Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-12-16
Name sweIIs Considerably

In 1886 we have the name Ringing
Bros.'s Great Double Shows and Con-
gress of Wild and Trained Animals. :"
Now the boys had 90-foot round top.
At this time they had eighteen wagons,
whereas two years before they had but
nine. Their equipment included 1.-TWO
cages, ticket wagon, band wagons,
hyena, bear, bonkeys, eagle. Bought the
donkey and shetland pony, January
and Minnie (the first trick act with the
show ar Winnebago City, Mimi, June
! 23 bought another Shetland pony dur
ing the season. Henry Kingling,
youngest of the brothers, joined the
! show September 9, 1886, not, however,
as an owner, but as an employe of his
five elder brothers. Mrs. Al. Ringing
is again included among the members
of the company. During the latter
part of the season CHAMBERS broke out
in the stock and fourteen head were
lost, including several shot in the win
! ter quarters.
/ The Carnival of Fun and Speciality
Co. its name, too, had grown-was
now the title of the winter attraction
which went on the road, the Ring!ings
running circus in summer and concert
in winter. Their winter entertainment
embraced music, in which about all the
Ringlings participated with one instru
ment or another, also other things. Al
Ringing balanced plow on his chin,
then a peacock feather, then a table.
In 1887 we have Ringing Bros.
United Monster Shows. Great Double
Museum, Caravan and Congress Of
J Trained Animals. - So-ome na-ame!
This year one camel bought on the
road died and by this time kangaroo
had been added, as we'll az an elk and
two lions. Now we have the legend
for the first time-"Al. Ringing, Otto
Ringing ALT. T. Ringing, Charles
Ringing, John Ringing, proprietors
and managers But again Mrs. AL.
Ringing and Henry Ringing appear
among the circus people. The nearest
it got to Madison that year was Slough
ton.
The Carnival of Fun" for this sea-
son 1873 WAS divided into two compan-
les. Aft, Charles, John and Henry headed
one and AL. and his wife the other Here
we have the notice that while this COM
pany mo. y was on the roa1, the
Ringing brothers bought two elephants
latter this important event no fur the r
interest was taken. John had to see
the elephants five days before we closed
leaving the rest to give the show with
out him: having previously lost Wilt
am and Madeline Wheeler the company
was reduced to ALI, Charles and Henry,
&C. White and Frederick Madison"
It is interesting to know that one of
these two elephants bought that year
died only fortnight ago at Baraboo.
Last of Concert Company
This season, 1878, was the last of
, the Carnival of Fun There after
the Ringlings devoted themselves Who'll
ly to the circus. The title of the organ
ization in 1888 was Ringing Bros.
Stupendous Consolidation of Seven
Monstrous Shows" 1t opened at
B 4raboo May 5 and closed 1T Sank City
November Is. There now were two
, advance wagons and the circus tent
had grown from 80 foot to 1OOx148 with
a menagerie 7Ox1OO feet, sideshows 4Ox
80 feet and two or three horse tents,
also 35-foot dressing room. The two
elephants were Babylon and Tony. 1t
, was Babylon that died recently. This
was the first season that a so cent
show was attempted. Before it had
been Is.