Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-09-23

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radin', the elephants was embarrassed
and the Car of Jugelenot was into q
woodshed. | made up my mind right
of, then, that the hull concern was q
humbug.'
'Was Barnum aware j asked, thai
you were TO be in town.
Not as know was the answer.
If he had known it, added the Ma.
ior, she would doubtless have waited
But you visited the exhibition, | sup.
pose?'
'Of course; was bound TO do that, il
it bust me. That was bigger humbug
than all the rest.'
slow so?'
why. in the first place expected 10
see Jenny Lind
WAS she announced in the billsP
81 don't know; | don't read 'em, but
axed the man that stuck up the pictures
if she'd be there, and he said 'yes,' and
that she'd sing the bird song standin' on
the top of a cage of cockatoos and par
rots. She want there. and | never seen
one side Of her-and then know'd the
whole consarn was darned humbug.'
'Well. then, went round and took a
look at the elePhants-had hard work tu
get round tu; there was morn hundred
thousand people in the tent. | got
where they was, and the folks was all
feedin' 'em with apples and cakes and
things. | had some doughnuts in my
hat. so held it out TO one of the darned
things TO see if he'd take one
Did he take one?'
'He took 'em all, and The hat Ia. stuck
'em in his nasty peaked mouth, and be-
gun eatin'. | hoilered to the keeper.
and told him it was bran new hat. He
said never mind. he'd get it again.
'Did he get itl'
yes, he got it. but hat amt much
account after an elephants chaiced it -
Then, I'd sworn the hull consarn was n
humbug. Well. took look at Tom
Thumb. and the Ce' long Chief. and the
man thai fiddIed with his toes, and the
feller that went in with the lions. The
wild animals was well enough, but
didn'; see as they looked any different
from anybody else's. | erpecied Bar
NUNS lions would be twice as big as any
others. There was one thing. though,
that was fust rate; that was the wax stat
uarY-especially the 'intemperance fam.
ily.' told the man that TUX care of it,
| wished everybody that ever drinked a
drop of sperrits had to stand and look at
that about a week-thev ID never want to
drink again. He said he wished so tu.
Take it all in alt. thoughSI wns mad;
| didn't see wha. expected, and ! didn't
like the idea of being humbugged. so |
inquired of one ofthe men that was stir
rim up the monkeys, where Barnum
was, and he pinted him out 10 me. sell
ling lemonade, out of a wagon. went
up TO him, and, thinks I, I'll give him a
piece of my mind sez L
'Mr. Barn1m-
'Sixpence q glass; sez he.
Hooked al his lemonade; there was
Just one lone, SOLITARY, secund-handed
slice of lemon in a whole wasn't tub full
of it, and he peddlin' it out at sixpence
a glass. That made me madder than all
the rest, so says loud and auditablv-
'Mr. Barnum, think your shows a
darned humbug.'
Young man. sez he, Il s'pose you
paid to come in?'
'Supposin' didl' sez |.
'Well,' sez he, 'supposin' you have;
You have paid your quarter, and you've
perfect right 10 think as you d-n
please
why said the Major. after the sen.
sation caused by this recital had some
what subsidized, why did you not demand
your money back? You certainly could
have compelled them to refund your
quarter rtrso.t f-l
you see the truth is said Jonathan,
scratching his head, Il didn't pay no
quarter. IcrdpLed in under The can
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