Smyrna times., 1875-12-22

So"V was walking gravely around the ward
ana the famous equestrian goat Billy was
on the top of haystack eating his fill
inside the building were the cages of ami.
mails and birds, presided over by Professor
White, the lion tanner. "We are going to
sell every hide, hoof, and feather here.
The boys think they are going to lose
money on them, and l shouldn't wonder.
They want me to bid in some of the AM.
mails, and use them in another show, but I
won't do it, The reason I'm bound to sell
Is, that 1t don't pay to have your business
scattered as ours has been. | always said
in my lecture on money making that a
man must have charge of his own business.
Now | can't do this if we run three or four
shows. Besides, the people want some
thing new. The novelty is worn off the
Hlppodrome, circuses don't pay, and so
say, sell out every dollars worth of our
stuff. I've got an idea that'll hit the peo-
ple' guess. 1 can't tell you what it is,
only that it will be the biggest kind of a
Centennial Exhibition, unlike anything
we've ever had here. know I'm too old
man to go into the thing. I'm past sixty
five and ought to settle down and keep
quiet, but l rather hate to give up the bust
ness. Its my recreation
| The second and third floors of the build.
ing were packed full of canvas, carpets.
boxes OF wardrobe, fancy wagons and
chariots, great coils of rope, and enough
property to start dozen small circuses.
Good gracious y groaned Mr.. Barnum.
what lot of traps. They will never
bring quarter Of what they're worth.
Never mind, they've got to go.''
HOUNDS, STAG, AND HORSES.
" Here are the foxhounds," said he.
going to the back yard "Only of
the 40 that I bought. They cost me in
England about slO each. l bought the
stag there, too, of Sangers. He'd been
trained to the business, and too we'll train
ed. 1t was very funny to see him canter
around the ring among the hounds. The
horses are across the river. We had about
600, but 400 have been sent South and West
and sold. We've got the English race
horses yet. Some of them cost me S3.5OO
each, and SO on down to $3.50. Robert
Fillingham, the well-known English horse
man, got them for me. One came from
the Prince of Wales stables, and Others
from the stables of the nobility. We lost
nve or six when the Hippodrome first
opened by their breaking their legs in |
turning quick on the course. We had TO |
raise the inside of the ring and make the
riders promise to go slower around the
corners.
" We've got enough harness to set up a |
dozen shops. Why, there are forty sets of
those heavy plated harness that we used in
the Congress Of Nations for which we
paid Miller, Morrison & Co., of New York.
$500 a set.
" The wardrobe and armor are all in New
York, and will be sold in the Hippodrome
on the 10Th of this month. You'd be
astonlshed to see the quantity. There are
many boxes that have never been opened
spent a year in Europe and had nv
agents in all of. the country picking up
armor. arms and costumes, and there was
scarcely nation represented in the Con.
gress of Nations in which we did not have
some iona .fde arms or armor.
"All the arms and uniforms. of tho
Queens Life Guard, even to the sheen
skins on their saddles, had been in actual
use in England by the real Guard. So in
the Pope's retinue, in France and Spain,
picked up bits of old armor and Quaint
old arms everywhere. The wardrobe alone
cost over 100000, of which $4,000 worth
was made in New York, and the armor
cost $4,000"
:" Do you expect to find purchasers for all
this property?'
Heaven knows. have sent out circu.
lars to every theatre, circus, variety show.
and costumer in the United States. We
have goods they all want, and thev'u cot
them cheap, too.
A RARE ANIMAL
"The only thing I've reserved is tho
little hippopotamus. He's at Woods
Museum now. IF anybody will nav mo (
what he cost-S20,0OO-I1l sell him. but if
not, shall keep him, and try and raise
him. He'll be valuable by and bv. He ;s
the second one ever brought to this country
had standing offer of $4,000 gold for a
good specimen, but this being 'babv.,
got him cheaper He wasn't bigger than
cat when he was caught, and was bronebt
across the desert on camel, and drove {
Of goats were driven along to support the
little fellow with milk. That's the way the l
hoppopotami in London and Paris were
brought over"
But come" said the Mayor, want to
show you the city and my home"
As the big sorrel whirIed us through the 1
pleasant city, Mr.. Barnum pointed out the
manyimprovementso of recent date. Every.
body knew himj everybody spoke to him.
. Hello, P. IT, shouted irreyerent small
boys. Oh, yer Honor" said man
stopping his horse, "can't YOU lend roe {
some tent poles2 want ~ 4