The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-11
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Unless an accident without the ,powerof
'tGreatest Show on Earth" viii exhibit In
this city on Monday next. It will leave
Columbus on Saturday night, and arrive
here on Sunday morning. The Great
Snowman has spared no pains this season
In Organizing what Is the acknowledged
best show ever seen under canvass. In
every place where Il has been mot only the
press have been enthusiastic, but the PEG.
pie have heartily praised It, and In many
cases have Joined In O memorial TO Nj.
Barnum, asking him 10 again visit them.
Il Is o well established fact that p. T.
Barnum always gives In amusement full
value for tho amount paid him by his Pat.
rons. The show proper may be divided.
into three departments: Museum, Me.
nagerie and Circus. .I,,I
The museum IL distinct feature and TO
be found In no other travelling exhibition.
It does not consist OF stuffed birds and
preserved hsh, but is replete in wonderful
optical illusions and mirth provoking
automata. One object alone In this al.
partment Is worth the price charged for
admission. II is known as the Mysterious
Lady. The bust OF o beautiful girls seen
resting upon o table mechanically using q
fan. The eyes and eye.lids move, but no
lower portion Of the body Is visible. Bar
mum simply caused 4 sign ais Il AliyeYp
% be hung over II, and now hundreds are
disputng the question. The orchestrue.
liehor ts m Instrument which cost $4,000
70 build In Vienna. Il operates by steam
and produces all the effect OF q band OF
one hundred instrumentalists. Il Is not
q ealliope, but q faithful automatic band.
The menagerie is the largest geological
collection IN the world, with the single
exception Of the London Geological Gar.
dens. A full half hundred Of beasts, birds
and reptiles find their home in'this de-
partment, Some are exceedingly rare
specimens, such for instance as the man
drill, the polar bears, q six ton rhinocer-
%, a herd Of q dozen elephants, 0 double
bumped white camel, half q dozen ordin!
ary dromedaries and the only black cam!
els on exhibition in the world. Then.
there Is o two horned rhinoceros, the
only specimen Of the true Gland In this
countryItwoA byssinian warthogs, ostrich,
emu, pelican and q beautiful little fawn.
Just two weeks old. These and many
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Mr.. Barnum takes particlar pride In the
excellence Of his circus and claims that.
u is an unobjectionable entertainment.
He says with truth that while he will be.
responsible for the good conduct Of his per-
formers In the arena that he cannot with
equal safety look to the morals or actions Of
his wild animals. Many managers are COZ.
tent with one feature amonga programme
Of ordinary attraction. Barnum is satisfied
with nothing save q programme in which
every act Is q feature. No less than eight
lady riders compete with each other for
the applause Of the audience. Six merry
clowns Convulse the eye witness with their
droll antics. Twenty imported and edu-
Gated stations from the royal.stables are
introduced under the guidance of Mons.
Carl Antony, the master horseman Of the
world. To detail all the wonders present.
ed would require volumes. See it on
Monday next. ~