The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-31
CIRCUS IS IN TOWN.
It Is Only Encamped Rere,
But It Affords the Small
Boy Much to Won
der At.

Not only the small boy, but even the
old std citizens who once were boys or
girls, showed keen interest in the ar
rival OF Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
Circus and Menagerie in this city late
yesterday afternoon. The great aggrega-
ton which left Columbus, Ohio, its win
ter headquarters, a few days ago to give
its first exhibition in 1900 at Madison
Square Garden, Newd York City, next
Wednesday night, is now encamped on the
open fields in the vicinity of Lafayette
and Van Horn streets. 1t was first stalled
on the meadows beyond Marion. Yester-
day afternoon. 1t didn't take the small
boy on the western slope of the Hill long
to see this first real harlinger of spring.
The long lanes of white canvassed cover
ed wagons to his trained eye was just
what he had been looking for all winter.
Edison, the electrical wizard, will never
invent any new means of though COM
munication that will eclipse that of the
small boy who scents a circus and wishes
to communicate his thoughts to his
friends The western slope of the hill
was black with kids from the schools. J"
They gathered around and between the
lanes of canvassed covered wagons, and
they saw nothing that they were really
looking for. Still they were full of Curl
osity and many of the followed the three
trains of nearly seventy cars into the
freight yards of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company AT six O'Clock last even
ing Henderson street, just outside of the
yards, was filled with 'en. The down
town kids We're just as curious The
street was bfoyszaded. The whole freight
yard through the wide open gate seemed
a mass of white canvass covered circus
wagons. There were three long trains.
The animal cages were on flats.
The beautiful system OF unloading was
appreciated by the trained eye. Over four
hundred horses were first brought into re-
QUESTION. As fast as the certain cages
and wagons could be taken down from the
fiats they were taken in charge by horses
cit would almost seem so, SO perfectly are
the horses trained), and hauled over to
the main portion of the circus is to en-
camp until after the present military
show is over at Madison Square Garden
They will move again tomorrow night
It's really surprising how much the
small boy knows about that two" horned
rhinoceros. It's the only one in this coun-
try The small boy knows that fact. He
attends the public schools. His papa never
saw a two horned rhinoceros. Therefore,
he's greater than his pa. Let him alone;
he'll beat his papa-provlded ms papa
don't know how 10 handle hlm But the
camp at Lafayette and Van Horn streets
was a great treat for those boys. They
were taking notes-mentally. The camp
was pitched in order to feed the wild
animals. They had had but one meal be-
tween this city and Columbus, o. That
was at Altoona, Pa.
on the cars were fifteen beautifully
groom ring horses that travelled in box
stalls in aristocratic style. They
wouldn't deign a look at the draught
horses The ring horses came from the
celebrated farm of Col: Jack Chin of Ken
lucky Louis Sells, millionaire show
man. looking as common as the veriest
stake driver was on hand directing the
organization of the camp