Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-11
JUMBO'a ARRIVAL.
The Big Elephant TrundleG up
Broadway In 4 Box.

Broadway in = BOX.
Jumbo arrived in New York, Sur
day, upon the steamer Assyrian Kinf
The first seen OF Jumbo v Is an enoI
nous trunk, reaching lar out from tn
front of his box, writhing and twistin
in all directions, in mute appeal +
everybody within his sight for apples
buns, or other palatable morsels. Th
box, which was only large enough t
enclose him, measured II feet in leugtl
by Il in height, anu + leet inches il
width. Its bottom rested upon tn,
main deck. IL was made o. 3inch vel
low pine plauks, fastened together by
Cluch beams, broad straps Of heavy iroI
and masses of =. iuch angle iron, th,
hauges of which were about incne,
wide. In front ana rear it had heav,
oakeu beams and its lining was of oak
planed smooth and fastened by screw.
| wIth counter.sHuk heads. Altogether
II weighed SIX LJus, Within a half toI
OF he pOuderUus animal II enclosed
Whle Major Leland busted himseI
wlta unluaaiug into Jumt0's trunk the
peck OF applco with which he had stuff
toa his poCkeES, Mr.. William Newman
wei known among shVwnen as "Eie
phaut Bill, tod MS story.
81 was seLt over Oy Mossrs. Barnum
Ba.ey X Hutchinson, said he, to aid
III DrInsinS JUMBO over, aud eth q.
tr Matthew Scott, his EugllsL keeper
or myself have been with him day and
night since We left the biological Gar
dens. lie has made the trip IN admir-
able style. during the tirst and second
days he trumpted ii good deal, showing
that he was uneasy and nervous, but
then he quoted down and has, behaved
very we'll But he would iusist upon
having company. He broke two OF
those heavy plauks above HIM by sim
ply throwing his head against them
ana mashe. with his stubs of lusks tie
big beam III front OF hun, 20 that we
hAt TO replace 1t d couple OF days ago.
When Scott went for his coffee in the
norEing, and passed him, he would, il
not spok, II 10, try TO mash down the
bea.n. He measures eleven feet six
inches. in heighth, the extreme spread of
his uuIspreau ears is fifteen feet, and
no can reach up twenty six feet with
his trunk.
. "Iwenty-six feet tjaculatcd Mr..
Birhun. lsthat ali? Dlun' som ebody
tell me it was Ihirty.six? Wei, may be
they didn't. Maybe / only thought 50.
That reminds me OF the time that Bur
ton brought out At his theatre . burles.
Que thai he called b B,ruum's Museum.
In the course OF It, playing B4rnum, he
exhibited a stuffed snake skin rs long
Is his arm, saying, 'ruis, la
dies and gentlemen, is the
only live anaconda in this country. 1t
measures forty feet in length-museum
measure. And perhaps was think
ing Of museum measurements for that
reach"
Matthew Scot, the Eoglish keeper,
a small, lightly built man, with gray
eyes and sandy IN ustaChe, exhibited two
OF Jumbo. the first taken
when he was laLded in England, at
which time his keeper lowered ABOVE
him; the second on the day of his de-
parture for this country when his kee D.
er's head barely reached, his tore should.
Or. "Ihe furore in England overl
umbo's departure, said MIR. Scott,
can hardly he realized in this country.
lhtre are hundreds OF thousands of |
grown up people there who have ridden |
lpon MIN ana pttted him when child. |
ren, and whose children have since
lone 80, and 1t seemed TO them as if he
should always belong there. The re
'eipts OF the garden srrang up at once,
when 1t was known that Jumbo was
,olng away, from f75 per diem to 1850
ma even more, anu there were literally |
ems OF delicacies, fruits, liquors anil
vines sent iu for Jumbo betors we left.
And among those offerings were some
i the strangest things, even jars of
Medicine and pills to prevent sickness
)ue lady sent Twelve dozen oysters
tor Jumbo They were put where
hey would do more good. Ihe night
re took him away trom the biological
Iarden thousands of people, many of
len omen, tramped ali the way tol
t. Catharine's Docks, SIX long miles,
, See him Oft "
'DId l understand you to say YOU
ave him liquor" inquired Mr. Bar.
uln III apparent surpllhe
"Nes, slr.
Would You ike to see him drink IL {
Dttle OF whisEey 2" asked Chlei Otl
,r K,dder.
"No, no" exclaimed Barnun. II
ILey have stunte1 his growth al
ady,. giving him liquor, He'd 10 c
nch bigger If they haun't." |y
But the voices of the maj )rity were l.
favor OF Jumbo's having urlnk, 80 i
bottle Of whiskey was opened before +
III, an operation which he watched t
lth great deal Of interest, holding o
$ trunk curved upward in leadluess |
the drought. While the liquor was p
ing emptied into tue nUsLrils OF his p
lge prthenslle nose he never moved, .
ID when he got it all ne carried it, II
ound to his mouth with sacb a
ecision as not to spin d dlop. TheuI
em'lt' big sign OF satisfaction. u
daily diet on the way over o
insisted OF ten or fifteen loayes OF b
cad, Two bushels OF oats, three quarts Ii
onions, a bushel Of biscuit, twoI II
ndrtd pounds OF hay, and as much d.
ut, nuts, candies and cakes as Uili n
-, sailors and passengers would give N
II. he was hover stlnted IN his sup u
of liquor, and wbeu he couds ql
.nded " diink water, took in Ten or J'
zen gallons At time. In addition. ca
his two keepers nine men were en- B
'yed to assist il carin. for hin. The W
It OF the beast to his purchasers up 5;
the time Of his arrival has been
ou1 $4,000, of which only $4,000 th
IS tue pflce paid tor him TIE cost al
removal, the ocean voyage, the in Pl
'ctioh suit, keepers, feeding, &c, aE
Ve made up the rest OF the bill. th
1 very considerable len was caused OF
the action Of the London Board of rh
'de, which forbade ;ne carrying of G'
erage Passengers on the forward pr
Tier deck, near where Jumbo was. Ft
1t compelled his owners to pay, in an
lllion t, the price of his passage, the tn