Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-09-29
ACITY BUILT
INA FEW HOURS.
The Wonderful Handling Of A
Big Circus And Menagrie.
F0REPAWS & SELLS SHOWS.

Wnoop the boys and girls, men and
women, and everybody made a rush
to the Santa Fe depot to see the
coming of the big show, which had
been causing no end of comment, OF
saying of pennies, and of anxiety that
something would happen, ever since
advertising car number one was here
month ago.
And why should this not be? Is
there any form Of amusement offered
to the general public which carries
with it an opportunity to lern as
much about the jungles of Africa and
India, as does the circus' Here We
see gathered in the Forepaugh &
Sells menagerie over wagons con-
tanning wild animals, and some of them
very seldom seen in captivity, besides
the Is, elephants, the camels, the
water buffalo, and others. They are
not only curiosity but they are
something that teaches US that there
are other countries than our own
United States.
The three trains, made up of So
cars, reached the city from Newton
about nine-thirty. 1t beng Sunday
the crowd to see the unloadingll was
very large. Everything worked like
clcck work. The six and eight horse
teams managed by one man picked
their way easily through what seemed
to be a lab jrinth of horses, wagons,
and people. Not a hitch occurred.
The work went on the same as any
day in the week, except that the
main tent was not put up. NJ
Having a desire to know something
about the government and working
OF circus, we made the acquaintance
of Mr.. Rial, one of the press agents,
and in the afternoon he escorted us
through the entire little city, for such
it is We asked him how many
people the circus carried. He said
1--WE feed few over $40 in the din
ming tent. We stopped to figure out
how much that meant. We though.
OF the population OF Eillnwood,
which is not much above
this number. We thought of
the combined population of Claflin,
Pawnee Rock, Heller, Albert, Olmitz,
Boyd, and Galatia, and still the circus
carried more people. Then for the
first time We began to realize Just
what he meant. This was not the
only eye-opener We had during the
afternoon, either.
The first place we visited was the
kitchen. This is the first and last
department of the show that is I'm.
loaded or loaded. We found four
extra large steel ranges, four big
kettles in which soup was boiled, four
chefs, eight assistants, and numerous
other employees. The dining room
was about hundred feet long, con-
tanning II tables, stretched almost the
entire length. 1t takes to feed this
circus for two day stand 1900 loaves
of bread, 80 gallons of milk, 100 lbs.
of coffee, 80 lbs. of tea, 1000 lbs. of
beef, 400 pounds of mutton, 300
pounds Of pork, 10 sides of bacon,
400 chickens, 50 bushels of potatoes,
2 gross each of canned corn, peas,
al ou'oe' cases of eggs, be-
sides all the fruit, pies etc.
From there we went to the animal
tent. We were given an opportunity
to see them at our pleasure and with
out crowd interfering. We saw the
big elephants after they had been
sand papered and oiled, aud again
covered themselves with dirt. We
saw the camels getting bath, the
see lions fed, the ladz hippopatamus
sweating blood, the antics of the
monkeys, the old mother lion with
her. six weeks-old playful cubs; the
polar bears, and everything else.
Then we were conducted to the
stables, where the 4S0 head of horses
are cared for in three tents, the work
horses in ona tha Shatl andc IN o,a