The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
THIS YEARS. ATTRACTION
ALONG TIE MERRY AND BUSY
MIDWAY.
ALITTLE TENTED VILLAGE WITH THE BEST
Attractions and The Most Reliable Managers o
The Light Amusement World at this
Years fair,

MT. NlclOF ~. lltNltt is the lnOuetu
Barnum of the light amusement bust
ness, and with his partner, Mr.. A. Sea
man, he succeeds in bringing to fairs
and gala occasion, both North and
South. list of attractions that material
IL aid in making merriment for the visit
ing multitudes.
Mr.. Levitt is an amiable gentleman,
q thirty-two degree Mason, and man
who is peer of his fellows in the light
amusement world. He has been coming
TO our State Fair for the past six years,
and has never failed to bring such at
fractions and amusements as were cal
culated to add much to the enjoyment of
our thousands of Fair visitors.
Mr.. Levitt has had so much expert
ence in the show business, and is withal
such a clever fellow that he has natur-
ally drifted into the position of The
Manager of the Mid Way" and for sew
eral years has materially aided the man.
ayers of the North Carolina Agricultural
Society in securing list of attractions
and light amusements that are high
toned and interesting.
The Fair this year can confidently
lay claim to a most interesting and
amusing Midway, free from the low
fakir, and the unprincipled gamester.
The >tented attractions are. as a rule.
commendable, and are worth the
money it takes to see them. Among the
best attractions are the Crystal Maze
Buckley's Great Horse Show. Mont
Morenzo's Trout of Moors. the Starved
Cubans, the celebrated Jim Key, one of
the smartest horses in America, to-
gether with a number of smaller attrac-
tons.
The Levitt and Seaman shows begin at
the grand stand and stretch along down
Midway nearly half way to Floral Hall.
and in this little tented village may be
seen some of the most attractive and
amusing of the light attractions that
travel the road.
Messrs. Levitt and Seaman take in
the grand circuit, and are the managers
generally of the best Midway attrac-
tiOns at our leading fairs.
BURKLEY'S HORSE SHOW.
In the entensixe tent, almost as big
as circus tent, next to the grand
stand, will be found Prof. Buckley with
his fine collection of educated horses and
dogs. A tented show, formerly exhibited
throughout the country for fifty cents
admission. 1t has, however, been added
to the Levitt and Seaman list, and the
admission price has beenreduced to 10
cents. Among the best of the Buckley
attractions is the milk white Bonita.
one of the celebrated educated horses of
the age. Bonita can add figures, select
names and do almost anything that
human can do except to talk.
The General is another of the IA
nous horses of his time. He is a cavalier
and can dance, march and make himself
generally entertaining
Prof. Buckley has, in addition to these,
brigade of ten beauties who go
through all the manoeuvers of military
tactics; also a school of horse students
that play the school-room to perfection.
Peck's Bad Boy is the mule clown of
the show, and he is almost equal to John
Lowlow A squad of educated trick
ponies completes the list, and these are
the delight of the ladies and children.
Prof. Burkley exhibits also a squad of
the smartest of trained dogs that make
the continuous performances exceedingly
interesting.
THE CRYSTAL MAZE.
This is the great palace of mirrowed
M = woman or child that goes therein.
Nearly everybody who has seen a State
Fair or who saw the Worlds Fair. saw
the Crystal Maze, but there is hardly
one among them all, who does not feel
natural inclination to see the maze
again after seeing it once. 1nere is no
one that can describe it, or fittingly
portray its delights 1t must be seen TO
be appreciated. Let every visitor to
the Fair see the Maze, and be delighted
MONT MORENO.
This is the great Egyptian sword
fighter, with his troupe of Moo-s'
Oriental dancers, bowling dervishers and
wrestling bears. One of the most enter.
tanning attractions on the Mid Way.
Inside this tent may be seen the eyolu-
tons of the Moorish and Egyptian girls
In the songs and dances Of their native
countries as well as the devotional ex-
ercises of the people themselves. The
great wrestling bears are in this tent. At
the antics of these giants of the gunglas
the boys go wild.
THE FAMOUS JIM KEY.
In one of the most imposing and attrac-
tive tents perhaps on the grounds, a few
feet north of the grand stand, will be
found the worlds famous Jim Key, a
big finely developed dark bay horse that
seems to have graduated at some lead
ing college,
He is perhaps the best specimen Of
the educated horse, and has shown his
superior knowledge to the most dis
tinguished men and women from one
end of the country to the other. He has
astonished Presidents, Judges, Senators,
congressman, teachers and preachers,
and is perhaps without question the
only horse in his class.
He can read. write add subtract or
multiply. He knows money and can
open the cash drawer and make change.
< He knows the cards and will select and
bring to the front any card that may
be called for. He writes his name Jim
on. blackboard in plain distinct let
tiers, and is altogether a horse that
should be seen by every visitor to the
Fair.
OLD FASHIONED SIDE SHOW.
With the best of the attractions may
be classed the oldfashion side show un-