Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-11-30

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may prepare TO straddle that rail-"
I My surprise may well be imagined
Good heavens r / exclaimed, as they
ali pressed ABOUND me, Gentlemen, what
have I done Q" eTsas ae9 4ge4s#s6
4 "0h. We know you." exclaimed hall
a ddzen voices: you need nj roll YOU
sanctimonious eyes; thai game don'l TAKE
in this country. Come. straddle the rail
and remember the stack gard 4"
| a ] grew more and more bewildered; II
seemed like a dream; Iscould not ina
4 CINE what possible offence / was to cuff
/ ferfof, and continued to cxclaini, Seen
4lemen, what lisse 4 done /? Dun'tkillmt
gentlemen, but tell me what T have done
n, Come. make him stradJle the rail ;
| Wen show him how to hang poor factory
| girls. SHOUTED some chap fronthe crowd
The man who had me by the collar
then remarked, "Come Mr.. Avery, it's
no use. you see We know you, and we'll
/ give you a touch Of lynch law, and start
sou ftr home again. y,
My name is not Avery, gentlemen !;
you are mistaken in your man." ] exa
claimed. s3 Il b seH st6 F3s e6sl gfts.
"Come. come. none Of your CANNON;
straddle the rail- Eplirain, " said the man
who bad me by the collar.
The rail was brought TO sacl q level
as TO allow me TO be ''straddled" on il,
without difficulty, and was about to be
placed according to orders, as the truth
flashed upon ma a .a,sa o,lIi ss Al
Gentlemen" Ifexclaimed, I" am not
Avery; ldespise that villain as much as
you can but my name is Barnum; / be-
long to tie circus which arrived lrere last
night, and am sure old Turner, my
psrtner, has hoaxed you with this ridi-
culous story" "a yr%.rpas7 "a ga rs
"If he has, we'll lynch him." said one
OF the mob. haH N utNf gsains aea ta
swell, he has, III assure you" re-
Piled; $50 just walk to the hotel will,
me. and III convince you Of the fact" {.
This Arrangement they reluctantly cons
scented 70, keeping. however. a close hand
upon me. As we walked up, the main
street on which The new State House Is
situated, the mob received a. reinforced
ment Of some fifty or sixty, and / was
marched like d malefactor up 10 tile no.
tel. Old Tuner stood on the piazza
ready 70 burt with laughter. ! appeal
ed to him for heavens sake TO explain
this matter, that ! might be liberated.
He continued. 10 Laugh, but finally told
them she believed there wss some mis-.
take about il. TIE fact ISL sid he. tiny
friend Barnum has a, new suit Of black
clothes on, and il makes him look so
much like a plisst, concluded 1t must
be Avery 1a4 fat vi
The mob saw theojoke. Some apolo-
gized TO me for the rough manner in
which had been handled, (for they had
torn my coat half of my back, and rolls
ed me in the dirt CONSIDERABLY while
others swore that Old Tuner deserved
the fate intended for me but the majo,.
rty Of the people roared with laughter,
decla ed 1t was good Joke. ard advised
me to look sharp, and pay my partner
of for it,. was exceedingly vexed, and
when the mob had dispense I asked Old
Turner what on earth could induce him
to play such outrageously mean trick up,
on ME. 7 6 VI se,sta. y,gysAisa 4
! My,dear Barnum," said he, cit W.T.
for our good. Remember, al we neet
to ensure success is notoriety. You vii
zee that this will be noised all about town
as a lick played by one Of The circus
managers upon the other. and our paw
lion will be crammed to morrow, night"
| Il turned out as he conjectured. The
joke was III every persons mouth. We
soon became 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 self interest was an after con-
sidera'ion 10 this case. the joke being
prompted solely by desire 10 see fun,
no matter at whose expense, ss .afss 81
A peculiar incident occurred at Hans
over Court House in Virginia. In con-
sequence Of heavy rains we could not per-
form there, and concluded to start for
Richmond Immediately after dinner. The
Landlord however informed Us that as Oh,
agent had engaged three meals and lodg-
ings for The company, our bill would be
the same IL we departed that day as II We
remained 60 breakfast next morning. We
backed our remonstrance with an offer n
pay for dinner and q portion OF The bal
ance OF the bill, TO compensate fr pro-
visions obtained and not consumed, Blu,
the landlord stubb61nly refused to abate
a jot Of his fiist demand.
ssItwas now about eleven O'Clock in The
forenoon, Mr. Turner was very angry al
" hat be considered the unreasonable de,
mands Of the landlord. and told him i
would be much 10 our benefii II We could
proceed At once to Richmond. H
81 dnn't prevent you." said the stab
bofn hotel keeper; " but you must pas
for saRper. lodging and breakfast. ! have
made provision according to Older, and
lmu be paid for IT," sft4