The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-15
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P. I. Barnum's long.heralded and world.
famed combination Of menagerie, circus,
museum, trained animals, &C., Is here.
The seventy cars, oil the property Of the
great Snowman, reached here Yesterday
from Columbus, Ohio, In which city the
establishment exhibited on Saturday. The
mammoth tents are erected on the Island
and the street parade will start from there
provided II does not rain, at nine o'clock
this morning, and move over the ptin.
cipal streets. For the accommodation OF
ladies and children, anda i who desire 10
avoid the crowd surrounding the ticket
wagon on the show ground, O ticket Office
has been opened at Lucas music store,
Market street.
From here the show goes to steuben.
vile and thence TO Pittsburgh. Immense
audiences greet the exhibition wherever
1t locates. We make the following ex.
tract from the st. Louis Republican,:
Everywhere along the route there was
O crowd OF admiring sight.seers and the
display was really o handsome one, merit
ing the attention bestowed upon Il, Not
only was the pageant a very large one, but
II embraced novel features that were gen.
orally remarked. The orchestmelic6ore
Is an immense affair, q huge musical char
lot equal In execution to about q dozen
caliopes. One OF the most interesting tea-
lures wa the collection OF automata, In.
Guiding clowns, donkey, lion, trumpeters,
minstrels, song and dance artists, DC. The
chariots Of 0rpheus, Queen Nab, Neptune
and Atlas were very handsome and grace
full.
The menagerie cages were closed, show
ing only the gay paint and gliding, but the
elephants marched In good style, their
immense bulk contrasting oddly with the
wee ponies, no larger than Newfoundland
dogs. The great number Of beautifully
matched teams In the procession was espe.
Cially noticeable, and It was generally re-
marked that all the horses and stock con-
nected with the show were in the very
best condition, being fat, sleek and well
groomed, their glossy coats wing in show.
iness with the gaudy trappings thrown
over them. No performance was given in
the afternoon, but the doors opened in the
evening to an immense rush and by eight
o'clock, the hour for beginningthe per.
Torrance, the circus pavilion was literally
packed. 1t is a perfectly arranged amphi.
theatre, and as the ring was occupied
by the opening professional pageant
the eye could hardly discover a break
in the solid circle OF human forms and
faces, all leaning q little forward Ii eager
expectancy OF tho Greatest Show on
Earth. The elephants, camels, ponies and
trick horses, all robed in gorgeous trap.
pings, marched around the outer circle
next the ropes, while in the ring n troop
Of male and female equestrians executed
e~volutions 80 rapid as to confuse the eye.
Hardly had they disappeared from the
scene when Little Queen Nab, the tattooed
Greek, Col. Goshen, the Palestine giant,
are ushered in and announced, forming al
queer Q trio .As- could we'll be assembled.
A point that attracted commentator on
all sides during the exhibition was the
wonderful promptness and celebrity with
which the several acts succeeded each
other, without loss Of time or tedious
waiting between.