The Portland daily press., 1889-07-19
BARNuM's DAY.
Thousands of People From Far and
Near Went to the circus.
A Gorgeous Street Parade Followed
by Performances in the Big Tent.

The great BaTnnm and Bailey circus
canped in town yesterday, and as usual
their coming made a holiday for the great
portion of the populace, especially in the
suburban towns and villages. The old folk
| and young folk, the country lad and maiden
| from FAR and near came in carriages, walked
| and rode in the cars early in the day to ar
| live In time tn witness the colossal street
| parade in the morning. The streets were
| throDged with people, and here and there
| all along the main thoroughfares were ven.
ders of various articles, many of which were
in great demand. At o'clock the great pro-
cession moved from the circus grounds in
DeeriDg into the city. 1t was grand
pageant The long line of golden, carved
charlots and wagons, the open cages Of fierce
beasts, the Moorish caravan, the elephants,
the fine horses and bands of music made a
splendid free show that was admired by all.
The procession was 10 minutes passing a
given point. AT the opening performance in
the big tent in the afternoon there was a big
crowd. The throng on entering the first
tent enjoyed themselves looking at the ami
mails. The most interesting cage, perhaps,
was that OF the lioness with the three little
whelps. These little lions were about the
size of large domestic cats and were very
playful The children liked to watch their
antics and so did the old folk. The savage
growl of the big tigers in the cage next to
the docile old linness attracted big crowd,
and the tame seals and elephants were in
teresting as they always are. The black
wizards tent which was pas cd through be-
fore entering the big show tent was aston
ishing and p1zzling to many. These living
supernatural illusions. produced by modern
scientific methods by famous magician,
were a novel feature. This part of the show
is both startling and beautiful exhibition
Another new feature was the Moorish car
AVIAN and Arabian fantasia 1t was secured
by special permission Of the Emperor of
Morocco, after the Judgment in the hands of
that monarch's officials of large sum of
money, and an agreement to return the peo-
pie to their native country. They were first
seen in Moorish encampment plcturcsquely
grouped, depicting a real desert encamp-
ment, where ensued grand display of all
their eDjoyments, introducing the charming
Algerian dancing girls. VIII ose poetry of mo-
tion has been the theme of Eastern bards for
1000 years. Then there was an exhibition of
the native flute and tambourine players, fol-
lowed by grand display of wild barbaric
feats Of daring horsemanship and deXterity
in the use Of their curious muskets and
Turkish scimeters; then the attack on the
travellers. the capture OF the caravan, the
pursuit OF the flying Bedouins ON their real
Arabian horses, then subsequent pitched
battle with French soldiers of the line, and
other realistic pictures Of the desert life of
those wondering people. just as it has exist
ed from the days of Solomon the Great
The wonderful sagacity of the four tame
seals. the three pig clowns, the trained stall
lions, the wonderful high wire walking, the
trained doves, the clown BEAR the perform
ance of the hairy elephant. the performing
goat and the equestrian performances of
Miss Lille Deacon were among the best and
most entertaining numbers on the pro-
gramme. Then came the hippodrome races
that were very pleasing to the vast multitude
of spectators. The show was as great and
as grand as ever, really marvellous exhibi
ton. The day was very favorable for a
aoA6c lHC CiONO III lHc cNGDlHS
was fully as large as that in the afternoon.
The great show, although it took away
thousands of dollars, was a means of much
income to many. The restaurants, the soda
fountains and the horse cars all received an
immense patronage. ,a..,-,... .
\ rAt abQutS O'clock last night the work of
moving the great show began. The manner
in.which this is, done is very interesting. 1t
would appear at first thought that the NOV
ing Of spcli an enormous exhibition would
! require many hours, and 1t would be reason
able to think days; In, three hours, how
! eyei, without the least confusion and with
no unnecessary noise the entire show Is put
| upon cars ready to be carried On to the next
place of exhibit. 1t requires 81 immense
| platform cars, IS very large stock cars and
seven sleepers to transport the show. At 8
o'clock last night the work of moving the
| wagons began. The big animal tent was
taken down. the elephants, camels. horses
and other animals driven to the cars, and in
very few moments after the performance
was over the huge show tent lay fiat upon
the ground. The great trains of cars
required to transport the show flied Com
mercial street, the stock cars being near the
| Grand Trunk depot and the platform cars
| stretching away toward the old Boston &
Maine depot. Strong plank walks were
placed in the d00rways of the elephant cars
and quickly without making any trouble
they walked in and took their places inside.
1t took but a few moments to load them.
Then came the camels, is of them. They
were all put in one big car in twinkle and
there was no noise or confusion about the
work. Even though the hour was late Sc, ;
eral hundred people were on the street to see
the cars loaded. From 20 to % horses were
put in a car. it taking not over 10 minutes to
load car when the animals arrived. The
| platform cars we're even more quickly load
| ed. A large eight horse wagon containing
an immense load was put upon q car easily
in a couple of minutes. The team was
driven along near the end of car, the
| horses taken off, and then two horses by
means Of ropes and puieys easily hauled the
wagon over two wide wooden rails to the car
Thus span OF horses and Il few men loaded
the wagons, the large ones AS easily as the
small ones, AS fast as they were brought
along
Mr. Byron Rose master of transportation,
directed proceedings, and 81 well did each
man know his duty it was little trouble to
oversee the work of loading the great show
Mr. Rose has been in the business for the
past 20 years and thoroughly understands
packing the equipments snugly away ON the
railroad cars. After three hours of clock
like work last night everything was On the
| train, and by the time this Is read it will be
| 'unloaded in the city of Lewiston, where
.touay'S performance is given.
opera at Greenwood