The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
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Eight nationalities are represented
 among the performers, including Spaniards. Japs, Austrians. French Germans, Turks. Russians and Ameri- cans. Two interpr eters. a secret ser vice corps. a Red Cross Department blacksmith and wagon and paint shops three veterinary surgeons, an attor- ney. postman and weather fore caster are employed. And there are freaks galore
 Many human interest features can be picked up around the circus grounds. The scene is lways pie turesque. The travel stained tent men working with the regularity of an ant army. the hustllng cooks and walters, preparing the fool and ta. bles, and the comm,ssary department , hauling tons of hay to the stock anu animals, all have their dis inct inte : est.
 The management of the Barnur, show evidently discredits the Osler theory. An old man with gray hai- was directing the erection of the can vas. He as Charles. Pop" McClair 73 years old. who has been in the circus business since the days of the old overland show. when the tent could be carried in drummer's trunk and the menayerie consisted of a moth eaten elephant and a tawney lion. In 1859. he toured this section with the Howlad- Gushing slow. ami played Montgomery. tken q sprawlng village and already beginning to be the storm centre of the political hur- ricane which came near destroying the American union. The chief wagon master is Frank Hyatt, over 60 years old who has spent his entire life within 1G0 yards radius of the smell of sawdust.
 The Barnum show lays stress on the magnitude of its mencgerie. Dexter Fellows. the press agcEt Of the show and veteran circus man. said yes- terday he did not fear di,uute whcr he said the Barnum show carried ev- cry animal any oth er travelling show did and some few u,her.i. m discuss ing the menageries MT Fellows said
 Of course we have tie usual com pleinent "f lions, tigers, pumas. pan thers, leopards, bears. the various species of buffalo and deer. monkeys apes. zebras. llamas ydks. the sacrei cows of India. vari) )us birds, camelj. and herd of twenty fou- perform ing elephants In edition however, we have three giraffes. and the only two horner rhinoceros on exhibition. an Amazod river and Malay penin- sula taprs. the rare Red river hog. of the West coast of Africa the white rhea of South ..frica, Australia cas- so varies, the collar bear of Thibet, the Kadiack bear of Alaska. and huge hippo.
 Perhaps someone may notice peculiar feature of the menagerie to morrow. and wonder its cause" he continued. "In one cage. but separa ted from one another. is a Nubia lion named George. and common ord mary, bewhiskered billygoat Orig inally these two animals were dts played together for lion and lamb effect But the plan went wrong. Tho lion was willing to share his cage with the goat. but the goat baked. The lion received so many terrible thumps fl ,m the butt head at the supposedly peaceful goar. that they had to be separated. Thatf why we have a common ordinary goat on exhibition"
 The Barnum show brides itself on its riders, acrobats. and similar per formers. The feature of the show IS said to be the Dip of Death by young woman in an automobile. This feature concludes the afternoon pro- gram and is the third on the program at the night performance
 The doors will he open at I o'clock this, afternoon and at o'clock to- night ....'