The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-26
HUM BO."

Personal "Reminiscences by His Keeper,
 Matthew Scott.
 The following interesting sketch of Barnum's mammoth elephant, which met such tragic death in Canada last summer, is taken from an article in a late number of Harper'S Youag People: ''It was in December, 1851, that my name was entered on the books of the Royal Geological Society's Garden, at Regents Park, in London. was then seventeen years of age, and my great desire to be constantly among the ami mals which had visited over and over again was finally gratified.
 ''I well remember when it was an- nounced, eighteen years ago, that an African elephant, with immense ears like folding parlOr doors, would soon arrive, and the managers decided to put me in charge of him. There was great excitement when the boat arrived from Paris, and it seemed as if all the boys and girls in London turned out to see him. The little elephant was a curiosity on account of his peculiar shape and his big ears, and the mem bers of several learned societies came to examine him. The name I gave him, Jumbo, had no particular signifi- canoe; in fact, I don't think that l had ever heard it.
 From the natives where he was captured it was learned that Jumbo was five years of age, and took delight in telling the visitors that he would grow up to be the biggest elephant in the world. This judged from the pecul- jar size and proportions of his bones in relation to the body, and l resolved soon afterward that would make a study of feeding him. He was then sickly, and in bad state of health gen. orally. Jumbo and myself were fast friends the first time we met, and he would be governed by none of the other keepers. He was like g great good-natured boy, and he took a spe- cial fancy to children and ladies, and was never so happy as when he could carry back-load of little ones around the Park. His passengers included children of royalty and nobility, and as he grew rapidly, larger saddle was necessary every few months.
 "One day as Jumbo was passing through a crowd he suddenly stopped, and would not move an inch when l commanded him to proceed. From my seat in the saddle 1 observed that a lady below was much agitated as she came running toward Jumbo. Lean- ing over the side of the saddle, I saw that child of two ST three years had fallen in our pathway, and was lying between Jumbo's fore-feet. The beast would not stir until he had taken up the infant tenderly in his trunk and passed it over to the mother.
 ''Mr. Barnum, ten years ago, saw Jumbo at the Gardens and tried to pur- chase him. When he offered fifty thou sand dollars for him I was afraid the directors would let him go and that I would lose my best friend. 1 didn't have much to say to the great show man, and was not at all anxious to ex- hibit the good points of my big ele- phant until after the managers of the Garden had assured me that they would never allow the animal to go to America for any price. Six years ago, however, Jumbo had turns of fretful- ness which alarmed the directors, and they even went so far as to purchase blunderbusses with which to shoot him if he became mad and manageable. 1 told them that elephants were social animals, and that what ailed Jumbo was the want of society with his own species.
 "As MT. Barnum had score or two of elephants in his great American show MT. A. D. Bartlett, Superintend- ent of the Geological Gargens, advised the sale of Jumbo at a greatly reduced price. MT. Barnum offered ten thou sand dollars, and the managers ac- cepted it, on the condition that he should take him as he stood, as they would run no risks of removing him. The bargain was made, and it was one of the happiest days of my life when I found that I was to accompany my old friend across the water.
 1.-The journeyis familiar to every boy and girl in the land. Even those who have not seen Jumbo on his travels through the country have read how Jumbo was boxed up and hoisted dUIOdU JuO oJCdlnOI ASoN lldA NtAOAdAOA by means of enormous derricks, and how, on his arrival in New York in April, 1882, every paper in the land had columns of interesting news about the wonderful beast that had now grown to be the largest known animal in the world.
 Jumbo was unlike any other ele- phant in Mir. Barnum's great herd. It would never do to punish him or to force him to obey. MT. Arstingstall holds sway over nearly fifty great ani- mals (any of which might pick him up and hurl him as 8 boy would rat) solely because they fear him. Not so with Jumbo. He minded me because he loved me. Many years ago it was that he began to show his affection for me, and he never betrayed the confi- dence I placed in him. Whenever could make my wishes known to him, he always obeyed. Like child, he