Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-09
HR1DGEponr,s SORROW.

BRIDGEPORT,S SORROW. Over the Death Of Barnum-An
 Estate of over OO,OOO-The Fu-
 neral To-Morrow.
 Bridgeports sorrow over the death of Mr. Barnum is profound. Flags were at half mast yesterday all over the city. The hour for the funeral is 3 p. m., Friday. Mir. Barnum's estate foots up at over $5, ,OO0, 900, which is willed largely to his legal heirs. The bequests are not yet known. The executors named are Major William B. Hincks, treasurer of the City Savings bank, and Benjamin Fish, treas urer of the Barnum & Bailey show.
 Following are extaacts from the hun dreds of eulogies of the deceased. BARNUM AS THE PRINCE OF ADVERTISERS.
 Concerning Barnum, the New York Re- corder said:
 There is nothing more beautiful in Bar | num's life than his domestic happiness 1 In almost every chapter of his autobiog- | raphy he bears witness to the goodness of | Charity. There was a tender bond be- | tween them. She died in 1873 at the age | married the daughter of James Fish of | Nottingham, very beautiful woman, forty | years his junior.
 Barnum was unquestionably the greatest | advertiser of the century. He was con- tinually startling people with stupendous scheme, and he seemed able to turn every thing into an advertising channel And this bred a burning love for notoriety. This is shown plainly in his autobiography in connection with the Jerome clock bub- ble He writes: "If at any time my vanity had been chilled by the fear that after my retire ment from the Jenny Lind enterprise the world would forget me, this affair speedily l treasured me-"
 As an off-hand speaker he had few equals, and his speeches were the best of advertising matter. His most widely quoted remark, "The American people dearly love to be humbugged," was uttered early in his career, and he faithfully hum bugged them all his life Henry Bergh attacked the snowman for feeding live birds to snakes Barnum invited Bergh
 to meet him in debate in the circus ring.
 This jammed the building with people
 and the newspapers had columns about it.
 Barnum's skill, and one of his favorite
 methods of advertising is shown by the
 telegram he sent to the London Telegraph
 in reply to an inquiry as to the terms on
 which he would return Jumbo. This is
 the reply:
 My compliments to editor Daily Tele-
 graph and British nation. Fifty-one mil
 lions of American citizens anxiously
 awaiting Jumbo's arrival. My forty years
 invariable practice of exhibiting the best
 that money could procure makes Jumbo's
 presence here imperative.
 "Hunrdeds of thousands would be no in
 ducement to cancel purchase. My largest
 tent seats 20 1000 people, and is filled twice 1 a rin in of
 which three full circus companies give diff
 ferent performances simultaneously. In
 the large outer ring or racing track the
 Roman hippodrome is exhibited. In two other immense connecting tents my colos-
 sal geological collection and museum are
 shown. Wishing long life to British na- tion, Telegraph and Jumbo, am the pub lies obedient servant. P. T. BARNUM;
 woud be ~ pubshed in evs4y E paper on the globe, and it didn't cost him
 penny. The cable tolls were prepaid by the Telegraph. His plan was always to , advertise Barnum, and that is why his . name has always been magnifed.
 Yesterdays Springfield Republican says
 "Among those whose genius and business it has been to entertain the world, Barnum
 must be regarded as far the most extraor dinary. He was not juggler, ior tanner, gymnast or any othe- sort of per
 son possessed with little gift or culti vated talent, but he was general of such , people, a man who could organize, combine , and manage, and carry on show as Q states
 man can government. He has beer , called the master of humbug, and Eng1isl 3 poets and European novelists have uset : his name as synonym for imposition or the people. The cry of Islam, Great ii
 Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet was
 parodied for him to Great is Barnum ant
 humbug is his profit And this in fac
 was his beginning of fame"
 Hartford Courant: 'Indeed, carefu
 reading of his autobiography shows tha = thefe was nothing in his eventful caree
 that he was ashamed to have told. Ant n as he was always moved by kind hear
 and desire to make money, it is probabl :. that the American people will forget som : things that they would hardly have caret : to do themselves in view of so much tha Q he did which they could not do."
 Bridgeport Evening Post: It is hard t. T realize, but nevertheless it is a stern realit t that Bridgeports friend and benefaotor i d no more. It is hard to believe that al v that is mortal of him at this time rests ii a room of his beautiful residence by tn e shore of the sound in that lovely Seasid 8 park in the city he loved so we'll and ha, g done so much for. "The good that mel :. do lives after them" and this is truly ap r parent in the case of our late honored fel ). low townsman. Go where you will in ou n prosperous and enterprising city and yo l. will see on every hand evidences of hi a work.
 Waterbury Republican: "Mr. Barnur
 was genius; and a unique genius at that
 The story of his fuctuating career fror l. the time when, as Yankee boy, he worke
 upon Connecticut farm until, as tn 'f prince of showmen, his fame, like tn Le drum beat of England, encircled the globe IT is greater romance than can be found i if books of fiction. Sunshine and shrew6 ness were agreeably and effectively con 10 bined in his makeup"
 d London Times: ''The octogenaria It snowman was unique. The death of MI l. Barnum removes a noteworthy and almos r. classical figure, typical of the age of trans IT parent puf6ng through which moder ,r democracies are passing. His name is ,e proverb already and will continue to be a proverb until mankind has ceased to fin le pleasure in comedy of harmless deceive l. and the willingly deceived" d D. s. Thomas of this city, for years Bal B. num's press agent: ''Mr. Barnum alway st believed in treating newspaper men wei IT and when was with the show we used t le spend great deal of money in that way le We always had carriages to take them t |" and from the show, and many time hay le l known MT. Barnum, even when with hi 1t wife, to refuse to take seat in the cal y riages when there was not enough roor
 for all the newspaper men and to go O
 the horse cars instead He was the onl
 snowman ever knew who didn't kic
 about bills which the agents contracted i e advertising or otherwise. And many
 big supper have given to newspaper me ,e in Boston, New York and Chicago. Mi le Barnum would pay the bills without Tt word. He was shrewd man, and woul n pick out men that he could trust, an " would then trust them
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