The Newtown bee., 1893-12-15

sethhlgd buffalo, the hair On their fore quarters long and shaggy. Those wild hogs see-saWed, formed a pyramid, one was harnessed to little cart, one rode and one hung on hohind. Then two were harnessed [" " ''.rlot and the
 CLOWN RODE ROUND. The clown was very funny. He talked Russian to the animals and they did just as he told them, very many things. After the boars went out the clown took wooden square edged spade, stood on it with both feet, holding the handle with his hands, and jumped about the ring with it. Next he took tall stick notched on each side, clim bed to the top of the notches and jumped with it. It really seemed wonderful. Next came W. Philadelphia with the lion, Black Prince, and Lula, larger horse than the first one, with the dog, Nora. The lion was handsome one and did the same tricks as the lioness 1 besides others, rode round on the horse, etc. Fifth, came on Mir Mehrman, with SEVENTEEN ANIMALS, l two fat sleek tigers, two leopards, two black bears, one Polar bear and six boar hounds. Now those of you who have attended the Danbury fair will remem- Der the trained dog7, and how they sat on chairs. Now these animals all come in and take each one his own chair, dogs and all. You've no idea how funny it seemed to see those great lions and bears sitting up so gravely on chairs. But oh, the bears, One was black with brown nose the other had white nose They
 walked in on their hind legs like dudes,
 and were received with shouts of laugh
 ter from the audience. Some people
 back of us insisted that they were men
 dressed up. All the animals seemed !. very good natured, and were occasion ally rewarded by bit of something We had an idea it might be candy . which they crunched with great satis faction The tiger and the black bea D walked on rolling globes. All the ani
 mals
 ? FORMED AN IMMENSE PYRAMID, , each one knowing his own place. Tn { dogs leaped hurdles, lion standing a :, each end. The tigers were harnessed tt - a chariot and the lion, Black Prince L, with a red robe thrown over him, gil :, crown on his head and holding the rein in his mouth, drove round the riri e with two dogs hanging on behind. :, I forget to say that in the act before l. when Black Prince had jumped for tn n last time from the horses back to tn pyramidal block large piece of bee s was handed up to him on the end of 1T long pole. The lion stood up on hi ]. hind legs to reach it, tore it off and wit n and ran off to his den on a gallop. M e Merhman holds one end of a rope, lio 7. the other end in his mouth, and do
 jumps the rope beautifully, and if 1 rt
 member aright, he stood up on his hin
 legs to jump. Then the
 ANIMALS HAD PLAY SPELL
 rolling on the ground, running around
 etc., apparently doing as they liked.
 Prof Darling, fine looking man, wit
 at least four flashing orders on h
 breast, came on with five magnificer J Nubian lions, who seem very clever an kind. One of them, who does not ge Il down from block when the rest d( Il the Prof catches by one ear and leg, an III | lonr rria him tho ripu t0 hjC pa
 The lions must weigh several hundre
 pounds, although I doubt they woul J. weigh 700 pounds, as the Sun rcpOrtt u gets it.
 '' The lions ride tricycle.. They hol 'e scarfs in their mouths for the dogs It jump over. Prof Darling drove roun
 the ring and off with three lions hitchc y abreast to the schariot. The professC III seemed to be on excellent terms with h It lions, batting them when they did we '' and rewarding them with something. 'o One thing was
 VERY NOTICEABLE. ar All these animals were fat and apparen r ly well groomed and clean. They ( m not look like the animals in circuses, b' d handsome and intelligent. And l nev' nj before saw such splendid dogs, who a ,r not at all in fear of the lions, but alwa,
 seem to be just where they are wante
 and they would not hesitate to spring
 the beasts if fnecessary.-[E., Monroe, C t,
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