The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-21
BARNUM'S JUMBO.

BOW TEE GREAT ENGLISH ELEPHANT CROSS
ED THE OCEAN
The box i'm which Jumbo was confined on
his way across the ocean was only large
enough TO enclose him It measured thir-
teen feet in length by twelve in height.
and six feet eight inches I'm width It's bot
tom rests upon the main deck. T. was made
Of three inch yellow pine p'anlzs, fastened
together by seven inch beams. broad strips
of heavy iron and masses Of 81 inch sfnr1a
iron, the haures Of which were about five
inches wide. In front and rear # had heavy
oaken beams, and ifs lining was of oak.
planed smooth and fastened by screws with
counter sunk heads Altogether it vvaichad
six tons, within half 7-ton OF the weight of
the nonderous animal # enclosed.
Matthew Scott, the English lzpepp~. n
small. light built man. wf.h grey ewes and
sandy moustache, exhibited two photographs
of Jumbo. the first taken when he was land
ed in England. at which time his keerar
lowered above him . the second ON the dav
Of his departure for this country. when his
Keepers head barely reached his fore shoul.
der. "The furor in England over Jumb0's
departure" " said Nr Scott "ran hardly he
realized I'm this country. There are hun
drnds If thousands Of grown NO people there
who have ridden unou him and ne-+,1 him
when children. and whose children have
since done so. and It seemed -o them rs Fl he
should always belong there. The recr-nts OF
the garden suranr mn NJ once. when Fl was
known that Jumbo was going away. from
e75 ner diem 90 e250 and often times
even more, and there were literally tons Of
deIicacies. fruit, liquors and wines sent in
for Jumbo before we left And among
those offerings were some of the st~arrpst
things, even iarsOf medicine and pills 70 rre-
vent seasiclyneSs. One lady zrnt twelve
dozen oysters 'for jumbo They were mt
where they would do more good. The night
we took him away from the GEOLOGICAL gar
den thousands Of people, many of them vvo-
men, tramped an the way 20 St Cafharine's
docks, six long miles. to see him off,
Jumho's daily diet on the way over con
sisted Of ten or frteen l0avrs Of bread. two
bushels Of oats. three quarts Of onions n
bushel Of biscuit two hundred pounds Of
hay, and as much fruit nuts. candies. and
cakes, as officers. sailors. and passengers
would give him. Tie was never stfnted in
his supply Of liquor, and when he con6e-
scended 10 drink water. took i'm ten or ff-
teen gallons ut a time. Tn addition 20 his
two keepers there were nine men kept TO as
sist in caring for him. The cost Of -ha beast
10 his purchasers M 70 the time of his land
ing here has been about $40 600. Of which
only $4,000 was the price paid for him. The
cost Of removal, the Injunction suit the
ocean voyage, keepers. feeding. etc. have
made mp the rest of the bin. A very cansid-
erahle item was cauepd by the action Of fbe
London board Of trade which forbade the
carrying Of steer1Ea passengers on the for
ward deck near where Jumbo was. That
compelled his owner to paw. i'm addition IN
the price Of his passage. the fares Of 900
steeraCe passengers who were 7fSnrara7 1,,-
.him. He was guilty of only one piece Of
mischief in all the fourteen F-vs Of the vow
age. A sailor was washing some clothes one
day within easy reach of him. and slammed
his trunk In what vas apparently an often
sive wav 10 Jumbo After the sailor had
nicely washed and riusad his clothes. Jumbo
reached out. CraS0ad them. dragged them in
the dirt under his feet. rolled them over and
over until they were as black as the deck.
and then threw them hack During about
two hours each night he slept. leaning
against the left side of his box. and letting
his trunk lie quietly ON the broad beam i'm
front
Capt. Harrison said that he had received
hundreds of letters before the vessel sailed
from ladies and children. bidding him ''t8lze
good care of jumbo and exhibited rs curf-
ositieS great variety of things gotten outas
catch-penny devices in London, commemo-
rative of Jumbo's departure.