New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-23
BARYUms SPEECH ON HUMBUGS.

DELIVERED AT STANFORD ON THE OCCASION OF THE
AGRICULTURAL TAIR.
II seems 10 be most unfortunate circumstance that
should be selected to speak Humbug, as looking
on the ladies' whore prof ssion IT peculiarly is lind
II hard TO express myself 10 their presence Every
thisg IL hunbug; the whole state IL humbug, except
our Agricultural Society-that alone IL not
Humbug is generally defined deceit or imposi-
"tion" A burglar who breaks into your house, a
foreer who cheats yon of your property or rascal
b bot humbug humbug IS an imPostori out IN my
opinion the true incoming of humbug is Management
tactic take old truth and put it in an attr tctive
form.
But no humbug is great without truth at the bot
fam The woody horse was a reality He vas really
born with woody coat. bought him in Cincn
matt for $500 and tent him TO Connecticut but for
. long time doubted what should do with hin, aud
feared that he would die my hands. just at this
time in ls49, Col. Fremont and his party were re.
ported 10 have been lost among the Rocky Mountains;
the public were greatly excited, but shortly news
came that he safe. Now came the chance for the
woody horse.
Hwns duly announced that after three days chase
upon the borders Of the River ella, an animal hid
been captured by the quartermaster OF Col. Ere
mont party who partook in a singular degree OF the
nature Of the buffalo antelope and camel rhs story
was far true, that was myself the quartermaster
who captured him and charged a quarter for the
sisht The picture outside the exhibition depicted
the animal as jumping over ledge OF rocksi now
the animal had really leap,d, as shown IN tue picture
he must have passed over a space Of five miles. To
have believed Tat he could have survived such
leap would have been the erossest humbug.
But Col Benton, who understands no humbug but
his own arrested my scheme and pros ecuted me Tor
obtaining money under fase pretenses a. the horse
wes not what il protested TO be- but think wrongly,
ar the people who saw il satisfied and they got
The worth Of their money.
Now the scientific humbug should know the pre-
cis1 moment TO act as | did, or the world would
never have been blessed with sight of the woony
horse.
When the wooiiy horse arrived from Connecticut
L. in eta la psar lsny
ths boarders who to see HIN recognized him as
an animal he had at Bridgeport Good heag-
"eisr he cried, 81 have seen that animal before; 1T
lie really al extraordinary humbug lie took up a
friend fOm the same hotel and after he vi seen the
animal, let him into the secret, and in succession
thGiy-seyen persons were carried mp, all OF whom
took the humbugging IN good humor except the last
have not the vanity TO call myself real scient6o
humbug. am only an humble member of the pro-
fession. -.
nv ambition 70 be the Prince Of Humbugs | will
r,sirp but hope the public will take the will for the
deed, 1 can Assure them that II had been able TO
give them all the humbugs have thought Of they
wsuld have been amply Satisfied.
Before went to England with Tom Thumb had
slelefon prepared from various bones. was TO
have been made rs feet high, II was TO have beea
barred year so in Ohio, and then dug up oy acci-
dent that the public might learn tha' ,nere were
gisrts OF old. The price | was TO pay the person
who proposed TO put the was 10
been s225. ,
But finding Tom Thumb more successful than
lght cent word not 10 proceed with the skeleton
M manager, who never thought as highly o. the
sehsme ~ it deserved sold the skeleton for so or
s7s.
Seven years afterward received from the South an
account 81 gigantic skeleton that had been found
Accompanying Il were the certificates Of scientific
and medical men as TO the commences The e~ner
asked $50 600 or 81 900 mouth; wrote 10 him If be
brought il on | would take il IL found il a. repre-
ssni,d, or would pay his expenses il not foand It
al nall I'm ,huy haoL ~,
ase.n; ofcourse refssod it, aud never head OF it
eftstwaTd.