The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-21
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Public expression of the qualities OF
circus IL always governed by eonpari
son with sofne other circus. During las
yoaS Coles has been The standard in Orc.
son.
We'll, how did you like the circus. !, ~
have been asked by more or less thar
several hundred, sirco Thursday oflasI
week, As u h the province CT tie news
paper TO give its orinion on all public
matters we sre going 10 give ours on thie
one. uninfiueneed by any patronage. "a
the conside ration oi courteties extended
az, all Of which We greatly appreciate
/ Robinson's menagerie isan uncommon.
ly good ono 10 DO brought 70 Oregon, ,bsipo
far AHEAD Of Coles. II was worth The
price OF the admission 10 sec the varlous
animals, some of them quite rare. here
exhibited. The GRAF, water buffalo. wax.
hyenas. GLAND, alligator, 0strfches. lions
tiger, leopard, sloth monkeys. IN an eaters.
vampires, Burmese cows, foreign ante.
lopss. yalpus, white bnffA ojaguar, SNAKES.
large horse, large and small cows, camel.
three horned buIl,seven legged COW, short
necked horse, five e'eThanis. etc.. made
up most Interesting menagerie. eyep
though there was no rbinoceros, hIppopo.
t1mns, zebras, OF sea lions, etc., adver-
tlsed. No ono expects 10 SEQ everything
on tho bills. Big Mary one Of the eIo.
plants, Is sald 10 be l23 years old. and
now has TO have her ears creased In order
to hear, NO venerable Is tho old girl. The
Chief weighs 7s01 pounds and has killed
feur or I've men In bis life time. We kst
decidedly away from tho trunk rnanIpn.
iator. In this connection It IL Interesting
TO Fofer 10 one of The circus bills which
speaks oftheir large OK as being larger
than any elephant. The OK weighed 2sfo
lbs. and WAS really big follow, but was
iittle more than third ofthe s:ze Of The
Chief.
suppose some were disappointed in tie
. ring performance. whats the odds %
long as tboy got their moneys worth In
tho mensgsris. While we would not
place IL on par with Coles, 1. was = good
performance altogether. The bareback
riding by Aiss DeMotts vas extra for a
woman's. and yonpg one at that. Could
aho have turned somerset Il would have
been ahead OF tho west ring man, whose
only noticeable feat was somerset. Not
oven two horses were rode. We would
commend tho "blood curdiIngr plunge Of
Zola fiom a bar 10 net fifty feet below.
Ono woman once broke hcr neck At that
little game. We woaid also commend
the catapult act OF the darkey, IN which
he was thrown high In the air. turning
over three times. A few weeks ago anoth.
or liYe missile was lhrown against center
pole and killed. This darkey was not
killed, fortunately or unfortunately. The
trained dog exhibition was a "dogon' fold
as the hiII.) fine one, and was worth four
bits alone. And then there was ths eia-
phs nt act. OF course not according 10 the
pictures, for pictures rarely ever tell the
truth; but In big and imposing form
also the big cannon ball performances and
several trapezs acts besides the humcr-
Gus remarks Of john Lowlow, tie clown,
Fer talking clown John Is a success
but = ciov'n who can't tnrp q double SOM
trset or oven stand on bis head Is nowhere
with some. All the same, &c was the best
ever In Oregon. Lowlow has been with
Robinson twenty years. Having said
= omewhat OF what there was It is always
adnlss E5le to say what there was not
There v - no tumbling or ieaping, ant
, for large number OF people circus with
out this fea ture Il like "Hamletn withou
Hamlet, or lemonade without lemons
There was no skating on wire, or roilint
, OF a globe on q wire, though there was {
cylinder In a remarka bly, poor manner
There was no $50 feet hair and teeth slide
E There was no ceiling walking. Their
Q were no French acrobats no female tumb
!. lers, no ladder acts, no horizontal bar, n
! but why enumerate. Though thes
5 things were advertised, people know no'
! these days that no advertiser, whether {
circuses, patent medicines, or Of jewsharps
e keeps his word, ard, in fact, they won.
: be disappointed n they did. Altogethe
, those who attended got their money
i worth the way entertainments are values
u so the satisfaction should be general.
" There was side show containing ma
;, s feet 2 inches tall, small man and VIC
: man about three feet high, big woas
of5i7 lbs, n tatooed woman,a a CuacassiapI
;. lady. q loan man and sonse snakes.
a was interesting and you could buy the
TO pictures or not just as you pleased.
Q The attendance at the circus WAS goo
q both aGtarnoon and night. though not owe
!. whelming. $1,000 or $4,000 was taken i
oi or, at least, that is the general estimation
o but circus figures are often like popull
g ton figures.