Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-03
FOreDaugh's Grand Shov
will be here on Saturday, September g.,
The Boston Daily Post Of july qnl
comments as follows:
FoREPAUGH's CIEcrs


The Grand Entree igtone -Rros,,,., H.,
Gnee AZ the Huntington AreItge t.raiy,f. teTsra.
at the Mend0cTte. 4 Sgst,
"The tide of amusement-seekers oDco
toward the Back Bay, for at this season ,t sets
nothing better than the circus ia be,,,., 'leIe
comfortable hours of the day, and There y ,ue 10
ter organization devOtng It's efforts 10 tho 10 be-.
ful aud pleasing performances OF tin unltr.
arena than oIepaugh's Mammoth Combinst'ollu't
Circus and MenagerIe which ycsterlay Ioh o.
series Of eight exhibitions. The m0rnin0 esan
parade was perhaps the best ever made M 7o sueet
The horses were noble animals IN fine con'' lon
the ponies were cunning the cars and W.gSn on;
handsomely painted and the equipage snT Wee
phernaha were as grand as the widest n,ot l,lld
of the young American circus Wor, hn,ne7 .'alNn
desire. But added to all these attractions V mug
several Of greater novelty 10 ALL Among tber, we're
a heard of twelve elephants, large and small was
a monster lion riding on the top Of A rgr anl
guarded by lady carrying 4 sword. The u'o., guy
ion passed through the principal streets
and attracted great deal of attention wy
The opening performance was piven 8, a.
afternoon, anu announcer III inc evening, at The G,
of which there was far attendance and al H az,
latter nearly every seat in the binai navliue
which will accommodate G001 people wa, trcn,;y9'
Of the exhibition there Is little to cri,ct r.e-'
much to commend. The menaserte In r,o guy Slt
tent Is one OF the most complete collections og
wild animals ever seen. 1t includes sons Az VI
looking lions, tigers and leOpards an ugly bvare
beautiful jaguar, two sea lions, and oilers io Iva,
lerocious. The elephants, from Old to younr n.y.
is an excel ent specimen of = hide bound . Evf
the central attractions are a handsomely snoi,II
giraffe and remarkably fine hppopotamI :. wSics
stands Immediately in fl ont OF the entIancn ss
are visited by every one VINO enters. In The ri,cu
ring are found the familiar faces of some of ,Sa
best riders, gymnasts, athletes and clowns not,I%
among them is Robert Stlckney, the clampioy
somersault actor, whose feats, either as a rider nv
as an athlete, are wonderful in their character ana
graceful in their performance His double bgrt
somersaut leaps have never been equalleI ME-
Annie Carroll who is called the " Emprc,s Of IN.
Arena" does some remarkable leaping and yant
ing in her bareback riding act, IN which she passes
through the balloon hoops.fOur times IN succest0n
instead Of three times, which is supposed to he Ina
usual limit of endurance. The manege act is he, .
formed by Miss Emma Stickney, who lIdes pleitily
and has complete control OF her horse The lrrt
horse " Mahomet," which is introduced bv his
trainer, Mr. W iIliam Monroe, is the picture OF sym.
merry, and responds promptly and Faithfully 10
every motion order of his ira ner Lottie Miranda
is skillful and unassuming gymnast. Her per
formances on the trapeze bar are startling and her
strength is almost wonderful. Among her leals ara
one IN which she swings IN the air hOldu TO Ihe
bar simply by hook which she holds in her teeth
and another In which she is drawn to the top oil The
pavilion by a rope attached to this same contrL
vance. The youthful Ajax who belongs to lh,
troupe is the prince of cOntoTtlOnlsts There ia
nothing impossible to common people which he
does not perform, and his browning Leaf is to stand
upon Two chairs, bend himself backwards ami
reach down to toe ground, where he picks lid A
tumOler with his teeth. The jugg lers athletes
tumblers aud equation performers are all good,
and the buriesque acts are we'll performed The
music Is eXcellen, the seats are comfortable the at
PENDANTS are gentlemanly, and on The wuOle the
show ID an admirable one"