Posted on 04/07/2016 6:44:39 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
"The Greatest Show on Earth" was owned by P.T. Barnum, who died APRIL 7, 1891.
Selling millions of tickets, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus had big draws including General Tom Thumb, a man only 25 inches tall, and elephant "Jumbo," whose name entered the dictionary.
Barnum, who was received by President Lincoln and gave a command performance for Queen Victoria, stated:
"Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much..."
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