The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
rom n, RIA olD ci~sts ~,
The a,ss, G,s~, ~ . >o,s, S~s's.' WA .
t.ssi sNsmp,sw.

"As I have told you l,efofr o. said No I'D
cltc,ia man. tho ald man. Tho srani hias ~
III fhs shns. 81. fufrvaf IN the lnnk'ui Nhef
ever 90 wont. for , chanrn ~ sr'"f "uf sinnt.
Tho greatest ~ al sinnt-. IN sotne arr ~ cnrr.
%lrtitite exhibition. M Witch ~" s'urrndous
proportion. and tho enormous cnrI,'"s ~
this truly colo,sIl apo linen ~ the go0H . homo
would he emphasisoi by contrasting hm IN
some manner with men ~ ordinnry stature
"D1, u ksp, tho old man busy finding things
for tho slsn, 10 do. b.re,.o ~ didn't like 80
tefoat too nurh We discovered nev things
oil tho time. II We could and. when We couli
thing. that were fDr some reason or other
poo liarly u local interest Of course tho
old man aisays road With the srcatcu care
the local pew pers Of The towns to shich the
show va. coming Ito got no end ~ hints
from them, and ono day he avs 30 me ,u" tho
,mo. ., . ,,,,, ,h.,. =. x.,. s,,,i,,y hand
o''' y" "''' ""'' " y W ~ "''
.ihT me over a newspaper NJ he Froke
-'Cephas. what do Won think Of that
.wh., ho co,lsd = .,,.n,,on 10 4, ,h,. ,,rer
80
sy 7. local rhsmp,on nsmss :. fiut,rch Won
uoa-.u,a, wh,,h , ,h.,,h, ,h,, o,J I.ro
"poHinE.on. ~"cn : 'nouS".
name. I ever came across This pleased the
od man .-.,,ir. ~ u,. .ou,,hi,y ma, and
- wa" 80. , 'n,
man world shine all tho more. and while IL
va. . cboIl.nys IN nil co,re,s th.re was in IL
a particular def to the nie eaters of some two
or three neishboring counties. who would DO
MIRA IN conn. with o,owda ~ ,rierds ,o snre,d
the fame Of the giant and incidentally OF tho
show So the old man went around rislt away
and saw Mr.. Won B~oozlnston, entered his un-
known and put up the money for him for tho
contest. which was TO be a sweepstakes, tho
n.aVch 10 come D" OH 'ho o''o"''e ua'' '"'
day OF the circus.
Ten o'clock in the morning was the hour
We, "a ~. 80
OF IN" contestants had eaten breakfast tha'
a a.r. 's srs " ", ,sam u'e ,ha. .nem las. "n t'e .,an ne ms
Wv. 80.
came up the local CHAMPION Won boohihe'on'
man he.Idos g., poo,i,y,on ,r,,n tho local
town They we're 70 eat from a long wooden
ts6Ie mo 3 sort q a picnic table. that they'd
Ell "Tbav had Mos stn cseS mn in sT niles
for the i, conte.tapis and ,bee Ave we're al
there, WIN ne s'artsr, scorers' and ime
]Naitiny oniv Tor ,he nultrow en.,v rom he
circus but they didn't have to wait Ions for
to the minute "' "''
Others Others say "a what Sort nno Of mar bn, the Soy unk9nTn o Mrs
o ons' Al na v Ipt tsSdit NV 'n ibe 1 n,hsr = i onil
az n hM' van SM's Ro opj zion and tb bee tbpne vi,pitors
.tovod n Da ~ ,han ,erlams becauso
,bn liz w. ,o hn soe n; tne gr ~rna,,, y snrns
Sncs nae een ~ ;bSvsh, ~ ,hem soirnan ia, ia
h,ttis no. 10, aiiwssus ~, ~ the nirnns nnr ,bs
rsce 10 The sxif, -dhars yss aiw.vs n Ch,m"e
4" wfn pIn,,rcb nertniriv VIZ" i,r,,.d nuJ
~ he a varV nicn sort ~ ~ az" and mn mn nbIco
MO- TO- 20 4, ,n,e 81 bis odd rnarmoa' e n ,boso
chances out and really saw n nnssibility Of
winning as against the giant You see the
biiaa nia a ~ w w. 10 t,hla "o, ,ba Voon,a.,,n,ua
az sta MN . o NJ ,,ber n rr,nb ,nrcer dist"nce
1n carrx tb.m ~ 70 III nonuib ihan The o,hars