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| Circus Proprietor Sig. Sautelle. |
Cortland Semi-Weekly Standard, Tuesday, April 14, 1903.
SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS
Preparing in Every Way for its Season on the Road.
TO OPEN AT FAIR GROUNDS MAY 1.
Cars Repaired and Repainted—Additional Cars Secured—Practice In Acrobatic and Ring Work Being Pushed—A Sixty-Two Horse Ring Feature—Additions to the Menagerie—A New and Larger Exhibition Tent.
Active preparations are now being made by Sig. Sautelle, the veteran and popular showman of this city, for placing his largely increased circus upon the road for the summer trip of 1903. This is the second season that the show will have been traveling by rail. The experiment in this direction last year proved entirely successful and showed beyond a doubt that Sig. Sautelle has the happy faculty of managing a large up-to-date and interesting circus.
The show will open its season in Cortland, and the exhibition will probably be held on the fair grounds [sic]; the date has been fixed for May 1. From Cortland the circus will be taken to Fulton and will then make a trip through the northern part of the state
Preparing for Transportation.
At the winter quarters between Cortland and Homer and at the Cortland junction where the cars are kept the work of placing the big show in readiness for the road is being rapidly pushed forward. All the wagons, cages, dens, band wagons, tableaux, calliope and chariots are receiving fresh coats of paint and fine trimmings in gold leaf. The cars at the junction are also coming in for their full quota of repairs, and when they are ready to be hauled out of Cortland they will be in every way presentable. A large number of vehicles for the parades have been added, and three new cars have been purchased in which to carry the additional paraphernalia. This makes in all sixteen cars by which the circus is to be moved.
Two Tents Now Up.
A large tent has been put up near the winter quarters for stabling the great number of horses that are carried. An eating tent is also supplied where the men now in training take their meals the same as when the circus is on the road. A permanent building has been erected for the use of the bareback riders and equestrians, who have been at work for some time limbering up and getting in condition for the show season.
The Menagerie.
The menagerie will be much larger and better than it was last year. The animals have been well wintered and will come out with sleek coats for the spring opening. A large number of new and valuable animals have been added, including foreign hay-eating animals. The fierce tigress, Cleopatra, which came near killing her keeper a few months ago, will be one of the most interesting animals in the collection. Two cub lions will probably receive a merited share of youthful admiration. Aside from these there are several lions, hyenas, sacred oxen, camels, a lion slayer and numberless other interesting animals. A large consignment of animals for the menagerie has recently been received and others are expected soon.
A Spectacular Ring Act.
The ring performances have been greatly improved and a large number of new and high salaried acts have been added. Among these perhaps the most striking is the mammoth 62-horse act that has been perfected by C. A. Reeves. This is by far the most spectacular ring act that has ever been presented by a circus. The whole act is put on by Mr. Reeves and is a marvel from first to last.
About Two Hundred Horses.
A large number of extra horses have been secured for the circus this season, and among these are many obtained through Briggs Bros. of Homer. The horses are in first-class condition for the opening. There will be in all about 200 of these carried with the show this season.
A Larger Exhibition Tent.
A new and larger tent has been secured for the season and “Sig.” hopes that it will arrive in time for the opening in Cortland, for he is of the opinion that the very best is none too good for his fellow townsmen. Therefore it is that he is solicitous of giving the people of Cortland and vicinity the best opportunities for seeing his great show, in which he has a half million dollars invested.
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| Cortland Hospital, North Main St. |
HOSPITAL DONATIONS
And Matron’s Report of Care for the Month of March.
The following is the list of some recent donations to the Cortland hospital: Mr. Woodward, vegetables; Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. McKellar, Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mrs. Tyler, and Mrs. Fish of Marathon, canned fruit and jelly; Mrs. August Brong, old linen; Mrs. Miller’s ten of Grace church, pillow cases, towels and other sewing; Miss Rowe, newspapers; Mrs. F. J. Cheney, pickles.
Matron’s Report for March.
The following is the report of the matron for the month of March:
In hospital, March 1, 11.
Admitted during month, 16.
Discharged during month, 15.
Born during month, 1.
Died during month, 1.
Operations during month, 9.
No. days’ treatment, 312.
No. patients in hospital April 1, 12.
Local Personals
T. H. Wickwire, Jr., Jerre R. Wickwire and Fred Wickwire are all home from Yale university for the spring vacation.
L. A. Bean, Normal 1900, returned to Williamstown Thursday to resume teaching, after spending a few days in McGraw.
Robert Brewer is spending vacation from Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Murray in Cortland. His brother Edward went to Winter Park, Fla., for the vacation where his parents have their winter home.
Decline of Rural Sections.
An editor of a Cattaraugus county paper had been looking over the local ground and generalizing on the conditions he has observed. He finds that the farms are becoming depopulated because their owners send their sons to colleges, from which they later strive to break into the already overcrowded professions, or else the young men go West in search of conditions more to their likings. He finds that with several mail deliveries the farmer does not visit the village more than twice a month and that the small places suffer thereby. Investigation shows that farmers sell their dairy products to the creameries, receiving in exchange money, which twice a year is spent in the cities to the detriment of the village storekeeper. The hamlets are falling into decay, the villages that do not build up industries are going backward, is the conclusion reached by this observing rural scribe.
To Sell His Hotel.
Henry D. Freer, formerly of Cortland, for several years proprietor of the Taughannock Falls hotel, is to sell the hotel and all its furniture at auction beginning on April 20. Special trains are to run from Ithaca on April 21 and 22. This will be an important sale, as the collection of antique furniture, mirrors, and old china is one of the largest in this part of the country.
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