The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-23
THE GREAT VAN AMBURGH
SHOVE



IL Will Exhibit In Jasper, Ang. q.
That oil our readers may know Of the
estimation In which the Van Amburgh
Show Is held BY the press and public, we
copy the following from the Burlington
liawkeyc Of June 10, 1880:
= Yesterday was circus day again. and
Notwithstanding that this makes The third
mammoth show that has visited Burling.
ton within little over one month n
large number Of people were in the city
rom the surrounding country to see the
street parade. hear the music and take in
the show. There 10 alwaysa fascination
about "sawdust and spangles" that draws
q crowd, that even first-cass Fourth Of
July cannot compete with. Perhaps the
reason is that there Is always something
among the many features Of a first-class
show that pleases all classes of society
and ali kinds OF people The many curi-
ositics In the mcnagerie interests one
class. the beautiful trained horses another.
the ring performance and clown others,
ana the crowd and rush all others who
cannot find anything else to please them.
In fact perhaps there is only one feature
prominent in many shows that does not
please any one. and that Is the peanut
Ivender. who is about the only individual
who has no friends. While Van Am
burgh has this curiosity with his menag-
erie. he keeps II under control and does
not let II run wild in the circus.
Yes. Mr.. Frost, the old reliable circus
manager. who has bravcd the storms OF
competition for years and has always
come out successful, was here YESTERDAY
with Van Amburghs show, and he had
the good luck TO present his show to
many Of the citizens Of Burlington and
Des Moines county.
'gramme, the most truthful thing that
can be said of this circus is that the man.
ayers present everything. on the street,
~ the menagerie and in the ring. that
they advertise, an honesty few shows
are guilty of. The procession was much
better than many expected +; but this cir
Gus does not put the best on the outside
The menagerie ills the bill In every re.
spect, from the big elephant down TO the
baby monkey, many new and rare spcci-
mems in the animal Kingdom being III the
collection. The circus part Is good and
well worth the price Of admission 10 all
who enjoy such performances. Two
features Of this part OF The show Is
worthy of special mention Mr.. WIN.
Showles. the bareback somcrsault eques-
trian and dashing hurdle rider has no
peer. considering his age, while he per-
forms many new feats While Andrew
CABINET. the cannon ball manipulation.
shows wonderful strength and muscle.
But the great feature OF this show
that commends itself to the public Is the
manner IN which IL is conducted. Every
attache performs his duty ina quiet way
and does not seem to take special delight
IN annoying every one; and for this
alone, not to say \ word about many
other good things, we can heartily recon.
mend the show to the public wherever
II goes
With an endorsement like the above -
taken As IL Il from the columns uf one OIL
he first publications in the West il is a
settled tact that we are 10 have in Jasper.
on "Wednesday August 4 h. one ct the
great show institutions az the country.
pAfiTTF.. im nansns,sn advertise
lncnt of The great Wan Anbnryi, ncnag-
srie aud circus. we are compelled 10 de-
'iinc Publishing, for tiie want Of space.
The show. however. Ia NIL it~ greatness.