The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-19
GREAT RINGLING CIRCUS
ARRIVES TN MORNING
Travels On -Four Trains Which VIII Arrive in Morning From
Grand Forks Over the Great Northsn-Wil Unload
Near the Great Northern Depot

Travelling on four trains with a car-
so of cleaning, glittering Babel-like
congress of humanity, animals and
stock, the Ringing Bros. circus will
begin arriving in the city early tomor-
row morning. Ana with it's arrival
will come a need for first aid to the in
jured for that feeling that always
steals over human beings at this time
of the year and which some sensible
specialist has diagnosed as "red wag-
onitis."
The circus will come here from
Grand Forks over the Great Northern
and will unload in the years near the
city depot. There will be eighty-stx
cars with sixteen sleepers.
The first train to arrive, known as
the flying squadron" will reach here
very early as it leaves the asst town
as soon as the night show is started
and brings the commissary department
and all of the smaller tents in which
the circus is housed.
The "twenty-four-hour" man ar
rived here this morning and began
his task of looking after al OF the
physical arrangements for the coming
of the big show. The laying out of the
lot, the selection Of the best way to
haul from tracks to ground, h street
parade route and the securing of feed
for the $50 horses and thirty elephants
and 1000 other things, none OF which
he could overlook all rest on his shoul
ders.
Following him comes the commits
sary who has the delicate task of
feeding 1900 people three times a day
and he will be here to do the market
ing for his big family. But long be-
fore all the show gets in there Will be
hot breakfast ready in the cook house
and it will be served to everybody I'M
til the parade starts.
1t is expected that the city will De
crowded with visitors tomorrow as
many excursions will be brought in on
| specials by the railroads and surely
every road that will hold a wagon or
a vehicle will be crowded and all head
ed for the canvas city OF Ringlingville,
The first circus event of the day will
be the street pageant which will leave
the show grounds at 10 o'clock and
pass over the principal streets. 1t
will be fully three miles in length and
the Ringing brothers, who have al
ways been faithful to their advance
promises, announce that this will be
the most brilliant and novel procession
ever made by an arenic show.
1t will display to fine advantage the
famous Ringing stock and there will
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riders in the rich earnings of the
Ponce de Leon period. Allegorical
cars, and tableau floats peopled with
folks Of all nations and drawn by big
teams, open dens of beasts, clowns
galore and bands in plenty will also
be there. Two distinct novelties will
be a team of sixteen camels driven the
same as horses and a quartette Of ze-
bras also broken to bit and bride. II
takes the parade twenty-five minutes
i to pass a given point.
The circus viii give two perform
ances here starting at 2 and 8 p. m.
the gates opening an hour before each
for a view of the menagerie with its
108 dens of beasts nj interesting dis.
play of infant animals born in captiv-
ity. Visitors will find many innova.
tons, the big tents have new facilities
for comfort. All Of thetetnts and ever
the interiors of the cages are lighted
by electricity supplied by the circus
own plant.
The old-fashioned reserved seatl