Evening journal., 1891-04-08

was only seyenty-iive years old, instead Of
lVl, which was her reputed age
his Big hit with Tom Thumb.
Barnum then engaged an Italian variety
performer and travelled through the coun
try, making still more money. In 1896 the
two joined a circus, Barnum as ticket
agent and the Italian as n performer
After travelling with the show less than a
year Barnum, in company with several
musicians, horses, wagons and a small
tent, started out for himself After a sue
cessful season he returned Go New York
lie then engaged ia the manufacture OF
paste blacking, cologne water ana bears
grease, but his partner ran away with the
funds and Barnum was once more left TO
his own resources. lie hired the Nanxhall
Garden saloon in New York and gave va.
riety performances but soon gave this up.
lie then went on the road with a variety
company, returning to New York at the
end Of four months, resolved to never again
be an itinerant Snowman, and accepted the
United States agency FOR Sears Pictorial
Illustrations Of the Bible This did not
pay. and the Nauxhall saloon WIS once
more leased
Ia December. 1s4i, he purchased the
establishment known as Scndder's Ameri.
can museum, ON wind. At the end Of a
year he was able to pay for IT, In 1912 he
made a tour Of Europe with Tom Thumb,
who became 40 well known TO the world
through Barnnm's advertising He was
received by the queen and nearly all the
crowned heads Of Europe.
The Jenay Lind scheme.
In October, ls4e, he conceived the idea Of
bringing Jenny Lind TO America. Her
success is too familiar TO need repetition
here For nine months OF the concert tour
Barnum scarcely knew a waking m0ment
that was free from anxiety. In 1851 he re.
turned TO New York A great travelling
museum and menagerie was now project.
| ed, A ship was chartered and proceeded
70 Ceylen, returning with ten elephants.
| A caravan Of wild animals was added, and
after four years the show was sold except
one elephant which Mr.. Barnum took Il
his farm, and passengers on the New Ha
ven road were while passing amazed at tht
sight Of an elephant drawing plow.
He then formed a concert company, ant
IL madea trip through California. In 1877
the great travelling hippodrome was organ
/ lied He was elected to the Connection
| legislature in 1907, and wns an nnsuccess
| ful Republican candidate for congress il
his state IN lssis.
A Reputation for Laziness.
In his early life BArnum acquired a repu
tation for laziness uneqnaled by any on
ia the little community where he lived
which his later achievements have entirel
efIaced II was in Scudder's America
museum that he developed his wonderfu
advertising ability and instituted the fan
ous baby show"
| H.. T..l.. Nn
down, but instead Of retiring with th
fortune he had amassed, Barnum resume
business shortly after on Broadway an
Broome street.
This was also destroyed by fire in 1861
This seriously crippled the Snowman fo
some little time, but ia 1871 he discovere
Admiral Dot in California and went int
the show business with the diminutiy
attraction, 70 which was eventually adde
his great three tent worlds fair. After
successful year he opened in the old Hipp
theater on Fourteenth street, where he VIZ
once more burned out. II took him bl
two years TO recover from this disaete
/ which he did with "rhe Greatest Show o
Earth.n From that time forth succei
crowned his every effort.
As an Author,
p r. Barnum was an author also II
autobiography reached an edition Of l60
600. His Struggles and Triumphs Of 1869
10000 He was n public lecturer and
politician Of no mean ability. His vii
died Nov. 10, 1873 leaving him severn
daughters, and in 1874 be married Mi
Fish, the daughter Of an old friend
Sometime after his fathers death, Will
he was in the employ Of a local firm,
conceived the idea Of disposing Of a larg
accumulation Of unstable goods by lo
terry, In this scheme there was a capitl
prize Of twenty-five dollars worth Of good
to be selected by the winner, and hft
prizes Of five dollars worth Of goods eacl
which were designated on the ticket sol,
There were 100 prizes of one dollar eaci
100 OF fifty cents each, and 800 Of twent,
five cents each, all in goods. The schem
worked and crowds flocked to the stor
with the result that Barnum and his en-
ployers reaped many dollars, while pn
chasers Of the tickets acquired an adequat
remuneration in experience.
The success Of p. i. Barnum may
considered MS phenomenal II is estimate
that during his fifty years Of show III
l00,0O000O people have visited his yariou
attractions. Genial, open and free hearte
to n fault the name Of p r. Barnum wi
live on for many generations.
The show win Continue.
The death Of Mr. Barnum will have n
effect upon Barnum & Bailey's "Greate'
Show on Earth" TO provide against sue
contingency Mr.. Barnum, to make ce
tain the perpetuity Of the great show, ha
articles Of agreement drawn.
These stipulated that in the event Of th
1 fIuufh AZ haa Ilarr frA Nj. Iluf1ai
or both, who were equal owners in tt
show, it should be continued for fifty year
This agreement was made binding upo
their respective heirs, executors or assign
Mr. Bailey said that the performance woul
be suspended on the day of Mr.. Barnum
funeral Any other suspension would
made in accordance with the desires of til
dead showman's relatives.