The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-10
THE BIG SHOW CONES
Aansal Visit Of Ringing Brothers Proves
Strong Drawing Gard.
Blow the tuba,
Beat the drums
And 20 mad when
The circus comes


swede In a Minnesota wheat field was
asked: which do you think the bet
/ ter. Roosevelt or Parker?" Wal ay
! tai you dot Rosyvalt ban guide feler
an dot Parker ban guide faller'
but who do you think has the best
show" "Oh, Al tank Rinklink Brod-
ers had best showt"
The yellow tressed Swede's opin-
ion as to superiority meets the ap-
probation of the thousands OF Ellis
county people who have from year to
year attended the performances given
by Ringing Brothers. That 1t is the
best show that ever came to Waxa-
hachie is a fact admitted by all, and
the annual visit this season finds
many new and novel features with
this mamoth tented amusement en-
terprise
The show Is hauled on four speci-
al trains and the first of these arriv-
ed this morning about $50. The
others soon followed and it was not
long until caravan of horses and
wagons was moving toward the show
grounds The work of unloading
was witnessed by a large crowd.
Visitors to the show began arriv
ing early this morning and long be-
fore the hour for the parade the
streets were thronged with people
from every section of the country.
For length, for brilliancy, for nov
city; in fact, for everything else
commendable, the great parade of
the Ringing Brothers circus this
forenoon surpassed anything else of
its nature ever seen in this city.
1t was indeed a wonderful sight
sight to be long remembered and
the famous brothers of circus fame,
who, with nothing to begin on have
builded an enterprise great enough
to carry such a street display, have
earned the laurels the American peo
pie have been heaping upon them.
And the question arises, How d.
they move 1t all. But they do NOV
it and every day at that, which lead
to the belief that If Mohamet hat
been an ancestor of the Ringl1ngs
the mountain he sought to move, he
would have dumped on flat car and
taken on a farewell tour of the Orient
before he took off his hat to the
power of gravity.
But Mohamet is not here nor there
the Ringlings hold the day, and
we bow to them for showing us the
greatest circus parade that ever ira
versed the streets of a city. and for
giving US a performance under can
vas such as has never been seen be
fore.
To make the Ringing show what
it is requires 1,2S0 employees, 673
horses. 40 elephants. 80 camels, II
acres of canvas. So double length
railroad cars, 1000 wagons, 100 dens
OF wild animals and lG3 advance
men
In one day the people and animals
of the show consumes . tons OF meat.
go bushels of potatoes, 1000 loaves
of bread. 150 pounds of coffee. 900
pounds of sugar, so gallons of milk,
go bags of~tahle salt. l&o pounds of
butter. 20 pounds of Tea. 200 dozen
eggs @ barrels ot flour, go toms of
hay. iu tons OF oats and 600 bushels
uf vegetables
10 Is impossible to deal with .H.s
enterprise ln detail Figures alone
will ton tho story iu fact. b. aas
grown fo such H size rhar thr 'Hs. of
transporting DO from town ro town is
taxing tty railroads 'n fhr iIm.. a
r,uorrgr OF tbis pprr Nbo resolved
fa Give detailed description OFF 'Ht
circus and fEr parade found himself
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