The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-07-05
CROWNED WITH SUCCESS,
John R0binsOn's Circus Receives an
Enthusiastic Welcome
Here.
PEOPLE COME FROM FAR AMO NEAR.
Elephants, Camels, Tigers, LeOpards,
and Hyenas Delight the
Boys.
Wonderful Feats in Bareback Riding
A Clown With New Jokes
Feats IN the Flying
Trapeze.
PEOPLE COME FROM FAR ANO NEAR.

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1t was the real circus, after all. The
vast tents. the grand nrocess,on and the
s;ao s,,,rns al Sro,.. -, ".o
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Oh the pas!' winch .dwells IN each ones
memory as h only real, great circus.
The looked like a citv in
itself II saamad 40 II a mon;o o;.u i'll.
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the gourd OF 'onah,s day' had sprung up
in a night or less, for at daylight We'd
nesday there we're no tents where in the
forspoop tbora wora about a do,.,
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mere were three great tehts that over
Swallowed the others. In one was the
circus proper in another the wild ami
ma,s in n third tho boodc,ortors Thaso
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'ehts were constructed quickly ny the
we'll drilled staff of John Robinson.
In addition to these were the side shows
with their oaudv nictures and ,o;sv at.
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.enua"'s. ING .hVe ioo'eo COW, "'he
California horse" 1.-THE Florida alligator"
and 'the tallest married pair In the world"
we're all there with monstrosities such as
adorn dime museums In Chicago or New
York,
As the hour of two approaches people
gather in great numbers at the entrance
to the circus. The attendants receive II
shower of silver dollars and In return
thew provide the paper token which opens
to the bearer all the wonders of the inter
Tor.
The great attraction of the day is the
circus tent. The rush there Is such that
the elephants, the tiger, the leopards and
other former denizens of the forest are
undecided, The lion. whose roar has
awakened forests, feels sighted and lies
sulkily in his IRON cage. The giraffe
looks down with scorn on the crowd and
the Bengal tiger crashes his teeth.
At length the spectators are all assem-
bled. The amphitheatre is nearly full.
Great Falls and the surrounding country
,s represented and well represented too.
for where could he found compilations so
fresh and radiant with good health as the
women display; or faces so full of intel
ligence and happiness as those of the
bows and girls who look down from the
tiers of the amphitheatre. Never has
there been so large an assemblage in
Great Falls. The circus makes the whole
world kin, There have been great pub
lie demonstrations here, but none could
summon Young and old in such number.
The performance begins. As in bali
rooms there is a grand march, which dis
plays only part Of the equestrian resour-
ces of the establishment. Here are scouts.
Indians and cowboys. Here are Arabs
perhaps from Arizona, and vacqueros who
never rode the Texan o lains, But where
aver the came from thew are good horse-
men and are we'll mounted. OF course
there are piebalds and perhaps cayuses
here. but there are also horses of feet
foot and high breeding, whose fine pro,
tortions excite admiration for no where
Il a good horse better appreciated than in
Montana.
The incidents of the performance sue
coed each other rapidly. There are nc
tedious DELAYS. The orchestra discourses
excellent music. The dancing of the
Virginia reel on horseback is we'll per.
formed. The feats of Josie Denote and
William DeMotte excite general admir-
alton and recall the palniest DAYS of the
circus. These we'll trained riders have
perfect control of their horses and ride
them around the ring. performing DARING
feats with perfect ease. The clown
what circus could do without q clown
actually retails some new Jokes and is a
trife sat,rical on womap-kind. The ath-
letes perform wonderful feats which ex-
cite applause. All at once a young
J woman daShes into Inc arena, drlVlng "a