Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-25

ed since New Years Is sol.
The B. & n. Railroad Company have
sod 35l, ,705 acres 10 ans bayers, on
Ten years cresiit and six psf cent. in
terest.
COPY OF THE LAST PAGns
Tt1H 81 & 1HE.
LIFE OF P. T. BARNUM
WRITTEN sY HIMSELF.
fRaINGInG HIS HISTORY DOWN TO
- AAReHs isA A
CONCLUSION.
In sending these last pages to the
printer in March, 1872, may say that
my manager, Mr.. Coup, his assistants,
and myself, have been busy ever since
New Years in recognizing our great
travelling shog, building new wagons
and cages; and painting, gliding and
repairing the Others. One of the great
carved, mirrored and gilded ehariots,
from England, used by me in 1871, is a
grand affair, made telescope, when ex-
tended to its full height reaches an al
titudeof forty feet ON the top of which,
In our street professions, we place q
young lady, c0stumed TO personate the
Goddess Of Liberty. The re-giIding of
this one vehicle preparatory to opening
our spring campaign cost about five
thousand dollars-enough to build a
nice house in the country. The winter
ing Of my horses and wild animals,
salaries of employees and expense OF
fitting up properly for the next season,
cost over $4,000. During the winter
my agents abroad have shipped me
many intefesting and expensive curl
losities.I Indeed, ship after ship has
brought me so many rare animals and
works Of art that I have sometimes
been pazzied to find places tostore them.
Two beautiful Giraffes, or Camelop.
ards, were despatched to me, hnt one
died on the Atlantic, making three 81
these tender and valuable animals thai
I have lost Within q year. The lonly
one on this continent at this present
writing is mine, He is heanty.
own another, which is now In the Royal
Geological Gardens. Regents Park
lLondoa ready 70 be shipped at any
i moment should / unfortunately b
!obliged to send a messake by the At
llantic Cable announcing the death O
|nay present pet.
! 0thef managers gave up trying t.
import Girafes several years ago ,owinI
Ito the great cost and care attending
them. No Giraffe has ever lived tw'
years In America. These very impedi
lIments, however, melted me to alway
have a living Giraffe on hand, at wha;
lever cost-for, Of course, their scarcit,
lenhanees their attraction and value q
lcuriosities. I hear that my exampi
Ihas Stimulated the manager of asmaI
show TO try and obtain a aGiraffe. / an
Ieducating The public curiosity and tast
ito demand SO much that is rare an
valuable, that many managers vii
ls00n give up the show business, as sew
, Ieral have this spring, while other
im1st be more Liberal and enterprisin
lifthey succeed.
Hitherto many small showmen VIII
could raise cash and credit to tn
'iameuiltI or $20,0 900, would get half
dozen cages OF cheap animals, two Q
J three f0urth-rate circus riders q fes
/, acrObats or tum blers, q clown and thre
or four broken down '.ring-hofses;i
then buying some ready printed dash
Ithey would announce q great menagt
{ rie and circus, and perhaps clear th
, cost OF their show the first season; fo
there are some persons who are boun
ogo to "the show" whatever may b
7lits merits. But the public are genel
flaAly getting sick of this same cid story
, and rs my Broadway American Must
um years ago served to reform or ez
ltlnguish "0ne-horse shows, )" so / trus
that the immensity Of my travelin
SHOW viii serve to elevate and exten
,fpublie expectations and improve publ
lexhibifiO I Z y II IGl3 - = ~ y !
q Several immense Sea Lions and Bari
|. ling Seals have also been captured by N
: lagents at Alaska and are added to tn
!. tsinnumerable caravan." SOneof thes
marine monsters weigh q thonsan
l pounds each, and each consumes fr0l
itsixty toa hundred pounds Of fish pe
rlday. 1t Is very curious to see theI
fhoundering in and out of the immens
water tanks in which / transport tbeI
: sfthrough the country. Their tremendt
/, lous roar may often be heard the distant
> tof a mile.
i Among my equestrian novelties is a
: Italian Goat taught i'm Europe to rid
on horseback, leap through hoops an
lover banners, alighting on his feet o
i the back OF the horse while at full speet
& named him "Alexis" in honor Of tn
II Russian Prince. He appeared at Niblo
: Garden, New. York, in, February, an
: created much enthusiasm. b d.
= Numerous artists In different parts
Europe have been engaged all wintt
+ in making for my show extraordinar
"A Musical, ard ether Automatans an
tMoving Tahleaux, so marvellous,
their construction as to seem enchante
s lOr to be possessed of life.
81 But perhaps the most rare and cur
+ Gus addition TO my, great show, an
4 certainly the most difficnlt to Obtain
is a company of four wild Fiji Cam
balls, I have tried in vain for years
e securespecimens of these "maneaters.
l. At last the opportunity came, Thrs
lof these Cannibals having fallen int
shelhands of their Royal enemy, WI
was about to execute, and perhaps e.
them, tire mission aries q agent pr
q lyaiIed upon the coppef(cO cOldfe& kin
! Ito accept large sum of gold on col
EDITION of his msjesty's granting thel
la Feprieye aud leave of absence
o America for three years, my ageut,a
a leaving q large sum in the hands of th
1 American Consul to- be forfeited !,
ltfiey were not returned within th
: time stipulated Sa Acc0mpanying thel
d is a haif-eiyilized cannibal woman, col
) verted and educated by the Methodil
missionaries. { She reads duently an
aOleasantly- from the Bible printed
I ian Language, and she already e.
g erts a powerful moral influence, ev<
!. these saxsges. They takea lively IA
terest in hearing her read thai .hister
= of our Saviour. sTheyesrnestly declal
their convictions that eating hunia
4 flesh isswr0ng, and faithfully promis
4 never again toiattempt itsgEdT They al
4 Intelligent and doeile!i Their charac