Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-07

allow me to be straddled' on ii without DIFF
'nculty, and was about to be placed accor-
ding to orders, as the truth flashed upon me-
Gentlemen, { exclaimed, e I am not
Avery; despise tEat. yillian as much as yon
can; but my name i, Barnum I belong to the
circus which arrissd here last night, and I
am sure Old Iarncr, my partner, has hoaxed
you with this ridiculous story"
If heshas, we'll lnych him. said one Of
the mob.
"Well, he has I'll assure you," replied
{. so just walk to the hotel with me, and I'll
convince you of the fact"
This arrangement they reluctantly consen-
ted to, however, keeping close hand upon me-
As we walked up the main street on which the
new State House is situated, the mob received
reinforcement of some fifty or sixty, and |
was marched like malefactor up to the hotel.
Old Turner stood on the piazza ready to burst
with laughter Iappealed to him for heavens
sake to explain this matter, that might be
liberated He continued to laugh, but finally
told them he believed there was some mis-
take about it. The fact is" said he, "my
friend Barnum has new suit of black clothes
on, and it makes him look so much like u
priest, concluded it must be Avery"
The mob saw the joke. Some apologlzcd
to me Tor the rough manner in which | had
been handled Qor they had torn my coat half
off my back, aud rolled me in the dirt consid-
erably,) while others swore that Old Turner
deserved the fate intended for me; but the
majority of the people roared with laughter,
ncIMcd it was good joke, and advised me
,Ifo look sharp and pay my partner off for it.
II / was exceedingly vexed, and when the mob
had dispersed, asked Old Turner what on
earth could induce him to play such an out
rageousiy mean trick upon me.
"My-dearaBarnum," sais-he, sit was oil
for your good. ]. Remember, all, we need to
!. nsnre suS6Gessis aotoriety You will see that
Athis will be noised all about the town as trick
\ played by one of the circus managers upon
the other, and our pavilion will be crammed
tomorrow night
y 1t turned out as he conjectured. The joke
sszasin every persons mouth. We soon be-
came acquainted with the whole town, and
had immense audiences during our stay.
This, however, did not induce me to forgive
Old Turner,for knew full well that scI-inter-
est was an after consideration in this ease, the
joke being prompted solely by desire to see
some fun, no matter at whose expense.
A peculiar incident occurred at Hanover
Court House in Virginia. In consequence Of
heavy rains we could not perform there, and
concluded to start for Richmond Immediately
after dinner. The landlord however informed
, us that our agent had engaged three meal,
and lodging for the company, our bill wout
be the same if we departed that day as if We
, remained to breakfast next morning. W.
) backed our remonstrance with an offer to pay
for dinner and portion Of the balance OF til.
. bill, to compensate for provisions obtained ant
not consumed, but the landlord stubborny re
fused to abate a jot Of his first demand.
1t was now about eleven o'clock in the fore
noon. Mr. Turner was very angry at wha
he considered the unreasonable demands o
. he landlord, and told him it would be mucl
, totour benefit If we could proceed at once t,
, Richmond.
| !" don't prevent you. said the stubborn
hotel keeper;.ss but you must pay for supper
! lodging aild breakiasts | have made provi
| tsions according 70 order, and l must be paie
+ for it" " W
, (" AT what hours gan we have our meals Z?
asked Turner. s,.-...
: -. Whenever you please" was the reply. ,.
= "Vsfy we'll, sir. I'VE will have our dime
M Q CLOCK, I'D asar saF,sr at halt-pas
~ tweises wa viii lodge At one clock this II
,ernooa HI sd brsakfssts haif-past one, sai'
4 Iu IN
=, IheAAndlord was amazed alike by the fac
:. and manner of THIS. announcement. "Yo
y don't want thTesgeslsat once, do youl" sal
he.
: No, said Turner, " nor viii we have tire
;, at once. You shall set the table and COO, u
q a good dinner. We will cat it, The tabl
.lshts then be nicely cleared off nd eset wi
i. c'e4n dishes, and our supper shall be place.
e upon it.stssWe will eat that, and finish it b.
d one O'Clock, Then we will 60 to bed ; and d
l. yon see that the supper tab is cleared oil
. and algood breakfast cooked, with plenty 0
V good coffee, and let it be all ready when W
l. arise at half-past one O'Clock. And, mind you
V do MT think you can rc-hash ore meal an,
d make it answer for another. We won't stan,
J. that. We pay for the BEST and we will hay
II the best"
o The landlord said it was all right, and star
d ted to prepare the, dinner | follow ed him
e and tried again to effect compromise, but h.
Q would hearto nothing o. the kind.
0 A good dinner wa on the table at lively
! o'clock. We did fill Justice to it, and Turne
4 then ordered the table to be cleared of an,
Q supper brought. i'll at once. 1t WAS don
+ punctially by haIf-pnst twelve o'clock, and W
all did our best towards eating it. BY on
= o'clock VIC had deyonrcd as much as we pos
o sibly cohld. Now show us to bed," sait
!, Turner, each man by.lik demand being tpro
{ vided with a ligh,5 ale. The laadlor,
i @,showed US to our rooms, aud we all thirty
n six in gamber) undressed and tumbhed into bed
previously to which, however. Old Turner hal
. bed 70 the landlord from the top Of stairs
Hit Do you see. sir. that orr breakfast is al
wv land on the table smoking hot in hal
h lougv
Z 1Vdresponse was heard TO this request. Tur
FER maintained his gravity, and SO did the land
d lord. Both were angry, and made a seriou
d Etipe Of it, but Tor myself, l was convulse
laughter At the" absurdity of the Who'll
All the company, indeed, were in grea
) "a ri but we felt that the tarvern keeper wa
i uuie9onable, and therefore we not only obey
i ed the orders OF Turner, but did our best t.
get tie worth Of cur money. We were up an,
dressed in half on honr, but our bed. exhibited
i every appearance of having bee devoted t.