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

ned in.in 4 friar,filv ' wax a. sorne nth r1b
er periodof the day.p s-1'- -, -
mag add ttaf sf the above exh;b;-
ton .seyeral editor Syo,,ebt their
These blooming voung
ladies refused to sit ON the fr,snt af.sf
in the fear Of being eaten.hut II reusarI-
ed that there was more danger Of some
them aiivs. faaGl there was from the
The bales subsided and
were safe.
And now comes q jok 8 50 huge and
ludicrous thai Ilaugh over il daily,
although there Is q serious aspcct to it.
Every shipment Of curioeifies that ar
rived from abroad this winter has serv-
ed to put my worthy manager Coup in
great agony. H@s5 - rI.ssr'9 ill7 si,s's.-
ssI tel YOU, Mr. Barnum. YOU are
getting this show too big. y has been re-
peated by my perplexed manager a
hundred times since New Years.
"Never mind, ~ reply, tive ought
to have bi0 show-the public exDecfI
ii. and win appreciate it. %
$50 here must 90 six thousand dol
more for a Giraffe wagon and horses tol
draw it. and this makes more than
seventy additional horses that your Inn
portations since last faii have rendered
necessary"
aWeIi, friend Coup. we have the on
Iy Giraffe In America. % I replied.
"Yes. sir. that Is. ali very well, but
no country can support such an expen-
sive show as You are putting on the
road .udng - .. f.ei-isS'.ls {. - -.
And that is poor Coup's dolefui COM
plaint continually. -. j - -
But now comes a more reriaus side,
and here is where the ioge comes In.
I had wintered about i've hundred
horses. and was preparing to add at
least smother hundred to nv retiuue.
I induced my ,soa-in-law, MT. s. III.
Hurd, to sell out his business, take
stock in the show, and become its treas
|ueer. and assistant manager d, ,Hurd is
|cIear-headed, but he moves cautiously,
and 'siooks before, he leaps.ni On q
cold. clear morning in FEBRUARY, 1872,
Mr. Coup. Mr.. H1rd. and several OF
our leading assistants and counsellors
called at INV house. Their countenan-
ces were solemn, not to say iugubrins;
their laws seemed firmly set, and alto
pether / discovered something omin-
0us i'm their appearance. / saw that
there was solid business ahead. but
said with 4 smile: Li'Jt IdSil iliti
ssGentlemen. / am right glad to see
Won. i confess YOU don't look very
iolIy. but never mind. uubosom your.
SELVES. and tell me what is up.
Manager Couu opened the ball. =
"I am very sorry to say, Mr.. Barnum
said that honest. eood-hearted mana,
ger. 1ti,at our business here is impor.
fsnt and serious, Although we, O1
ieourse. like to bow to your decisions, ,and
Iare readv to acknowledge thatyour ex
ner;ence Is greater than ours, we have
j had long and serious consultation
This morning. and have unanimously
lconclnded fhst yor,r show Is more thar
twice too large To succeed. that yOI
i will lose neatly four hundred thousand
4 doIjars If Won trv To DRAG it all through
the country and that your only chance
Iof snccess IL 70 sell off more than hal
of vonr' 'curiosities. horses and wagons
or ~ elsa Lee divide them into three. or Ger
4 fainIv two.Iiisfincf- shows. % -s.rses -.
i T"Is thisa nsutinu, gentlemen?n
asked.- with a feeling and countenancs
far from solemn. 1911 ilFf InqIgl
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tfies, &C., WIN average mO1e non t11an Van s1,o1 Oo
per uay. 6ut caIl u $4,VV. M LOU snos ,s
thirty weeksEleo aays.a InuS. ;ga ggo
expenses ior tne sen.lng sesIsons S gesion es;on
wear ana Tear ana 11dS geas1 aon M : ahou
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fwlce as mncn a any snow eyer t.eos w
IN one season, exceps y your oNn, ns
year. inns Is tne yea1.e tns. pfeStu1n shl
tlal election, Whlcn, on accouns] " W !.
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