The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-10-10
SAMUEL WATKINS,
This Greatest of Amusement Organi-
cations Will be Seen in Henderson,
Monday, October 28th.
~OD 49,
SELLS BROS SHNWS.

This Greatest of Amusement Organi-
cations Will be Seen in Henderson,
Monday, October 2Sth.
AS heretofore ahnoneced Sells Bros
Shows will exhibit here on the 2Sth
inst. The town has been billed
with beautiful colored pictures and
large and attractive advertisement
looks out from the opposite page Of the
GOLD LEAF this week, all announcing
the good news of the coming of this
monster amusement organization. Las
Friday the show was in Charlotte.
This is what the Observer says of it in
column article, we making only an
extract, taking paragraph here and
there:
Yesterday was an ideal circus day.
The weather was perfect and by early
morn humanity was on the move.
All roads within a radius Of twenty
or thirty miles led to Charlotte, and from
daylight until 10 O'Clock there was q
ceaseless roll of wagons and vehicles of
all kinds along the kings highway,
and those who rode therein brought only
beaming countenances, happy in the
anticipation of "going to the circus"
and OF once more seeing "Old John Low
low"
The parade was the event of the morn
ing 1t was nearly mile long, and was
one of the finest ever seen in Charlotte.
Thousands were drawn in it's wake, and
the charm of band wagons and cages,
horses and other circus belongings were
the same rs of yore.
The first performances took place at 2
O'Clock. and was witnessed by fully six Or
seven thousand people. The only objec-
| ton one could raise is an usual one, viz:
| the show is too big; one gets too much
| for ones money. There are three rings,
all in operation at the same time, and it
! is d physical impossibiity for mortal
man, with only two eyes, to keep an eye
on three rings. A crOss-eyed man might
strike a happier medium than an. Ordin-
ary sightseeing individual Many there
| were that would have been Little Three
| Eyes" for the time being, but no good
fairy came to give additional vision, and
| so there were thousands who saw and
yet did not see, all of the big circus. OF
| the merit of the big show there can be
| only one expression. 1t was fine per-
| Torrance. Every thing was good, moth
| ing was poor. The grand entry was al
| most equal to the street parade; the ex-
hibition of the educated seals, wonder
| full; the mid-air performances as fine as
any ever seen; the riding monkey ''too
funny for anything" the balancing and
posturing excellent: the riding good, the
Roman hippodrome races exciting; and
last but not least the clowns were i'm
| mense The show in its entirety is first
class-such a show as Sells Bros. would
! be expected to carry, and such a one as
John LowlOw would be connected with.
| 1t was known that John LowOw, the
| old time favorite-the greatest clown
America has ever prOduced-was with the
show and many went just to see him
| When he came into the ring although
in his clowny clothes he was recognized
| and given an ovation. The applause
was repeated with more vigor when he
wound up his Introductory speech with
"and you may know it's SO, for it's old
John Lowlow who tells you John is
as young in appearance, if not in years,
as formerly. He hadn't enough to say
yesterday to please the crowd. They
wanted to hear more of his ''gab" and
the time allowed was too short.