The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-09-02
A Show Worth Seeing.

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ltADAM FOREPAUGu's MONSTER MENAG
! ERIE GREAT ii ERD OF ELEPHANTs-
ELECTRIC LIGHTED CIRCUs-A MAJ
! BLOWN FROM A CANNnN-A WoMAr
RIDING A VFLcCIPLDE OVER TIL
TIGHT ROPE, ETC.
Of this stupendOus amusement en-.
/ terprise, which is TO exhibit here oil
Monday, September 13, the Columbus
journal says:
By all odds, the greatest and bes
tented exhibition ever brought TO this
city is Adam Forepaugh's which il
now exhibiting here 10 The largest and
most respectable audiences ever as.
sembled at any public exhibition,
FOrepaush more than fultils every
| promise he makes to the public. The
wonderful electric light. the great
herd of elephants, a man fred from q
cannon loaded with powder, the won
der knowingly feats of Zuiia ON the
high wire, performing giratfes-these,
aud long list OF equally new and
startling attractions, are actual reali-
ties in Forepsugh's Great Show.
The menagerie is the most complete,
comprehensive and gigantic ever ex :
hibited in this latitude, snd many OF
the specialties, though billed by for
mer entertainments, haye never been
on exhibition here. The tOwe ering
gin atfe, unused to this cool atmosphere
was seer, with his delicate limbs and
beautiful sy mmetry. The living hip
pOpotamus from the River Nile, a
monster in size aud OF unwieldy form,
astOnished thousands who, with Won
der and awe, gaZed npOn him. The
great herd oi ponderous elephants,
some OF them in heavy chains and
fresh from Indian wilds, are undoubt-
edly the largest collection ever seen
together III captivity, and the superb
examples OF brute culture presented
by Adam FOrepaugh Jr., with his
eleven Asiatic elephants, certainly is
without precedent. The eliminating
pyramid, reaching nearly 10 the top of
the building, which he compelled them
to build, one on top OF the other,
evoked shouts of delight and appro-
baton from 1900 thrOats. Tbe long
array of dens,-Over fifty in numb ber
filled with Russian and PoOnah
bears, wild ostriches, Samaritan rhi-
nocerOs, Royal Bengal tigers, Malayan
tapirs, grand looking lions, sleek
Glands, dozen species OF the African
antelope, and hundreds of other rare
specimens from the prolific fields of
zoology, were interesting and instruct.
i've to an extent that surprised every
one present. In looking over this
vast collection of beasts, birds and
reptiles, one can hardly think of the
name of one not presented and On ex-
hibitiOn. The dens and carriages are
many -colOred aud Of the richest Orna-
IIentatiOu. The designs are new and
suggestive Of the skill and genius of
the artist. The themes presented are
various and original, and display the
most consumlna,e taste in their selec-
ton. The magnificent chariOts, which
In the gasiight resemble huge noun
talns OF gold, are particularly impOs.
ing, aud the wonder Ia, that even with
extraordinary care, they eau be trans-
ported from stand 10 stand without
tarnIsh1ng their royal splendOr.
Of tho circus we eau write only in
praise. The wardrobe and the entire
is new. aud as giifteriug
with tlnsels AZ an Oriental dream. The
riders We'd with each other, each one
seeming determined to deserve and
obtain the greatest amount OF appro-
bAtlon. Frank MelyilIe's skillful rid
ing was the acme of perfection. The
OF Messrs. Ewens and
Cook, and the acr0batic acts of the
wonderful Herbert Brothers, and the
riding of Mesdames Carroll, Ewers,
Hemmings and others, was
faultless and past comment while the
acrobatic and gymnastic acts of Messrs
Leyantine, Ajax, Geyer and Ashton.
and the cOmicaiities of the clowns,
Burke, Seeiey and Walker, admirably
eniivened q programme of rare excel
lence.
1t is marvellous how Mr.. Forepaugh
with even the aid OF his immense cap
ital and lifelong experience, could get
Ioget her in one grand galaxy so much
talent and SO many rare and novel
features in the menagerie catalogue.
The labor to build up such an enter
prize must be heIculean, and the care
70 keep it ttegether aud exhibit it with |
profit to himself certainly must be
very great.
The grand street parade will take
place between the hours of 9 and 10
o'clock on the forenoon of exhibition
lay. 1t is said to eclipse all show.
parades hitherto seen in this country,
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