New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-29
THE MAN THAT GOT HUMBUGeED.

The stage in which I was o passenger had
stopped to change horses, and " feed' the pas
sengers, at small town in Vermont, and, the
dinner being over, we were awaiting the arrival
Of the stage upon an intersecting route, to pro-
ceed upon our journey Cigars had been lighted,
and by way of passing our time, we had COM
menced a critical examination of the mammoth
pictorial posters of Barnum's Menagerie, which
covered the walls of the spacious bar room
| Barnum's name opened fruitful topic of crn-3
vers1tiou; every one present seemed stored Tith
anecdotes of the '' Napoleon of Showmen and
the Wooey Horse the Feejee Mermaid ard Joice
| Hcth were not forgotten in the discussion which
| followed
| Suddenly a long, slab sided individual with
an owl-like expression of wisdom and dignity,
| who had been listening toour remarks with an
evident desire to take q land, broke ont
'sI s'pose you think that's an all fired big
concern Any body would, that hadn't seen
it,"
'sThen suppose yu have seen it - said my
legal friend. 4
Yaas, seen it q springheld,' was the reply;
it's darned humbug p
els it possible" said the Major, seeing a
prospect of fun ssCould you oblige US with d
description of tie Institution %
Certainly said Jonathan ss here's the
stage, and, as Don as we get started, I'll give
you all the itns. They can't humbug me very
OIten, ana WEI oAey uo, calh late TO advertise
for EN- till pet square"
In a fewnnutes, we were under headway,
and our yedant friend commenced unbosoming
himself
eyer &c, Barnum was going to show his ca
ravan d8n to Springfield, Fourth of July, and
tho't 4ere'd be good chance to see the ele-
phant md celebrate the day, both at onc't
What wanted to see more than all the rest
waste Car of Jugglenot, drawn by q string of
bulphants.'
sDid it meet your expectations
i never seen one side of it. Before l got in
ten they'd got all through paradin', the ele-
rants were embarrassed, and the Car of Juggle-
OF was into a woodshed I made up my mind
light off, then, that the hull concern was a
humbug
WAS Barnum aware" asked, that you
were to be in town."
"Not as | know was the answer.
s. If he had known it, added the Major, 's he
would doubtless have waited But you visited
the exhibition, l suppose %
OF courses l was bound to do that, if it
bust me. That was q bigger humbug than all
the rest
'' How so'''
why, in the first place, expected tu see
Jenny Lind.''
'Was she announced in the bills -
Idon't know don't read EN-, but / azed
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 cage of cocka-
ZOOS and parrots. She want there and never
seen one side of her-and then 1 know'd the
whole consarn was a darncd humbug"
Well, then, l went round and took look at
the elephauts-had hard work to get round tu:
there was MORN hundred thousand people in
The tent. got where they was, and the folks
was all teedin' EN- with apples and cakes and
things. had some doughnuts in my hat, so I
held it out to one of the darned things TO see if
he'd take one''
g Did he take one ?''
6 He took em all, and the hat tn, stuck 'em
N his nasty peaked mouth and begun eatin'.
nollered to the keeper, and told him it was a
oran new hat. He said never mind, he'd get it
again.
Did he get it :"
i" Yes, he got it, but hat amt much account
after an elephants chawea it, Then, I'd
sworn the hull consarn was a humbug Well,
| took look at Tom Thumb, and the Ceyloug
Chief, and the man that hddled with his toes,
and the teller that vert in with the lions. The
Wild animals was enough, but didn't see as
hey 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,
hat was fust rate; that was the wax stata-
tary-eSpecially the intemperance family. |
told the man that tux care of it. | wished every
body that ever drinked drop of sperrits had to
stand and look at that about a week-they'd
never want to drink agin, He said he wished
50 tu
:" Take it all in all, though, was mad 1
lidnt see what | expected, and l didn't like the
idea of being humbugged. so inquired of one of
the men that was stirrin' up the monkeys,
where Barnum was, and he pinted him out to
! ne, selling lemonade. out of a wagon l went
| mp TO him. and, thinks l, 'pll give him piece
ot my mind Sez l.
" Mr.. Barnum-"
| "SiS-pence glass; seq he
| looked at his lemonade; there was lust one
lone, solitary, secondhand slice of lemon in a
whole Wash-tub full of it, and he peiin' it cut
| nj SiXpanca rla That ,,aJo -