From the archives: P.T. Barnum's greatest show

This story was first published on July 2, 2006, in the Montreal Gazette.
With so worthy an offering to the public, with his forces so thoroughly organized, performers so excellent and attendants so gentlemanly as Mr. Barnum presents to the public, his march through the country cannot fail to continue to be an ovation and a financial success.
The Gazette, Thursday, July 2, 1874
The circus was in town. And not just any circus, either, but P.T. Barnum’s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie and