The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-07-10
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.

The voice and power of the press is heard and
| felt through this broad land. To the press the
merchant looks for the facts and figures OF bus
| iness and the financial standing of the country
| before he invests his money in any contemplate
| ed enterprise; to it the statesman looks to find
mirrored thereon the public thought and feel
ing; to il the voter looks to find the path where
in it is safe to follow: to it every man must
| look and learn by looking what is best for him
TO do and what is the best his neighbor is doing.
II is daily chronicle of newsy events, store
house of usefulness and pillar of truth. Fear
| less in denouncing fraud and uphodiug and
| supporting the right, it is as a beacoL-light
| along the worlds highway, guiding mankind
into smooth and pleasant places. The.public
| teacher is the press, welding a greater in1u-
| ence for good than the pulpit, and prone to
change the morals of a nation far better than
| its code of laws. 1t is fireside monitor by
which we are directed how to do our everyday
| affairs, where to make our purchases and where
| to find enjoyment As authority it is indisput-
| able; as a judge il is iufallible; its warnings
| should be needed. and its advice acted upon
| Where it finds excellence it applauds it, and
| where il finds fraud shabby pretense it
hesitatingly and Enthusiastically brands II as such.
| just now the show world is attracting the
attention of the press throughout the land
| Each of the great shows is Hghting for the hon
| or of being the greatest and the newspapers
| are bent on awarding that honor TO the show to
which ii justly belongs. 1t il wonderful to
| note the unanimity with which the press of the
country leap to the Sells Bros standard on this
point. And inaSmuch as the Big Sells Show
| will exhibit at MANITOwoC on THURSDAY, July
18th, they interest We Gull below from
| some of the leading papers few extracts which
| go TO show that the newspapers of to-day know
| and honor good thing when they see il. They
| are unanimous In saying, with everybody else,
| that it Is the best and largest show on earth:
1t was Sells Brothers Confederation of Stu
! pendous Railroad Shows. After seeing the
show ii is but necessary TO say that it is Il good
one and well deserving the patronage it receiv-
| ed yesterday. The canvas covers seats for be-
| tween 5000 and 1900 people, and yesterday af-
| ternoon there was full attendance.-ChIeGgo
Inter Ocean.
If there is one virtue above all others which
when found in a circus manager should be ex-
tOlled to the skies, that virtue is candor. That
| virtue is found in the Sells Brothers. who,
STANCE as the statement may apper to those in
the habit of reading circus literature advertise
merely what they have and exhibit exactly
what they advertise. Their show now on the
lake front, at the usual spot, foot of Madison
street, is good one-an unusually good one
and the thousands of people who packed the
tents yesterday appear to think so.-CheGgo
Herald.
1t is big show; it is clean show; it is a re-
specially conducted show; it is good show.
None of those rough, rOwdiSh, tiresOme or an
moving features which usually accompany a
large circus are present. The menagerie part
is treat, from its cleanliness, the size and con
venience of the cages and the condition of the
animals. The visitor does not find q few worm
out specimens of ill-fed and NANCY animals
so constantly exhibited as to become as common
as cows. All the living things are well rared
for, and are, either from their knd. their az
or their nature, rarely seen il travelling shows
Chicago NeWS '''"7
1t can be said for the Sells Brothers, with
perfect sincerity, that they give IA far better
performance and present better programme
under canvas than they put on the walls or liz
the advertising columns of the newspapers
All who patronize their show will be pleased
even beyond their expectation, and this is say
ing great deal for circus.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.