The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-10
CIRCUS BROUGHT
THE USUAL CROWD
OF FUN-SEEKERS
Streets Lined With People and Parade
Gave Them Plenty To Talk About
Till the Show Begun.

Young Buffalo Wild West and Col
Cummins' Far East show, Vernon G.
Seaver's hippodrome and-that isn't all
but it'll do-came to town to-day and
Eat its heels came the fun-loving circus
crowd that comes from everywhere in
time for the parades and vanshes quite
as suddenly when the last tent peg is
pulled at night. OF course, there was
a sprinkling al early risers out al dawn
this morning to see the caravansary
unload in the Central Vermont wards
after its all-night trip from White Riy-
er Junction. The daily process of trans
ferring the animals, the big wagons with
their ormolu gold carved figures on the
outside, the tents, the poles and all the
paraphernalia that goes with a grown
up circus, to the show grounds at the
Granite City driving park was carried
ON without a hitch and by early fore
noon, the big show was nearly ready for
its patrons. Long before the hour for
the parade arrived, North and South
Main streets were lined with devotees
of the roped and sawdustcd arena. The
pop p-corn men and the balloon and sqllaw-
ker peddlers werr on the job and the
fond father who most certainly couldn't
be induced 10 hafher about circus if
il weren't for the children; double rigs
and single from TIE outlying towns and
the usual quota OF truant school chill
dreni all were There for the big pa
rade.
As circus professions go, Young Buf-
falo and the rest Of the show gave a
street exhibition that pleased the crowd.
Starting from the Aver street grounds
about l0:30 o'clock, the line, over
mile in length, swung down south Main
street to Elm. from Elm to Summer
streets and thence back to North Main
street to the show grounds. II the tally
ho mans confidential statement that the |
parade is the circus best advertisement. |
then the performances Of this afternoon |
and evening we're well advertised. There |
was the 2o-ox team, considered an anom- |
lly in these days, with its lone driver |
and he with his long and snake-like |
whip. Eldredge's performing elephants
we're there. the famous Eta Meyer quar-
teta dog, a pony. little child tpro-
bounced che-ildl and Tony Muggins, the
wee bit of an elephant-and Anne Oak
ey's expert rifIewomen.
Then there was representative dele
cation from the Fiji Islands with their
for fricaseed missionaries,
black people from the Congo and
Isinty aggregation of the common or
,arden variety of queens corralled on
he top of one of the big wagons. Some
i the finest horses seen in these parts
or many moon occupied comand-
ng place in the parade. Also there
we're clowns aud the steam calliope---
rimal requisites In every big circus pro-
ession Ii was an hour before noon
shen the mornings feature was ended II
nd the crowd settled down in rather
cstless mood until the afternoon should
ee the mammoth exhibition in fuller
wing. le
Promptly at . O'Clock the canvas doors
t the circus grounds were pulled aside I
nd the big show was on. Young Buff /
alo Bill shows a collection Of trained t
orses that are seldom excelled for come :
ness and skill. The massing Of col |
RS, spectacle in which sixty-two
orses and the riders and flags of every 1
alton perform, was one of the most In
Lriking effects produced at the grounds. i
was just as good as anybody could b
ire to see and the performers got a
nging hand from all sides of the arena.
II the other Furnishings that go to
ake successful outdoor circus per- y
were at the park and most
feryone who looked the side shows and
ltra features over was willing TO ad-
it that the circus managers had lived +
> to the rather alliiring guarantee Of /
le Autographs. IL has been long day a
nee Barre entertained full-sized cir S
is. But a real live circus was here "
'.day, nevertheless. o