The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-21
IT WAS A GALA DAY.
Hundreds of Visitors Make High
 Holiday.
They Came by all Modes of convey ance to See the Circus and Enjoy
 . First -Ciass Time.

Saturday last the town WAS en frtr. From far and near. by rail. by wagon. nn horseback, on mules. on burr@ and on foot, by ny,hing that could iun "" wheels or be drawn by cattle. crowds poured into the town and thromg'u the main business tl,oroughfares. And they presented pleasant sight wl'ha'. Country danes must have ransacked their wxrdrobes to some purpose [" tind dresses iu which tO honor the "ccasion. while the town ladies were attirrd m the latest fashions. their well.rounded forms being a,lmirsbl! srt "ff by their tight fitting L"dices. But perhaps the pleasantest sight "f ali was the young girls r"mping and ski,,ing about like frisky laml's-thr gid.iy ihings-and full of exprctanc, all the while. And the masculine par. iion, too, was well represented. Rxnchers, cowboys, herders were all in evidence. . nobls and stalwari body of men. while the boys dressed in their Sunday clothes and with sun shiny fares, presented all appearance that, entrusted with the dwarfsd and slunt-d specimens of their own age in the congrstrd cen,rrs of the east. is the hest recommendation the climate "f Arizona could pssibly receive.
 ~ But i, may br asked why all this r"ramotione A very simple matter. perhaps. in g." far as eastsrners are concerned, but here amussments are n"t so frequent aud when they come they are -nj"! ed with Best. Therefore It is no wonder that the advent of the great Wallace show was turned into a gala day. And it was worth it. Frequently shows coming t" this par, If the country, owing t" the heav! charges t"r transp pr,sti"n. bring "nl! ihr measliest ap'loyies for a show. Nm <" with the Wallace pe"pIs. Their show WIS a> complete as ever was pre- ulrd iu an ,as,rrn city. aud il is n" rAa. .grralion |" sa, the parade Was an u u,,aliiird siic,rSs. Their cattle are a >,iInrb lni nf aGinlalS. while the ri" ,.lia,iis. drnil,,ia irS aa,i raulrl> "v,'kr,, .xprrs.in,,s nf wonder and delight. l." fact, the cnmsrusis of "pini"n was tha u was the best show that ever visited this section of il,. c"untry.
 But unfortunately nnsn psv"r is hut always to be blessed" and the side shows lhat always accompany N circus. with all their freaks. ,nonstros, tiles. aud too frequently dem"ralizing influences. have [" be accepted as insv- mabIr; while the tramps. pickp"ck"ts and thieves which usually follow such shows as vultures do carrion. were fully represented.
 The show itself was 8 magnificent, exhibition of equestrlanIsm. gymnas. tics. rUpewaIking. tumbling. bicycle. riding. balancing. etc. There was. perhaps. only one fault that could b- found with it. and that WAS that the spectator suffered from an ''eml,arrass de richesses'' three rings being in operation at once 1t was impossible {" see ever, thing. The exhibition of living pictures. ton, cannot be passed without special mention. Altogether it may be said the performance was tirsi.rate. and had It not bpen for th. dust raised by the chariot racing there would mt have been word Uf dis satisfaction.
 Of course all the fools are not dead yet. Those who are most ready to ad- wise others against having anything [" d" with "d-ad sure things" are not in- frequently ths first to bite ,helnselvrs. Of c"urss. also. the phiIan,hmpio in'li. vidual who is always to be found with such shows. was present. in large uu,pbers. He didn', w#ht the money of the people of FIags,aR. mt he, he ouIy wished to show them a gam' whereby hs would hnlWverish himsrli aud his family for generations yet h come; and the suckers sucked in grra, style. But while they sucked he squrezed them until they wsrs as dr, as gonrd. shorn of every vestige "i their fleece. And then som. of them squraIed like spanked children sn,
 called on the sheriff |" get them thei,
 money back. They buckrd against
 the game with the best intentions, aud If they had won the other frllow'i
 none! the! wouldn't keep il. m' thrX The sheriff r..,,,vprru $l44,