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SANDS, NATHANS A CO.'SAMERICAN CIRCUS,-AND-C OMB IN EDI EXHIBITIONS!CONSISTING of a fall in a eflleitnt Equestrian Troupe, and * carefully selected troup* ol .ACROBATS AND GYMNANTS,A Full and Legitimate Dramatic Corps,And * comjiloto selection of■r II AIN E D A N I M A t, S, Including tho WONDERFUL TmiFCrEMINa JSLEFHANTB,VICTORIA AND ALBERT,The only beasts of the species which have been moght to m»rch withw military precision, sseend inclined * planes, furmed of- plunks ctgbt inches in thickness, mount pedes- rjrtela and columns, tuldnco them- IVselves on their hind legs, and per-form the incredible/eiit ofStanding on their Head* ! 9-The whole demonstrating a nicety AjB ■ of trainingard utility timt hitherto Jf m. J huve been considered utter iavpus-eihiiitics. Those two a^0WMountains of Flesh ~JtFirst appennd »* Astlcy's Am phi- /*7^n theatre, London, before the crown, 11 Rl nobility and gentr.v, producing a jp £urojfunpoTftlol!ed 5 subsequently at • /*%theTirquc Napoleon,'Paris, where BLB for 15(1 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS: .-3* (a period of five months) they drew \ ,crowds of people from all parts of V»'-France.. During this engagement, ’Tar they were purchased by Mr. Rich-Mr. It. J. Sent** and his two Sons, Mr. J. J. Nathans and Master Philo. W. Armstrong, Geo. Sergeant,ier Ferdinand, H. Fogle, Messrs. Ward, Adams, Proctor and others,■rising the Acrobatic, Gymnastic and A aMi tty, Agile, Grotesque, Musics! and Mirthful. Hr. San Wehtr, Ben Iluntinylon, Toney 1tlise, Bob Connor, Fred. Deneor,S-IdVo h-ien engaged and will participate in all theEquestrian Director,...J. J. NATHANS.Manager, ;......................*.R. SANDS.Master, of the Circle,;.. C. BASS1T;TES DR ASIATIC TR0UIE,Has been augmented by an engagement Larin been effected withMr. and Mrs: Franly Rea,LaUcf the Metrepoiiton Theatre. now Laurie Keene’s Varietier, New York. These favorite artists now render this department mucb superior toStli lt;f tho Dramatic le Magnificent Dra-MAZEPPA, Or the Wild Dorse of Tartary,Dramatised and adapted from Byron’s Poem of that title. For Caste; startling incidents and Tableaus, wc must refer you to the email bills.Every pcrfonancc will be as represented on the bills.Tho ertrcc into town will bj observed by a GRAND ORIENTAL PARADE, arranged in tbs following order—First,THE BAND, CHARIOT,Dnnlnir.ing the Empire City Erasa Band, :co. Seely Lender, end the String Oroliea'mlbtl l?v Profci Volnuie drawn by a ’■HE I'D OF SIX ELEPHANTS,decora ted with oil thur splendors of Eastern twto ana raagn i Cccneo. Then follows thoTwenty Lilliputian Ponies,Drawingi;ieFairy cur. In succession conics tho performers, mounted on caparisoned steeds j whole terminal iiig with the cortege of vans,■ riages, wagons and niher appurtenances necessary ■ ; to this Collossai concern. *i This Grand Ejhihition will ciliibit at DECATUR,• | MONDAY JtiLY 23,— ! For One day only. .j El?* Admission : To Bcses 50 cents 5 1 children under nine ycara of age, faalf ! price, Pit 25 cents; no half price. ck Doors open at 2 o’clock in the after-■les noon and 7 o'clock in the evening.
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Illinois State Chronicle
Decatur, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1856
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