Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-08
Great Wild West Show
Comes to Augusta.
Large Crowd Sees its Interest.
ing and Wonderful Features.
The Morning Parade and the Two
INSTRUMENTATION, COWBOYS,
Soldiers, Australians, Cossacks and
Japs.-A Clean Show.

| Augusta, and all the country around
mad generous glimpses, yesterday of
| the Wild West and the Far East and
thousands enjoyed the long parade and
| the afternoon and evening exhibitions
| under the big tents. A show that is
| always welcome to the State of Maine
is Pawnee Bits Great Wild West and
Far East exhibition. In the first placa
the value of the show as an educator
OF young and old is unparalleled. 1t
l gathers together the representatives of
the most diverse races and peoples in
one great chronological congress, and
they are seen under circumstances as
nearly rs possible approaching their
| native conditions. The value of such
an exhibition cannot be ovcr-esti-
| mated.
| Again. the Pawnee Bill show has not
the slightest tinge of anything that the
youngest child might hear and see and
thereby suffer moral contamination.
Every feature is absolutely clean and
wholesome. A third point that the
persons composing the large crowd
found out, yesterday, was that the
usual schemes for plundering the I'M
wary were conspicuous by their
absence. That patrons shall have
value received" for their money is the
motto of Major Lille.
The streets along the route of the
great parade We're crowded, yesterday
morning. when ut 10 o'clock the pro-
cession started from the grounds. The
cavaleade washed by Iron Shell. q
thoroughbred Sioux, chief of the Brula
Xx:lSo
and an expert horseman. Following
came the mounted heralds and a band
behind which rode the famous scout
and soldier Major Gordon w. Lille.
or Pawnee Bill. The rest of the first
section of the parade was made up of
n bewildering collection of Indians.
cowboys. cavalry. Mexicans. Gaun-
choeS, and reerOes. Several bands and
drum corps furnished lively music.
The second section of the parade was
| 1.-THE Far East" Here'hwere gathered
| Cossac1,s and Japs. Hindoos and
Sinhalesc. Turks and Arabs, together
| with representatives from the Aus
tralian boomerang thrOwers and other
savage tribes from the South Seas.
But the geological portion of the
| whole exhibition must not be omitted.
| In the parade We're some of the finest
| specimens of horseflesh ever seen here
| The magnificent Arabian horse that
danced to the music Of the band ELECTED
universal appreciation. BronchOes.
mules and burrOes came in for a share
| of interest. Six fine dromedaries add
ed to the geological value Of the East
crn section. Altogether it was one Of
| the finest parades ever seen in Angus
| ia.
| With curiosity whetted and expecta-
| tons raised to a high pitch. 4 great
| cOncOnrse of people attended the show
in the afternoon and evening. nor We're
| they disappointed i'm the slightest de-
gree. They were rather surprised and
| delighted by the additional features
| that they had not anticipated.
| Many OF the principal acts on the
program We're presented by the Far
| Eastern races and were entirely new to
our people, contradioting the old say
ing that there is nothing new under
the sun The whirlwind Arabian
tumblers are without question the
greatest acrohats and tumblers that
have ever appeared in this country.
| noticeable feature was that. unlike our
| American acrobats. who depend entire
| ~ on agility nearly all required great
power of strength and endurance.
The cowboys, MeXicans and Indians
are one of the greatest cOnclaves of
ropers and riders that have ever been
brought Fast.
A feature on the program that elicit
ed as much applause as any was
the Russo-Japanese war spectacle.
which depicted n vivid scene of actual
modern warfare and from the applause
which greeted this number it was
clearly shown that the sympathy of the
entire audience was with the little dark
skinned Japanese warriors who, as i'm
nearly all their actual engagements.
brought the spectacle to a close with
another Japanese victory.
The races, the Mountain Meadow
massacre the DeadwoOd stagecoach,
the robbery and other attacks were
presented with dash and vim that
enthused the audience to rounds of APP
plause.
Pawnee Bills Wild West and Great
Far Fast is without a doubt one of the
most novel tented shows that
has appeared here for long time. 1t
is hard for the public to understand
and appreciate the magnitude of this
kind of undertaking. When one takes
into consideration the fact that there
are 81 different nations represented in
the Great Far East department alone.
not counting the different tribes of In
dams. Mexicans. South Americans,
Galnchoes and others who go to make |
up the Wild West features. problem |
arises i'm the feeding of these various
nations that would tax the resources of |
our greatest modern hotels.
For instance tine HindOos and Sinha- |
lese from the divine island of CeylOn I
will eat nothing that has contained ani-
nal life. Some of the dishes they pre- /
pare for their feast days contain vege-
tables that it would be impossible to |
procure in our home markets. conse- |
quently they are imported from Ceylon i
and India.
The Turks, Arabs and Mohammedans |
eat no pork or food cooked in pork fat |
and all meats eaten by them must be |
killed according to their religious views. |