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Show Flaming posters In all tho colors of tho rainbow throughout this section, proclaim the fact that the world famed Colo Brothers' United Shows are to be seen in Ogden, Wednesday, May 22, at Moproe Park, 29th street and Monroe avenue. Already the small boy and his elders aro happy In anticipating an-ticipating tho coming of this mighty tented amusement enterprise and Its countless wonders. For this season the Colo Brothers enlarged their shows In every department and their greatly augmented list of performers, feature acts and menagerie exhibits mado It necessary to add several more railroad cars. Today thrco special trains are required to "transport the huge tents, ponderous wagons, cages, dens, chariots, char-iots, tableau cars, elephants, camels, horses, ponies, men and women. In the triple zoological gardens, combined under one vast spread of canvas are to be found the finest living liv-ing specimens or raro, strango and curious animals from every quarter of the globe. Prominent In this collection col-lection Is a full grown yellow Obvious Moschatus, positively the only one ever seen by man. Captured north of Great Slave Lake at latitude CI, It was only by exercising the greatest diplomacy di-plomacy that Cole Brothers' agents wero enabled to get tho animal out of the country. Covered with a heavy coat of pure golden yellow hulr, the beast was regarded as sacred by tho I natives, not one of whom could bo Induced In-duced to aid in its capture. There arc ( other exhibits of animal lire equally . as rare, making a visit to Cole Broth-. ers menageries of far greater educa- , tlonal value than will over bo gained by tho deepest study of all the books at hand on tho subject of natural history. his-tory. Inside the vast canvas amphitheater amphi-theater are three great rings and as many elevated stages encircled by a monster modern hippodrome track. Over-capping all is a veritable maze of trapeze and horizontal bars, flying rings, ropes, wires and other aerial , rigging. From the beginning to the " end of the performance hundreds of men, women and animal performers cover the gTOund and fill tho air in the rendition of a programme, tho like and equal of which have novor oeforo been seen. There are forty-ono clowns and merriment rules supreme. |