Connecticut western news., 1878-05-09
The Circus on the Road.
Buffalo Express.)


 The first circus story has come. It relates l mostly to elephants. There must have beer | five or six of them. One elephant threw an l other elephant over & bridge, notwithstanding l to prevent it, and the rhinocerous felt so baG 1 about it that he stood on his head and wept 1 his devoted keeper wiping his eyes with 6 horse blanket. The other beasts set up roal that might have been heard miles of, and g family of lions were so affected that they had | a domestic quarrel remarkable for intensity and flow of blood. The roof of the band wag. on-which the same was the lions den-gave way during the difficulty and four musicians and their instrument, including clarionet, silver horn of exquisite structure, 8 bass-viol with the strings gone and & trombone once played upon by the Queen of England-were eaten up alive. The keeper of the elephants ! was kept, himself, at some period during the alsmal portion of his back hair. A neighbor- 1 ing bull that came up to see fair play was im- ! mediately butted off the bridge by the sacred horse from Tartary to slow music from the rem ' nant of the band, which had mounted high | tree for safety and was weeping over the de- struction of the rest of it like all possessed. The monkeys chattered and looked anxious. ! and the dish ran away with the spoon. The scene was at it's horrible height when there oc- cured a beautiful and entirely successful in- terruption, the like of which will perhaps nev- CT be gazed upon by mortal eyes again. The Queen of the animals, clad in her tights and spangles, and with her hair falling behind her like an avalanche of gold, descended lightly ! from her throne and, armed only with a slight whip, advanced boldly to the scene of carnage.
 The giraffe saw her and wept, his tears being l as large as the apple-blossoms in the neighbor- ing trees. The monkeys ceased their chatter ing and looked upon her with the utmost fond 1 ness. The fighting lions separated, staying for not so much as parting bite, and slunk \ sullenly away to the furtherest corners of their den. The horned ibex and the gnu with & ! crumpled horn-the only one in America, and brought hither at an enormous expense-broke
 from the regular procession and knelt at her ! feet, as much as to say that it wasn't them l they had discountenaneed the entire proceed \ ings The wild horse of Arabia saddled and ' bridled himself and pranced up to her request ing, as only horse can, the inestimable pleas ! ure of bearing her on his noble and altogether ! trunks and lifted their fallen brother to the neighboring bank, at the same time applying | ointment to his several wounds. The white bear from Russia, and the cinnamon bear from \ the Rocky Mountains, and the grizzly bear ! from California, and two or three other bears the most wonderful collection of bears on earth-descended from their cages and, look ! ing with pleading eyes at the wreck of the
 oand. begged it to get at the head of the pro cession and start the music, All of this was 1 of the arena and of the dens of wild and fero- cious animals gazed with fondness at her pets, l cracked her whip with satisfaction, received ! the congra tulations of MT. Jack Robinson, | owner of the greatest show on the face of the earth, remarked majestically ''Tis well, and
 remounted her throne. The fraction left of the
 band got in its appropriate place and dlscours- ed angelic strains. The procession was in mag niticent array ia moment andin ten minutes it was entering the village of Pipesville in gor geous splendor quite sif nothing had happen ed, the delight of admiring thousands, afford ing spectacle unapproached by the pomp and grandeur of ancient days, and at which Phar- aoh and his hosts, and Solomon in all his glo- ", and Mrs. Potiphar and the Queen of Sheba might have gazed with devouring eyes, and finally wept over. Performances afternoon and evening, the wounded elephant appearing on
 crutches, sustaining the role of!Pome0 as it never has been sustained by any man actor of
 the present day the suffering lion to be easily distinguished by the immense wealth of court plaster required to put him in presentable
 condition the beautiful queen of the raging
 lions weeping real tears of affection over her
 beloved but dangerous pets; and the horribly
 mutilated band discoursing such music as has
 never been heard this side of the heavenly
 spheres. Thirteen first-olass and unprecedent-
 ed shows in one grand conglomeration of un-
 approachable splendor, intellect, wealth, beau
 ty, accomplishment and glory. The world ran
 sacked for curiosities the animal and vegeta-
 ble kingdoms depopulated the mines of Col
 da appropriated with ruthless avarice, the sta
 lactites Of all the greatest caves in the world
 gobblsd and hoarded with jealous care, all for this Chimbarazo this Andes, this Amazon, this
 greatest and most peerless of all the combina-
 t1ons the gorgeous sun ever shone upon. Come early to avoid the crowd. Admission fifty cents; chiiaafeii half price.