Friday, January 08, 2016

#5 Barnum Show

Matthew Scott was a great man at this point but while going thru Barnum route books at the Baraboo Library, I found him listed as "Keeper Of Dog Wagon" after "Jumbo's" death, how the Mighty Have Fallen.
Like when my wife tells me to sweep behind the couch.


6 comments:

Unknown said...

he also got to look after other animals in some of the other yearbooks - in fact he seemed almost a bit of an embarrassment after 'Jumbo' died. Didn't he die a sad death?

Fred Neill

Bob Momyer said...

He spent time sitting by and protecting the stuffed Jumbo at the museum at Tuft's University that was named for Barnum. I read that he became an alcoholic (he already was a pretty heavy drinker) and just disappeared. I don't think anyone knows the end of his story for certain.

Chic Silber said...


Jumbo will become the 1st animal inducted

into the Circus Ring Of Fame this afternoon

at the Circle on St Armands Key in Sarasota

Herta Klauser Cuneo has sponsored him

Wade G. Burck said...

Chic,
Nonsense!!!! Suggest to Ms. Klauser Cuneo that she need's to sponsor Baghera(Baggy) the world's first performing White Tiger or at the least Tony, who is genetically responsible for the world's white tiger population today. I have a picture someplace of the grand lady changing my one year old son Adam's diaper. She crumbled a cookie on the table and had him stand up and pull pieces into his mouth. She pulled the dirty diaper down, closed the tab's on a clean diaper, then pulled it up. That's how she put pant's on the bear's most of her life, so she stayed with her comfort zone and did what she did best. :)

Wade Burck

Chic Silber said...


It all went wonderfully today Roger

As a surprise ending Patti Zerbini

brought her stunning big ivoried

male Luke to unveil Jumbo's plaque

He had the entire crowd entranced

Chic Silber said...


My vote for the 1st big cat to be honored

Wade would be Kismet but I'm prejudiced

since I built her 1st mirrored ball