Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-11-10
Pnrnnm,s sreeeh on Eumhacr.


Rarnum'S Speech on Humbqgs.
DIrred ar Stamford. m N. s,tafior of ne
Agu1'rrl' FER, F5t.6,8 County, Conn.
i.--m. TO H most unfortunate c.,cun
stance. lAu should - selected To speak o.
'Iurbur, m lroSinr m tie l,dicq, whose o..
rr.sio, it peculiarly j., sri /. l-lrd TO ,..
pres. swell in their Prs'sn'5. Every 4.
j. h.mbug, ,he ih'l. Sal. /, humbug. .s.
csr' our Agricultural soeirty-tha, olor- DO
not.
IIambu: i generally defined "dcss,, or -7.
position" 4 burglar Who breaks i,lo yoni
y"ur house. fo'r,r Who cheats you NJ you
property, OF, Ii--,l D, not hum5u:, . hum.
bug j. an imrost,r, BAT in INV opinion the true
meaning Of humhug is uInagsneni-tact-lo
tai' ~ old truth ani Pat It in an attractive
form Bul no hunhus is cr,,. without truth
At the bottom. The ~oo'ly ho,- rs,a real
iiy. Hs was really bo-n vi'h wool'y .ol,
I bought rim ia ClncinH,,i ror $500, and s.rt
him on to Connecticut, ha, for a long tine
doubted what should DO vi,h him, snd fc1r.
si lhll D., would die on Wy hsnt'
Jest. th,, iius. in ISIg, Col Frsmou, aaJ
DIS patty we're reported % have been lo,I
,rons he Rock, Mourain', the public were
crraIly excited. bot shorlly news came that
no w, .l'o. N0a can, the chance for ,hs
uoo''y ho-,r.
ItFa. jaly announced that a0er three DAY.
chase nr1u m, borders Of the River G,l,, an
animal had been captured By tho quaucrmas.
rer Of col Fr-noai'' party, who Partuos in
a singular tsrrcc ofihr r,,urs Of tho buHalr
antelope and camel This story w,s 50 q.
uuri that was mys-lf the qulusrnai'or Who
captured h.m. ,nd eh'rc.d a quarter 'or ,ho
SIGHT. The picture sul,.da tho exhibition DO.
ps,-d tho animal as Jumping over lsdS n,
orrock', now II the snImal hal really leap.
Ne shown 10 IN, picture, the must hivsplEsl
o,er q space or Gu miles To have believe
lhll De could have survived such lesp p,v,-.
have b,'n the cm'se,l hambug.
Bot Col Benton vhs unjcrslanJ, no hum.
bug but h.s own, arrested my s-hems. and
prosecuted m. for obtaining money under
false r5e,cuce,, - The horse VAS no, what 10
rroirs,ej lo be-, bat th.uk wrongly, a. tho
people Nlo saw il were satisfied and they got
he worth of their money.
Now ,he scientific humbug sho"ld know
ihc prrc.so mom,u, io act ;, did, or the
world would never have been blessed With
sight nj ihr woolly horse.
When the voolly horse arrived from COa-
ncci'cni. he vas put in stable near love
oys Hotel. one of tho boarders who came
10 ,,r him recognized him A. an animal hs
had seen ., Bridgeport. "Gooi heavens -
he cried. IL have seen ,hal sulma' before, Il
&, really an extraordinary humhug." llo
took up friend from the same hotel, sud n.
Tor he bad seen the animal let him GO In Ito
secret, and loo succession. thirty seven persons
were carried up. an of~h hcm took tie hum.
burring In good humor, except the 'ast man.
have not the vanity TO call m,.rlf real
scientific humbug, ! am humble member Of
nj the profession.
Nv ambition to be the Prince Of lum5u-s
| will resign, but hope tie publ, will taxi
the deed FOR IL, will, ! can assure them that
i'll had bcon able to give lhsm all he hum
bugs have thought Of, they would have been
amply satisfied.
Before went to England with Tom Thun5
/ had a skeleton prepared from various bones.
I, was to lave been made eighteen feet high
/, was 10 haze been buried year or 50 IN
Ohio, and then juG up By accident, 30 ,h't
,hs public night learn that there were giants
ofold. The price was to pas oflho Sseie'
ton together was to have bssn s4s5.
Bot finding Tom Thumb msre 'uccs.s;-l
than thought, | sent word not TO proceed
with the skeleton Ny manager, who never
thought 40 highly Of the scheme as il ds'ers-
cd sold the skeleton ior diy or ,cyeny-E'.
dollarS.
Seven ycan afterwards ] received from lhs
South an account Of gigantic skeleton, lha.
had been found. Accompanying 1t were the
certificates Of scientific ahd medical men A. io
the genuineness. The owner asked 10000
or thousand dollars a month, | wrote TO h.r
III he brought it on would take II II ! ...'.
/, as represented, OF would pay hi' eip,a.
II no, found il vas my own old oriC
bumbug come back to me again, of sour'.
refused il, and never heard Of I; aNUaH.s