Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — COMING. [ARTICLE]

COMING.

L. B. Lent’s Mastodon R. R. Shows. ! Wait for the Ad vent of the L. B. Lent’s & Co. Monster Shows— Circus, Museum and Menagerie, Containing Hundreds of New Features Never Before Witnessed in America. FREE BALLOON ASCENSION AND PARACHUTE DROPS DAILY RAIN OR SHINE. The L. B. Lent’S Mastodon R. R. Shows combines art, amusement and knowledge as no other combination before the public does to day. Space will permit us to mention only a few of the leading features of this panoramic aggregation of wonders, containing royal Japs, whose wonderful feats have never before been witnessed or equaled. Mirthmaking Clowns for the little ones and Aerial Artists that all want to see. Marvelous Acrobats and the most famous Equestrians and wonderful Juggling, Herculean Feats, Rare Curios, Spanish Galleons, Free Balloon Ascension by Prof. Willmot and his miracuijous Parachute Drops, Turkish Dancing Girls, from the Orient, in their graceful group, ing, beautiful posturing and statuesque to posing. Trained BearsEdcuated Dogs, Ponies, Monkeys and Goats, showing man’s superiority over dumb brute. An entertainment most pleasing for the little ones, as well as educating and enlightening the older ones. Prizefighting dogs, acrobatic monkeys and and performing pigs. Progressive ideas conspicuous everywhere. The menagerie, although not the largest that has ever entertained the public, y.eFthe collection is one of the most rare of wild beasts that has ever been gathered together by man. The wilderness, the mountains and the pampas have been exhausted in grouping these, curiosities for the instruction and amusement of the patrons cf the old L- B. Lent’s Combination. The managers of this immense canvass entertainment' have not only kept apace with the curio and entertaining world, but they have also kept apace with the spirit of the times, and the financial world as well, and have placed the admission at hard-time prices. The Grand Street Pageant will take place at 10 a. m,' immediately after which Prof. Willmot, will make a free Baloon Ascension and Parachute Drop. The Show will appear here Saturday July, JB.