Show frankness on one occasion barnum bad an engaged in plow ing on the sloping hill where it could plainly be aaen by the passengers on the new haven and hartford railroad an aarl cultural innovation that he knew would get notice 0 some sort in every newspaper in the country it was even said that he received letters from banners far and wide asking how much hay one elephant ate and it it were more provable pro table to plow with an elephant than with horses or oxen his replies were invariably frank and were of this purport if you hae a large museum in new york and a great railway corn pany sends trains full of passengers within eyeshot of the performance it will pa and pay well but it you have no such institution then horses or oxen will rove more economical |