The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1877-06-21

of canvas, the grandeSt and most gorgeous
procession is his beau ideal of Paradise.
If he hears Of strange and unheard-of
wonder, lusus nature in the shape of q
monstrosity, great mechanical triumph,
or some astounding performer, he neither
sleeps nor rests until he has secured it, If
it comes within the range of possibility.
Price or salary being q secondary consid-
| Grafton, to get the control of the "card" is
the object. In the combinatian that he
| has now on exhibition he has combined
four or five or six different entertainments.
This, as a matter of course, does not in
| clude the usual amount of side shows,
which, as is always the case, are numerous.
HE MOVES LIKE AN ARMY.
Three great railway trains, of 100 cars,
are required to transport this gigantic
show; three powerful engines reiused
for motive power, and Forepaugh owns
them all. His commissary, quartermas-
ters and ordnace department he carries
with him. He spreads
MORE CANVAS THAN AN ARMY CORPS.
Yesterday morning we took a stroll
| about his establishment, and could CON-
pare it to nothing but a canvas town.
The huge paviliOns used for the show pro-
per, and the regular street ofsmaller tents,
used as dining rooms, kitchens, dormito-
| ries, stables, cook-houses, offices, etc 4,
remind us very much of our old army life
when we lived in cities of tents. The stir,
hustle, din and clatter of the hundreds Of
men employed in putting this immense
machine in working order was like what
we could imagine disturbed the air around
Babel, or the rebuilding of Chicago. To
enumerate them would
take LIFETIME AND FILL A VOLUME;
but they are all instructive, interesting
and wonderful. From the museum we
pass into one of the two large pavilions
devoted to the collection ofliving animals,
which contains many specimens of these
natural wonders, from earths remotest
corner, never before seen by us.
LIVING RIVER HORSE,
or Hippopotamus, forms an interesting
feature of the menagerie. This animal
cost its owner
$4,000 IN GOLD.
1t is the Great Behometh alluded to by the
inspired Job. 1t attracts thousands of
visitors, and in itself is well worth visit
to the great show. And polar bears, kan
CARGO: tree-topper, coribun, and an Aqua
rum filed with
ARCTIC OCEAN SEA LIONS
| forms another interesting feature of this
grand and costly collection of wild beasts.
PERFORMING ELEPHANTS
(under the guidance of Master AID. Fore
pangh, who is only fifteen years Of age),
all appear in a series of acts and panto-
mimic representations, intensely interest
ing and truly wonderful.
LIVING UNICORN
| Of Holy Writ, whose weight is 5000
pounds, attracts throngs of visitors.
THE AARD vLACKE.
1t is OF the hog species, with head broad
er at the snout than at the forehead, which
it does not possess, the eyes appearing di-
rectly on the top Of the head, between the
| ears, and have q most vicious look in
them, being in fact the only mark of intel
lgence which it possesses. Among the
| animal specimens of beauty the "Black
| Leopard" and beautiful little "0unacloi''
| from South America takes the first rank.
They are charming to look at, that is il
you have strong bars between you and
them. A pair Of grim tigers from the
Jungles OF India occupy one-half of large
cage, the other half being rented to an old
African lion and wife. The old man lion
is something Of hero, having killed in
his day three 'tamers" in the cage. He
is now over thirty years of age. Mr..
Forepaugh will not allow any one to enter
his den, although number of ''lion tam.
ers" have offered to try him again. A
large cage Of monkeys, as is always the
case, attracts crowd, who are anxious,
no doubt, to see if they can, in the char.
acteristics they exhibit, detect any evil
dence to convince them of the truth of the
Darwinian theory.
The arena contains some of the finest
acrobats we have ever seen. There were
two in particular-we don't know their
names-but their feats or agility and
strength were wonderful and so, in fact,
| were all.
Take it all in all, we think that Adam
Forepaugh and Adam Forepaugh's Circus
are an immense success, and the ne plus
ultra of travelling shows in the country.