The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
BUSTER BROWN 5 IDEALS
MAN WOULD WORK
AND HUNT AND FISH.
HE TRAVELLED WITH clRCUSES
Queer Little Man Who Held a Recep.
ton at Store Of Antilles g. Smith,
Tells of His Life, Past, Present and
Future-Likes to Shoot a Gun.

ton at Store Of Antilles & Smith,
Tells of His Life, Past, Present and
Future-Likes to Shoot Gun.
when get out of this business, my
plan now is to get together a congo
NAL company, organize for presenting
n theatrical production, and go on the
road to stop at towns where there is
money and give a show; and to stop
off at towns where there is good fish
ing and hunting, to enjoy the sport
for few days; thus paying our way
as we go and having a good time all
the time. That is my idea of enjoying
life. enjoy hunting and am a good
shot"
This is the theory of the odd little
man who fills the role of Buster Brown
for the Brown shoe company and who
held reception at the store of Antilles
a. Smith in Norfolk all day Saturday.
He was n bit tired after his days
work but was cheerful with 1t all, and
ran along in "a lively conversation
about his past, his present and his fu-
ture.
Has High Life Insurance.
The queer little old man, lorty-two
inches In height and forty-siX years
of age, who travels about the country
as Buster Brown and whose only com.
panion is his big brown-black bull dog,
"Tige," carries a life insurance pro-
lection which is much higher than that
borne by most men three times his
size. He Is insured for $4,000 and
remarked, $50 you see | am worth
more dead than alive to my wife"
Then, with twinkle in his eye, But
you couldn't make her believe that"
Wife? oh yes, Buster has wife.
How big? Well, she is just one inch
shorter than he Is and she lives down
near st. Louis where together they
own general merchandise store.
Buster hasn't seen her since last June
and Is afraid that he won't be able to
see her on Christmas although, as he
declared with emphasis, II am put
ting up an awfully strong fight for II"
Buster makes on an average of one
town day. He lost three days last
week when he came to Norfolk for he
had to jump clear up here from south.
ern Kansas and it cost him three days
time. He ran through a snow storm
down in that country and expected to
meet a blizzard in northern Nebraska
but was happily disappointed when he
found the prairies of this state I'M
tnnnhnh hv vyh
Was With a Circus.
Buster used to be with circus. He
travelled with many OF them, always
as the dwarf in the sideshows. and
ended his professional career as a cir
Gus man with Sells Bros. & Forepaugh.
Then he went to st. Louis and started
a general store in a rural suburb.
Here he bought stock from the Brown
shoe company for some time and fl
nally, when that company secured
copyright to the Buster Brown name,
he was the little man whom they Sc
| lected to carry out the plan. And so
he hunted around the streets of St
Louis until he found dog that just
| fits the part-and Tige is about as
wise a dog as YOU ever saw.
Busters brothers and sisters are all
normally large men and women, as
were his father and mother. So, also
with the family from which comes his
wife. There is no known reason, so
far as he has ever been able to learn
for diminutive people and he says that
medical science is thus far baffled
over the phenomenon. He is perfect
| ly well, eats we'll and feels all right
all the time. In fact he was pro-
nounced to be much better physical
specimen by insurance examiners than
many full grown men.
When he was three weeks old he
weighed six pounds. At the age of
five years he weighed twelve pounds.
His growth was gradual but steady
up to the time he was twenty-one years
of age, when he tipped the beams for
thirty-three pounds. Now he has
grown stouter, as other older people
do, and he weighs fifty pounds
His voice is that of child although
even and round. His words are those
of a much travelled man, his English
perfect and his accent suggesting the
mind and manner of a polished plat
form lecturer.
He is a man among men and has
taken thirty-two degrees in Masonry.
His real name? What is your real
name, Buster?" was the query.
81 never suffer my real name to go
into print, he replied. at would hurt
my title Of Buster Brown"