The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-29
rom M THE ON CIRCrs NAN.
Appearance on sru,rhes Of the Greatest
ct Al t.tants.

ON his later YEAR. slid the old circus
Inn, che greatest of al giants suffered =
good deal from fh.uma' ism. and sometimes
on, oil tho other "t las leg, hut more gen
orally hi nigh, leg. would H. ~ drawn up
that ho had To 60 about on cruicie- nut
that Didn't put the srcat giant out Of
business.
Il Was telling Won the other day about
IA. inlpf.,. on lp, mad" On IA" IsAnpl" when
thry saw hiu marching a. thu head 81 IN"
circus uarad" on -'hf-, ~" itad" jug suS'u'
A. much ut au IMPRESSION ih'hsh 81 ''u' -
IN a different -urt . SaN, when h" alI"fh'~i
tb.r. walking, a. be- -um'tiiU'- did after
thr rh"uma' SIN struck hiW, ~ 'rul'IIrN
-N.u -a.. IA. Wa a ChoS'tttu man, 10"
yiat,t. alNavs. W., mover liked =" giN" up.
Ard len h.. didu want i", e'u.t, On ~"
Ia mau account h" ha'''l VI" h>"Il"Hh'
nay.-Tl forgot how IN" I'D man ''l'
over ID the 'r-t tins. IA" gltr' g"' -" l'hd
Well Avs N" I'D man. ! -rpi"-" ma =
the Ias' e 'h- giant 'uf M iEu"l''- wa III"
g"'- OVER ih' rheumatism
-Ilu -.s. vr always featured ,'" si"a'
y,rt m s,u, Na,. ~ th" par'd'". But
~ ..r. ,nr great gian' aid. iha' WASH
M. t-f # him. hid turn nut un 'rui'h"S,
al -. h" dii.
For 80 time And a most r~"markahlo
sy,lr. h.. ,lt m that way. too, ] can tell
y,u -.n.thiug a little III; different, ! ven
tlrs To- s.v. from anything ever ~s'n M a
,ir,ns Isrnle i-'fpT" or NiuV' but ihe
49, was inst a l,s'-tlv iun much irr him.
t,,iIv. and re- had 10 i'l th" odd man after
"A vi De- irat he'd have 70 CIV" At AZ
But IL" suggested himself. HE giant
did IN rIsCp ~ his walking m The prp's-
sion. snu.thiug that h" cnuld de- when I"
W. thus disabled. that turu'si out, SiInIi"
, thing A. II VIZ. ,o H. rally on" 81 10"
gr,at,.., acts th. giant ever d'd n alt. Tins
consisted simply IN hi, standing. suppori'-d
On HE crI,.l..- al son" c,nspiclous -Ist IA
whatever town v. wsr" -h"wins ~ anu there
handing out bills advertising the show
Now. vnu know, :" -T n man oi fls
s~,uisndn,- stature standing eve IN the
ordinary fashion IL a man and narding ON
ltll- Wu,ld nave lrsn something wonderful,
but e. 49, such - man on Cfut'h"-, ana "Nh
hi- right leg Isn't hack from ia" kte" ana
supppried w n sling p3lS-d up over MS
shoulder, standing th"f" iA--.hg ou' '''H'
was sonnet hing wonderful iud'~-l,
And IL did t-s 20 draw the -Nple. lou
Nigh, havc marched the whole show nv
on tho other side of the street after h".d
ono, taken up his position and had nolody
90 look n, Il. th"v were all 'ru,nd IN" giant
And the more they saw ~ him clos TO-
lie that. he morr wonderful he ssenFed.
e vNcrson Ave fcct tall could walk up-
right under tina, isnt knee. and the
cr,,r,.- under his arms preventing va"
giapt'- l.1dtnR down very much 10 T~p-
rla. y was urlv tail rn"n that could take
Tho bil- he CAV" uut direct from Ms own
hand ~ "a matter ot fact when 'h"
rian' was giving out hils N ,Ni- way v"
ALWAYS had a mar alur g-inc az him stand
inr about halfway up on n step ladder;
wbo would take III. bill~ from the giant and
hand them down tn IA" popl",
4; vas one % the bsst things tho giant
ever did, surely. that act IN cru'ehesA