The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-27

"t RICHARD HL-ACf u NENkL
Now Is the season Of our dIScontent
Made glorious summer by this Show OF HarnumS
The only moral clrcus-shoW on earth;
| And although clouds Of dust may be Kicked up
BY sportIye tricks Of various animals
And lower upon the crowded. house-yet these
Waited by fans (price only fifteen ccnis)
Easily are sent upon the heads Of those
Below, and thus are buried.
1 Now Is the elephants towering brow
Bound with victorious wreaths: his bruised tusks
Stick out like mouuments-it he stood upright
On his hind legs and pointed then-the tusks-
Toward the sky. Ills slow paced measures
Are changed to merry movsmcnt@ and
| Ills dreadful marches 10 delightful dances.
Grim yIsaged Capture hath taken the starch
Right out Ot him and smOothed bis Whukled front;
And now, instead u Chasing barbed steedi
Through ,treacherUus Indian lunSles and
Frightening the souls Of fearful adyeIsArles-
| That Is 10 NY, by way Of explanatiOnI-
The riders 0i the stectls-he capeTs nimbiy =
| In the arena to the lasclVious pleasing
OF hute accompanied by tho strength 100.
| OF tho circus baud entire, which Is celebrated
For lis unrivalled and classic music,
And with a profound dislain Of boaSting
Claims that It's Bugler has no peer
advertisement In d few dayA)
On earth 10 producing melody from Ms horn.
Gaze arOund the SawduSt realm aud 10!
Behold the crocodile that Is not gIveu
To sportiye tricks, nor idly made TO court
An amorous looking. glass tnOr wouldn't u
iie COULD he, that Is rudely stamped and wants
Loves majesty to strut before the audience
Menily ike an auiLliI iiymph curtalled .lt
OF fair proportion At one end and having
II piled on heavy at the oher,-has ft .H..
To 10 kept In strong iron cage for fear g-fl
That he might take II into his head to bust
The Show. ITe-cheated Of feature by assembling
Nature; detorned, unfinished, scarce hall made up
Sent 10 the Show before tbs proper tine,-was
Deliberately Chucktd into the wateT.tank
Against his will plainly expressed at the time,
By this identIcal.shOw, lbut which, nevertheless
Csu't be beat: admlssioh-sl 90, 10 aud Is cents TO
A. TO SsSts; iiar particulars sec small bills
or The day, I and fastened In the tank because
he Is 70 awful hCmely and positively
UnfashIonablc the dogs bark al hii-
His cage. In these hot piping times Of peace
lie can have no delight 70 p1eSaway
The time unless TO see bis shad0Hln
The circus watertank, and look around
The show aud descant on the various aEr. N"
DelOrmiiies Of the deniEens Of
The ioIrest,-their play iul tricks aud 20 forths-
The musical voice Oi the elephant;- AH
The harmonious and delicate notes OF
Tho amiable lion; the pensiye tiger,
md hear the Syren voiced rhinocerOS' song
Varied with the numerous howls and groaus
OF many feathercd treasures o. the show:
And thereiure,-to entertain these lair
We'll spoken dAys-sInce he cannot boa -..,
size card II once let Loose IL the circus ring,
He'll watch bis chances and take itanis
From the niirth provoking clown VINO iSaddlng
To Ills already large budget Of jokes, .ta
Choice and fresh ones coinage q his orn brain.
a. b. No Jokes repeated dniaS the same pertoFanc'
Watch the crocodile; plots yet may he lay
And deem iuductonS dangerous tinducc I'D.
The monkey or the ape 10 bribc the SuPEs
iThe former being according TO DARWIN &CO.
The sure connecting link between the latter
ia the Eyolutiye chaIn) u cut down
The lions ratIOns Of raw heei, and by
Such means the rampant lion cause
To break his cage, and 60 for tho SACRED OK
OF Indla,-help hilnsSli 70 good square meal
Al once! now III this might be feared @
WercIt not very well known that SuPEs,
In consequence Of the inlMlnent pcrils they
Encounter; receive princely salaries for 1-
Their services, and sumptlous means thrown 10;
The public otherwise would DO assured OF no solid
satlsiaetion like tits at present.:
Were Il not thus, such khavish plot tdight take
Place easily, and II the lion were
As true and strong, rs the crocodile
Is subtle, false and treacherous,
some day the show might come TO grief,- ..
The animals might be oil stirred up
Into high old niptiny and make
II lively Tor the fOlks;--nO chance then
for the plauyible boy 10 cry his wares Ur-
To sell ismOn-scented water, and fans
That like OthellO-"hayed done the State
Some sorylce:n hut all would Ind II 70 DO
The very nick OF time to not be standing
on the order oil. thelr gCing. but go --tH-
Al once and Arat9i tartse doOr! IL you .,st. II
Are there, lite out Immediately, u not H.a.. E'
SOONER or else you'll feel, II possible, ~
Worse than you ever felt-.ercn when
Your nOther-in-law was about 10 dress .
Your hair for you, armed with the old
Reliable. upcienchCd weapons that never
Went tack on her. but always rent for you
with ali their might giving you no show
Not even the ghost OF chance, mind you that.