The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05
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ADAM FOREPAUGH'S GREAT EIGHT TEN
COMBINATION COMING, 200 MEN AN
| HORSES, 900 BEASTS AND BIRDS-lO
600 MUSEUM wONDERs-TWo CIRCUsEs-
| ACRES OF CANvAS--MILES OF CAGES
CARS AND vANS-THREE GREAT RAIL
WAY TRAINS PERFORMING ELEPHANT
| "A LIVING HIPPOPOTANIUS-A MILLIOl
| DOLLAR SHOW-THE MOST STUPENDOU
| EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD.
| AS tile Great Aggregation OF Adam Fore
paugh is to exhibit at Staunton. Thursday
April 10Th, we transfer to our columns thu
following notice of this mammoth concern
which is copied from the Baltimore Ameri
can:
The exhibition is arranged and exhibited
under combination OF
EIGHT CENTRE-PoLE TENTS,
encircling space OF nearly four acres o
ground, affording ample room for the &C
commodation Of fifteen thousand people, an(
we take pleasure in recommending it to thu
people of our State as an establishment moi
only of grandeur and elegant display, bn
one which is worthy the patronage of all lib
eral-minded people and lovers Of the curious
the beautiful, the wonderful and the humor
Gus. The gigantic menagerie contains thu
ton of wild animals and rare birds ever pre-
sented to the American public, prominen
among which is
A PERFORMING UNICORN
weighing four tons six trained elephants
one OF them baby elephant named 'Youns
America" They are all introduced into thu
arena and performed by
MASTER AID. FOREPAUGH,
the first and only juvenile animal performer
in the world. This magnificent collection O.
animals, also contains
1OLIvING LIONS.
Also, the gnu or horned horse of Africa; ar
orang-outang. nearly as formidable as the
| terrible gorilla; the hippopotamus and full
grown eland-a magnificent animal just i'm
ported from Africa.
In addition to the animals heretofore men
toned, The visitor will here behold cages
containinga
GIRAFFE,
also Russian reindeer six and half feet in
height, female kangaroo, the chectah or
''hunting leopard" a most beautiful animal:
the Barbary zebra, the nylghau, next to the
giraffe and Gland, the largest of the antelope
family, and the caba bara, a very rare am
great attention.
A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL ROYAL BENGAL
TIGERS
will delight all. A strange animal, called
the sscariboo," an Arabian dromedary, black
bear, Thibet bear, grizzly bear, white polar
bear, brown bear, the ibex, a pair of mag
nificent ostriches, East India antelope, CASH
mere goats, South American jaguar. silver
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enas, the lama, puma, buffalo, panther, leop-
ards, black and spotted tigers, Shetland
cow, sacred cattle, tawny lion of Kaffra, the
zebu or OK nunda, badgers, beavers, coon,
wildcats, foxes, wsasels, civit cats, wambat,
gazelles, jackals balloons, ocelot, Rhaina-
phor hounds, apes, chamots, armadillo,
hedgehog, mandrill, sloth, baris and a
MONSTER EGYPTIAN CROCODILE
twenty feet long, capable of swallowing a
human being with the utmost ease. The
wonderful animal known as the
HIPPOPoTAMUs
or river horse, from Equatorial Africa, and
the only living male specimen OF this Won
derful animal ever brought to this country :;
$40, 1000 in gold was the cost OF this rare quad
ruped; there is also to he seen the adlox,
mohfon, gems-boc and
SUCKLING INFANT LIONS
are also exhibited. There are also cages con.
tanning casowary, king vulture, condor,
pair of eagles, black and white swans, a pair
of African pelicans, white peacocks, African
cranes, Tyre birds. New Holland emus, birds
of Paradise, white carrier doves, gray par
rots, golden pheasants, macaws, King Lord
birds, cockatoos, silver pheasants, and in all
5000 animals and birds.
THE MUSEUM DEPARTMENT
exhibits very large and rare collection of
strange and curious things from all parts of
the globe. A new and wonderful phenome-
ma are the Automatic Figures. These con-
sist of troupe Of female bell-ringers, per-
forming beautiful melodies upon silver bells;
living alligators, mechanical singing birds,
the dying warrior, a finely medeled form of
zouave breathing his last upon the battle
field; rare collections of statuary, lllustra-
ting scriptural history, from Madam Tus-
and mementoes Of the Revolutionary war,
form very interesting features.
SLEEPING INNOCENCE,
lfe-size automatic figure of beautiful
girl, breathing in life-like manner; distort-
ing mirrors, making fun for all antiquities
from all parts of the world, fossil remains,
armor, life-size figures of prominent gener-
ais, politicians, kings, queens; magnificent
collection of fishes, insecGs and reptiles.
FUN For LITTLE FOLKS.
A special department in the museum has
been organized for the amusement Of the ju-
venile public, and in it can be seen spectacu-
lar, dioramic and transformation scenes,
automatic figures,
ROYAL MARIONETTEs,
fantocini, &c., sc. Noticeable was scene
called the enchanted land; also the fighting
chandeliers, automatic organist, and many
others, which constantly attracted throngs
of Juveniles and were by no means uninter-
esting to persons OF solder growth
THE DOUBLE CIRCUS
is held beneath mammoth tent, holding we
should judge, ten thousand people, and
when we entered every seat, every inch of
standing room was occupied, and in every
respect it was the most attractive, the larg-
est and most elegantly equipped circus ever
exhibited here. There were
SIX PERFORMING ELEPHANTS
and monkey equestrians, troupe of trained
dogs and pair of performing lions and ti-
gers, riding goat, a performing unicorn,
and other animals. and fifty performers,
male and female; so that, in the words OF
the advertisement, it can truthfully be as
serted that tile circus s'actually presents
something new''-in fact, more novelty than
has been seen in the arena at any time dur
ing the last fifty years; and we feel conf
dent that all who visit this tent will see a
larger and finer circus than they ever beheld
in this country. The exhibition as it en-
tered the town presented
MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
The cages and chariots were ali new; twenty
Arabian horses, handsomely decorated, were
attached to the grand chariot, containing
Prof. Tony Franks army band; the perform
ing elephants appeared harnessed to su-
perbly constructed and gorgeously orna-
mented chariot; camels. richly caparisoned,
followed. A ,lrove of Shetland ponies, just
imported, eXquisitely decked. were harness.
ed to beautiful bird bower. A mechanical
gymnast, manufactured in France by the
celebrated French lnechanician Houdin, per-
formed a series of most extraordinary gym
nastic and acrobatic acts as the procession
moved. A complete and splendidly mount
ed set of musical chime bells is seen and
heard peelng forth joyous strains, which
are audible far in advance of the procession.
Herr Darious, the world famed animal
trainer, who so narrowly escaped horrible
death few weeks since, while engaged in
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