The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-10-02

press gives some particulars, which repre-
sent the great "ahnwman at home. aud
show some amshle points Of character
which be- Possesses
Bauum halls nouinaliy from Bridgeport
for there he Is large bank owner. land.
owner, house owner ae Bot his iuique
abode. and his beautiful grounds. orchards.
grBperjes, flower .eds, Ne, are 100 Fairfield.
50 also Is the SO called Bridgeport Gene
terry, which has u. many natural beauties
as almost any cemetery 90 the country. We
have taken peep at Rarnums house and
grounds 70 see for ourselves. They CON.
hine the useful and the beautiful \ noble
enterprise, n prosperous industry, and au
excellent taste have reared the cue aud laid
ont the other, aud it is due to the inmates
To say tl,at the, gracefully dispense boun-
tl'nl hospitality The grounds ash lawns
richly spread out with every variety of
flowers aud with the choicest fruits, nre
charming 20 behold The g"apes, peaches,
and ueclaflncs, Wonld make the mouth Of
an epicufe water, and such specimens oi
graprs. therc being 30 varieties, 50 full and
abundant, have rarely been seen Ia or ont OF
New England But the great attraction of
the garden was a Banana tree, growing
even moro luxurHnlly here than in the
tropics, aud hearing the best OF fruit Mr.
BAunm now is but Just completing tower
at an expense Of some Sl5o 900 at the top
Of which. about 100 feet, is tank holding
six hundred gallons Of water This is
raiscd from q well sixty feet deep, aAd
twenty in diameter, and forced upward fifty
four feet hv steam engine, erected IN an
adjoining bujl3ug BY means of this, the
dwelling is supplied from the attic to the
top, the gardens irrigated, the stables sup
piled. and number OF beautiful fountains
in the grounds Sc, in tul play.
Everything around is alike bountiul.
beautiful and useful with perhaps au excess
of ornament in the dwelling Itself But
Barnum is by no means selfish IN his ENJOY.
menis. Ills grounds. stables, the inmates
Of which embrace ponies elks, and a hean-
t.iu siud of horses bis barn. Yards with
every variety of fowl, his hothous"s filled
with rich and luscious fruits, are all freely
open,d to the public with only a reservation
against undue trcspass. And So some OF
New ork aud elsewhere he cNpends IN
Connecticut IN beanil,mg the home oi
himself atd at hi. wife and children II
ANYBODY makes two blades of grass grow
where one grew before, u Is the mneh
abused liaruum. AVID II this rs humbuG u q,
a pt, there 4. not more ei ID ia the world.
Hni what D., douc tot lHuisfan Ga % grand
If
aud vc were glad to hear MIR Harnnu sp'
ken OF by his neighbors as benevolent.
humane. and public spirited mHu, and AL
WAYS among the foremost M every good
work and purpose. whether in erecting
factory whore laborcrs were The capitalists,
n the practical Temperance, 10 purchasing
a cemetery. boz subscribing tor churches aud
schools. IN getting up ara Agricultural Far,
or In bringing ~ America no great pceunla
arv risk tho sweetest songster OF the "orle
Haruum's chIetest sources OF income out
of Connecticut, are his Museum, said to be
very profitable. aud his famous meuagcrlP,
now In Michigan Slxls thousand dollars
were the profits Of the meuagcue the last
wear, and among it, incidental expenses are
5000 week or : ~, 100 wear for Tom
Thumb. Barnum made I'om Thumb 81 lur-
tune. and Tom contributed not q hu!e to
Barnums Tom L. about sixteen Vra'- Of
age now, though passing Tor more. and I'is
hi. money which buIit tor his ia'uer Che
largest house in bridgeport Tom has
made all III, family rich, and whom al homo
Is of course the elephant OF the town, liar.
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