Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1914 — A Good Show and Very Well Patornized. [ARTICLE]

A Good Show and Very Well Patornized.

The Haag circus which exhibited here Wednesday, was very well patronized indeed, although there were not as many country people in apparently as usual. However, the big tent was filled almost to its capacity at the afternoon performance and a good-sized crowd witnessed the night show. The circus, while not as large, of course, as the Wallace-Hagenback, was good, and the street parade was very creditable indeed. They have some 15 cars, about 100 good horses, 3 elephants, a half-dozen camels, and a fair menagerie. The performance was pronounced good by practically everybody,” many features excelling the larger shows. The management seemed very gentlemanly and all who had business dealings with the show had no complaint whatever to make of the treatment accorded them. The city marshal had received warnings from other towns where the show had been that there were a few pickpockets and hold-up men following the show, and a close watch was kept on the whole outfit

from the time the show came in until it departed. Six men, three white and three colored, who could give no good account of themselves and admitted they were not in the employ of the circus, were put in jail for safe keeping and were “given the boots,” figuratively speaking, next morning under threat of being put to work breaking rock if they lingered here. They took the hint and got out. In rounding up these suspicious characters the officers had the cordial support of the show management, and no theivery or other offenses were reported. The show went from here to Monticello.