The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-10-31
BARNUM's sUccEss..A SKETCH.


The Boston Rambler romarks that next 10
Jenny Lind, Mr. p, T. Bamum is nj The p,es.
ent moment the most talked about indiviJu.
al in the United States. The queen Of sons
and the king of shownen divided the hon.
ors and dollars of Goham, and their names
are borne together BY every pulsa,ion Of tho
telegraph 10 the most distant part ofthe land.
Ihis being the case, word or two concern.
Ing the origin and growth of this Napoleon
Of curiosities and public amusenients, will
not be out of place. Mr. Barnum is na.
tive ofthe wooden nutmeg State, have made
h's first appearance in Bethel, CT, July s.
1910. Attic age of fourteen he was len
ia'herless and pennylsss, and with the tfas
Hs"hes ias'iucs asnsisspssN4o Dsoek1yH, n.
T.; and enicreda a store.U Two years altar
he opened a cc,Ifec.ionafy store ia Dsnbsrv,
Ct'; then dry goods store, then erocsrv.
lew years after ho started the "iIerald ,f
Freedoms" newspaper, and maintained Il
ior three years, wien getting into a quarrel
with Judge Daggei, the latter arrested him
ior libel and placed him IN prison. He was
also, about this time, Unversalist minister;
according 10 the Trumpet In due time
he came out Of JAIL and went 10 New York.
We next hear Of Him as selling lottery tick.
cts at which he made money But 1t was
evident that he had not yet found his natural
vocation. Travelling near Louisville he met
a very old black woman named Joyce Heath:
He purchased her-called her $50 years old
produced the:papers TO show she had been
the slave of Washington-swas enriched to
handsome exten, BY exhibiting hel all over
the Union, when she died, and he published
series of papers showing that the whole
affair had been humbug! a1
Alter this Baruum travelled in connection
with variety Of public performance, and
finally go, Master Diamond, the great regro
dancer, and by lis assistance, realized much
money But eventually came across the IA
nous Tom Thumb, and lfdfti that date his
fortune was secured. He attended Tom
Thumb from one extreme end of lhia Uniou
to the other, and always attracted such
crowds as never before had been gathered
together. He then took Tom to Europe,
aiId by his ready tact and wonderful inaenu,
ity in which he excels all olher men living,
Mr.. Barnam soon brought Tom before all the
crowned heads, and rapidly pu, away his
thousands upon thousands of solid cash. He
had obtained the American museum; then
IN fearful decline, and was enabled to pur.
lchase and pay forit completely. He paid
large prices for curiosities, and soon had il
filled with objects of fare interes, IN na,uv
and art Next he added 10 it saloon perform.
ances of moral kind in opposition 10 ,heat.
ncal entertainments. He succeeded in all
he undertook. Good luck followed him like
aspaniel, and he rapidly acquired ar indie
pendent fortune. Latterly he has erecteu
beautiful country seat called "Irani.ian,',
near Bridgeport, Ct, at an expense Of over
$780, 900, which is the admiration of MI
who behold l.. He has enlarged his Muse.
um, fitted up an elegant ono also in Phila.
delphia put gorgeous saloons for afternoon
and evening performances in each, and may
be said 10 clear his $4,000 year without
any exaggeration. But his crowning specu.
lalion was the engagement of Jenny Lind
Nobody but Barnum would have dreamed
OF such an enterprise. There is little doubt
that this, his boldes, will also prove his mos,
successful slroks: