Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-14
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,gRfahlllg LIltsrt5, lfa15dn..f on
Thetecent successful experiment with the.
fire ahnihilat0t HaS reminded us Of some
hi6Iti6n OF them "a New YORK, aud which
caused 4 fsud between p. 2. ,BaFpum ,and
Signor BlitZt 90 veil sjiot D fbr III skin in
training birds, and his extraordinary feats
in natural mRgtc. BarnGm had Invited The
SignpE 70 be presPHt~ [ In New, YoEl.) -atzau
exhetime ntat Inhibition, IN which 1ti9 4Ras
interested, OF the machines that put out q
great hre with D great smoke. The great
deeeiyersWasat hand+ra little man dressed
in black with iron grey hair, ahda restIesS
obsettant 6ye--atid DE mi1gted IN the
crowd unreo0gutzed! u sEfiiliE
The temporary stfuethrelih which the Gre
Was to be kindled, and then annihilation
was about fifteen feet square, and one stO-
y add half high. There was an upper
door, but 4oslaiEi. a&h61 6Wdrk aetdsd.-
The carpenter who had nt!led it down had
merely left.a hole By which ne baddescep-
ded-6ftet PeFfOrmibg Bis job. = = x y
A large cOneOurse of people assembled
70 Witne&sft the experiment., which Eqs9fo
come az 4 ItttIek 8ftes 5lBfk IL The SspestR-
tors examined at their leisure the building
Hpd the queer iOoliug Guns that contained
Barnums gas ready to be let forth to arrest
the progress Of thatii'devOlying element
which, TO use the steFeOtyped language of
the insDnsSCel companies, goGIen swept
away in a few hours the bard earnings OF
many years."
Professor Cotton at last mounted = stand.
and explained to the assembly thesprinei!
pies of the ennihilator, and set forth the
immma1sai hedefits that would deCrueifr6i
it 70 all eombustibl eeommunities. E,.-
BaFnHm ,Yes around, aud, although he
had been SEARCHING for bis ffieud Biltz, that
willy professor of deyiliFy lodged the great
Snowman and remafned invisible
AT length every thiug was ready. A heap
OF highly combustibIe matter had been
prepared on tie middle of the floor, and
an assistant was proceeding to get FIRE to
Il, when all in the vicinity were startled
BY p Cry from the upper room ia thsbuiId-
ing IL -
"D0n'tl Don't. Letme eutl Don't burn
me up" ilr 20 ssia -
stop !" shouted police OFFICER; there's
The master Of ceremonies stepped into
the building and ordered the intruder to
q can't Chtel get down. said u tue
NOlSe' teEs-s. -sgs ~ ~ ~
"sOms drunken fool has got up there with
his bottle" said Barnum, 10 q tone of vex-
alton so for q Maine liquor law In these
diggtngsI Somebody must go up and haul
the fellow down. ~
Astick OF timber was procured aud placed
in slantfng position, and 4 policeman
managed to crawl up into the attic. 8s
Hello, therel Come out OF this 1" said
the oltie per, pokip g. With his stick, But to-
his suFpeise, he found no one there. After
satisfying himself that the pIacs was va
cant, the oticer came down, muttering cur
BeS upon the whole affair.
Again the 6rchsbedter appro iched to
light the pile andngain thei16iee sounded
fr0Withp upper room
Let me out, SRsayl Con- denim (bie)
yer pictures, win Ye burn fell'r alive -
Let me 9tt Let me on, s-Ft{" ~
"StopP shouted Burnum 10 the torch
bearer, "this won't dol Mr. Cotton, will
you send man up into.that building who
has his asElSes about him Send him quick
Another person now assembled to the loft.
which he Examined by the light of Lam
tern that was passed up to him, and like.
wise reported the place empty.
A short pause now took place, during
which the spectators began TO manifest great
air:
"Humbugr"
"a Barnum hambuR r.
1.-THE thinGumbob won't work II
''Wo0ly hOrseW
lJQice7 Heth ln, frsz ~y-r4 4 r-ts-
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These were some Of the unpleasant words
that aSsGfled Barnum's ear in the great
babbl6ment that MAS rising Ilke,t66 roar Of
waves around lhims firf 3 q ~ goo
"HaVe a little patience, gentlemen, and
ven pFocsed, = said he.
ss"Wells yer kin proceed, bat you can't s,es
coed iRroWled q. member aof old EOrty-
TYo'a company.
The torch was, NOW applied to the tarand
roSins'aud, g the DANES began TO curl up,
number OF voices soundsd distressfuIiy
from all parts of the building, 1T was ap.
parehtly half full Ofimeug Pigs also be-
gan TO squesl as If their brfstles were
8coFched, but Barnum now took the hint.
BE pl4eh some Of the very Sonsdst that
thelVentrlOqRtst had produced IN his Office
that afternoons and he exclaimed in high.
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.sThat cursed Bits has made all this
tE6dblell III kfRd3h his iron, ErEy locks AZ
extra hnk, i'll ever catch him"
nsShe SignQEs yeptrilpqu ism in reality did
moro mischief than he Intended, for t was
probably owing 70 the c6nfdsf61 De Created
that The expetim6ht proved a failure. g
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