Evening star., 1935-09-22

to his accustomed stall, and TO this
he cheerfully sssented.
"As the Persian Monarch. in which
he was to sail, started on Sunday
morning. there was no time to be lost.
so another method had TO be tried.
At daybreak he was taken out of the
gardens, the plan being to march him
down to the Millwan Docks, where it
was hoped, being tired with his walk
he would step quietly onto the trolley.
and so be easily shipped on board.
But, however Mr.. Barnum's agents
might propose. Jumbo could dispose
and in this instance he was still more
unwilling than on the previous evening
to lend himself to the transaction.
"As soon as he got into the road he
saw that something unusual was agaLl
about to take place and knelt down
to await the issue. The elephants in
! side the gardens we're also filled with
misgivings and beloved and trurn-
/ peted loudly, Jumbo responding with
/ sympathetic sounds. At length he had
to be led back into the gardens, where
with an unruf1ed mien, he resumed
| his wonted occupation of carrying
little children on his back and eating
buns"
| But as foxy as Jumbo might have
been, the cunning of man is supreme
and it was not long before ne was
aboard the ship on his way to Amer
lea. Matthew Scott, his keeper, in
speaking of this trip across the At
lantic many years ago, said:
In the dawn of fine Spring morn
ing We started on our journey to the
New World. The box was drawn by
16 horses and the weight was as
much as they could draw. Thousands
followed Jumbo to the river bank, ex
pressing their regrets at his departure.
The grief of the children was really
sorrowful.
AT GRAVESEND Jumbo held a
levee, and a very fashionable
one, too. for a distinguished company
came on board the steamer to wish
! 1lllIl OOll NOydSC. E1lllOIlk IllC PdA "
were Miss Burdett-CouttS and her
present husband, also Mr.. Henry Irv-
| ing, the great actor, and several other
well-known ladies and gentlemen.
"One poor old lady gave me several
cakes and bottles of soda water to be
given to Jumbo on the passage.
Jumbo was somewhat alarmed at
first by the noise of the machinery
and the rolling of the steamship, but
was always at his side and man
| aged TO calm him so that he became
quite sailor when he got his sea
legs on.
I'VE arrived at last and Jumbo
seemed to be delighted. He trumpeted
out his joy, as much as to say, 'Ah,
Mr.. Scott, We are at last in the land
of the free and the home of the
brave When Jumbo's house was
hoisted on the dock 10 horses were
hitched to the car upon which it was
placed. Then two of his brother ele-
plants. called 'pushers.' put their i'm
menSe heads to the back OF the mouse
and at a signal the horses commenced
to draw and the elephants to push
and after an hours work we arrived
at Madison Square Garden, where
Jumbo was released from his narrow
quarters and seemed so joyful at his
| freedom that he twined his trunk
around me in an ecstasy OF delight,
Jumbo is said to have been IL feet
6 inches in height, though nearly
IL feet" is also recorded. But the
first dimensions are no doubt nearer
correct, since the box made to bring
him across the ocean was only IL
feet high.
But although Jumbo came to Wash
ington several times later on, yet his
life In America was cut short on Sep
tember IS, 1855, when he was bumped
into by a freight car in Canada and
killed. At the time the accident oc-
Cured he was walking along the rail-
road tracks with his keeper and the
baby elephant and when struck was