Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-09-28
CIRCUS TO-DAY,
WALLACE SHOWS
HELD FORTH IN COLDS
BORO TO-DAY.
1t is one of the Finest Ever Seen
in This City-A Magnificent
Parade and Grand Per-
Torrance.
Daily Argus Of Tuesday.


Circus day in Goldsboro. Read
ers of the ARGUS know what that
means. For weeks the ARGUS has
heralded the coming show, and
has told our people, judging from
what the press of the country was
saying that great things were to
be expected of the coming Wal
lace Shows.
Well, the circus has come and
made good its promises. It is SIM
ply magnificent
True the weather took on a
freak just in advance of the COM
ing of the circus, and the inces-
SAINT rain last night damped the
ardor of many and drowned the
hopes of hundreds in the country
round about who had looked for
ward to the great event with an
ticipations of a joyous day, and
sombre clouds of disappointment
canopy their horizon to-day.
No, the weather has not been
propitious, but nevertheless, be-
fore daylight this morning all
sorts of folks began focking to
the city by the thousands. Little
folks, big folks, white folks, black
folks, all sorts, sizes and condi-
tions are here. Some came to see
the parade; some simply came to
town with s'no thought of the
at least that is what they
said; some came to s'bring the
children just to see the animals
what an old saw, while others
open and above board came to see
the circus and everything con-
nected Herewith.
This morning at II o'clock,
the magnificent pageant, the street
parade, began, and the splendid
bands burst forth with the thrill
ing circus music that causes the
blood to course through the veins
at a two-forty gate, drives away
all care, puts the children on the
run to keep up with the procession
and makes old hearts joyous and
young again.
Ten thousand eager, happy,
faces gazed at the vast parade as
it passed through the streets.
And what a parade! It was worth
coming miles to see. Splendid
horses richly caparisoned, ridden
by lovely women and handsome
men clothed in gorgeous array,
the long line of cages containing
wild beasts of the field from the
four corners of the earth, and the
funny clown, with grimace and
joke making merriment wherever
he went, made the great street pa
rade the delight of the multitude.
In the afternoon the doors OF
the many tents we're open to Wis
itors, who thronged the menagerie
for more than an hour before the
performance began, looking at the
rare specimens of the animal king
dom, which form such an impor.
tant part of the Wallace Shows.
Promptly at the appointed time
the performance began. Not ev-
erything was new, but the very
best of the old is retained by the
Wallace Shows, and hundreds o.
features-bright. crisp and new
have been added. In fact, every.
thing was Of the highest order.
Shows like the Wallace Shows
do good as-they go. They make
happy many hearts. give people
something to talk about ane
break the monotony of the hum
drum, round and round of daily
life.
Good management character
lied every department. of the gi
|gantic establishment, Evidentl,
Mr.. Wallace, the owner, is a ma
iof wonderful ability. Such a mai
Icould command a feet of war
Iships, or lead an army.
The Dreyfus case has been apt.
termed. 1.-THE Moral Sedan o
France.
Many a fathers experience is re
peated in Aguinaldo's wanting peac
now that he has a young son.
The statement to the effect tina
Commissioners of Pensions Evan
succeeded In cutting off pension al
torney's fees during the past year t
the amount of 1926, 900 furnishes
rather eloquent explanation of til
fight that has been made upon hin
The fact that the national Ct. A. q
Iencampment ignored the noisy fe
flows who have been making the wa
on the commissioner proves quit