The Portland daily press., 1864-02-27
P. T. BARNUM'S
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TlOy Daily Times. Dec. 6, 1862.

Troy Daily Times, Dec. q, 1862.
Mr. BARSuN's LEcTuRE.-In the annals of the
Young mems Association we hardly know Of a
more thoroughly successful lecture than that of
P. 7. Barnum last evening. The admission fee
of 50 cents did not prevent the accumulation Of
an audience that filed every seat in Rand Hall
more brilliant, appreciatiye and delighted as
semblage never gathered in the room. Mr. Bar
nun held them for nearly two hours, without a
manifestation of weariness, and sent them home
in the best humor, with enlarged ideas as to the
art of money making.
The good points of the lecture are thoroughly
unreportable. No sketch could do justice to Mr..
Barnum's inimitably-told anecdotes and person
al "reminiscences. The more serious portions Of
the lecture were admirable in their maxims and
advice. They eyinced, also, scholarship and
elegance of diction in the manner in which they
were put together that few gave Mr.. Barnum
credit for. His delivery was deliberate and clear,
and was rendered appropriate to each part Of the
theme. We had known the speaker as won
derful Snowman, but as a successful lecturer he
appeared in a new and triumphant role.
Albany RRickerbocker, Dee, 1862.
BARSuM BEATS BEEcHER.-Eighteen hundred
of our first ladies' and gentlemen crowded lived
die Hall on Thursday evening. to hear the great
Snowman discourse on the art Of making money.
This Is four hanire1 more than Henry Ward
Beecher drew TO the same hall last week. Bar
NUNS lecture gave immense satisfaction. In
deed, il was the lecture Of the season. II was
not onlya great pecuniary triumph for our
Young Mems Association, but the shrewd, prac-
teal suggestions and rules for success in BUSH
ness, illustrated by the drollest witticsms and
the most original side-splitting anecdotes, were
worth double the price paid for admission. The
audience was kept in a roar of laughter from be-
ginning to end, and left in the best possible hui
mer.
Troy Daily Uhig, Dee. 6, 1862.
Every seat in Rands spacious Hall was oeeu-
pied last evening by an audience as refined and
intelligent as any that ever greeted public lee
turer in this city. Both speaker and the subject
were interesting-the former to be seen, the lat
ter TO be listened TO. People outside of the Me-
tropolis have heard so much Of Barnum and of
the various enterprses--both good and bad
with which he has been connected. that, in the
minds of many persons, he had come to be re-
garded in the light ola curiosity genuine Ia
sus nature. But far from it. Ola commanding
personal appearance, face beaming with good
nature, and a countenance remarkable for sharp
ness and acuteness, the great Snowman looks
anything but the humbug or charlatan.
At eight O'Clock he made his appearance on
the stage, accompanied by the President and
Corresponding Secretary of the Association, and
met with good reception.
After the customary introduction, Mr. b. pro-
ceeded to address the audience in a clear, prae-
teal, of-hand manner. We merely present a
few of the leading points discussed by the speak
era full report being impossible, as he spoke
for full two hours.
Here follows a report of the lecture.
London .NorAing Herald, Jan. 7h.
Mr.. Barnum last night repeated his enter
tainment at st. James Hall to very crowded
audience, who entered very heartily into the
mass of American jokes, which excited much
applause The hour named for commencing was
eight O'Clock, but, though we reached the hal
at quarter before that hour, We could not OBJ
tain seat where it was possible to see or hear
we'll
London .Moraiag .4drertiser, Dee. 30h.
Mr.. Barnum's lecture breathes wholesome.
healthy air, is varied in subject, and delivered
in such genial and pleasant style as to consti-
tute an intellectual treat which one does not
meet with every day even in London.