I don’t know if the forthcoming demise of the Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Circus was reported in Albany, but it certainly was in Sarasota, Florida, where I, a former Albanian, now live. This is where John Ringling, who became head of the circus, lived; this is where the Ringling Museum, which he founded, is located. And this is where there is much memorabilia commemorating the circus has been gathered. John Ringling became head of the Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Circus; he was one of the wealthiest men in America before the 1929 depression. The story of the Circus begins with Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1889), who was born in Bethel, Connecticut; he moved to New York City in 1834; he moved into a house on Hudson Street. He wrote in an autobiographical account that “I had no pecuniary resources, excepting such as might be derived from debts left for a collection with my agent in Bethel, and I went to the metropolis literally to seek my fortune.” Someone told him abou