Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-09-05

OF Adam Forepaughs Grand Exhibition
which is to be in Brattleboro on Monday,
10th inst, the Boston Daily journal of July
80 says: The company is an excellent one,
and the menagerie contains many rare animals
not seen in travelling show, including a mag
nifcent giraffe, which is trained to harness,
that curious creature, the white yak, rhi-
noceros, sea lion, a beautiful zebra, and the
largest herd of elephants, both as to numbers
and individual dimensions, that has been seen
here, this season at least besides many rare
and curious birds and "A number of ingenious
mechanical contrivances. The tents are spa
cious and airy and finely adapted to their pur-
poses the one to exhibit the curiosities, and
the other to display the various feats of agili-
ty, grace or strength on the part of the per
formers in the ring.
The ring performance is most creditable to
the management and the individual actors
therein, and includes riding leapng, Juggling,
horizontal bar acts, trapeze performances,
the feats of trained horses and dogs, clOwnish
eccCntrcities and other features usually seen
in a first-Class circus, though it is rare indeed
that an entertainment of such general excel
lence is furnished. The exhibition of trained
animals is one of the finest of the many fine
shows which we have been privileged TO see
this season, the most remarkable feature
being that afforded by the trained elephants,
which may safely challenge the world to
compete with it. These huge, and appar-
emily ungainly, but really nimble animals,
seemed endowed with almost human intelli-
gence, performing the most surprising fcats
with ease and assurance. Their most notcea-
BILE performance is that where nine of them
form an immense pyramid upon the tall cylin-
ders provided for the purpose, exactly as rep
resented in the autographs posted in the store
windows advertising the show. The beauti-
full trick horse "Mahomet," snowy Arabian,
excited much interest, as one of the finest
formed of animals, as well as one of the most
docile and intelligent ever exhibited here.
The performance by the acrobats and leap
ers of the troupe are most commendabie, the
double somersaulting of Messrs Cary Snow
and others being particularly worthy of men.
ton, the former especially, springing and
turning over eight elephants-including the
largest of the herd-in the nentest manner,
and alighting squarely and firmly on his feet
without any of the staggering or slipping usu-
ally seen at such exhibitions. The sklful
juggling on horseback of Miss Pauline Lee,
the triple horizontal bar acts by William Fore
| paugh and John Robinson, and the marvellous
| skill as contortionist of 'Ajax"-whose won
| dorful twisting and turning must be seen to
| be appreciated, but cannot be described--and
the many other novelties are also worthy of
notice, comprising perhaps the most adj
mirable general show given here this year.
The riding of the equestrians of the troupe
is most daring and skilful including acts by
William German over hurdles, by Miss Emma
| Stckney and Miss jeanette Burdeau. Par
| excellence, however, is the wonderfully grace
| full and bold riding of Robert Stickney, who
was welcomed with great applause, and at
the close of his act was presented with a
| large basket of flowers. The bareback riding
of Miss Annie Carroll was also received with
much favor, and after Mr.. Stckney's great
ix-horse bareback riding act the audience
went home, thoroughly pleased at having wit
messed a most excellent and well sustained
| performance.