Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
JENNIE IS "a TEARS old
She Is az Elephant and She still
Works for her LIVlnq

years old. She IS one OF the largest
of the herd Of forty beasts that
stretch out in line through the Gen.
ter Of the tent. She is also one Of
trained elephants. She can use a
telephone and beat a basedrum with
her TAIL.
The first known Of Jtnnie is that
while George Washington was presi-
dent of the United Sta'es she was
brought from somewhere in the wilds
of India to become an exhibit in the
Geological Gardens of London, En-
gland. That was in the spring of
1895. Her age was then estimated
at hundred years.
In 1906 the elephant was trans
ferred from London to the public
park at Liverpool. For time after
this all trace Of Jennie is lost, but it
is Lnown that in 1916 Jerry Fogg
and Evenetiz Howes, who operated a
small wagon Sehw in the United Sta.
ties, brought the animal to America
for its first tour with red wagons. In
1855 Jennie became the property of
the City Of New Orleans. Later she
identified with a small show. lust
after the Civil war she was sold 10
the city Of Rockford. ILL.,. to become
for the fourth time park attraction.
Jennie is rext heard of as a part
of the menageries of the Reonolds
Shows. Then she was exhibited in
show owned by Charles Andres,
now retired and living on Douglas
boulevard in Chicago. Address sold
the elephant in 1889 to the Ring.
ling Brothers, They still own her
and it is not likely that they will part
with her as she has become a great
pet in the big circus.
In New York City banquet was
given to Jennie on her birthday
Banquet tables we're laid in the Mad.
iSon Square Garden. The big ele-
plant occupied the place of honor
In front Of her was an immense cake
on which was statue of an elephant
done in plaster. Around this statue
IA candles burned while the ban.
queterS were enjoying themselves.
Jennie ate peanuts from a big tub.
Speeches were made by DR.. Wiley
of the United States Bureau of chem.
istry; Winifred Harper Cody, of the
Allied Vegetarian Societies, and
Irving S. Cobb and Martin Greene,
. HumoriSts.
Jennie pays for her board many
many times over, for she knows as
as well as an expert how to get a
heavy wagon out Of the mud, and ST.
has the strength to do it. She took
easily to higher education and is one
OF the best performers in the circus
What is more, she is gentle beast
She has never given one of her many
keepers moments worry. She hai
probably fed from the hands Of
million people. She is still in he
prime, for elephants have been know
to live for 500 years. So it is likel
that Jennie will live to eat peanut
from the hands Of children who's
great grandparents are yet unborn
This season there 1000 wild ami
mails displayed in the meDagerie q
Ringing Brothers shows. There
everything there to be seen that Nat
ural history textbooks tell abOu
There is a family of giraffes. One
them is twenty feet tall. Their
are Valak Vaarks, Zebus, nlyghau!
Izebes, KangarOos, Gnus, Emue:
Yaks, Llamas, Pecaries, Porcupine!
. Wart Hogs, Ant-eaterS, Tapirs, Phi
, ippine Cattle, Water Buffaloes, Hip
: popOtami, Rhiuoceri, Seals, Sea Liol
all kinds Of Bears, Cats, Monkey
and Deer, Camels, Dromedaries an
!, ChimpaDzees. The prize attractiO
is Darwin, the missing link, who live
| in a house Of his own, shaves himsel
eats with a knife and fork, sleeps in