The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-08
Barnum's Speech on Humbugs.
De:ivsred at Sta ford on the occasion Of tie
Agricaiaturdl Fair.

stance that I should te selected to speak on
Humbug, as looking on the ladies, whose
profession it peculiarly IS. find it hard to ex-
press myselfin their presence. Everything
is humbug, the whole state is humbug, ex-
cept our Agricultureal Society-that alone
is not y
Humbug is generally defined "deceit or
imposition" A burglar who breaks iato
your house; a forger who cheats YOU of
your property, of a rascal, is no; a humbus;
a humbug is no imposter butin my opinion
the true meaning ofhlmbuy is management
tact 10 take an Old truth and put it in at
tractive form.
But no humbug is great without ruth at
the bottom, The wooly horse was reality.
He was really born with woody colt, |
bought him in Cincinnati for $500 and sen,
him on to Connecticut, but for long time
doubted What | should do with him, and
feared that he I'D. die on my hands, Justat
this time, in 1919, Col. Fremont and his par
ty were reported to have been lost among the
Rocky Mountains; the public were greatly
excited, but shortly psws cam that be was
safe,-Now came the chance for the woody
horse.
1t was also announced that after three
days chase upon the borders of the River
Gla, an animal had been captured by the
quartermaster of Co. Fremont's party, who
partook in singular degree of the nature
of the buffalo antelope and camel. This
story was so far true that was myself the
quartermaster wao captulel him, and
charged a quatsr for the sight. The pic
ture outside the exhibition depicted the ami
NAL as jumping over ledge of rocks; now
if the animal had really leaped, as shown
in the picture. he must have passed over a
space of five miles. 10 have believed that
he could have survived such a leap, would
have been the grossest humbug. .. 81.
But Col Benton, who understands no
humbug but his own, arrested my scheme,
and prosecuted me for obtainng money un-
der false pretences. as the horse was not
what he professed to be; but think wrong
Ily, as the people who saw it were satisfied.
and they got the worth Of their money.
Now the scientific huinbus shonld know
the precise moment to act as | did, or She
world would never have been blessed with
a sight Of the woolly horse.
When the woolly horse arrived from Con.
necucut, he was put in stable near Love-
Logs Hotel. One of the boarlers who
came to sec him recognized him as an ami
NAL he had seen at BHdspor:. &C loi
heayens!" he cried, II have seen that ami
nal before, it IS really an extraordinary
hambug." lletook up friend from tho
same hotel, and after he had seen the ami
NAL, let him into the secret, and in success
sion thirty-seven persons were carried up.
all of whom took the humbug sing IN humor
except the last man. ....
I have not the vanity to call myself real
scientific humbus, ! am only a humble
member of the profession.
Ny ambition to be Prince Of Humbugs |
will resign, but hope the public will take
the will for the deed; can assure them that
| if | had been been able to give them all The
hambugs | have thought of, they would
have been amply satisfied. a5G
Before / went to England with Tom
Thumb, lhed a skeleton prepared from va
ous bones Itwas to have been made eigh-
teen feet high; it was to have been buried a
year or so in Ohio, and then dug up by sc-
cident, SO that the public might learn that
there were giants Of oil. The price
was to pay the person who proposed to put
the skeleton together was to have been
$225. hf'"
But finding Tom Thumb more successful
than | thought, sent word not to prnceed
with the skeleton. My manager who never
thought as highly Of the scheme as it de.
served, sold the skeleton for $50 or S75.
Seven years afterwards received from
the South an account of a gigantic skeleton
that had been found. Accompanying il
were the certificates Of scientific and medi.
cal men as to the genpineness. The owner
asked $50, 900 or ri, 900 8 month; wrote
to him if he brought it on | would take it,
| if found it as represented or would pay
his expenses ifnot. found it was my own
Old original humbdy come back to me again.
Of course refused it, and never heard Of
afterward'
] GE-The Convention OF Ohio and Indiana
Railroads, which met at Columbus on the
21stof September last, held an adjourned
meeting In Dayton on Wednesday LAST
Delegates from twenty-three Ohio dnd Indi-
ana roads were iu attendance. solutions
proposing the abolition Of free passes; tie
dispensing Of agents or runners; and rise
in freight charges equal to twenty per cent.
were reported. AN were adopted except
that in regard to freight. 4 III is
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