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FAIRFIELD, IOWA,A PLEASING JUVENILE CIRCUSDuBois Birt’s Magnificent Aggregation Showed In Our City FridayDu Bole Blrt company’h great one-ring circus gave an afternoon’s performance In Fairfield Friday. The town went through the usual excitements of a circus day from early morning when a, Grecian char lot, drawn by two panting chargers through our streets, bearing the an nounceinent of a big parade and a grand performance at 2 o’clock until the show was over and tin* crowds dispersed upon the streets lt;r Fairfield.The small boys and girK often accompanied by their fathers or mothers, were out watching early in the afternoon and by the oppointed hour the streets leading to the show grounds were thronged with people anxious to see the parade.The stre. t parade was one of finest even seen In this city which has lieen visited by the greatest circuses of the land A tandem team of black ponies, drawing the two man agers, Thomas DuBois and Nathaniel Blrt, headed the magnlficlent pageant. A Grecian chariot drawn by two prancing horses and in-decked with flaming decorations followed, carrying Master Fred Ward, a brated acrobatic wonder and others of the troup. Next came a cage on wheels containing a fox and a wolf, guarding which were clowns, eow boys and Indians. Tills was foHow ed by a tribe of Indians on horse back, dressed In blankets, feathers and war-paints, it was a magnlficlent array of all that makes a circus attractive.Soon afterwards the crowds began to take their way to the show grounds, taxing the side walks to the limits. The show was located on Dennis Killafoy’s pasture, noi th of the “Q” railroad track. The admission fee was five cents, children under five years admitted free. The DuBois Blrt Go's show took scores of Dickies out of the first ward and Ealrfleld yesterday. I nit the people are well satisfied that they got their money’s worth. The crowd was so large that liefore the show commenced, the seats erected out of solid two by twelve Inch lumber, gave way and went down. An uiniHuul Incident was the blowing over of the large tent, which was more than 200 feet long and made of canvass, muslin and cai pets While these accidents were promptly righted, the latter afforded the snmd boy an opportunity to sneak in unde the canvass. The boys who had gotten in by carrying water for the horses then felt that their labors were unnecessary.The performance commenced at 2:M) o’clock with a grand cavalcade of the whole troop. An adequate description of the whole program would he Impossible, but many features are worthy of special mention: “Dewey” the trick pony, belonging to Thomas DuBois, took a statuesque position with I 's fore feet on a large box, shook hands and put his left hoof on his master’s shoulder. He also took an ear of corn out of Ids riders mouth, while the latter was on his back, and when asked if In* liked IiIh master, answered yes.Fred Nelbort’s trained (logs walked on |their ldnd feet, turned somersaults, caught Htlcks thrown In the air, and performed other canine feats. There were bare back riding and hurdle jumping scenes, and there was a grand coiulc scene by the twoclowns, Dan Sullivan and Vance Curtis, who was policeman No. 1, with the assistance of the fl rewagon, put out a serious fire of burning paper. The clowns also filled up all awkward pauses In the performance; the wit of Dan Sullivan being especially bright and taking.The second part of the show was devoted to scenes of the w ild west, which are always attractive to young Americans. Among others were those depicting the stealing of a horse by a band of Indians; a lone cow-boy attacked by Indians; how a tender-foot was treated by the cow boys; an attack on the settlers by the Indians, and their rescue by the cow-boys; also rough riding, pistol shooting sldo-rldlng, rifle firing and a grand finale by the cow boy band.A musical concert was also given by a graphaphone. Ice cold pop was on sale and as Is usual wltn shows of this character, the small children were permitted to ride on the ponies after the big show was overThe DuBois Blrt Company’s show carry u large menagerie con-tiniIt.tlIslntlng of eight horses, two monkeys, J a wolf and a fox, a cage of orlols and» a cage of pigeons, two tin ties, an al ! legator aud a small sized bon constrictor.Among the troop, not heretofore mentioned, were John Ward, Vern Curtis and Elmer Ivlng, all Indians; Park Russell, policeman No 2, aud Herman Beck, gate keeper.
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Fairfield Evening Journal
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 18, 1906
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