145:. Serving as a tuba player in the village band, Scribner spent his whole life in show business. In the summer of 1879 he joined a small circus called, rather grandly, Rogers and Campbell United Aggregation and Grand Equestriculum Hippo Comique. For nearly twenty years he worked his way up the ranks of various circuses, traveling by mule train six days a week, six months a year. By 1892, he partnered with Neil Smith to operate Scribner & Smiths All New Enormous Combined Shows. During the winter months, he acted in and produced
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