The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-05-27
"Yeas, I see it at Springfield" was
the reply " it's darned hun,bug."

the reply it's a ddrned hun16ug."
els it possible ?" said the Major,
seeing prospect of fun. Couldn't
you oblige us with description of the
institution p"
" Certainly" answered Jonathan
'' here's the stage, and as soon as we get
started, I'll give you the items. They
can't humbug me very often, and when
they do, / cal'late to advertise for them
till get square"
In few minutes we were under
headway, and our verdant friend COM
me2ced unbosoming himself.
" Yer see, Barnum was a-going to
show his caravan down in Springfield,
Fourth of July, and I thought there'd
be a good chance to see the elephant
and celebrate the day, both at onc't.
Whit 1 wanted to see more than all the
rest was the Car of Jugglenot, drawn by
a string of elphants.'
/" Did you meet your expectations :"
CT never sec one side of it. Before
L got in town, they'd got all through
|paradin', the elephants was unharness-
ed, and the Car Of Jugglenot was into a
woodshed. made up my mind right
off, then, that the hull consarn was a
humbug."
"Was Barnum aware," I asked,
Z" that you were to be in town 20
Not as l know on" was the answer.
eff he had known it," added the Ma
jor, "he would doubtless have waited.
But you visited the exhibition, sup
pose Z"
"Of course I was bound to do that
if it bust me- That was no bigger hum
bug than all the rest.
How so 7" r
"Why in the first place I expected
to see Jenny Lind" g W
"Was she announced in the bills'"
"I don't know / didn't read EN-, 1
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
top of cage of cocatoes and parrots.
She want there, and never seen one
,;do of he~-~ aud than I knnw,d the hull
consarn was darned humbug.
"Well, then, l went round and took
4 look at the elephants-had hard work
to get round, tu; there was more'n a
hundred thousand people in the tent.
Finally got where they was, all feedin'
'em with apples and cakes and things.
I had some doughnuts in my hat, SO
held it out to ono of the darned things to
see if he would take one."
" Did he take one 7"
"He took 'em all, and the hat M,
stuck 'cm in his nasty, peaked mouth,
and begun eatin." l hollered to the
keeper, and told him it was a bran new
bat. He said never mind, he'd get it
agin.
" Did he get it>s"
eyes, he got it, but hat amt of
much account after an elephants otaw-
ed it. Then, I'd a-sworn the hull con-
sarn was a humbug. Well, took a
look at Tom Thumb, and the Ceylongl
Chief, and the man that fiddle with his
toes, and the fellow that went in with
the lions. The wild animals was well
enough, but I didn't see as they looked
any different from any body else's. l
erpccted Barnum's lions would be twice
as big as any others. There was one
thing, though, that was frst-rate; that
was the wax statuary-especially the
6 intemperance family L told the man
that TUX care of it, l wished that every
BODY that ever drinkcd drop of spirits
had to stand and look at them about
week-they'd never want to drink again.
He said he wished so tu.
"Take it all in all, though, l was
; l didn't see what expected, and
didn't like the idea of being humbug-
ged, so 1 inquired Of man that was
stirin' up the monkies where Barnum
was, and he pointed him out to me, sell
ing lemonade out of wagon. l went
up to him, and, thinks 1, I'll give him
a piece of my mind SEE L
"'Mr. Barnum'-
GO Sixpence glass; sez he.
CT looked at his lemonade there
was one lone, solitary, second-handed
slice of lemon in whole wash-tub full
of it, and he peddlin' it out at sixpence
a glass. That made me madder than
ali the rest, SO says I, loud and audi
bly,
"sMr. Barnum, / think your shows
a darned humbug.' -.
60 Young man, says no / s'pose you
paid to come in y
co ssupposin' didP sez 1.
"sWeil, 'sez he, 'supposin' you have;
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