Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-01
MONEY IN the CIRCUS BUSINESS.


abort period. and with comparatively
slight rxertion, found Themselves MIL
iionsires OF richer than mllllonairea.
Long before this gray-bcarded and grim
vissgcsi man bought out old Adam fors-
piugh's eircus be Was able Ia count h's
wealth Ia seven figures. Now that
he IL dead, 10 IL . certainty thst hi. heirs
and there are not many Of them
will divide about sJ,OpO,0Oo.
With Bsrnurn, forrpsugh, lIemmings,
Gardner, Nsthsns and Cooper gone, the
oideu circus world IL no more. The
pairlsrchs are mourped kss BY the
ihoughtless public than by the thou
sands ~ performers Who at one time ~
another worked In their tents. Only
one manager aud owner contemporary
With these departed veterans IL alive Ia
tell of their triumphs. lie is white
headed George y. haley, aud he is
mourufui indeed az he conts,npl,ies his
LONELINESS. L.. an odd fact that all cif-
Gus owners die rich. The dramatic man
sgrr has more than once gone To his
v.t In an actors fund grave; but the
fund has no record 10 ever burylng the
bones of poor old circus manager.
Cooper's death makes an suiocrit and
monopollst % the brainicsi circus owner
Ia the world-Jame. 4. bailey. lie now
no, only control. the every movement 81
the Bsrnum show, and receives most of
H.. vast earnings, hut he !. also owner
of half the forrpaugh cirrus. When
Cooper, after old forcpaugh's death, re-
turned a. the white tents aud purchased
ti,e show from fowpaugh's estate, he
had q silent hut Immensely active part
ner In HALEY. Bailey. each aud advice
VAS quietly utiliIoi by Cooper, ani,
though an effort was made % keep ia.
deal quiet, u MAS soon discoveries; that
the main owner Of the ilarnum outfit
VAS al.o half owner 81 the fowpsugh
aggregation. Now Bsrnum aud Cooper
ar, gone. aud James \. bailey IL, w the
true.t sense of the words, the biggest
Snowman the world has ever seen. Bsr-
NUN, In his bol.ies, days, did not have q
third part 81 the Responsibilities, the
power, the activity that crowd upon
HALEY.
Itu singular, too, that not only bailey,
hut all the other owners of blg circu.e.
of thi. dsy, are Young mcn. None 81
them are over foriy-slx. Nj ~ them
are mIlnonairr.. Each ~ them started
/ without q cent, started ob.Cufrly aud
worked hard. ". W. Cole, vb0 ran
the Cole clfcu. for numbrr ~ YEAR,
anil then bought an Interest Ia ia. Bar-
mum show, q. forty-hS.. lrt b. has ~
tlr,Si from business, aud hi. million 10
earning 10 Ier cent Ter annum, shlle
Jolr take. " easy Ia hi Luxurious HON"
In the .Wclle.t apartment house Ia this
city. 4 rich msn wh"u he haulci dow u
al. own banner aud hc,Ame an ini.gcr
Ia the firm % ilsrnum, Bailey, iIuichln-
.on a Cole, h. va. able In t~o YEAR. "a
quit tho gsmc-the mos, profitable game
In the history 10 amusements, ani no
where NOR, profitable than In America.
And Jane. l.. llutchln.onf lie, too,
wlll never again 20 "aloug With the
show" Not y,t forty -nSc, he !. as rich
a. any devcut man care. Ia L.. Ia
sunny southern ..ss hls yacht sicsms
through day. aud night. when clrruse.
ar. huddling north la NY weather. Nov
In the Mediterranean, nov In Lgypi,
nov on the Ri,iors, Dc p"lnts her bros
wh.rr,.r IA. fancy NAV s.il. him. The
lrx-caniy ps,ldlsr know. hos to enjoy
ilou. II his old DREAMS. Aud BE- J. get
ting richer year by year. o.urcr way,
d. says, io make money Il there th,n "a
have money. iInichlnsoa proves the
theory. Tie lcnd. money, aud b. get. well
paid for HI. loans. saw him not many
iay. ago In the Clsmlcil hank, an in'il'
tuition a. rich q. the Hank IL Englsnd,
aud Ia New Nors capitalists n ."lli.
They told me h. VAS, Nhsu IN town, Que
of the bank. most constant Nisitor., aud
that hl. standing was un.Nccllci by
that ~ any capitals, Ia the city. There
are many INSTANCES" aid an aiiachc,
'swhsn the bsnk Itself cannot loan mon
iry Ia Accommodate ". customers
Hut IIuichln.on !. generally handy fo'
\ qul,k turn aud handsome profit. III
!. a clever jadg, 10 values, ADi " the
security suits him he'll make loan lot
any amount. Many famous nnincier
Ia. rra.on to know Jim Hutchinson
lie can buy aud .ell dorm 81 the meu
whose names figure 80 cousplcaou'ly W
the world of .to,ks. No man In The
street, except Ierh.p. l.uss.ll sage, eau
command more ready cash than Hutch
in.on."
Jane. 4. Bailey will lie worth sln,'
90 90 IN no calamity wipe. cut NJ on'
.,rul. ia. Birnum aud for.psugh show
Cole and Hutchinson Will D. able Ia de
pose of half that amount when They
com. 10 make their respective wills,
Cootsr died rich. q. Ne have seen. old
Natian., forgotten by ia. prr.eut gen
sration aud la retirement for twcntt
wears, left q big fortune. Barnum'
heir. will never be able to .icni I'LL
a. earned In hi. busy lifetime. Fore
paugh could count his million before h'
died, tbough to look At him on. would
lharil, ds~m him worth 60. lie ~.
the aasInts.t figure % the whole lot.
~. m-u liked hun, Vet he "a. habliu'I'
iy coarse aud loud In Addressing them
II VA. hi. wont Ia fondly hall thru az
"lIsTr, you ducks" lie never spoke
Of them a. men. nor a. performers. III
never caile.i them by their names. 10
dee 4. he coald not properly pronounce
tie WORT 'p-tfofmrr," which to tie
day Of al. death b. c,li.,l "prvfufncr,
aud hc would never change ~ori once
n. had ml.pronouncri w.. Bui 10" lett Z
million aud the rccorl ~ having bern
honest aud KEEN. Cooper ~. not Sha'
I. called an educ, ,ei man, but he wa-
Intelligent, .hrcwd, gcDeroa. aud gen
tie. bailey VA. an agent wher
Cooper VAS an oaner. aud wh.u Cooper
on. year PAID haley slup week for hl'
.sryir.. the cirru. world looked sginst,
for never had any circus sgcnt bsru
Maid 90 well. Australia was the land
Of gold for all these men. Cole fou"d 4
forum. there. HALEY and Cooper brought
away several hundred thousand. 81 dol
lar. from tie antipode. aud even Hutch
in.on struck little mint between sgd
n.y, Melbourne sDi th. Ne~ L1alsn,l-r.
10 Il seem. that there u no business
productiy. 10 greater pionis, one ih'
turn I. made rightly, than the circu'
business. Cole one siid she knew I
man" aud tber. MAS a twinkle in hi'
! eve When he said u, "wbo made 500
day for ntty dave nnnin'." Aud then
lac nddci: The next thirty DAY. Do
made $1,000 dan" No doubt be- .pok.
truly. hi. !. a great and yicl Hing pub,
lie when the cirrus come. Ia iosn au'i
the sun shines. New York Letter.
A WHOLESALE POISONING BUSINESS
Tn. latest sensation comes from
Mount Chise, In I'snob.cot County, Ia
the f,rm 10 a Wholesale poisoning affair.
4 French Canadian family living near
Grand Lake. became poisoned by some
substance which was, without thrif
Know ledge, mixed With their cooking
soda, aud which contained = lsrge guam
tlty 81 arsenic. The man dic'i. sni tiir
other m.mber. of the family we're m'de
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