The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-28
A CIRCUS IN TOWN.
Big Crowd Turned Out to Greet Cook &
Wilson Show.

Regardless of whit our elder and
younger statesmen may say concerning
the duties OF the nation in this time of
international stress, the rising generation
is not in doubt. The youngsters have
but one thought in their minds, one dec
laration upon their tongues: "The circus
! Is here Sometime after the first peep
| o dawn this morning a crowd of small
boys and Others more mature were in the
NJ. d W. r. freight yards to await the
arrival of the Cook & Wilson shows,
which came through from Woodsville. Y.
H., in the night. long hard pun over
the hills, postponing the arrival of the
show people until o'clock. Transfer of
the big show from the cars to the eyhi-
btion grounds off Ayers street was ac-
companied by very little friction and by
mdforenoon the big top was up and the
parade was getting ready to leave the
premises for the near-noonday march
down Main street.
The man who never wants to be a bow
again, and therefore never should be a
boy again, must have had memories this
forenoon that almost humanzed him.
Cage after cage Of wild beasts made up
the geological feature of the parade and
Cook & Wilson lived up TO a unique repu-
tation by showing its every last animal
right on the street. All the cages were
opened. Bears, panthers, the chimpanzee
monkeys, lions and a collection of horses
well up to the average featured the pa
rade. There was the calliope and two
bands to make music for crowds of spec
tators that lined both sides the street
from city hall to Merchant street. De-
layed on account of the late arrival of
the circus train, the parade nevertheless
fulfilled expectations. king George" q
coal black Arabian steed, with flowing
white name and white tail led the
parade.
On the rounds this afternoon when the
circus opened at 2l5 o'clock the man
who would like to be boy again and
rankly admits it was doing his duty by
himself and all of the other bows who
ould be enrolled for service as delighted
pectators at the show Cook & Wilson
10 not pretend to be the biggest show
m earth, but their exhibition merits un-
tinting praise and fine variety of ami
nal acts trapeze work and other fea lures
we're loudly acclaimed There were three
ings. the hippodrome, the safety first"
teel arena and the track 1t was to be
oticed that the show people were ready
o use every animal in the menagerie in
ne act or another. Dancing bears. the
elephant that smokes. and
Duke" lion credited with an interna-
onsl reputation, were especially de-
IL l.,
monkeys added much to the. perform
nee. This evening the doors open at
clock and the big show is on again at
:l5.
Barre entertained an orderly circus
owd to-day and there were few, if any.
sturbances. Hangers-on, bally-ho men
Id con game operators, who usually tag
big show along the circuit. were con-
cuously absent. Even in the sideshow.
here games of chance are most apt to
lurish, the gamesters were missing.
lere were balloon men and fake mer-
ants in limited mum bers, and whistle
ddlars who delivered themselves of
rbose, irrelevant spels that would
can an immense amount of worry for
e Mergenthaler men and proof readers
there were any earthly use in repro
cling them on the printed page. Most
the smaItime dealers circulated about
rough the crowd, but their activities
re not to be described as pernieious,
d on the whole the circus people are to
commended for tolerating none of the
desirable element that often trails the
shows.
Police headquarters sent ont an extra
oil Of off E,N
~ until the show departs for st. Al
rs late tonight. First and second
S license places were 4s,osed to-day
other establishments planned to be
Y liberal in the matter OF permitting
ir employees to attend the circus. A
nber OF barber shops are to close at
0 p. m.