The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20
A Boston Opinion.

Adam Forepaugh has Just completed sue
cessful ten DAYS stav In Boston. The staid
Old Boston Advertiser, a Journal not given to
putting, has the following tn say in commenda-
ton OF the great show: 1.-THE one great tent
show--circus, menagerie and customary ac-
compartments the season, 90 far as Boston
IL concerned, IL Forepaughs. It's coming has
been we'll heralded. and It's tents now cover a
great portion Of the old Coliseum grounds.
The first performances were given yesterday
afternoon and evening. preceded by a street
pageant in the morning. The latter event
called out thousands OF people, who bordered
and In many places crowded the sidewalks
along the advertised route OF the procession.
The display was uncommonly good and in
gorgeousness perhaps exceeded anything of
the sort that has ever been seen here. Many
Of its features were common to such parades,
to be sure bnt the representations OF Cleo
ratra's barge in which abe IL iournevipg TO meet
Marc Antony and Of Lalla Rookhs departure
from Delhi are brilliant in effect, elaborate in
design and strkingly suggestive OF historical
relations The procession was OF good length,
occupying about ten minutes In passing. The
show inside the tents IL one which has many
superior features and there is enough OF 1t to
make attractive three or four ordinary circuses.
The exhibition Of wild animals IL large and
comrrses many rare and interesting creatures.
| The herd OF elephants number twenty-five and
| Includes the famous Bolivar The circus per-
| formapces take place in three rings, on stage.
| on traDezea erected beyond the third ring. and
n hippodrome track surrounding the whole,
| Among the novelties presented IL a Hindoo
| snake charmer, a woman who performs feat
| with numerous reptiles which are remarkable
| however distasteful they may be to many; a
| strong man" named Jagendorfer, who ap-
! pears for the first time in America; Leonati
| who rides bicycle I'M and down narrow
| spiral roadway to the height of fifty feet the
| Silbous. comprising four men and one woman,
new to this country. whose performances on
| the trapeze are new in several WAYS, and seem
| 10 be more wonderful in accomplishment than
| those Of the most expert of those who have
| come before them and last of the novelties, a
| dude" for a clown. The riding is uniformly
| good The performing horses are beautiful
and we'll trained. Miss Deacon's equestrian
display is az graceful ring act as one often
sees The slack wire. balancing and juggling
| feats are all neatly performed. The races on
| the hippodrome track are attended with the
usual dash and are creative of the usual
amount of excitement The exhibition of
| trained elephants is very good One good fea-
| tnre Of the modern circus is conspicuous by it's
absence-that Of leaping or of ground and
| lofty tumblipg." as the bills often have 1t. Not
referred TO In this notice, but the rest must he
| dismissed with the assertion that none OF them
| are inferior" Forepaugh will exhibit at Brat
| tleboro, Tuesday. july 10: Rutland, Wedpes-
| day, July %; Burlington. Thursday. July %;
Montpelier. Friday. July Of White River juno
| tion Saturday. July %; St. Johnsbury, Monday,
July 30; West Randolph, Tuesday, July 81
ST. Adams. Wednesday, Augusta.