St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07
CIRCUS WEATHER.
Old Sol Promises Plenty of Sunshine
for Tuesday.

"Old Sol" has always been too much
of gentleman to spoil the children's
Saturnalia, and therefore "circus
weather" in the large cities OF the United
States has become almost synonymous
with Queens weather in the British
Isles" No matter how belligerant the
season may be, or to what extent the
weather bureau has been playing horse"
with the elements. no sooner does one OF
the big shows announce its coming than
the weather almost invariably becomes
ideal, the bright sunshine and soft
breezes rejoice the hearts of the countless
thousands of circus enthusiasts and
swells to bursting the Golfers OF the en-
enterprising Snowman
This old established rule to all indica-
tions will hold good in st. Johnsbury,
aud it seems more than probable that
the combined Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers circuses will get the best that
is going next Tuesday. This would only
be just and proper, for the great aggre-
cation is conceded to be the most COM
piete, perfect and faultless arenic aggre-
cation on this side of the Atlantic.
Everything is on gigantic scale, and
competent judges in amusement circles
state positively that no further extern
sion in magnitude or general excellence
is possible or practicable. The JOINT
owners of the Brogdignagian enterprise
are recognized as the most experienced
and enterprising amusement caterers OF
both hemispheres, and include ]. A.
Bailey, now in England with the Bar.
pum-Baiev show; W. w. Cole, wizard
in his way, and the famous Sells
Brothers. The immediate direction OF
the titanic affair is in the hands OF Peter
and Lewis Sells.
The special features that will be seen in
the "big tent" menagerie and annexes
are so varied and numerous that columns
of space would be required for a descrlp-
ton OF them; thus only the briefest men
ton Of the most startling or phenomenal
is possible. The double troupe Of trained
elephants, of entirely different schools
and trained by the greatest animal edu-
Gators in existence, are especially not
able. The Forepaugh herd has held the
record for marvellous intelligence and
dociity for over twenty years, and this
season they are stated to be much more
astounding than ever. One of their
novel feats is a complicated quadrille by
eight OF the largest animals in the group
| The Sells Brothers educated tuskers are
second only in the world to the Fore
paugh contingent, and their military
drill and evolutions are almost as re
markable as the quadrlle feature. What
is accounted the browning climax in the
way of animal acts is Woodwards Sea
and Sea-Lion Orchestra. The combined
menageres transcend anything of the
kind ever collected, and no wild, Zero
cious, rare or peculiar animal, bird Oh
reptile is lacking a specimen in this re
markable geological congress. Th'
equestrian, aerial, acrobatic, hippodrom'
and special features are in almost every
case new to America, most of them hav
ing been especially engaged in Europe OF
solely devised for the present tour.
Six troups of aerial and arenic artist
will make their first local appearance
with the Forepaugh-Sells Federation
Tuesday, June 13.