The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-23
SOME OF BARNUMs LETTERS.
The Shower OF Curious Requests and
Suggestions Rained on Him.
From the Neto York sun.

From the NetO York sun.
MIR. Parnum'S benevolence and charity,
his fondneSs for children, and his counec-
ton with the greatest show on earth, "
causes this venerable Snowman to be flooded
with letters containing most absurd and ex-
traordinary requests and demands. A pow
erty-stricken clergyman with a generous
supply Of sons and daughters and an ac-
Complying scarity of money, writes OF a
balloon railroad" which he has invented
after years of study, and which he prophe-
sizes will not only prove an immense at
traction to the Madison Square circus, but
will ut mately revolutlonlze the present
crude mode of transportation.
A woman writes from Virginia to offer
for his purchasing a remarkable Plymouth
Rock rooster with an unusual ball or tuft
of feathers on one side of its head.
A man describes a curiosity In the form
of heifer without any TAIL and another
man in distant part of the globe goes one
higher, and advertises heifer with no tail
and no eyes. Calves with five and six gs,
and calves with two or three pedal extreme
ties, food the market.
A man in Maryland writes of horse that
is half horse and half camel, and boy de-
scrihes white SQUIRREL the counterpart of
which has never been seen.
DOm6 ONO III Niagara mas CApU. w 6DD 3
hat for sale, the hat he wore before he swan
the whirlpool. An old soldier offers a note
| written by Abraham lincoln, and some one
| else will sell for $500 the programme which
Lincoln held in his hand the night he was
assassinated, and which is stained with drops
of his blood. -aL5b DOG
Most touching of all is woman's re-
| quest that Mr. Barnun shall purchase from
| her pair of old brass candlesticks which
belonged to his first wife, and which the
woman had purchased Of her mother man v
syntax and a charming originality in
| photography a woman writes as Follows:
| mr. T. p. BARNUM-I have a Little Boy
| witch if was trained a little would make a
| splendid Performer he is nine years old yet
| Light complicated Large blue Eyes Curley
hair until cut of very quick disposition in
fack CRATE nanny speak of His good looks
g. Daring riding"
| A Young man writes for position in the
| circus, and adds: Remember that you
were once young and had aspiration like
myself" A young lady asks for money to
| pursue her musical studies abroad, and an
| other begs funds with which to continue
her art studies in New York, and an old
| lady asks for 5000 to obtain a position for
herself in a home for elderly gentlewomen.
| An invalid sends in a modest request to be
brought to New York and put under a noted
physicians treatment, and accompanies her
request with the supplication, 'Please, Mr..
Barnum, don't let me lie here and die. ]
| beg of you for the love of God grant nv
request" Some one writes to suggest the
propriety of MIR. Barnum erecting a monu-
ment over the grave of defunct lion tanner
| once in his employ.
A congratulatory letter from On unknown
admrer concludes by remarking:
mo man is so well known and so general
| ly beloved as Barnum, now that Beecher is
dead Why not nominate him for our
future Presidents He would be my ideal of
an American, a typical representative of
the pluck, enterprise, courage, and intelli-
gence of the people Of the republic"
Countless letters from children are re-
ceived containing various requests, many
questions about 'Tom," the hero of bis
story recently published, and several child
ish poems inspired by the great show, which
is to children a never-failing source of de-
light. A little cripple in Texas writes for a
show bill containing Mr.. Barnum's picture,
and a little boy writes to know if 1.-The little
ponies the clown rides were burned in the
fire, and if Tom Bradford, the hero of his
story, will be in the circus this year"
From an institution for the blind comes
the request for pass TO the circus, and
from bright little lad comes a polite re-
minder of pony promised him some seven
years ago by Mr.. Barnum. A very small
but shrewd youth writes:
"MR. BARNUM-Please let me have a lit
tie baby zebra when the big one gets little
ones, and If you have one now, please let
me know will pay you from 81 to s. for
it, and no more. This is all at present.
Answer soon. Yours truly. b. s. L."