Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-09-17
Barnum aud his Home.

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been enjoying tie hosp.aliues Of Baruum at his
villa Of lranlssao. The Express gives same
particulars which represents the great show
man at home. and shows some amla5le points
Of character which he possesses:
'BamUm balls nominally from Bridgeport,
for there he is a large bank-owner, land owner,
house owner, &c. Bot his unique abod, his
beautiful grounds, orchards, graperes, flower.
beds, &C., are 10 Fairfield. So also is the 30
called Bridgeport Cemetry which has as many
natural beauties as almost any ccmerv 10 the
country. We have taken a peep at Blrnum's
house and grounds 10 see for ourselves. They
combine the useful aud the beautiful. noble
oulerprise, prosperous industry and excellent
msie have rurel the one and lad out the other.
aud il is due 70 the inmates TO say that Ihey
gracefully dispense q bounsiful hospl'ali'y.-
The grounds aud 'awns, richly spread out with
every variety Of flowers and with The choicest
fruits, are charming to behold. The grapes
peaches, and nec.arnes, would make the mouth
OF an epicure wafer, and such specimens oi
grapes. there being % varieties, so full and
abundant, have rarely Osen seen 10 or out ol
New Englond. But The great attraction OF the
garden was the banana tree, growing even more
Iuxuriousy here Than in the tropics, and bear.
ing the best of fruit. Mr. Blrnum is now Just
completing tower at an expense OF some Sl5,-
600, al the top of which. (abouI 100 IeeI,) Is
tank holding six hundred gallons ol waler.--
This is raised from a we'll sixty feet deep, and
20 leet in diameter, aud forced upwards fifty.
four feet by steam engine, erected in an ad-
Joining building. By means Of this, the dwell
&. e.. n ttic thn The
gardens irrigated, the stables supplied, and
number ofbeautiful iounlains in the grounds sci
in foil play.
Every thing around is alike bountluI, beau''
lul aud useful, with perhaps an excess oil orna-
meuI in the dwelling itself. But Barnum IS by
40 means selfish in his enioymens. His
grounds, Stables. the inmates of which embrace
ponies, eIks, and beautiful stud of horses, his
barr yards with every variety of fowls his hot
houses filled with rich aud lucious fruits, are all
freely opened TO the public with only reset-
valiDn against undue tresspass. And so some
of the many thousands which Barnum gets in
! New York and elsewhere he exp"nds in Con.
necl:cul in beaulirying the home OF himself and
OF his wife and children, Ii any body makes
Two blades of grass TO grow where Quo grew be-
! lNTC, ~ Is llG llluCH uuuoGu "HN - '''''
/ is humbug il is pity there is not more OF II in
the world. But what is done for lranlsIaa on
the grand scale is also done for others on a
small one, and we are glad TO hear Blrnum
spoke ofby his neghbots as benevolent, hu.
name aud public spirited man, and always
among the foremost in every good work aud
purpose, whether in erecting factory where
aborels were the capitalists, in the cause OF
practical Temperance, in purchasing ceme'ry
in subscribing for churches and schools, in get.
ting up an Agricultural Fair, or in bringing TO
America, at great pecuniary risk, the sweetest
songsler of tho world.
Barnum's chefest sources Of income out oil
! Connecticut, are his Museum, said to be very
profitable, and his famous menageries now in
Michigan. Sixty thousand dollars were the
profits OF the menagerle the last year, among It's
incidental expenses are $500 a week, or aIO,'
400 year for Tom Thumb. Blrnum made
Tom Thumbs fortune, and Tom contributed
not a Iiue 10 Barnum's. Tom is about l6
years of nge now, though passing for more, II Is
his money which built for his father the largest
house in Bridgeport. Tum has made all his
family rich, aud when at home is OF course The
elephant of Ghe town, Barnum being then but g
simple lion. Tom has his 5you OF room i,
f his grea, house, with Il rosewood beds!ead
chairs, tables, and tea set, &C., all made &c
, match his own diminuuve proportions, His
: quarters contain all the presents he received ii
, Europe, and pistols, bowie knives, jackniVes
&c. have been among his favorlle PiayIhing5
but he is amiabIo, intelligent and very mucl
esteemed. Barnnm took him as an expert
ment abou. 10 years ago. His pay AT the star
was So a week, soon il was raised TO 25 then II
. 81. All this price Barnum took him to England
/, where his success prompted Mr.. B. 10 share th'
receipts with him. Now !or showing hlmsel
a merely he earns an income equal 10 the oiil
ciaI salaries of Daniel Webster, and John J
Cruenden combined.