Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-12-06

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ping young lady, not relishing such liberties
from stranger, laid me fiat upon the floor with
blow from her brawny hand was on my
feet again in tolerably quick time, but not until
] had discovered that she stood upon pedestal
at least eighteen inches high.
Upon coming out of the van, a whole bevy
! of showmen from that and the neighboring
vans surrounded me, and began descanting on
the merits and dement's of General Tom
Thumb. ,a..H .a.... s.!. .....
! "Oh,' says one, g knows two dwarfs what
is better ten times as Tom Thumb"
ayes" says another, T" there's no use to talk
about Tom Thumb while Melia Patton is above
the ground" - &c a.. O. +. F..
CHOW, I've seen Tom Thumb" added
third, "and he's fine little squad, but the only
vantage he's got is he can chaf so well. He
chaffs like man; but can learn Dick Swift
in two months SO thathe can chaff Tom Thumb
crazy -.
"Ncver mind" added fourth, I've got
chap training what none on you knows, wha'll
beat all the thumbs on your grapplcrs.''
mo he can't exclaimed fifth, 'for Tom
Thumb has got the name, and all know the
names everything. Tom Thumb could mt
never SHINE, even in my van long side of
dozen dwarf | knows, if this Yankee had mt
bainhoozled our Queen-God bless her-by get
ting him atore her half a dozen times"
"Yes, yes-that's the ticket exclaimed
another; "our Queen patronizes everything
foreign, and yet she wouldn't visit my beauti-
full wax-works to save the crown of Hmgland."
"Your beautiful wax-works!" they all ex-
claimed with a hearty laugh.
"Yes, and who says they haint beautiful -
retorted the other; they was made by the best
Htalian hartst in this country
UThpV was m0dp nv linn (laul aud shOyyad
all over the country twenty years ago." rejoin-
ed another; "and arter that they laid five years
in pawn i'll old Moll Wgginss cellar, covered
with mould and dust"
We'll, that's good 'un, that is" replied
the proprietor of the beautiful wax-works, with
a look OF disdain.
made a move to depart, when one of the
head showmen exclaimed, 81 Come, Mister, don't
be shabby, can you think of going without
standing treat all round %
"Why should stand treat :" | asked.
cause faint every day you can meet suci
Z a bloody lot of jolly brother showmcn," replied
Mr.. Wax-works.
handed out crown, and left them to drlnl
bad luck to the " foreign wagabonds what woul'
" bambooze their Queen with inferior dwarts
: possessing no advantage over the natyues bu
= the power of chqEng."
We returned to the hotel, took post-chase
: and drove through decidedly the most Lowell
'' country ever behold. Since taking that tour
u | have heard that two gentlemen once made
N bet, each, that he could name the most delight
= full drive in England. Many persons were pre-
y sent, and the two gentlemen wrote on separat
', slips of paper the scene which he most ad
;, mred. One gentleman wrote, " The road froI
; Warwick to Coventry" the other had writer
% "Thc road from Coventry TO Warwick"
u In less than an hour we were set down at tn
- outer walls of Wentworth Castle, which SEQ
- has greatly aided to immortallze in his celebr;
g ted novel Of that maine.
'ei This once noble and magnificent castle is no
II" stnpendous ruin, which has been SO often d.
~ scribed that think it unnecessary to say an.
a. a thing further about it here We spent half Q
~ hour in examining the interesting ruins, al
g then proceedad by post-chaise to Coventry,
We distance of six or eight miles. Here we r
manned four hours, during which we visited 5
q Marys Hall, which has attracted the notice
Gu many antiquarians. We also took peep
III the effigv of the celebrated "Peeping Tom
We after which we visited an exhibition called Z
Happy Family" consisting of about two blu
'ui dred birds and animals of opposite natures a
.au propensities, all living in harmony together
W. one cage. This exhibition was so remarkat
~ that bought it for $1,000 (t5300), and hIr
= the proprietor to accompany 1t To New fol
~ where it has ever since bren an attractive Il
49,. Ia ture in my Museum.
go We took the cars the same evening for B
a.. ~ miGgham, where we arrived at ten O'Clock, l
siu' friend Albert Smith renlarking, that never
ns fore in his life had he accomplished a. da
.o' Journey on the Yankee go-ahcad principle
',s5 lie afterwards published a chapter in Bentle
lieu Magazine, entitled "a day with Barnum,"
9 ~ which he said we accomplished business W
IN such rapidly, that when he attempted to WI
reo out the accounts of the day, he found the VIII
~ thing so confused in his brain, that he ca
.os linear i" lecating" Peeping Tom in the no
ona; of Shakespeare, while Guy of Warwick wo
900 stick his head above the ruins Of Kenilwortl
'tooo the Warwick Vase appearing in Coventry, {
.o.. During our journey, amused him with mi
of my adventures, including the history of Jc
d" Heth, the Mermaid, the Buffalo Hunt, c
- which he afterwards served upin his" Scat
wy good Family" making me the hero. At
:, 80 time, my friend was an author, dramatlst
ia'o dentist, but subsequently lie was exalted
!ou the dignity of 'showman," and | am n
- Il happy to learn that he has accumulated
ls " tune from the exhibition Of the panorama il
up' trating his ascent of Mont Blanc. f'a
ming - -""'S. . - - 49,. g.
Wei 49, $50 IL NJ