand musical, mil
tary and spectacular ovation TO 1reedom,
comprising anon other inspiring Tea
| lures, the singing OF our National Anth-
ems, including the Star Spangled Ban
per," accompanied by the roar OF cannon,
| placed outside the tents and discharged
| by electricity. In order to make this
] commemoratioD more thrilling and i'm,
pressive, I have at enormous expense,
| secured the services Of the distinguished
! yocalists, Sonora Donetti and S. Russell
HAYNES. assisted by a stupendous chorus
| of several hundred thorough trained
| voices.
This grand Centennial Caravan to con-
clude with the National Hymn, "AMERI-
! CA"
my Country, it's Of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee l sing
Land where my fathers died,
Land Of the pilgrims bride:
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring"
In singing which the Whole audience
will rise and join. The accompaniment
| of bands of martial music and salros OF
| cannon will heighten the enthusiasm and
effect, while national colors, gorgeous ban
| ners, and other appropriate emblematic
| drapings will complete the picturesque
| b~rilliancy of the Patriotic Carnival OF
Song. A gigantic live American Eagle
| will hover overhead, and classic living
groups OF historic characters be intro
| duced, perfectly costumed to imperson-
| ate the Father of his Country and other
| Revolutionary Heroes. The Goddess OF
Liberty will triumphantly wave the stars
| and Stripes over the splendid and anlmat'
| ed scene the whole Centennial ebullitlon
| of inexpressible patriotism sending the
blood tingling with joyous and electric
enthusiasm through the veins of every
lover of his country. But what mere pen
foreshadowing can convey any adequate
conception of the effect of this magnificent
and jubilant Patriotic Reunion and pop.
ular demonstration Competent critics
who have witnessed its mere rehearsal,
Enthusiastically %protounce it alone worth
more than double the price OF admission
to a series of exhibitions returning ten
fold the money charged, and, further,
more, declare that it should be witnessed
and participated in by every man woman
and child in America, in order TO foster
and enhance the sririt of liberty in the
| bosoms of this generation that on their
shoulders the glorious Ark of the whole
| Worlds Hope of Freedom may be borne
onward and upward, to the grand con-
summation of universal emancipation.
A notably attractive Fourth OF July
feature will be a magnificent display of
fireworks, in the great Central Pavilion,
| before the conclusion of each eosntng's
| performance, presenting with highest
pyrotechnic art dazzling patriotic des ,gns,
whose corruscating surprises will appro-
priately illustrate, in rainbow rays, the
browning glory of our Centennial year.
This Is necessarily the mcrest superficial
suggestion of the patriotic and ennobling
| features which l Geem valuable to my
country and worthy of myself. indie
pendent of the century's cycle of BRAIN
filling and neart cheering attractions offer
with them, as full worthy the commenda-
ton of the Divine, the Scholar, the Phil
anthrophist, and the good auUng ALI pee
pie, they constitute an Epoch Of Sublime
American representation, never to be
effaced from the memory Of those forum
are enough TO witness II, ana 10 partake
of it's living fruits. Notwithstanding the
enormous additional expense attending
the Grand Free Centennial Demonstration
each day, and the prodigious extra out
lay involved in perfecting an entirely new
combination Of entertainments three tnaes
larger thar any of my previous triumphs.
in accordance with my life motto OF
cheap amusement for the million" the
| prices of admission will remain rs hereio-
fore, with a Free Ticket given to each
purchaser of my Autobiography, which
has been written up to the spring Of 1875,
and now comprises q book of 800 pages,
with SO full page engravings elegantly
and substantially bound in muslin gilt,
and which, though sold originally for
$3.5 (, has been reduced to $3.50 (includ-
ing a fifty cent ticket, rcmember) making
the cheapest book eyer published. Hor
ace Greeley said editorially in the Tn
buns: 'Mr. Barnum's book, and especi-
ally his lecture on the Art of Money Get
ting, is worth a hundred dollar greenback
to many a beginner in life" Desiring
that everybody shall read it, l have pub
lished a cheap edition of the same book,
the same reading matter, anil identically
the same illustrations, for only so cents
the biggest half dollars worth of fun and