The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-18
A GREAT SHOW.
Monday September II.
NO BIG SHOW COMING TO CAIRO A
DAY SOONER.
Opinions of Leading Journals About
Sells Bros Big Show.
A CRITICS COMPARISON.

nloit III our CITY, we nave culled the fOl'
lowing excerpts from our exchanges for the
benefit of our amusement going people, and
after reading the opinions thus
expressed they can dicide which show
is worthy of their patronage. This tells
the story
Chicago Herald; At both exhibitions
yesterday the tents were crowded, and
they are likely to be crowded during the
remainder of the week, for the Brother
Sells have, contrary to the general habit of
circus men, inspired the public with con
tidcnce by mere advertising what they have
to show the public. They advertise enough
to make up better circus than those who
float up pretensions and the people when
they enter the tents, know that their ex.
pec,ations will be fully realized.
Chicago Morning News, May 80 Sells
circus is not "a SELL it performs all it
promises and more. 1t opened yesterday
at o'clock to house Of such magnitude
as really meritorious exhibition deserved
and which it generally gets in Chicago 1t
would exhaust too much space TO partlcu.
larize every act, and yet to make selection
for commentator would be unjust to the
omitted where all are excellent. There ia
not a feature in the show which calls for
adverse criticism. Excellent order is kept
in the tents-the employees are polite and
attentive. There is no nuisance or peddling
peanuts or hawking around stick jaw candy
and ladies and children unattended by the
sterner sex can rest assured that nothing
will occur to cause them moments I'M
| easiness.
Chicago Tribune, May 30; Want Of
space prevents detailed mention of every
act, it may be SAID that no circus which
has thus far visited Chicago has 1.-THE Of
really meritorious performers whom the
Messrs. Sells have procured for the present
season.
Chicago Inter Ocean, May 80: The am
pie tent that surrounded the two rings con-
tanned crowd that all but filled it's am
pltude, and from the TERED seats the
clsmor of shouts and whirl of applause were
more than unusually liberal Beyond dis.
putc the Sells Brothers have an excellent
circus and well stocked mensgerie.
State Journal, Des Moines, Iowa, May
90: On Thursday last Sells Brothers
show exhibited in this city. At about 10
o'clock in the forenoon their parade ap.
peared on our principal streets and at
tracted the attention and admiration of ev.
cry one. The streets were lined with men
women and children. The parade was 3
grand spectacle, and one of the best
which has yet appeared on the streets Of
our city.
After being so favorably impressed with
the parade, we took our Faber aud note
book and retired to the grounds We en-
tered one of the menagerie teDts--they have
four tents in which their menageries are
exhibited--and enjoyed ourselves for an
hour or two in looking atltheir large col
lection of animals, embracing most all the
living curioslties Of the animal kingdom
Besides the cages Of lions, tigers, monkeys
rare birds, and elephants aud camels,, and
various other animals usually found in
menageries, we were attracted especially 10
the white buffalo, which was captured in
Dakota, and to the dozen or so sea lions
the two hippopoami, which were cap
tured on one of the tributaries of the River
Nile, in Africa, and TO the beautiful and
stately giraffe, the white polar bear, the
woody elephants and the other rare and
beautiful animals, which are seldom seen
in luenageries or geological gardens. To
the young folks, especially, these menag-
cries must be full of wonderment and at.
tractiveness Wherever Sells Brothers
show may exhibit, the children ought by
all means be permitted to 60 and see the an
finals.
The Sells Brothers. show, take it all in
all--their splendid parade, their beautiful
and blooded horses, their large and rare
menageries. their first class performances in
the rings-is certainly we'll deserving the
good words we have spoken Of it; and well
worthy the patronage of the people where
ever it may appear 1t is one of the best
shows that has ever visited our city.
| Leader, Des Moines, Iowa, May 20:
The general and unanimous verdict of the
public to-day has been most fattering for
the Sells Brothers circus, which exhibited
yesterday. 1t is believed to be one Of the
best, If not the very best circus ever exhib.
tied here. The management aud employees
were civil and decent, and the performance
fresh and clean, and the feats grand. The