The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

vendors while they waited for the pa
rade Later, when it came time to go
to the grounds, they went in street cars,
in carriages and on foot. The route to
the grounds was literally black with
people for more than two hours 1t
kept a dozen ticket takers at their wits
ends to gather in all the paSteboardS
emitting the circus-goers to admission
and when they had all assembled in
the mammoth tented amphitheater the
crowd was a sight to behold. stretch
ing entirely around a third of a mile
track on tiers upon tiers of seats
When the performance commenced
one standing in the entrance way ana
scanning the immense congregation OF
mortals could not see where there was
place for another soul to find seat
and still they kept coming and all
squeezed in somewhere. 1t was stated
by one of the management that the
great tent seated $4,000 people. Ii TINS
is not too large, $4,000 people, men.
women and children saw the afternoon
performance, and the attendance in the
evening was nearly or fully as large
No more orderly crowd ever congre-
gated in Butte than that which ilied
the streets in the morning and the big
circus tents in the afternoon and even
ing There was no drunkenness and
no disorder of any kind and but one I'M
day. That occurred during the parade
when the customary fool horseman had
TO get his horse too near the elephants
in Arizona street, where the crowd was
very dense, The animal, becoming
frightened, plunged and scared the peo-
pie. who forgot all about the parade
and rushed out among the elephants.
One boy was knocked down and con-
siderably bruised, but not seriously
There was NOT another occurrence. so
far as reported, to mar the pleasure OIL
the people, and the great crowds en-
joyed to the fullest extent the greatest
circus day Butte ever knew. The day S
programme of amusements commenced
when the parade left the show grounds
at 10 o'clock. The parade possessed all
the old-time circus parade features,
only that they were newer and brighter
and cleaner
Some pleasing new ones were added
The horses and ponies, the strongest
attraction for many, were round ana
fat and sleek, and such scores of them
No wagon was drawn by less than four
and from that to eight, and then there
were many more ridden by men ana
women who sat upon them gracefully.
They were very pleasing TO the eye.
Then the uniforms of the show people
were bright and catchy. the wagons
looked newly painted and nothing had
an old, worn appearance. There We're
six bands. all good, but the one which
attracted especial attention was the
mounted military band, musicians
mounted op beautiful horses and dis
coursing excellent music as they
marched along. Still another band
which attracted attention and must be
accounted good, though its music was
somewhat discordant, was styled SOU
sous band" 1t was composed of a
crowd of clowns with a leader made
up to represent the great band master,
who had Sousa's actions down very
fine With their funny actions and
absurd strains they greatly amused the
throngs along the highways The pa
rade abounded in excellent attrac-
lions. too many to enumerate in de-
TAIL but they were all good. The ami
NAL cages were nearly all open with
intrepid trainers seated among the
ferocious looking beasts, the big herd
of elephants, all fine specimens, docile
and well behaved, delighted the child
ren and a novelty in the shape of
huge Ginning bells mounted on a
heavy silver vehicle We're among the
features. The parade was mile in
length and not an embarrassing feature
was shown. Like the performance that
followed, it was the best thing in Its