BARNUM'S SHOW.

Manawatu Herald, 25 October 1889, Page 3

BARNUM'S SHOW.

o Bavnum if, ns has air ady been st%tpd, coming to 1 oudon with his 14 $88®$ .show od ear h." Here is what "lie said about it to a r« porter the other day : — " Possibly it may n<t be pecuniarily profitable, but I love Old England and am determined ; o tsho'v her what her daughter can produce in the way of an astcnishng, amniiriv',' moral, and instructive entertainment. George Augustus ! Sala says lam more English than A meriifan, for my ♦ bettei half is Eng ish." .-.t all events > can afford to hy this expensive experiment in our mother country aud shall go over j«r.d attend to it in person aool be present at each exhibition. w m*: .f. .... > • •

CHEAr KXTRSIOX TSAIXS will be run fr. in every part of (lr.-at Britain throughout our entire season there. It has been my chiof desire for many years TO GIVK THE EXOLIflli tfSOPi.E A SHOW greater autt grandov than any tltfy have ever seen there, and as I am now 80 years i-ld, I determine 1 to do it while I was si ill in robust health. We shall make this a thoroughly representative American exhibition, J and everything shown will b* 5 the very be^t that can be obtained, it will be an aggregation of champions There v/illbe no animals eq'ial to ours, and every performer will be tho

champion in his line of work. It I don't surpr.se and astonish I oiulo 1 1 will be very much surprised myself, and it ial<es soinetld g to surpiise me now, I enn teil you.' This expense involved, in what Mr Barp m declares is much the raosr. ..stou d ing eut-rpri c he ever unclertool-, will exceed thr.-e qivirters of a million of dollars' and perhaps reach a million. The slk.w will open on or about the Ist November uexi, exhibit, 100 dav.s Miid nights nn.l then return to New York; It will require five orcVnary st-amsh ps, or three of the largest that float, to transport' * the who'e menagerie, hippodrome nnd paraphernalia across the Atlantic. Among th> precious freight include in this show will be BIGHT HUXDKED PEFSOXS of both Sexes, 380 horses, 40 ponies, 18 elephants, 26 eamols, B 2 led beasts, such as ek. buffalo, the hairy dwarf trick elepbam, llamas, giant oxen and horses, trained zebr s, dromedaries, &c, . i 0 • ages of rare wild animals, the stuffed skin of the world r* nowned Jumb© and his skeleton, the rarest of ]ivm« c riosities, 10ban<isof music and co o?sal orche trioii combinations oi mechanic! l Bjusioil instruments, 22 irolcten chaiiois for Iho grand illuminated night, s'reet papeuts, 500 ions baggage, inducing wardrobe and para phernalia, fiO tons of prirred ma ter, illuminated and descri^tiv.) bill^, posters, catalogue, &c. Added to all this is the immense amount of meat, hay, and grain and 1 ye food ibr all these aninjfiLs. m 1 for the 800 pass, rgers.