The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-10-24
BIG SHOW IN THE CITY
f3repduqh and Sells Brothers nake An
RudI Visits To WaxahsChie.

| beGn LOOKING forward TO with many
| happy anticipations For days he
| has been hypnotized by flaming post
ers. and this morning when the first
circus train reached the city he was
there in legion to witness the work
tof unloading the animals and wagons.
The work of unloading is in itself a
great big show and is enjoyed not
only by the small boy, but by the
Older ones as we'll This work is CON
Quoted In such a systematic manner
that II is sight worth going a long
way to see. In spite of the drfzzling
rain which was falling a large crowd
| stood around the circus trains and
| watched the work of unloading until
| the last of the highly decorated
wagons had been rolled from the
cars and pulled by high stepping
horses to the show grounds.
The show came from Mckinney to
this place and the first train arrived
| this morning al $40. On this train
We're the heavy draft horses and the
| wagons containing the tents, poles
| and other paraphernalia used in the
/ construction of the white city Bv
| the time these were unloaded the
train bearing the handsome trick
horses aud the cages OF wild animals
WIS In the yards This train was
| followed In quick succession by the
| other trains required 10 transport
| this enormous tented entertainment
After the circus had been unloaded
| the next attraction of interest Is to
/ be found on the show grounds, where
| The work OF erecting the tents pro-
/ crosses with lightning like rapidity
! First appears on the ground a email
| army of tent men and with them
! comes the boss canTasman Before
/ he Is half way across the grounds
/ his tape tine Is out and he and his as
sistants are busy marking the loca-
| ton Of the tent stakes Very soon
afterward the wagons begin to arrive
with stakes. poles and canvass The
/ moment they arrive everything Is
hustle and activity and almost be-
/ fore one has time TO think the big
tents are up.
Among the earliest arrivals are
the com mlssaTy wagons. and those
containing the kitchen and dining
tents and their furniture, The first
tent to go up Is the kitchen and be-
fore the brace ropes are drawn taut
row Of cooking ranges is Ia posi-
tion, and smoke ls issuing from the
pipes and the steward ana his assist
ants are hard at work preparing
/ breakfast. for the hard work of cir
Gus men cannot be done on empty
stomarhs The dining tent Is up
almost as soon. and men are busy ar
ranging the long tables and benches
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ware. cups. sauceFs and plates, Others
are peallng potatoes and others are
building fires under the camp kettles.
while this is going on the tent men
have put up tbe stable tents, the men
agerie tent and the blacksmith shop
There are 500 horses, "A herd Of TWEEN
ty-fiye elephants and g large herd Of
camels besides the other animals
and they must all be housed and fed
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers EN-
ploy over one thousand men, women
and children To feed this great army
of people requires a daily average
Of oue thousand pounds of bread. one
thousand, one hundred and fifty
pounds OF meat five hundred gallons
OF coffee and everything else In pro-
portion These supplies. as Well as
/ fifteen tons OF hay. four hundred and
thirty bushels OF oats and sixty five
/ bushels OF corn. for the horses. have
20 be secured daily in the city where
1 the show is exhibited
Three rings. two enormous stages
and a hlppodrome track one quarter
90 q mile long, with forest of over
head riEinas used for the curcus
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strange as this may sound. and have
created sensational interests ln Euro
peau countries. There are more than
two hundred performers in tho re-
yolviug hiu as many as ten acts goo
iug ON az ono time Every second
of time counts in the two hours ot
the ring acts The three herds of
performing elephants with these Fu-
perior shows are worth soiuE mites
Ia SEQ The bulky fellows po'se
themselves nn their heads. evolve
dancing figures Nith regard ga tune
and changing stvle. and uautomiml.
cplly enact The broad humor of al
farcical sbif. is a spectacle not soon
forgotten. aud Is wholly unlike any
other exhlmiion II me kiua before
the public
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