Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-12
The Great Show.

In the absence Of any penonA kuovledgs
Of the merits of Van Anburgh q Co.'S gr-a,
Golden Msaageric, Circus aud Colosseum
which is announced for this place on Mon
day, the 18th inst, we copy from the Little
Rock Daily Gazette the following favorable
notice, which was written by one who saw
Tor himself:
To give our readers an idea of the mag.
nitude Of the combination we will state
that it consists Of IS wagons, 20O horses
and 1872 people. 1t is now on it's fifty
eighth annual tour, and the names Of its
proprietors stand high rs being among the
| oldest and first showmen of this continent.
The best artists TO be procured for the
money arr in their employ, and no expense
| appears 10 be spared in the way Of obtain
ing superior excellence.
| We visited the show Yesterday afternoon,
| together wlth tolerable good audience,
consi lcr'ng the disagrceable weather in
| tiio.ed upon us. Before the circus com
menced an opport unity was given to the
| visitors 10 look ~ The wonderful collection
of animals cons'it i'ihg the menagerie, the
sight of which IL IS orth more than the price
of admission. Among the greatest attrac-
tie hipropotamus hog. Around the cage
containing the rare animals was at all
times dense crowd. A South American
tapir occupied another cage, while huge
elephant and three or four camels or drome-
diaries were close by. A beautifully striped
zebra also appeared 70 come in for a share
of admiration, rs did also the royal Bengal
tiger and the pretty leopard. Rare birds
and monkeys were there in profusion. A
rillainous looking hyena occupied half a
cage, the other part being filled by q mild
looking Peruvian llama. A white yak from
Tartary Dyl ghau from Africa, . harte
hecste from Africa, n bles box and an ibex
irom Assyria, antelopes from Colorado,
kangaroos from Australia, sheep from Cash
mere, the only addax in America, coming
from Africa, a. did also the lions, a tiger
cat from Mexico, and host of other ami
mails, the name and classification of which
slipped our memory, go tow ard making
the menagerie just everything that il
claimed for 1t in the way of being first class.
Mr.. Wvotlna Cook, who is claimed to be
the best sonersault artist that ever mounted
the back OF a flying stesd, acquitted him
self with great credit, as did also Mr. Du-
crow, the hurdle rider, hut the palm was
carried off by Master Charley Watson, who
Is, for his age, the best bare bac ked rider
that has ever visited this section of the
country, and he bids fair to take the place
of such celebrities a. lanes Robinson and
Melville; the boy was the emphatic feature
Ut show. in the way Of cqucstrianism.
Mastr Sebastian is also good rider, and
accomplished, successfully, q number of
wonderful feats on horseback. As a daring
barebac k~i rider Mile. Clarinda Lonawanda
was without rival. Signor Sebastian exc
cuted numerous difticnlt fcats upon horse
back, but had the misfortune to slightly
iWnre his horse before he had an oppgr-
tunity to show the audience what he
could do.
The regular Performance is intcrsprrscd
with variety, which gives considerable |
spice To the entertainments. The educated
mules and horses and the riding dog are no !
insignificant features. Mile. Lolita, the |
lronJawcd woman, in her performance |
gives an exhibition Of strength in the Jaw |
~ female that even the seyprrsf dose of |
mother-in-lnw would not have caused a
man to dream of. She raises with her
I"rth ana HOSTS in the air chairs and other
articles. and with her teeth also lifts To a
't""l barrel OF water. 30 lower which re-
lnires the strength of two men. As a
ngglrr and IN doing light and heavy bal.
inciDg, Mons. Charvat performed frats that
we're wonderful to witness Middle. Tour
'our, a most beautiful and graceful lady,
reformed many dangerous. vet graceful
rts pom the trapczr, and in this we noticed
NAT Inc nsnal netting. held for the purpose
Il catching the actress that proves Ia be
was discarded, the la.lv eyi.
emily having confidence in her ability To
% her work without taking such prccau
ions for her safety