Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-06
PROGENY OF FREAKS.
some RESULTS OF RomANcss IN TIE
SHOW BUSINESS.

was the first unnatuiaiAy "a -tst;f
thiu skin and bones man to Dc eAnlS'.
al 10 the public under the ti1le %
l.snvino skeleton It was durlng Vne
l,elrov aavs Of Barnum's Greatest snow
er Earth. and while that celebrated
lsho,g,,,an was raking the continents u
Seaercb If curiosities in 1864. lncioens-
is1i,>~alr sackett was in those days Win
a,e,.- pastor. Mr.. Sackett was acting as
s soo lnanager and all around
,.so,, Cor PASTOR ffehad previously been
a -+- 9TH Mile Christine the two
Iha.ded oirl. and had an eye out iof
freats When the Tony Pastor sho"
l,oacbed Florida, Stone s. Murray s CIR
o1s came there. The old inhabitants
viii remember Stone & Murray show
IT was contemporaneous WIN ian
.Riee's. Thayer & Noyes' and aIterM war,
with the John Robinson circus. WIN
Stone & Murray was Isaac W. Spragne,
tbe living skeleton. Mr.. Sprague had
heen discovered by Barnum in Massa-
chnsetts. He was the first living sAele-
iton ON record since the discovery OF the
world nv Adam. And Sprague was a
real living skeleton too. He was noun
tng INIT skin and bones, yet he was
healthy aud jolly.
IN ts65 Barnum collected several Gu
riosities, including Sprague' ana SEM
tbem for a tour of the world. Sprague
was the big card. Next to him was
Iskeleton woman, nearly as attenuateq
al Snraeue. whose name has escaped
the wonderful memory of Snowman
aaclrett Among the other freaks WIN
which Barnum expected to ana oio as
.tonish the world was Joyce heth' the
oolored woman he picked up ~ sne
south. supposed to be 1875 years OLD tne
nwoollv horse, " and Annie swan the
first Qiantess ever ON exhibition.
Snrapue. ON the steamer going over
leo london. fell desperately in love Wild
tbe skeleton woman. She returned his
afFectiop. and, according to Manager
saokett. who was ON the voyage, It was
a sioht for the sentimental TO observe
tbe Killing and cooling of these attenuat-
"a snecimeus Of Pharaoh's "lean kline.
The outre love affair gave Barnum
bnsiness hint. which he was not SLOW 20
take advantage Of. On their arrival IN
5ear old 'Lunnon" the Snowman adver-
tised and beralded the astounding Iact
Ear and wide that on a certain day there
conld be seen at ST. James hall (where
Grew were showing) something that the
world had never before witnessed, haIne-
ly. the marriage Of two LIVING preatn-
ing skeletons. He also announced the
fact that never before in the annals OF
show business had such thing as the
wedding Of freaks been performed IN
publio. This was a fact TOO.
~ the enthusiastic crowds which such
a nnioue announcement drew, or the
Interesting conduct of the living skele-
toms welded in the presence OF as
SAMPLED thousands" Manager Sacket'
a. silent. But he tells Of fact, how
ever. which is Of such interest that II
was recorded in medical works. but
never before has seen the light OF news
naner prblication. That was that o
wear after the marriage Of the skeletons
the wife bore a child which also was
Living skeleton.
Stranger still to relate-but Sacketi
stakes his fortune ON the truth Oh It
two other children were also Dorm 4
Mr.. and Mrs Sprague, and they were
also Of the skeleton mold. For many
wears afterward the parents Travelled
with their unnaturally thin offspring
and added to the stock of the world
establishment, including both crowned
heads and those that were bald. Ih'
ORIGINAL Sprague and his wife are dead
INT the three skeleton children, nov
voung men, are showing about the coun
try. healthy, happy and rich
This is the only case or succession Q
cases in medical annals where fathe
and mother transmitted the disease G
wasting atrophy to their offspring
Mr. Sackett also tells Of another weir
case that came under his observation
his peregrinating show days. MAYO
Rnrnell. q celebrated Snowman OF tn
eivties. found pair of freak twins
tba sonth. the offspring of colored pee
ple. One Of the twins, boy, was olac
as Kongo stock. The other, girl wa
a pure albino. The major engaged I'll
twins for his show and exhibited thel
far wears. The albino girl grew MP an
married an albinO in the west. III
offspring Of the marriage was baby
blaek as the ace of spades OF eour'
tbis enhanced the showing price
Charley and his albino wife, and Mag
Rurnell increased their salaries accor'
ingly. ,
the far famed Sleeping Beauty, VINO
he found in Tennessee in the sixties. /
brought her to st. Louis. She was
young girl of surprising beauty wa
INIT one fault discoyerable. She sic
nine tenths of the time. She was Il
greatest puzzle the medical men hi
ever seen. It was one Of these latt
xvho derived her mother OF a Ior5ul
and Prescott Of one of his most popol
curiosities. The young doctor was ie
alone in the showroom one day VIM
the beauty was sleeping as usual =
curiosity prompted him to take out
lancet and puneture her arm. The DO
started out and the beauty awoke WI
a scream. Her mother rushed IN frc
an adjoining room. Seeing the do
flowing from her daughters arm,
tainted away. This ended the shown
Of the Sleeping Beauty. Her mott
took her home, and she never slept
public any more. Buffalo Courier.
UeIestials Flirting.
In the gallery of the house the OIL
day were two young ladies. who, una
standing the Significance OF the req pue'
on tho top Of the black caps OF two ORR
tals who were there and the red SIX oN
garment. knew at once that they "
high up attaches Of the legation tnas I
the yellow dragon The two young Lad
beoan TO mako eyes at the two Celesth
ma thew made eyes in return and jabbe
Cbinese to eaoh other, evidently IN gr
oiee suddenly the higher official evide
II reminded that be might not be au
81 his appearance, abstracted from am'
tbe folds Of his garments one OF Tn
emaI pocket companions with a gu
buttoner. a toothpiok and tiny comb