The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-06-08
FOURTH OF JULY AT CANTON.
twenty-five Elephants in Street Parade
A Mile OF CharIots and Mounted Men.

anceS here. The first at 10 in the fore
noon, and the other two in the after
noon and evening. 1t will be a cele-
0ratlon in which all can participate,
and 1t is the only great show we shall
| nave here this season. FOrepaugh Is
too we'll and faVOrably known to need
eommendatiOn from us. That his show
Is OF the most remarkable excellence
and magnitude, will be seen from the
following notice from the Buffalo COur-
Ter, of recent issue:
Royal weather welcomed FOrepaugh
yesterday. Starting shortly after ten
O'Clock, the procession passed Niagara
street. 1t was 10 minutes in making
the turn, marching at a fair average
rate of speed, so that some idea of its
length may be formed by the few of the
public who did not witness the demon
stratiOn. The children shouted as the
five trick dOnkeys came ambling along,
and redOubled their glee as Charles
MeCarty, the clown, appeared, filling a
wagon drawn by goats. Albion the
rider of the giant bycicle, an enormous
elght-fOOt affair, propelled by an ingen-
lOuS arrangement of levers and cTanks,
followed. He was attiTed in purple vel
vet with slashings of orange satin and
silver lace. When he mounted his huge
iron steed, he seemed to be riding Whirl-
ing flashes of lightning. The lion car,
on whose top majestic looking lion
reposes, unclaimed, at the feet of lady
In gorgeous array in cloth of gold, pro-
YOked frequent plaudits. The band car
preceded the glittering cavalcade of
Lalla ROOkh, perS0nated by a lady, whom
MIR. FOrepaugh claims as the handsOm-
est in the land. A car bearing the
double quartette of plantation darkies
Followed, and their frequent songs and
choruses were greeted with applause all
along the route. Next came CIeOpatra's
barge, very handsome affair, with
silken sail and lovely occupants, follow
ed by cavalcade of knights with ban
neTs. The immense elephant, Bolivar,
Stalked maJeStically along, without or
nament of any kind. His stupendOus
bulk excited attention, and, perhaps, a
little fear. He was attended by the
blacklist Ethiopian it is possible to i'm
aglne, attired as an Arab and riding a
white horse. Altogether there were
twenty-five elephants in line, including
the largest and smallest ever seen in
this city. This is the largest herd ever
seen together in one procession.
Thousands crowded the streets to view
the parade. Where the people came from
was a wonder. Not alone were the
mothers and children out in countless
numbers, but the stronger sex were so
largely represented that one was inclin-
ed to fancy that the business of the city
was suspended or that there was no
need of working.
Magnificent as the procession and cav
aIcade were, they formed but trivial
prelude to the pleasures afforded during
the day. The genial excitement of the
occasion, augmented by the presence of
thousands of strangers on the leading
streets, made the scene throughout the
city an exceedingly lively one. 1t is
estimated that fully ten thousand peO-
pie attended the matinee; while a still
larger number succeeded in squeezing
within the confines at night. Late
cOmers, to the number of many hun
dreds, had to be turned away during the
evening.
Divested of glittering generalties, and
left to stand wholly on its merits, the
show may be said to have proved mag
nlhcent realization of the hopes of all
those who witnessed it. In fact it paid
one hundred cents on the dollar of ex-
pectancy, as the loud and lOng-cOntin-
ued plaudits of the spectators fully
proved. There was nothing left undOne,
nothing left to the possibility of dis
appointment for the audience; so that
every detail of the printed programme
went off like clock work through the
united efforts of the whole company,
from Mr.. FOrepaugh himself down to
the greenest "supe" in livery. Two
complete rings were in full blast. The
grand entree marked the beginning of
the fun, as usual, with every gorgeous
feature of the street pageant included.
Mons. Albion, mounted on a bicycle
eight feet high, displayed his perfect
control over the big machine during a
ten minutes occupancy of ring number
Two, gaining great speed at times, and
interesting every one, especially wheels
men, in his maneuvers. All the clown
business, it may be stated at once,
proved thoroughly bright and enjOya-
BILE, and not less funny to the old than
to the little people. The lady acrobats
were in fine form for their feats of
strength and daring. Mile. Victoria
cleft the air on her lofty trapeze with
out the, slightest indication of fear,
although thousands were watch
ing her with breathless inter
est. The ZOla sisters walked
and danced and played on the
high wire,a as if in their natural element.
In the arena Miss Louise REM carried
OIL the hOnOrs as a graceful and daring
equestrienne, and her back sOmersaults
on the launches of flying steed were
the acme of reckless hOrsemanship. In
the next quarter hour treat of NAM
moth proportions was served up in the
shape Of a school of performing
elephants. Bolivar led off-he is %
years old, stands eleven feet four and
One-half inches high, and weighs fifteen
thousand pounds. He is a knowing
beast, proud of his superior size and
strength, and very jealous of the atten-
tions of his young master and trainer,
Adam FOrepaugh, Jr. This young gem
tleman has acquired perfect mastery
over the whole herd of twenty-five
jungle-crushers, and it was he who
cracked the whip for them to mount
into lofty pyramid and then spring
nimbly to the top of the head of the
highest one in the group.
1t fell to LeOnati, the bicycle rider,
however to make the most hairs TO
stand erect Leonati is the daring fellow
who has been advertised to 90 up a
spiral roadway fifty feet high and four
teen inches wide on an ordinary bicy-
Gle, and afterwards turn and descend
the same. At the given signal trim
oullt man of about thirty leaped lightly
on machine at the lower end of
long plane, where he fixed himself
securely to his seat. 1t did not seem
possible that he could accomplish the
ascent. With rush he propelled him
self forward up the inclined plane until
the narrow strip of roadway was reach
ed: There he proceeded cautiously.