Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-04-23
"THE THIRCUS IS COMM. "


that the '|thircus was comm and sure
enough it is. Forcpaugh's magnificent advertis-
ing car respondent in gilt and rainbow colors,
with pictures Of all the animals in existence
before and since the voyage of that very an
cicnt mariner and unsteady skipper, old Cap
tain Noah, arrived here yesterday. Fore
paugh's circus and menagerie, as we learned
from the gentleman who commands the Paste
Brigade, will be in Carson on the 8th prOx-
mo. We learned from the same source that
it was g the biggest show on the roCd this
season And we haven't doubt of it. This
brings us back to a period of-well, of sew
eral years to the first circus. 1t had no ad-
vcrtising car it didn't spend money enough
IN transportation for one season to buy ali or
binary railroad it didn't lay out thousands
Of dollars i'll magnificent posters, and it af-
torded no luxury In the shape of cushioned
seats. But it was a circus and menagerie
combined for all that and we were repaid for
any rackng of conscience we had, produced
by the knowledge that we had the benefit OF
the performance through the surreptitous
process of stealing under the canvas by what
we saw of the show. Maybe our youthful
mind was too easily impressed, and maybe a
maturer Judgment would have opened our
eyes to the fact that it was not the finest show
IN the world but we have never seen any
thing like it since. Mademoiselle De Courcey
(she was thus advertised, but we have since
learned that her true name was Malvina Nc
SprigginS, and that she was married to the
boss canvasman) was too good for this earth,
and we wanted no better heaven than one |
filled with her kind of divinities. And the |
clown, - the old clown, as we Familiarity |
knew him Take himfor all in ALL and that,
the way we took him, we shall never again |
look upon anything half as funny as he. We !
shall never entirely recover from the effect |
produced by the failure to bring up on
his feet after a tlip-hap, when he Emped
across the ring - it WASH an arena Ill
those days looking like a very large,
animated letter s. 1t was Sam Lathrop,
and years after We saw him again; but his
Jokes, the same old Jokes, were not as
funny as when We first heard them; his form
had become stopped, his front teeth were out,
his step was not as nimblc as in the old time,
lud altogether the charm had been removed
by the image breaking hand OF Time. We
are positive on this point, however, if in
doubt on others as to the merits Of the first
circus, that no body ever rode as Master
Leonardo, the Flying Mercury, did Gle
~ Il..1 hail
real name was Pat. NIcGinues>. and that he
l&n away from his mother, who was a reno
vator of ssoiled linen). What fcats he per
formed on the back of his ''fying Stecd.' 1t
lctracted none from the doing of his equcs-
trian antics, that he rode on pad broad
enough to have accommodated the whole Nc
t:inncss family. The spotted horse, too, was
% special feature Of youthful admiration.
How savagcy he looked while driving "thc
DID clown out of the ring The mcnageric,
which consisted of painted mule, made up
for a zebra, Il sorv lacked camel, aud pair
Il bad-smelng prairie wolves, was advertised >
Is a collection of rare animals fresh from l
he geological Gardens Of London, but they "
ookcd grander, terccr, than anything in that
inc seen since. Even the lemonade, which Z
We are now satisfied was a delusion and a "
mare in the shape of belly-ache producing 81
mixture Of water, tartaric acid and brown '
sugar, with dccoy in the shape of Il piece of Il
broken glass imposed on us for ice, was a u
.cher beverage than the Oympian roisterers It
yer INDUCED i'll. But as the dime novelist I"
would say, pardon this slight DEPRESSION. OF
7orepaush and his big show would speak.
We here notify our Walker River friends v
nd patrons. as well as the jewellers in d
aurora and Bodc that Forcpaush can't 90 y
. them, 50 they must come to Forepaugh, \
hose acres Of tents will be pitched i'll a
Nevada proud Capital on "Wednesday, May e
, 1873. n