Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1873 — The Great Mastodon and the threat Arabs. [ARTICLE]

The Great Mastodon and the threat Arabs.

It will not be forgotten that on Thursday, September 4th, “The Great Mastodon,” with its beautiful procession, strange Arab visitors, ferocious and monster animals, antiquarian curiosities, and army of riders, lenpers, tumblersand funny, fools will pitch its city gas-lit tents among us. As a series of grand exhibitions, projectedon a scale of vast liberality aud creditable management, it has probably no rival, andso universally commands magnificent success to require but due promulgation of its appearance to insure a rush bv communities. Of the marvelous performance of the Arab athletes, the Cleveland Herald says: “But, after all, superior as the general circus performance is, it is completely overshadowed and almost eclipeed by the feats of the Arab Atheletes, whose wild repertoir embraces a multitude of frantic gymnastic essays, not dreamed of in tbe muscular philosophy of Christendom. Such bewildering and erratic evolutions as they drive, whirl and vault, under thtf apparent influence of ungovernable impulse, would alone seem possible to one of their native sand storms, while, superadded to these dizzy epneeptions, are feats of tremendous strength and delicate equipoise which evince the possession of physical powers little less than miraculous. These, it will he remembered, are the pnly performers of their rice In the country; and as this is their last visit, previous to their return to Arabia, the opportunity to see them shouhl be improved.” -