Show who was wa S who I 1 y by louise al comstock comstoch ma BROTHER JONATHAN DACK ACK in revolutionary days it was BB brother rother jonathan not uncle sam who stood for all the faults and virtues of this country even george washington when confronted by a knotty problem of state was wont to say we will have to see what brother jonathan has to say about it brother jonathan was jonathan trumbull of connecticut at the time of the revolution one of our first great patriots lie ile was also ancestor of on an illustrious line of tru trum m bulls including john artist who in 1786 painted the huge historical pictures in the rotunda of the capitol and the modern modem governor of connecticut john 11 II trumbull whose daughter not so long ago married john coolidge of all colonial governors in office at the outbreak of the revolution jonathan trumbull alone was loyal to the col colonies onles throughout the duration of the war his store at lebanon conn was a sort of war office where supplies were collected and shipped off to tho the armies usually under his own supervision per vision and in his simple home he be sheltered washington and franklin jefferson idama Lal lafayette rayette it was he who financed ethan allens aliens successful expedition against fort ticonderoga when courage lagged he be made speeches which stirred up patriotism and won volunteer soldiers and ills his state furnished more troops than any other except massachusetts jonathan trumbull died in 1785 at the age of seventy five a a 0 TOM THUMB THUMB so famous a midget that his name has become synonymous almost tor for any of those tiny people at whom the world always wonders and sometimes laughs was a real enough person but even his real life smacked somehow of the theater the famous midget was only fourteen years year old when under the expert management of that famous showman P T barnum he be ceased to be mere to ere charles neywood heywood stratton of bridgeport conn and became gen tom thumb symbol of all the mid gets who eier eer graced a circus sideshow and compared heights with the tall man in 1851 1854 barnum took hla his find to england here the handsome dwarf was presented to queen victoria and to paris the trip was a huge financial success after their return to tills this country barnum decided a little romance would be good publicity for tom and imported into his company lavinia warren plump and pretty who boasted 32 inches to toros toms 30 36 and weighed 29 pounds shortly thereafter attended by the brides sister minnie warren and commodore nutt whom she later married lavinia and tom were united in holy matrimony in an elaborate church ceremony attended by the best society and the most colorful show people and liberally written up in the papers starting at a salary in keeping with his size three dollars a week tom made a mint of morley money in the show business eventually lost most of it at poker P oker and died of apoplexy in 1883 1933 after it Is said 20 years of happy married life lavinia thumb later married an italian dwarf named count palmo magrl magri and continued in the show business a a BLUEBEARD COMPARED to ills his prototypes in real life the bluebeard of our fairy story books was a mild and benevolent mar man king henry VIII ran him a close second in the matter of winning and disposing of wives wires forbidden doors and box lids abound in literature from the myth of pandora down and it Is quite probable that the arch villain bluebeard Is merely a compilation of many bad men of legend and folk tale all rolled into one it if credit for inspiring this famous character ho homeer weer is to be given any one man he was gilles de ralz raiz one of joan of ares arcs generals and a marshal of france during the lie fifteenth century whose villainies villa inies make blue bears appear a meek and home loving husband miles allies inherited a large fortune and political prominence the first lie he squandered the second he disgraced when bankrupt be turned to alchemy sought the favor so they say of the devil through black magic made human sacrifice of innumerable little boys and girls and Is said to have been the one to betray joan of are arc into the hands of the english the church finally him of sorcery and lie he was burned at the stake for his atrocious cruelties cruel ties in 1440 the storybook story book version of bluebeard first appeared in the famous french collection of in 1697 ca 0 1933 western newspaper union |