The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-11
WHAT'S IN A CIRCUS.
\ Glimpse About ana the
Canvas Before the Opening.

Canvas Before the Opening.
The newspaper men went to the
circus Yesterday as well as the other
people. In fact, through the courtesy
of Mr.. Robinson and Mr.. Lawlow,
Beck of the Sun and u LEADER repre-
sentative did the ten tent show" be-
fore the curtain arose, so to speak, and
enjoyed a closer acquaintance with the
animals than can be enjoyed in a large
crowd. There were three large ele-
plants under the canvass, though but
two were taken out in the parade.
They were dubbed Mary. Princess and
Chief, and of course ''are the largest in
the country" Chief killed his keeper
some months ago down in the Carolinas
and is not considered just as harmless
as a kitten.
The originator of crocodile tears
occupied a lonely cage, lying in a
plunge bath of Crow creek water, and
a beautiful zebra attracted some atten-
ton in an adjoining cage-one of those
"'tarnal painted mules" as an in
creduleus farmer once put it, but n
very clean and sleek looking beast
withal. Lions, Leopards, tigers and
laughing hyenas offered a choice of play
fellows to such as care for 'em; and a
monstrous old rhinoceros, with its
heavy folds of tough hide and cartil-
age, illustrated what nature can do in
the way of bomb proofs when she sets
out. Three giraffes, evidently built for
the purpose of gathering the topmOst
clusters of sun ripened fruit from the
trees of their native haunts, were
objects Of curiosity and very clearly
animals.
A pair of vampires, always hanging
from the tops of their cage heads down,
single clawed and dark as the human
denizens of their African home, were
small but unusual sights. A T'artary
yak afforded the newspaper cranks re-
membranes in the shape of locks of its
hairy coat, with which it is covered,
over a foot in length; and the gnu
temptuous manner as Beck jabbed his
walking stick familiarly in its side.
There were numerous other objects of
interest in the menagerie lodged about
in the neat, bright cages, but space
forbids their mention, even of the
trained dogs and the cage of monkeys,
round which the children clustered in
a large crowd an hour or two later.
While doing the annex Beck, of the
Sun, was just about to bid farewell to
the walking stick, to which he usually
clings like a woman who wants to &c
shopping to her husband-in a remark.
ably fond ahd beautiful way. He let
Mr.. Lowlow take it and a moment later
it was passing down al attendants
esophagus until it struck the bottom Of
his stomach or al against his pelvis.
The startled local seized it, however,
just in time to save it to the outer
world and, as he drew it forth anxious
ly, looked for traces of high living. 1t
wasn't like the sword the fellow swal-
lowed some time ago, which struck
Peru and brought back several Lima
beans. Oh, no.
The various departments Of the af.
fair we're all visited and explained by
Mr.. Lowlow, who is as good company
out of the motley coat as he is humor
GUS in the ring, and by and bye, wher
we want to start a little circus of OuI
own we shall know Just how to do it,
even to hanging a hundred ton gun or
a one inch iron axel tree. The STOCK
was visited and the drove of Shetland
Bayies petted. In fact, as Dan Rice
Yesterday NAL. about it."
one of its big attractions lRn9apY LOST
of its big OK, which finds an honore,
grave in Wyoming soil. By the way
here's a little secret if you won't sd
anything about 1t. Sam Richie, tn
U. p. stock agent, will have the hide o
the big old fellow properly cured ant
stretched and proposes to exhibit it cas-
as II sample of Wyoming two year olds
a valuable horse was also lost yester
day morning, and much of the stock |
suffering from pink eye, a source of los
and inconvenience to the proprietor.
Altogether, after this tour of inspec
ton and attendance with the Grove
when the rings were in use, there neeC
be no hesitancy in favorable commen
upon the "big show"