The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-04-21
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has iust closed a contract 9Th the
NeW Parker Amusement company 70
give carnival IN this city during
the week commencing Mas
This ta The SEASON u annual spring
earaiyais. and other towns To the
state have arranged for them At
Cofsicaua during tbe week ~ april
| 10 the Mes Parker Amusement
Company was the chief feature Of
the Fire Fighters Carnival, and the
nev spapers OF that city. the sun.
Courier-lIght and Democrat. spoke
| In the highest praise Of the attrac-
| lion, The one general note OF com
mendation is that the Parker shows
| are all OF a high moral standard.
clean In every way and appeal es-
pecially 20 the ladies and children
| The attraction includes North Amer
lea, which is a show giving the Gus
toms. pastimes, professions and pur-
| suits OF the people of this country.
| The Randalls do fancy shooting. one
OF the sensational features being
when Mr. Randall shoots the but
| tons from the dress of his wife, al
lowing the garment to drop about
her feet Lone Star May, Texas
girl, Is an expert with the wincnes-
ter, and Arizona Harry and other
| cowboys are expert riders and rop-
ers
The Geological Eden Is the most
complete collection Of trained ami
mails in this country. Ponies per-
form evolutions with military pre-
| cision, Nero is the only riding lion
in the world. Capt Barnes has a
| riding bear and Madame Barnes
! takes a number OF dogs and billy
goats through numerous tricks and
performances. These animals are
well trained in every way, and il is
a complete circus in itself
| Among the attractions with the
/. Parker shows is the great story of
the Bible. Creation, founded on Gen
esis, Hale's Tour of the World takes
! the passenger in a Pullman coach TO
| all the prominent scenes of the
country, the Katzenjammer Kastle,
| the comedy section where there is
much fun, a mechanical scenic dis
! play of the Alps, showing the city
of Geneva, said to be one of the pref
test in the world, an Electric the
alter where is shown the highest re-
| suit of Edison's inventive genius.
Prince Nicholi, who is with this
attraction, is the smallest man in
the world, his age being 81, his
weight 1914 pounds. The little fel
low is native OF Russian Siberia
and speaks three languages fluently
With this attraction are the tW
most sensational features of any car
I nival company Twice daily the gil
, from Abilene defies death and des
tiny, looping the loop, in a hug
ball in the center of which she il
enclosed This ball is started dowr
a steel incline. and no hand guides
it on the perilous Journey through
the loop. There is nothing more
hazardous in the amusement world
and theonly thing equalling it in
sensationalism is the leap of the
gap by I.izette, who rides down an
incline pitched at an angle of y de-
grees, ON a bicycle, leaping it at
the bottom and leaping a gap for
forty feet. striking wheel first on
another incline which carries her in
safety TO the ground
The triumph of the builders OF
amusement devices is shown in the
construction of the big Garry Us-All
it stands @ cost of $4,000 as it is
lplaced o. is huge. revolving cir
cular mechanical contriyauce ope
rated by electricity There are hand.
somely carved horses three abreast
and elegantly upholstered carriages
Tor hos, who ride
The Ferris wheel WIil also he q
lplr' of fhg hig show
Th, New PARKER Amusement conn
luMr was founded by g. W. Parker
Iof Abilene Kansas. and &c I- at th,
lhl4 factories which 4rH operated Do,
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