Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-10

fruits, soda, etc. Among the business
| exhibits was noticeable the display OF
Staples. Smith & Moody. musical deal
: ers Of Augusta. When the circus paiu
sounded the first note OF the opening
march it could be said that the pis
event had begun in good shape. inns
band was stationed on the side OF the
big ring and was under the direction
OF DR.. r. d. Simons and included 20
pieces. 1t can well be said that the nu-
sic furnished by 1t was of a kind partic
ularly appropriate and that the Dahu
did a particularly good job.
The first and opening number OF the
| circus was a grand act by II cost,imed
riders mounted on some of the goou
horses of the city and the many maneu-
vres executed by them brought storms
of applause from the audience, as was
certainly proper.
The riders were as follows: Ladies'
Mrs. J. NJ. l.. Bates, Mrs. II. L. San
ford. Miss Alice Clifford, Miss blanche
Stevens. Miss Millie hurry and Miss
Rose Burns. Gentlemen Judge Henry
harrington, James f. Bagley. Henry a.
Wood. w. Bradford Wood, George W.
Brown, Jr.
The act that followed the opening
was one that always pleases the chill
| dren, and some of the older ones, ana
on this occasion was high class clown
act presented by James Faulkner as
clown, j. M. MacNamara as an English
| swell. and G. c. Hamilton Pickle) as
the Dutchman. Among the foolishncss
done by these was a burlesque baseball
game that certainly took the medal for
! N tciy no
4 hibited by them, including catching
| fielding and base running, would put
it I'll over some would-be professionals
| The entrance of the LADY ring master,
! Mrs. II. l.. Sanford. was Il brilliant one
: besides being decidedly novel and dur
ing the remainder of the performance
, the lady had charge of the ring. linen
came one of the best acts of the even
ing and one that was especially profess
: Sional in the form of Il startling trap
exc performance by Marvello, the
trapeze wonder Marvcllo made Il
good impression on the Gardiner circus
gocrs at the performance. last year,
and added to it this time by his gilt
edged work.
F, StrafIin's high dive over four horses
| was another prominent number and
clinched that popular gentleman's rep
utation as trained athlete.
| A very credtable head balancing ex-
hibiton was given by Lincoln Williams,
| who showed several difficult fcats in
| that line. The Lazcllc Brothers then
, gave an astonishingly good exhibition
of horizontal bar work and drew Il good
| lot of deserved applause from the spec
| tators. The Indian act by eight CO.
manches was one of the startling acts
on the program and some fine hair-r;iiS-
| ing rough riding was done which was
| followed by a lively and noisy war
dance which pleased the audience. The
performance was concluded by one OF
| the good numbers, that of a team of II
| famous aCrObats with n long list of
tumblng. pyramid building, etc, etc,
which caught the audience in way 1t
was not looking for and which was the
cause of a big burst of applause.
For the first night Il big success is
recorded and each succeeding evening
it is expected that this will be added to
and make the fair one of the successful
ones to follow the five previous ones
under the auspices of the Gardiner
Board of Trade.
To George w. Brown, Jr., and A. j.
Burns who did the work of arranging
the circus, belongs much praise in pre-
pairing a program of such worth as was
given, Monday evening. The fair will
continue, this evening, with repcti-
ton of the circus.
The ladies' booths will be omen from
1.3O to p. NJ, Tuesday and Saturday,
for the sale Of articles, without admis-
sion fee,