Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-02
ADVENTURES OF a sAowMAs
Some Anecdotes from Fifty Year.
Showman's Life"

Fifty Years of Showman.r
oy U. Van Hare, IS most ento.al
ing volume, Mr. Van Hare has 'esrIain.
Snowman in nearly every Enr zen
country. and has met with an opean
string of Odd adventures from 'Os
his ready wit seems always to hav ~nl zen
treated HIM at the critical mom nom e&'
After half century of hard worS I
IS still "on the road His exnar;o = ne
has varied form dioramas tn n; 'enee
and from lion tanner 10 the exb Illus
OF a performing dog. Here is ona ~
his circus anecdotes: 0"e oI
"A funny occurrence hapnenod
night One of the best horses I n V Jus
stud was in the ring, and when tba slls
was finished and the horse be;ne dcs
out by the groom, one of the cIov ~
caught hold of his tail, pretendin" ~
pull him back, when the horses : ia ~
came of. This created quite a sen~ a,'
ton In the house. The and;an~s
thought 1t was cruel thing. and wonIS
no doubt have caused a dishIrha"rul
had it not been explained to t II'aee
The horse had the misfortune ~ =.
born with a rat tail, and to innroro
his appearance they had false toS
made to Tx on him before he had 70
appear in the arena; the clown NO,
being aware OF the counterfeit toll
was tricked. as well as the audience y
There is no trade which flourisbes 60
well upon dexterous advertisements ~
the trade of the Snowman. Mr. Vs. ~
Hare speedily recognized this; and ~ a
quote one instance out of MANY Of ,bo
good use to which he applied the nobIs
art of advertising:
Il commenced for private nar,;o.
with Napoleon, the wizard dog. which
l had done very we'll with the Chris
mas before, and to increase his nonn.
larlty he became lost. that is. be W.,
not to be seen. | advertised 100 guin.
cas- reward for the celebrated Nano-
leon, the wizard dog, euIogizing him
to the utmost of my humble abilities
finishing with, Any one restoring
him to his heart broken master woul9
receive the above reward, etc. was
inundated with letters from all omar.
tiers, from people who had seen a doc
that answered the description. | had
one from a lady desiring to console
me IN my bereavement by wishing sbs
might be allowed to put her affections
IN place of the beautiful Napoleon. for
his loving and broken hearted master.
etc."
Presently Mr.. Van Hare found him
sell on the west coast of Africa en-
deavoring to find a gorilla. That
noble animal was then practically I'M
known in Europe, and he shrewdly
imagined that the addition of a gorilla
to his show would make its proprie.
tors fortune. Sometimes food was
scarce, and on one occasion there was
nothing to eat but grilled monkey:
They looked very nice. | was
hungry and faint; put all suueamish
thoughts aside and tucked into a
couple OF legs with great gusto. i'll
had only had bit Of salt thought
what would have given if they had
been cooked like rabbits, without nv
knowing what they were. | should
have thought them delicious"
A baby gorilla was at last caught
and taken to Europe, where, as we
shall see, it was a very great success
indeed But before Mr.. Van Hare re-
turned to Spain, whence he had sailed,
he got into an awkward difficulty.
During his passage through the do
of the king of the Fan cnl,4.-
l lGg, "a and, he is ungaIIaRfiiTtu ederstand-
very much against his Wiz
the accepted sutton of that monarch's
sable daughter. He did not burn with
ardor to marry a Fan princess, and
contrived, upon promising to return
In a years time, to get clear away
without his African bride.
THE king tried to persuade me to
remain with him, and said he would
find me plenty of hunting, which he
thought l must be very fond of, hay
ing come SO far across the big water
he did not know wherein purpose
to hunt; the white men must be an
extraordinary tribe. | told him when
| came back | would stay and live with
him. The princess fretted very much,
and l presented her royal highness
with the very last pocket handkerchief
| had left to dry up her tears and
make herself happy till my return.
distributed numerous little presents to
all from whom had received any
kindness. After much shaking Of
hands, etc., took leave of his majesty
and his two queens. and mustered
up courage to kiss the princess.
and she, poor, dear creature, cried as
if her heart would break. | put on
little hypocrisy, and struggled hard
to shed a tear; but it was no use, and,
what was more unfortunate, | had not
a handkerchief to pretend to dry away
my tears"
At Havana Mr.. Van Hare was com
PEELED by the sudden death of a tanner
who performed daily with cageful Of
lions to turn lion tanner himself. be
had never been at such close quarters
with those beasts, before; but after
some very pardonable hesitation, be
determined to get over his tremors
once and for all
II rushed in with the heart of a lion,
whip in hand. The animals were at
once struck with awe, and crouched
into their usual corner | felt at once
| was their master. placed the hoop
against the iron bars for them to leap
through. The first came up with
growl. / gave him good cut with
whip, which he answered pretty
quickly by flying through the hoop
like lightning, and the others followed
suit. l found | could do as liked
with them, and put them through
their performance, and backed out Oh
the cage. "-Philadelphia Telegraph
Photographs by Telegraph.
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