Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-12-31
phant N Mr.. porpum,s GREAT herd.

holds sway over nearly flfty great an
imals (any one of which might pick
him up and hurl him as boy would a
raD solely because they fear him. Not
so with Jumbo. He minded me be-
cause he loved me. Many years age
it was that he began to show his af.
lection for me, and he never betrayed
the confidence placed in him. When
ever | could make my wishes known
tn HIM, he always obeyed. Like q
child, he would sometimes be peevisll
and sullen, but ut such times he would
solicit me to pet him, and if l re-
manned near, he would soon get over
his ill-feeling.
We have travelled many thousands
of miles together in the magnificent
car built expressly for our use. My
sleeping apartment was at one end OF
the car, and my bed was near Jumbo.
Unless l was in it he would not go to
sleep, no matter what hour OF the
night it might be. Sometimes would
take n short walk around the city af-
ter the exhibition was over for the
day, and before the cars started.
Jumbo was always awake, and wait.
ing for his bit OF cake and beer, or
whatever l had. He always shared
my beer at night. Once | forgot to
give him his portion, and after | had
dropped asleep he put his trunk
around me and lifted me out of my
| bed. | then recollected the nip OF
beer l had left in the mug, not enough
to wet the old fellows throat, but as
soon as he got it he was satisfied.
He was mischievous, too, and often
times he would wait until had fallen
to sleep and then carefully take off my
bedclothes without awakening me. Ii
ii was cold weather | would find the
quilts crowded in the ventilator over
head. | recollect finding my coat and
vest carefully tucked into the grating
of the car, out of my reach. looked
for them for half an hour, while jun
DO swung his trunk like an enormous
pendulum, as he always did when eX-
pressing his delight. Finally he di-
rected my attention to the grating,
and ut my request gave them back.
Many times Jumbo has picked me up
and placed me out of danger of various
kinds to which he fancled | was ex-
posed, and in several instances he
saved my life. When the stampede
of elephants took place last year he
caught me in his trunk and held me Il
/ prisoner between his fore feet until
the general alarm had subsidized.
An amusing instance occurred at
Penn Yam of Jumbo's jealously of the
attention paid me by visitors to the
great show.
A young lady from the rural districts
l tnnl- nttitn N fan 10 mud 4
! pose L took more pains than usual that
she should know the whole history of
Jumbo. She returned several times
before the circus performance began in
the big tent, and each time brought II
bouquet or other small gift. After
the exhibition she came again, and
Jumbo concluded that | was in great
danger or else receiving altogether
too much attention from the damsel
At any rate, he wound his trunk
around me and drew me away from
her. | freed myself, and again made
myself agreeable, when Jumbo picked
me up and placed me on one side, and
then gently but firmly pushed the lady
away from him rs far as his chains
would allow.
Poor Jumbo is now no more. and |
shall probably return to England this
winter. Mr.. Barnum has repeatedly
| desired me to remain in Bridgeport,
and go out again with the greatshow
next spring. The trip will be west
across the continent, and expect to
go; but | will lirst go to my old home
in London, whore my brother and sis
ter reside,
I
do not like to review the details of
Jumbo's sudden death. lie showed
his affection for me to the last mo-
ment, and il seems that he realized
the danger to which | was exposed
He first took care, rs he saw the fatal
train coming, that L should be saved
and quickly put me out of harms
way. Then he rs quickly rolled Tom
Thumb away from the track, and in
so doing lost so much time that the
engine was upon him before he could
move away. The locomotive struck
him on the head. fracturng the skull.
All the inhabtants of ST. Thomas.
Ont where the accident occurred.
turned out to see the great animal as
he lay stretched on the bank the
next day, and an onterprisng photo
grarher. took II large picture OF jun
DO, while | stood by his head. have
the first copy which was printed, and
prize it as the only perfect picture OF
my dead companion of eighteen years,
who was always faithful, and to me Us
devoted as human being could ever
be.
Jumbo's hide and bones are now in
charge of Prof. Ward, proprietor of
the great museum at Rochester n. Y,
and he is preparing them for Mr. Bar
mum hereafter to transport through
the country with his show. Event.
ually the skeleton will rest at the Ma.
tonal Museum of the Smithsonian In.
stituton at Washington while the
stuffed skin will be placed in the Bar.
mum Museum of Natural History AZ
Tufts College, near Boston.
Mr.. Barnum sends the following
short account OF .jumbo's Introduction
to his herd of elephants:
"Thc day after Jumbo's arrival at
Madison Square Garden, we resolved
to Introduce him to the thirty-five In
dian elephants which we had there
Some of us feared the result, but Scott
insisted that Jumbo was TOO much Of q
| gentleman to misbehave. So we placed
our thrty-tive elephants in u row,
each being chained one leg to post.
and then Scott led Jumbo in. He
passed in front OF the string of ele-
plants, looking at first little sur
prised, rs did all the other elephants
when they first discovered him APP
preaching. But Jumbo and all the
other elephants at once looked kindly,
aud each extended its trunk rs Jumbo