Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-03

Forspsugh's Aggregation Is Nov
Encampsd on the Island.
WONDERFUL BRUTE INSTINCT
tsrph4ss. and Camel. tt< fuse to Drink
Grand fss<s MATER AZ IL furis bs,-
io~ the se~er Oatiss~

The Forepauzh circus znd nsearuis
ea4ss yesterday nlorBfzg. IL rhrep isss-
tions oseF The G. A " VI. road. add are
no1 quaEteEed "a the isiaEd The Usual
cregst xsr az the yards % greet the great
F'Fep1ugn szxfssGfion. and o. see The
cirrus unicssssd 10 arrived about
ehsrch tluss. and the melsiiiaous tones
of the sabbath bells we're blended N a
Mid dls~rorlaacv With the tfunpeting
81 elephants. Tie groWis ~ The hurgEy
tiSess. ADD the picturesque profanity Of
the childFel - sin sho acre unloading
The Wazens, Al the nnsighteois sinai
bs,gs IA tbs city we're present and eiost
II the righteous stayed away from sun
day seheol - - the fun.
Ma a Day or Issst.
sunday Ia a circus j. day u rest
ouly Toe the star performers end the
sisie show fFeaks- The canvas mea and
hostfers and general utility men hustle
lustthe same. Ia tao hours after the
ciFcns arrived the eoosg tent. the horse
teaf. tho dressing tents aud the ueIage-
re tent we're al up. As delicate
tribute ~ the sunday cbsing eecnusent
the aa4lo fent sas not raised. nor the
rings thfcsn Up until after cark.
Noosiy. the great evangelist preached
in the main tent when the circus vas n
Chicago. Fer two successive Sundays
the great expoundef Numbered from a
pulpit IN the center % the hippodron.e.
preacEinz the gospsl 90 the thousands
y ho Tiled the va-g tent. Mr. Moodyis
sermons made an impression even on
the circus employees. and they decided
not o. raise tie te1t ON Sunday h-reaf-
Ter unless II be absolutely necessary.
Visited nv Thousands.
Several thousand persons visited the
ISAAC in the af.~rn0on - see tho sghts:
but there were few Ia he seen The
most Interesting feature vas the man
who MS drisnZ a six mule team at
tachei % a spriasiinz wagon lie had
taken the dsgrce ~ master Of profanity
IN seven earcusez and his command ~
TIE yerrac,iisr vas revelation even "a
the visitors FROM the sixth ward. When
be yelled. tee. there accompanied
~ any nunber II vorsis best expressed
IN exclamation points. 10 The OF leader.
the crow lifted IL bar en- muse a. a
tribute - respect. add man Who mad
formerly been sec,,nI mate Ga Mnske
gon iamher barge insisted upon en- "a
PRODUCTION.
The chief poiGt n interest Sas the
h.re teut where tie hostirrs we,,,
grooming TIE thoroughbred Ara.ians
snd the bang tailed sraekcl Iacks. Thee
are something oFer SOJ horses with the
circus and some of them are a. 3eauti
sui animals as ever stepped on saad
ls she Neosgerir Tent.
The aenageFie tent was closed to visi-
tors and the zoolsg.cai aggregation spent
The afternoon IN fighting Hires and mas.
slcscing luportunats IDEAS. Tie waTt
tag the tao horned rhinocsste. the
polar hear. the orang ou,an-. the alpaca
gat which Smells like a m0rgue. and
che spotted African ptnfhers Sefe tax
irx lay IA. aud regelng a. The luxury
~ an aiierEoon s;csta. The rssf X n.
xoolcgical culiccts Was taking iiio com.
Portable With the exception q the
hyrn -. 4 hyena kno&s NO peace
H. the early afternoon occurred most
remarkable instance of brute iu.elli.
ceacr. The keepers heried tie r,e.
PAanfs aud canes and drove them 20
tAs river . arluS The caFavar was an
inipressise one. AID George Starr. the
gtu al press agent. actei ths role -
isiah fhe elephants trumpetsd with
- ~hrn taey caught a ghupss * the
msiestic Cus1t 1ht camels bielte1.
snD ever tie baby elephant and the
baby camel los,k part su fi4e 6.euaonstra.
tor. \ gigantic. hattie SCARED pnchy
dern. who .irst saw light eu TIE banks
az the majestic lrslrr. walst into the
water vith a snort ~ triumph. with the
remainder = the hcroi ~ hIs heels. The
veteran drew ia trunk full n Grand
river safer AMI sqeirtet Il o7er his
back Nth tie -o,elest msnif-s:stions -
delight lie allied has snake. like pre-.
hoscis axain. enrlej u around lato HE
csYar ~ MONTH and tos,k soul salts
fyng put
i;e'e~rd 10 Drink IT,
Then - gave : snort - anger and
teilrsea As- a s0un,ird buffalo hull.
iae mouth fud q water ves spit Aaif
vsF sfoss the siver a1i the elephant
ferr up fNenty fs,i q the river he'd.
sftef e si''is tne keeper < = him quicted
dsi0n fao sstei8n ate = rotten cabbsze
~ Ilca Wa 1sf.s.ag doe stream. - tssa
the tafir cut 20 has naata. ard peace
ar- frs.rf.sL i 30 other animals re-
fesed - ~ cesr the water tl5l,. - the
afo nee 4 ~ d1ns waite from a
a.4e q ~aHars easis starr hr'd
% pa7etesi + ifs fu eia't .sary Coz seven
ners bed a-iuk -ha. stuT
eeftr rieFaei afd fhe animsls
nar f1s hs irani 20 sya.sris,
street. Hy eefa tilsa un ia,
.als - uaie - ngfieifl lrfa IA. kif.r
Htisr fahen from tue river asioa tas