The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-24
Bnrnum's Little World.

The man who has succeeded in concentrat-
ing in the tented space of small village the
curiosities and wonders of the world, has
satisfied an exhibition laudable in spirit and
useful in result. This Barnum can certainly
claim to have accomplished, and will offer the
evidence of it in Portland, July 4th, when he
will open with his great show in this city for
one day. He claims that the present aggre-
CATION is four times larger than any that ever
existed, and during the past winter over
100000 worth of attractions have been added,
making it gigantic and peerless beyond COM
parison. There is about the consolidated Bar
mum and London shows tone of respectable
ity, honesty Of purpose and lofty ambition. 1t
has produced the only two baby elephants
ever born out of captivity, and was the first to
introduce two and three rings, and an elevated
stage, with broad race course for Roman
trials of speed around and outside of he cir
Giles and stage. The importing of the giant
elephant Jumbo. the lar gest known beast Cd
the earths surface, by the great Snowman,
evoked more comment than any other of
modern times, and his chief ruling spirit has
been famous half century for inventing and
undertaking stupendouS amusement schemes.
For the past three years, Messrs. Bsrnum,
Bailey d Hut Crimson have at great expense
COll0Cbou hugo btDuUlORlCal congress OF Dar-
barous and savage tribes, compr Using the
high and low-csste Hindoos, Lodas Indians,
supposed to be the lost tribe of Israel Afghan
warriors, Soudan Nubians, followers of Ell
Mahdi, Australian cam ibals, Aztec human
relics, Brule Sioux Indians, and over one
hundred snperstitious, idolatrous, Pagan
worshipping heathens. They claim to have
the largest menagerie since the Noachian era,
and will exhibit the dashing and daring hippo
drome races now being given in New York
city to crowded audiences. This show exhibits
forty trained and performing elephants, iD-
Guiding the nursing baby elephant born in
New York, which is now only three feet in
height, and has been learned to perform some
very peculiar and amusing acts, which greatly
please the little ones, with whom he is quite a
favorite. Many new attractions have been
added to the show during the past season at
considerable ay of money. New silk, vel
vet and gold bullion-trimmed wardrobe has
been secured, together with new tents. costly
wagons. dens and trappings. 1t has complete
and startling museum of living human freaks,
many of which have never before been ex-
hibited to the general public, the whole re-
qu1r1ng seven separate and non-connecLed
trains to transport it from one city to another,
the actual expenses, rain or shine, being $500
a day. Another great feature of the aggrega-
ton 10 the sacred white elephant, from the
Buddhist nation Of the Orient. The great
Snowman secured and imported this animal
from Asia at an expense of 100000. after two
JooAo VI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ana
ceaseless anxiety. 1t is claimed that the ele-
plant is a sacred worshipped animal and be-
longs to the highest grades of Pachyderms, id OIL
lied in Asiatic countries, as is proven BY vol.
umes of competent oral and written testimony,
and the deed of sale and certificate of sacred
ness is signed by Burmah's chief minister and
bears the great seal of the King. The white
elephant is one of the wonders of the age, and
although never before seen on this continent
until this season, is only one of the great fea-
aYhihifc6 in ha avhihitiftu tn ha
seen at the Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson
shows