The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-26
Sells Brothers. United Shows.
AT BARRE ON JULY 5.

Sells Brothers Enormous United Shows
is not only the biggest, brightest, cleanest
and best exhibition on the terrestrial globe,
but is more literally managed than any
circus now travelling. This season the big
show will be greater and grander than ever
before Refulgent dawn of new era;
originating and inaugurating new ideas and
features; improving and perfecting its mag
nitcent performances equalizing low
prices of everything by cutting its admis-
sion fee from fifty to twenty-five cents to all
combined shows, including a seat. A fear
less stroke of managerial policy, sending
terror into weakened rivals whose pigmy
brains have been racked to meet the ext
gencies Of dull times. Other shows have
reduced the capacity of their canvas,
curtailed salaries abandoned from one-
third to one-half their railway cars, at
least trebly decmated their attractions or
present those that are inferior, and engaged
cheap talent, which must not only be dis
astrous but suicidal. Sells Brothers, now
touring their twenty-fourth annual season,
have adopted Numerically the opposite
course. They have doubled their attrac-
tions, enlarged their already enormous can
vases increased rather than reduced sal
aries, discarded no act or artist of prOmi-
nence, materially and prominently aug
mented rather than depleted their accept
able all-overshadowing confederation, and
have placed the price of admission within
reach of everybody - twenty-five cents.
there never can be-a like opportunity of
witnessing so surprisingly great and super
emnently attractive an aggregation such as
Sells Brothers presentin all its positively un-
divided and undiminished excellence, with
no feat or feature omitted and no attraction
subtracted, but, on the contrary, vastly
REINFORCED by all that is superbly amusing
and instructive. The glorious three-ring
circus presents every act and feature as
advertised, embracing all the celebrities of
the arenic world three hundred startling
acts in three separate rings and two ele-
waited stages, fifty mammoth cages filed
with rare wild beasts, trained hippopotami,
trained sea lions and seals, performing ele-
plants, flock Of ostriches, rooster orchestra,
pig equestrians, trained kangaroos, lordly
lions, stately Indian tigers and marvelousiy
trained wild and domesticated animals.
Introducing in the gala hippodrome races
realistic, imposing and stupendous, revival
of ancient Rome, chariot races, hurdle races,
flat races, tandem races, donkey races, pony
thirty.six horse-riders, and in triple circus
equestriennes, equestrians, jockeys of all
nations. educated horses, trained ponies,
comical clowns, jolly testers, aero
bats, aerialists, gymnasts, riders, chari-
oteers, gladiators, bicyclists, roller. skaters,
leapers-and, in fact, all the champions
from every land under the sun grouped in
an unprecedented programme, alone worth
dozen times the price of admission, which
this year is twenty five cents, seat included.
Wait and watch for the most elaborate and
resplendent street parade that has ever
visited Barre, at ten A. M, on the day of the
exhibition. Special excursion rates will be
issued on all lines of travel.