Tuesday, April 27, 2010

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

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On this day in 1926 William Henry Johnson died (according to some reports, anyway; others place his death on April 9th). Johnson was better known by the stage names of ‘the missing link’ and ‘Zip the pinhead’ on the American sideshow circuit, and became most famous while he worked with P.T. Barnum. ‘Zip’ had an unusually shaped head with a long sloping brow and Barnum had the idea to emphasise this by styling Zip’s hair to a point. Zip was, by all accounts, an intelligent and articulate man despite the great show he made of acting like a savage in his show. His final words, spoken to his sister, were “Well, we fooled 'em for a long time, didn't we?”
And now, the news:

THE MOOSE IS OUT THERE . . . SOMEWHERE
Lilliput jumbos — a subject of debate
Lensemen [sic] claim sighting pygmy jumbo; experts skeptical
WHERE'S WALLABY?
Sightings of big cats 'are not a myth'
There are wild big cats
Big cats roam through Nebraska
Cougar sighting in Regina
'EXTINCT' GHOST ORCHID APPEARS FROM THE GRAVE
RIP Gordy the Gorilla
Elephant-speak for 'Beware of the bees'

‘phant-astic…

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