Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-18
A Tide of Humanity.

Sights and Scenes at the Circus Grounds
 Thousands of, people visited the city yes terday to see Forepaugh's. "What a crowd got of the Shore Line train," said horse car driver, as he shouted to his horses which were taking along bigcar load to the circus
 tLook out there l'' he yelled to an omnibus crowded with people as it tried to squeeze between the horse car and hack load ot men, all bound to the Howard avenue grounds. This was about half-past p. m
 Dust was flying thickly, clouding the air as team after team rolled along all bound fo1 the great moral show. Teams all the way from Cheshire, Branford, Stony Creek, Milford, Woodbridge, Bethany, Der
 by, Wallingford, etc, passed along, being generally one horse teams occupied by two persons only, to whom all Ras serene and the world we'll lost tempo rarily. Out near the circus grounds lining the road were peanut vendors, soda water and root beer and lemonade stands; show men working nickels out of curiosity strick
 en people who were trying electricity; show men who were harvesting more nickels with lifting machines, wagon loads of bananas and flaring outside show tents-one with huge painting calling in the public to see the ''six legged canary colored fortune telling horse, :" and the 'modern pythons." People lined the road s'dead broke" and gorging them selves on the outside sights afforded. Horse cars were scattered about promlscuously, hauled off by the side of the road, ready for the immense loads when the circus was out. Sport Campana, "of Bridgeport, was turning an honest penny peddling bananas and soda water and in response to friend passing in 8 wagon shouted that he was going to walk again May 2Sth in Baltimore. People in the best society arrived in their handsome turn outs, bringing the children to see the ele- plants, the aforesaid children manifesting every indication of intense anticipation and present joy as the immense canvas Of the Forepaugh show bore in view. Old men with canes, haIting and slow gaited, stepped along drinking in the outside panoramic display of teams, horse cars and show wag- ens. Children started and ran as the roar of the lions came from the big tents and then waited to hear men halting between two opinions, whether to spend their loose change and go within or save it for racket" at night hung about the outskirts of the tents, while the ticket man at the wagon shouted in sonorous tones This way for your tickets and avoid the crowd" The fabulous stories of the propor- tions of Bolivar, thN elephant, were shouted DY uECQ1uS WHO uhu E1ScA D0AOE0 buuG4S0 dLOA seen the elephants unloaded from the cars free gratis for nothing. Unhappy fathers groaned in spirit as they reached the yawn- ing doors of the circus tents at last with a troop of children-one in arms-having bat tied and buffetted their way to the grounds Inside some of our first citizens were coaxing awed children to feed the big and the little elephants whose outstretch- ed trunks gave every assurance that small contributions womb be thankfully received and placed where they would do the most good The elephants are on the whole H cheerful body ofbeasts and looked far more contented with Connecticut than did the big lions who constantly appeared to be looking for some undiscovered country where they could return to their normal state of ex- istence and lunch of from missionaries caught in tke outskirts. Altogether circus day brought crowds to the city and brought many to whom 0 visit to the great city is an event of no small dimensions and cor importance.