The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-08
From the N. Y. Shirt Of the Times. /,

From the N. Y Spirit Of the Times,
THE Man THAT GOT HuMBu COED.
The stage ia which WINS passc niger
had stopped to change horses, and iced
the passengers, al a small town in Vermont,
and, dinner over, We were waiting the ar
rival Of stage upon an interesting route, 70
proceed upon our journey. Cigars had
been lighted, aud, by way OF passing our
time, we had commenced a critical exam.
nation Of the mammoth pictorial posters OF
Barnum's Mcnsgerie, which covered the
wall OF The spacious bar room. Raraam's
name opened fruitful topic for converse
ton; every one seemed STORED with anec.
do,es Of the Napoleon Of showmen,' aud
The Wool!y Horse, the Feejee Mermaid,
and Joce Heth, were no, forgotten IN the
discussion which followed.
Suddenly long, slab.sided Individual,
with an owl like expression o, wisdom aud
dignity, who had been listening 10 our re
marks with evident desire TO take hand
broke out:
Il 'spose you think that's an ALFRED big
concern? Any body would tia, hadn', seer
it,
Then suppose you have seen i,?' said
my legal friend.
Yes, ! seen il a, Springfield was the
reply; its dorned humbHg?'
is it possibler said the Major, seeing q
prospect of fun. .Could'nt you ob!ige
US with description OF the institution?
Certainly answered Jonathan; there's
fha and mot sfarfai
I'll give YOU all the items. They Cant
humbug me very often, and when they
do, cal'late 10 advertise for EN- till get
square,
In few minutes we were under head
way, and our serdant friend commenced
unhosoming himself.
Yer zee, Barnum was going to show
his caravan down to Springfield, Fourth Of
July, and though, ther'd be good chance
TO see the elephant aud celebrate the day
at once. What wanted TO see more than
all the rest was the Car Of Jaggleno,,
drawn by string Of elephants
Did It meet your espec,a,ions2'
Il never seen one side Of il. Before !
got in town, they'd got through parsdin,'
The elephants were unharnessed, and the
Car Of Jugglenot was into woodshed. L
made up my mind right of, then, that the
hull conssrn was humbug.'
Was Barnum aware asked, that you
were TO be in town.
No, as know was the answer.
III be had known it, added the Major,
he would doubtless have waited But you
visited The exhibition, supposed
OF course. | was bound 10 do that lift /
bus, me. That was bigger hanbus than
all the rest
How SOP
'Why, in The first place, expected to
see Jenny Lind
Was she announced in the bill?'
Il don't know; | didn't read 'em, bat
axed The man tha, stuck up the piciers if
she'd be there, and he said yes, and that
she'd sing The bird song staadin' on the
top Of cage Of cocutoos and parrots
She warn't there, aud never seen one
sigh, Of her-and then knowed the whole
consarn was darned humbug.
sWeil, then, went round aud took look
at the elephants-had hard work 10 get
round, u; there was NOR q hundred thou
sand people in the tent. Finally, | 60,
where they was, and the folks were all
feeding 'em with apples aud cakes and
things. had some doughDuts in my hat,
so held ii out to one of the darned things,
to see il he'd take one?'
did he take one?'
sde took 'em all, and the hat tn; stuck /
'em in his nasty peaked mouth, and begun
eailn.' hoiiered to the keeper, and told
him II was bran new one.'
Did be getit?'
yes, he got il, bu, hat ain. Of much
account alter an elephants chalced IT.
Then I'D a sworn the hull consarn was
hunbug. Well took a look a, Tom
Thumb, and the Ceylon Chief, and the
man that fiddled with his toes, and The Teller
that went in with the lions. The wild an
imals was well enough, bu, ddn'i see as
they looked any different from any body
else's. expected Barnum's lions would
be twice as big as any others There was
one thing, though, that was fustrate; that
was the wax statuary--especiaiiy the in.
sSsPSAHaSo tb'o tue HlhU tDit
TUX care of il, wished every body .ha.
ever drnked drop ofsperri!s had 10 star
and look at that about a week-they'd
never want TO drink again. lie said he
wished 80 tn.
Take il alIin all, though, | was mad; |
didn't see what expected, and didn'i
like the idea of being humbugged, SO in
quired Of one Of The men that was slirrn'
up the monkeys where Barnnm was, and
he pointed him out TO me, selling lemonade
out Of a wagon. | went up to him and
thinks ], III give him piece Of nv mind.
SEE /:
MIR. BaFnum-
'Sixpeace glass SEE he.
Il looked at his lemonade; there was Just
one lone, solitary, second handed slice oi
lemon in whole wash-iub full of il, and
he peddin' it on, a, sxpence glass
That made me madden than all the rest
80 says !, loud and auii,ably:
'Mr Barnum, | think your shows l
darned hambug.'
Young man. seq he, 4 $ pose you paii
10 come inr
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