Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-16
SELLS CIRCUS.

SELLS CIRCUS.
A large concourse OF people met in the
city yesterday from all parts of the coun.
try adjacent, forr the purpose of taking in
what they knew from past experience
would be satisfactory. show. The in,
coming railroad trains during the morn
ing were all loaded down with people
from the country and surrounding towns.
eager to see what surprise the Sells Bros.
had in store for them this season. Il
seems to be fast growing into a habit
with large number of people never to
miss circus and menagerie brought here
by the Sells Bros, and it was for this
reason that thousands of people came into
town yesterday.
The procession started down Main
street at 10 o'clock and was indeed one
of the most magnificent spectacles ever
seen, being a succession of gilded cages,
band chariots, gold.spangled knights in
armor, and ladies bedecked with jeweled
trappiDgs, horses richly comparisoned,
the whole interspersed with superb bands
of music, and being over one mile in
length. 1t seemed to be only foretaste
of the grand performance that would be-
gin at 2 o'clock under their magnificent
canvas. Everything in the procession
betokened irst>class establishment, and
led to the belief that the exhibition at
the grounds would far exceed ANYTHING
that had been brought here this season.
At the grounds it was plain to be seen
from the outside that it was show of
most magnificent proportions, and an in
terror view confirmed the outside opinion.
The canvas tent is one Of the largest eyer
made and will comfortably seat $4,000 or
$4,000 people without infringing upon
the sacred precinct of the rings, or in fact
within the inside ropes. There were gen
tlemanly ushers to assist the patrons of
the show in securing seats, and that eter-
nal bowling and crying of tickets for the
concert and lemonade was quite conspic
uous by its absence. The menacerie
was really the finest collection of animals
ever brought to Kansas City, and will
compare favorably with any similar es
adjustment on the road Among the
most rare and curious might be mentioned
the male and female hippopotami, Nabob,
the sacred black elephant, a beautiful
giraffe. three horned rhinoceros. and
many others. ltwas common comment
that it was the most elaborate and ex.
tensive line ofliving animals eyer brought
to the West.
In the equestrian ring every act was of
the best. The fearless bareback riding of
James Robson was admired and applaud.
ed; no more. however, than the dashing
and intrepid lady bareback rider, Mile
Cordona, who carried the audience by
storm. Her balloon jumping act certain.
ly stamps her as leader and at the
headas a female bareback rider. Miss
Maggie Claire on the aerial rings dis
played both nerve and skill, and the ap-
plause she received was we'll merited.
The brother acts were we'll executed. and
the bicycling by the Stirk family was
we'll worth the price of admission. The
dog circus was the best ever exhibited
here. and the tumbling was far above the
ordinary. The only unsatisfactory fea.
ture to what might otherwise have been a
most AUDIBLE exhibition was that of
giving all the best acts in the ring. to the
left of the dressing-room entrance. There
being Il, OOO persons present, 1000 of
them were at the wrong end ali the time.
and large number of the audience
manifested their dissatisfaction by retir-
ing before the conclusion OF the perform.
ance. 1t is to be hoped that Messrs. Sells
will do, to some extent at least, remedy
this, the only defect of the show. Upon
the whole, the Sells Brothers may we'll
congratulate themselves upon presenting
to the public one of the very best circuses
now on the road, and the public NAV be
assured that they will never be defrauded
of a cent or ever regret haying patronized
this meritorious entertainment.