Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-21
The Giant iiambug.

Inc writer witnessed the perform
ance of RObnson's circus. in Port
land, last Monday, and in these com
ments is supposed TO know" whereof
he afiirms' The tent, or scores of
tents, cover vast area Of ground
the menaSerle represents fair col
lection of anilnl.>, the trapese per-
fOrmlnceS and ti2h.-rope walking is
far, but further tIan tins there Is
il't!e to commend. The elephants
performed no uU:e tricks than those
of Cole : circus, which al! have seen,
the trained dogs and monkeys are no
more wonderful than those Sten time
and again by our People, while the
riding was far from equal 10 that of
many shows of much less preten
SONS The fact is the ad Using
cars and show-bi, of Il .hinson's
circus are the best part of It, Even
the parade, in Portland, Monday
morning, fell far short of what the
people had a ric hit to expect from
the stilted language of the bills and
advertisements. Instead of ten
bands, there was but one; the cali.
ope did not play; tie orchestracon
gave forth II dismal AMI incongruous
jingle resembling boys first at
tempt OF Toy metalaphone. One
performer wore for scarf hideous
snake, with several others for sashes
and suspenders, but these repulsive
creatures did not appear to be either
useful or ornamental. Notwith-
standing the announcement that the
price of admission-one dollar
would be all that would be exacted
the usual dodge of " reserved seats,"
a minstrel performance for an after
piece and museum side show, were
all rung in to exact extra quarters
and halves from the unsuspecting
public. Attenuated lemonade and
cheap taffy were sold ut double
prices. and all the clap-trap incident
to such shows had full sway.
1t is fortunate for our community
that the Grand Combination" does
not visit Olympia, and it would be
worse than folly for any of our peo-
pie to so to the expense of trip to
Chehalis, Tacoma or Seattle, to wit
ness this grand aggregation of hum
bug. Those who so, will feel like
hiring one of the trick elephants to
watt him few hundred feet with
his trunk, before he comes home.
THE Oregonian, last Monday, in
quoting the opinion of an Eastern
journal on civil service reform, closes
with the following comment:
We offer it to the Democratic papers
OF Oregon us just the thing they want to
give voice TO, sentiments which all OF
them have endcavored to express
Although the STANDARD is not pub.
lished within the State limits, and
consequently might very proper
ly consider the coat mistit, it will,
we trust, be pardoned by its "es-
teemed' contemporary if it rises to
remark that it is by just such super
cilious remarks it has made itself
the object of dislike by nearly all
the interior papers, irrespective of
party. While we do not dispute the
right OF "the brains" of that institu-
ton to put on all the dignity he
pleases, we maintain that consistency
requires that he should enact the
role VILE more regard Tor the pro-
prieties and rot at times descend
from his airy pedestal to wallow in
the mire. If he cares nothing for
his conyreres, or their opinions, as
he would lead his readers to believe.
he should not, like the hedgehog,
erect his prickles when assaulted BY
them. 1t is. in vulgar parlance,
Harvey, a dead give away. Your
contemporaries will all accord you
the privilege of keeping your head
above the clouds, if you don't wear
your eyes to your toes.