Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-04-12
Barnum Rediyiyua.

the creditors Of the Jerome Clock Compsny
but he has sgsin ''got a. goin'," snd OF
Saturday night last marched to the foot
lights Of the American M cum, in New
York, made bis bow and announced
81 am monarch Of all I survey,
My right thre is none 10 dispute;
From the boxes oil round to the pit,
am lord Of stuf'd wi and bruts."
We have the great revived Snowman.
speech ss delivered, and must make q few
extrac,s. After recurring TO his fnanciul
disasters, he said:
NOT READY TO BE EMBALMED.
Perbapt, after the troubles and turmoiIs
have experienced, I should feel no desire to
re-engage in the excitement OF business. but
a man like myself, less than fifty years OF
age, and enjoying robust health. is scarcely
old enough to be en,balmed and put in a
glass case in the Museum as one o! its mil
lion curiOsities.
..It Is better to wesr out than rust out /"
Besides, If q man Of sctfsstempetsment is
not busy, he is apt to get into mischief. To
avoid evil, therefore, and since business is u
necessity Of my nature, here am once
more, in the Museum, and among those with
whom | have been 80 long and 50 pleasant.
y identified.
HOW HE DID 1T.
When my day Of sorrow came, first paid
or secured every debt owed OF a personal
nature. This done I felt bound in honor to
give up al my property that remained to-
wards lquida,ing..my o'clock debts" ] placed
it in the hands Of my Trustees and Receiv-
era for the benefit OF all the "clock" credi-
tors" But, at the forced sales of my Con.
nect;cut real eastate, there was q purchaser
behind the screen, Of whom the world had
little knowledge. In the day of my pros
perity made over to my wife much valu-
able property. including the lease of this
Museum building. ] sold the Museum col.
lection to Messrs. Greenwood g. Butler,
subject to my wife's separate interest in the
lease, and she has received more than eight
thousand dollars over and sboys the sums
paid to the owners of the building.
"cHARirY NEVER rAILETH."
Instead of selfshly applying thio amount
to private purposes, my family lived with a
due regard to economy, and the savings
(strictly belonging to my wife.) were devot-
ed TO buying in portions of my estate at the
ass 'gnees' sales, and to purchasing "clock
notes. bearing NV endorsements.
The Christian name OF my wife is Char
ity. may well acknowledge, therefore,
that sm not only proper "subject Of thar
ty," but that "without charity, am moth.
ing"
Thus. AIDED by Barnum,s own operations
abroad, and the assistance OF Mr.. Jas. ID.
Johnson, a wealthy gentleman Of Bridge
port, the great Snowman has been enabled
to buy up the clock paper. He adds:
BARNUM MoRALIzEs.
Experience has taught me not only that, I,
even in The matter Of money, "enough is as
good as least" but that there are in the
world, some things vastly better than the
calm igh,y dollar" Possib y may contem.
plate, at times. the painful days when I suid:
"Olhello's occupation is gone; but shall
more frequently cherish the memory OF this
moment, when ! am permitted to announce
that "Richard's himself again"
Many people have wondered that a man
considered SO acute as myself should ht w
been deluded into embarrassments like m ne
and not few have declared, in short metre.
III At "Barnum was fool" | can only re-
ply that ! never made pretensons to the
sharpness o! a pawnbroker, and I hope ]
sha never so entirely lose confidence in
human nature as to consider every man a
scamp BY instinct, or a rogue by necessity.
1T is better to be deceived sometimes, than
TO dis,rust always SO says Lord Bacon,a and
| agree with him.
Experience is said to be a hard school
mas ter, but should be sorry to feel that
this great lesson in adversely has not Brought
forth fruits of some value. | needed the
disciuline that this tribulation has given
me, and really feel, utter all, that this
like many other apparent evils" was only
"blessing in Disguise"
We congratulate Mr.. Barnum on his re.
covery from his financial embarrassments,
end have no doubt he will spend his money
as freely ss he makes It.
We hope he ever will ai5lIow sfter char.
ity;" and may he slwsys, Of his Blessings
say, "the gr eatest Of these Is charity"
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