The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-13
WHAT BECOMES. ,
 OF BIG AND LITTLE.
 MUSEUM FREAKS?

Boston. June 18-What becomes of the freaks?
 ' T know" says MT. wiseheimer, .the asylums get what don't go to Con- wrong. We mean the side show freaks, the human monstrostties, The death in waltha am of .Pfutano.' v the last of, the two '.Wald Men of Dor neo. (Qhiol, raises the natural query. What does become, of. the freaks. Any. What, hes become Of 10 10, the Dog faced Boy? Has anybody here seen the Missing Link?
 The facts that the ..wild Men of Borneo," lived in Waltham, Mass. that their names were "Waino,y and "Plutano.". and. that Waino' died; years ago. and ss.Plutano,' recently. have been familiar to many.
 The Cardin Giant was last report ed as being tsin pawn for his room rent somewhere in tho. northern part of Worcester County. A woman who has stored that monqlithic traud for ss. fss ysaf sss sa was Ssr Jumbo, the biggest elephant ever in captivity, and who died hero trying to save a baby elephant from rail- road engine, reposes (stuned) in the natural history collection of Tufts
 
 Colonel Frank P. Stone, of Boston. who has been 'next friend" to all-the best union freaks, declares that Gum bo Is also at Tufts.
 aGumbo," said Colonel Stone, was the biggest orang-outang in the world. She was owned by the King Of Por- tugaI. leased her for 2 year TOT the contract was up. Both Gumbo and the contract expired together, so to speak. The King of Portugal had no use for a., dead rang. SO T had Gumbo stuffed and gave her to Tufts College"
 Jo, Jo, the Dog-faced Boy. is back in that dear old Burmah. it seems. To Jo-or Joseph Joseph, to be for mails one of the hairy Burmese. He made his debut in America fifteen years ago and returned to his hairy relatives four years back. He was good sport while heres. was Jo 10, and his bark was worse than his bite. ]. Where are the tall ones-the slants! Every other side show has It's giant, one nationality or another. But aCol1- onel stone says Chang. the Chink, was the tallest Of all. Chang was feet 1 inches in his socks. He died eighteen years ago.
 The original tattooed man was Cap- tain Constantinos. He was g. Greek.
 
 tooed every inch of him. He was an ugly customer, too.
 R Fannie Nils. the Girl with the Big Feet came from Chicago. Honest! Her feet were a yard long, and, out side of that. were beautifully formed. Fannie retired ten years ago and died three years later.
 museum freak-in addition to the oth- CTS not yet in captivity. This one Is Annie irwin, the taliest woman. Am nfe is feet inches, has retired on her earnings and Is living in q Chi- cago suburb. Thumb. has been dead for years. His widow married another midget, and is now living in Meriden, Conn. Com modore Mutt. rom Thumbs coach- man. has been dead three years .a
 Crou, the original Missing Link, is 2 Miss but not missing. She Is a fem mine ..link" and is playing the West k Annie Jones, the finest bearded wo- man ever seen, is also following the circus game. Her beard is eighteen '. : The Austrian ,siamese Twins. Jose ia and. Rose, are in Europe. Rose is married and has a baby or Wnlcn she is extremely proud, ;.
 Charley Tripp. the ArmIess Wonder fborn that way). is with a side. show. So is Eli Bowen, who has no legs, but little feet where his legs should be. | Ike Sprague, the original Living skeleton. is dead and a medical school got his body for $500. Ike was five feet five inches tall and weighed six ty-fiye pounds. He couldn't hold up his body on his alegs and had to be carried. as
 Jonathan Bass, the original Ossified Man. was a Bridgeport (Conn.o bridge builder. He fell sick and gradually ossifed. He lived five years more. and in that time made money enough as a museum freak to leave his rela- lives well to do, including a helpless, blind brother. He couldn't move a muscle. They pulled his teeth so he could gets1iquid nourishment and 'tsoft food into his mouth. Hannah Batersby, advertised as the fattest woman that ever lived, is dead. She weighed 600 pounds. She was the wife of Jonathan Battersby, a professional living skeleton. They made a great team in the side- how business Finally Jonathan got too thin to walk. They retired to a farm l-~