Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-06-24
Circus Notes.

he ADVANCE agent came hrSt. That
was two or three weeks ago. He has
large duties. not the least of which is to
secure space in the Teller. He next was to
find vacant lots, dead walls and the like,
upon which is posted the most magnifi-
cent pictures Of earth's wonders to strike
with speechless amazement the small
boy and the enblanketed siwash; pic
lures of an impossible parade of 10000
mounted cavalrymen, all dressed in silk
and gold lace, as never an army since
Xerxes fretted the patient earth; pic
lures of elephants, caparisoned with gay
trappings, playing French horns and
performing all manner of acrobatic
tricks, to say nothing of the thousands
of wild animals just from africa
sunny fountains and midas coral
strand"
And the advance agent did his stipend
Gus work to the Queens taste" The
fame Through the Teller of the show
went to every nook and corner of all the
surrounding country, as was evidenced
by the incoming tide of humanity,
which sent its first ripple along our
streets as early as yesterday morning.
As the day grew apace the waves began
to swell to greater proportions. Old
people and Young, white people and
red, some on horseback, some in wagons,
some one way and some another, but all
coming to see the circus, the elephant and
each other, swelled the tide till at s
O'Clock last night the city was crowded
to Standing room only"
This morning at about a O'Clock the
circus train consisting of sixty cars came
in. 1t was side-tracked along Snake
river in the vicinity of the bridge, end
the few people awake at that early hour
wondered what on earth the roaring
humping noise could possibly mean
They discovered that it was oscasioued
by the restless stamping of the horses
imprisoned in the cars
The place selected for the circus is OIL
Normal hill, on the Ben Morris prop
erty, little east of MIR. Morris house
Late yesterday afternoon several loads of
straw were hauled to the grounds to-
gether with two or three tons of grain
an equal amount Of grain and several
cords of wood.
A Waterman was employed for two
tickets and so cents to guard the property
overnight.
AT S O'Clock sharp the first contingent
OF the big army of working employees
came on the scene. They were men car
rying iron rods to mark off the grounds.
Next came seven or eight big gaily col
ored wagons loaded with tents, poles,
ETC., drawn by six and eight horse teams.
Soon they were unloaded, and tents
etc, were strung around the ground
marked out by the iron rods aforemen-
toned, and then the novel work began.
In less time than it takes to write this
article, Aladin's palace-a veritab,e civ
of stupendous tents, filled with all man
ner OF circus whitened the
plain.
Next and last came The unnamed INV
the writer large "cars," containing the
menagerie and the other thousand and
one show cards" and in little while
the plant was ready for business.
An employee gave Teller representa-
tive some facts and figures regarding the
show, which may he of interest. There
are 500 people connected with the circus.
900 of whom he called working people.
1t takes usnsally about two and a half
hours to put up the tents and get ready
for the show. The tents he designated as
Big Tent "Menagerie. "Black Top. :.
Side Show" Hotel Dressing
Room, and four tents for the hotel.
The salaries of the employees runs from
SIS to $Iso per months.