The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-07


PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM
This man, whose tu-e is here pre-
scented, is known by name wherever Ian
guage is spoken. He is, to-day, probably
The best known man in the world, and in
lis life he exemplifes Whist grit, grace and
greenbsckS can accomplish He was horn
in the town of Bethel, Connecticut. JULY
D, 1910. and is, therefore, a little over a
years Of age. The early years Ct his life
were such as befell those OF boys whose pa
rents had a hsnd-to. mouth s'rIggle 10 meet
daily wants, ard bis sdvsn- ages were of
the most limit d. In his autobiography
be says that at an early age Ee d-ve.ope
tao prominent faculties, an sp,itude il
mathematics snd a strong degree of 'ac
quisitivents>." Both OF these ficul les
nave been the predominant features of a
career which reaGs more ike a romance
than reality. As toy be also was a great
joker, playing innunerable pranks on hi
companions, and even uToa the staid older
persons, and as q msn lie h IS never allowed
ihst boyish proclivity 20 grow dim or
rusty; he bss been selling the American
people fer almost half ctn:ury in some
form or another.
Ii is impos. ibl0, in a necessarily brief
newspaper sketch of this wen ie:ful mar,
10 give more than la outline of his =
reer "a a Snowman. Mr.. Barnum began
The battle of hie for himself
BAREFooTED
and without friends. He entered a store
as clerk al The enormous salary of six
dollars a month and board, sni the first
money he made was TO pay back that which
ne had borrowed 10 buy a pair OF shoes 10
wear to his fathers funeral. In 1926
young Bsrnum found himself in Brooklyn,
where be E cured clerkship in grocery
store. In 1923 be returned 10 his n ,tive
town ard sc, up for himself in fruit and
and confectionery store In a carriage
house. In connection with his store he
sold lott ~ ticke on CON mission, this
tusipess berg deemed perfectly honorable,
and be had as customers many a staid old
puritan. Passing through many vicissi.
tudts of fortune In The course Of a few
years, the IN ure great showmsn on No
yember s, 1879. drew priz' in the lottery
OF life by marrying "Ihsiry" Halleti, a
tsiloress in his own town. In 1881 he became
owner and PROPRIETOR Of a newspaper,
THE HERALD OF FREEDOM,
and so bold were its editorials that il gained
almost a national reputation. Barnum blew
his own horn then rs vigorouly as e does
now and il paid him. De, Of all men,
knows the power OF primers ink. BIT he
soon got IN o hot wafer, aud the D,nbury
jail, for lioelhng church member r, though
il was merry technical lib !, ne havi told
The truth. He got out OF All and was tri-
umphsntly h4iled BY his Iownsmen. Aft r
thre- years o. newspaper experience, dur
ing which time he made things hum, Mr..
B. rnum sold out and sJught other avenues
OF wealth. He is worth millions DOW.
FINDS HIS DESTINY.
At last Barnum struck mis- predsstined
spher= and entered on his Greer IS a
snowman. This was In 1885, whan he WIS
inv-igl- d into buying JoiCe Heb, negress
aged l6l yesrs of eye, who form. ri belong
ed TO the fstter OF George Washing
toe, and WHO was PRESENT
W. en- IN. future "Fsihe- OF hi
arrived in the land he was 10 res
cue from British lyrsny The same lib
eral use Of primers ink which has always
char c:er;z.d Mr.. BaInum;s desire 10 In
form a Visiting world of his wonders, was
.,ut 20 Use in sdvel Using this cid relic, and
wherever he exhibited her, crowds hocked
20 The hall, and many sEekels were rakei
in. The CID fraud died 10 about a wear
alter +; rum toe k the road with her. The |
next venture was thestric4l one and this |
proved 10 be a SUCCESS. II was 10 the CITY |
Of Broik-rly Love, the same being where he |
bought his aged AfrIcsn. The xt year |
ne 10 nd a cirrus as ticket seller, and ]
from that time on he hasn't been out Of |
sight of canvas OF some sort. Bat space /
orbids closer sticking 10 the text Mr.. |
Barnum is the man who
BROUGHT JENNY LIND,
he sweet S singer that ever lived, TO Amer
ca, and from which venture he resped |
IN enormous fortune. He also found
Tom Thumb, created the woolly horse.
d sde second edition Of Niagara Falls,
,aptured The Free mermsid, introduced
,aby shows, and has discovered more real
nd frsuduleot curiosiiies than any man
wing or dead. He has been a member of
be Legislature, is several times a million
ii e, and lives In elegant ease al Bridge
'ort, Connecticut, and has the respect of
ii who know him.
Mr. Bsrnum has had checkered career,
ut he has kept the aoncr OF his word in
act. He has humbuggel the people, but
hey knew he was doing it. He saws that
is success is largely due to advertising
nd he shows his faith in the press by his
beral pa ronage of il. Mr.. Barnum is a
Ian of responsive sympathies aud of large
harities. He is pronounced prohibi-
Onis'. and 10 his total abstinence he saws
is success Is due In no small d. gree. He
as been honored by crowned heads, but
is proudest DO lst is that he is an Ameri- I
an. He has shown what an indomitable d
,ergy and fair dealing can do. C
The Doctors Endorsement.
DR.. w. ID. Wright, Cincinna Att, O., sends ,
he subioined professional endorsement
have prescribed DIR. WM. HALLS
FOR THE LUNGS in a great
umber of cases, snd always with success