Show 11 1 WHO WAS WI 1 0 X by loise M C comstock stock BROTHER JONATHAN BACK ACK in revolutionary days it was brother jonathan not uncle sam who stood for or 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 line has to say about it brother jonathan was jonathan trumbull governor of connecticut at the time of the revolution one of our first great patriots ile he was also ancestor of an illustrious line of trumbulls Trum bulls including john artist who in 1786 painted the huge historical pictures in the rotunda of the capitol and the modern governor of connecticut john II 11 bull of all colonial governors in office at the outbreak of the revolution jonathan trumbull alone was loyal to the colonies 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 the armies usually under his own supervision and in his simple horne home tie he sheltered washington and franklin jefferson adams lafayette it was he who ho financed ethan allens aliens successful expedition against fort ticonderoga when courage logged lagged he be made speeches chic stirred up patriotism and won volunteers and his state furnished morp corp troops than any other except massachusetts jonathan trumbull died in 1785 at the age of seventy five V V V TOM THUMB THUMB so famous a midget TOM aget that his name has become synonymous almost for any of those tiny people at whom the world always wonders and sometimes laughs was a real person the famous midget was only fourteen years old when under the expert espert mann of that famous showman P T barnum he ceased to be mere charles heywood stratton of bridgeport conn and became gen toni tom thumb syn symbol bol of all the midgets fidgets lio ho ever graced a circus sl deshow in as 4 barnum took his find to Fix england gland where tile the hand handsome sinne dwarf was presented to queen victoria and to paris the trip was a huge financial success after their return to this country barnum decided a little romance would be good publicity for toni tom and imported into his company labinia warren phiip and pretty who boasted 32 inches to tonis toms 30 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 11 mint of money I 1 in n the show bu business Iness eventually lost most of it at poker and died of apoplexy in after it t Is ild id 20 years of happy married life la vanla thumb later married an italian dwarf named count primo magi V V V BLUEBEARD COMPARED to ills his prototypes in real life the bluebeard of our fairy story books was a mild and benevolent ne man ung king henry vill VIII ran him a close second in tile the matter of winning and disposing of wives forbidden doors find andros box lids abound in lite literature literate ratu re 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 ull lill rolled into one if credit for inspiring this famous character however Is to be given any one man lie he was gilles de ralz one of jo joan in of ares arcs generals general 3 and a in marshal arshal of france during the hie fifteenth century whose vil lanies make bluebeard appear a meek and home loving husband cilia inherited a large fortune and political prominence the first he fie squandered tile the second lie he disgraced when bankrupt he turned to alce limy sought the favor so they say of the devil through black magle magic made human sacrifice of innumerable little boys and girls and Is said to have been the one to betray joan of arc into the hands of the english the church finally filially film of sorcery and lie fie was burned at the stoke stake for his at atrocious melous cruelties cruel ties in 1440 the storybook story book honk version of bluebeard first appeared in the famous french collection of Ier in iua ja G Q 1932 1933 western New newspaper union |