Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1897 — A HUGE ENTERPRISE. [ARTICLE]

A HUGE ENTERPRISE.

A REALLY BIG DOUBLE CIRCUS. The coming of the gre t John Robinson and Franklin Bros.’Enormous Combined Shows to Reusselner Monday, July 26th, will be a great treat to the citizens of t is entire common ty the like they never txperienced before. The RobinShows have delighted Ameeican amusement lovers for more t an three generations, and the Franklin Bros, are the founders of the new school of American ' showman. In combining and organizing ' their shows for the season of 1897 they | hale spared no money to secure the best ’ for every department A glouro at the •. list of celebrities under their control will convince the most skeptical that they have been amply rewarded for their lavish outlay, for they are the best in the world in their various lines. The horses, many of them imported, are mod Is of horseflesh, while their stud of trained horses do everything but 'alk. They will appear at every performance with their original trainer. Twenty lio sin one den are to be seen only with these great shows. A royal troupe of Japanese, imported expressly for this vast enterprise, ai d the only double trouge ever brought tothis cotin'ry is another feature. They would be a whole show in the ordinary circus, but are only a single feature with th* Robinson & Fsanklin Bros,’ Shows. A cres of tents are reunired to accommodate th’B huge amusement, while one ticket admits to all the combined shows.