The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-17
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II srems TO me 10 DO a fncsiiuafofia'
nalc circumstance thst should be -
lccicd 30 speak ON. liambug, ~ locs'rg
on ladies, whose profession u pecOle'ly
is, ! anj I, bard 10 EXPIRE. m,se't tn
their presence. E,erythiag is hauibus
esoep, our Agricultural society--'bs,
alone Is not
lIumbug Is generally denn.d '''ieori'
OF imposition" A burglar who break.
into your house. a torgur Who cheats
you Of your property, or rascal, ,s moi
a hambas. a hambue ,s an impcs1er
sut In my cpinion the true mcauiug Of
humbug is manAgomcnt--,ae TO isks
an old truth and pu, Il in an attractive
form.
Bui no humbug 10 great without truth
si tho bottom. The woolly hotse was
reality. lie was really horn with
woolly coat boagh, him 10 Cinoin.
natl for $500, and ssnl him on 10 Con-
nec,icu,, but ior long time | doubted
what should do with him. and feared
tha, he would die on my hands, just
at this time. In isi9, Col. Fremon, and
his party were reported TO have been
lost among the Rocky Mountains the
public were greatly excited, but shortly
ncws came that he was safe. Now
came the chance for the woolly horse.
II was duly announced tha, after
three days chase upon the borders Of
of the River Gila, an animal had been
captured by the quartermas,or Of Col.
Fremon,'s party, who partook in sin-
gular degree OF the nature OF the bnila-
10, antelope and camel. This story was
10 lar true that was myself the quar-
tcr-master who captured him, and !
charged u quarter for the sight. The
picture outside the exhibition depicted
the animal as jumping over ledge Of
rocks now IL the animal had really
lcaped, as shown IN the picture, he must
have passed over space Of five miles.
To have believed that he could have
survived such lenp, would have been
the grossest humbug,
But Col. Benton, who understands
no humbug but his own, arrested my
scheme, and prosecuted the for Obtain
ing money under false prcicnccs, as tho
horse was not what II professed TO be ;
but ! think wrongly, as the people who
saw 1t were satisfied. and they gct the
worth Of their money.
Now the scientific humbug should
know the precise moment 10 aci. ne ]
did, or the world would never have been
blessed with sight Of the woolly horse
Whs. tho snnllv borse arrived from
Connecticut, he was pat 10 Stable ncAi
Iovejoy's Hotel. One Of the boarders
who came to see him, recognized him a'
9 mn aGimal he had seen at bridgeport
Good Heavens T. he cried II hav,
) seen that animal before il ia really ~
o extraordinary humbug lie took VI
Il u friend from the same hotel, and Mfie
e he bad seen the animal, let him into tn
81 secret, and in succession ihirty-seye
- persons were carried up. all Of WHOM
e took the humbuGging IN good humor ,cz
D. cepi the last man.
IL Ny ambition 10 be the PRrscE o
r. IluNBuGs ] will resign, but hope III
IN public will take the will for the deed
lc can assure them that II | had been abl
ID TO give them all The humbug- ] ha,
d thought OF, they would have beeen On
or ply satisfied.
III Before went to England with To,
a Thumb, ] had ksleton prepared fro
a various bones II was TO have bee
ID made II feet high !, was to have be,
On buried year or 20 IN Ohio, and The
h. dug up by accident. that the publ
ny might learn that there were giants
ri, old. The price was TO pay the pc
nd son who proposed TO put the skeleI'
ny together Was 10 have been t2z5.
20 Bot finding 'iom Thumb more 81
cessinl than ] ibeagii, sent word q
"a. 10 proceed with The skeleton. Ny mn
ns ager, who never thought a, highly OF I
ne scbosne ss il deserved, sold the skeiet