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VOLUME 21, NO. 30.
CADIZ, OHIO, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING. NOVEMBER 29, 185 1.
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" BARJJUM'S NEW WORK.
J. S. RedfielJ, 110 and 112; JNassau
(Street, New York, hag sent us the follow-ino-stories
from Barnum'sKew Work, which
we believe will be read with interest by otir
numerous readers. We h:ive read nothing
more laudable for ft long time. It is Bar
nura all over. Eo. Sentinel.
A Crammed Circus company.
In the spring of .1836 I started through
the country wiih Turner's Travelling Cir
cus, being owner of oae fii'th part of the cs
tablishment. Aaron Turner,' the joint .'proprietor of the
circus; was an original geiuui; a, good
judge of human nature, a man from whom
invich information might be derived.
was withal ft practical joker. By m untir
ing industry he amassed a' Ure 'fortune'
kiiJ, w is not a little proud to inform the
world that he commenced life without a shil
ling! ; Froq'iwiiljL haye - I' heard him say,
'.'Every mm who h is heaftli ami common
senao is c p able, of in iking a fortune, if hfi
only resolves toifo fi. ; As a proof of it, look
nt me. Who am IT I d m't know who I
am,, or, wliere I come from. I never had
f tther nor mother,' that I know of; at all c-
vents, I must have started from the lowest
depths of degradation. 'I never had any e J
uoation; I commenced life as a shoemaker.
What little I can read,' I puked up myself
after I was eighteen years of ag; and as fi r
writing, why ' the way' I Stsf feariied that
was by signing my name to noiea oi nana:
I used at first to make my m irk, but King
poor devil, I had occasion to give 'my
.'note so often that I finally learned to write
my name! an! so I have got along by de
green. "$ on see what I am now. I have
become bo by iniimtry, perscveranee and
economy; and any 'man may become rich
who will determine to do W There is not
uch a word as 'cannot' irKhe English lang
uage. Never'say you enn't do a thing and
never cry 'broke till you nre dead," ' '
, While in Annapolis, d., Turner played
a trick upp-i ma which I shall never forget,
We arrived there late ori a Saturday even
ing.' We hadf been doing a highly profita
ble.. business, which' made me feel pretty
rioh, and t went oiit tha' night and bought
me a fine suit of black clothes. We, were all
Btrapgeri in that ,towri, rjever having been
there oefore' On Sunday morning, feeling
proud of my sablo ui, I dressed myself arid
'started to stroll kboul 'the town.' I passed
througli .the Bap&om 'of the hole.' About
their, acnuaijitance. "After I passed
Turner pointing in the direction which
think it's wrjr5jbwJai3oejrmit that ras
cal to march your htreetsin open day. It
wouldfi'(b!aallwedljn liliijd,. Island, and
I supposo that is the reason that'bfack-coftt-ed
scoundrel has, coroeldown this way."
. IV Why, who i he?'' ejaculated half a dozl
-n nt.onee. i tur i -j t,i -i , 4. ; ; 1
'Don't you know? Why. that is the Rev.
-E. K Avery, the murderer of iliss Cornell !"
?uswered;Turncr''.:'.. :ii..jvjY:i .1? ti-,,;,-,
- it pestible'.' they exclaimed, all etart
ing for. the door, eager to get a .look ar me,
ud fle"al; swearing , rvngeivie!,,,; against
"ilhh7poCritibaf priest.i , , : , ; f,; ;u'
do Turner having thue put the ball 'nmo
3oa, quietly took a seat, while every perton
1 in the bar-room started in pursuit o mo.-
.1 had turned a corner of, the street, and was
-tery innocently though , lathee pompously,
;uttiag down the eiderWalk,; when .waa o
,eiakfa, by; a aaan,or more persons, wltqw
nuvher increased every moment, ; Ipbserv
J ek. laa thpaasedime.i thlt each, person
f looked back and etored at . with;apprent
i wonder, vl believe, I must have- been un-.
1 commonly proud of that suit of olqthes; for I
The Ibeu recent murder of Miss Corrlelltn rthode
,f Islsudi herttUeovery in sltick.yard.Mid tha trie)
, . efttev. Ephraan K. Avrjry for the deed, created un
. ''pirnllulel excitement, Leading r Methodist' de
,t vsudod ') acou, bud iu att. , 'Cue general sen. .
imentet,tha wiiole country condemned him, end
" tooBgh quitted ty Uw.iteeitnk itilaf raw tnd
- ibscurity,4 The Lord know all Wis javtK, and
witljudgw riahteously. " " -(-
v. A
twenty persons were jnere, among wuom
was Turner, who , had Ty , that time made
"but,
wm vain enough to believe that my iwK'
was what attracted such special attention.' I
however soon awoke from the happy illusion.
The mob passed me five or ten rods, and
waited till I came np to them. As I passed,
t heard several observations like the follow
ing: ' The lecherous old hypocrite" "the
sanctified murderer" "the black-coated vil.
Iain" "let's tar and feather him" "lynch
the scoundrel," etc., etc. 1 passed along to
tally unconscious that these remarks could
possibly hare any reference to me". The de
nouement, howef tr', goon came. The uiob,"
which now numbered at' least one hunilrefl,
overtook me as I passed another corner, and
one fellow seized me by Ihe collar, while five'
or six others anpeare J.bearing a rail between
them. '-"" '"" " ;
"Come, nays (lib man who had collared
me,1 '"old Chap"" yon can't : walk any farther,'
we know"j"bri,' ahd as- we always makegen
tlemen rile fri these parts, you may prepare
to straddle' that rait!'"' '' ; -' j'!
My surprise may Wei! be' mikgfnedr"Oood
heavens!" I exclaimed,' as' theft all pressed
around me, "gentlemen athav-e I done?"
"Oh; we know yeu'," cxcfJiimud halt a db-
zen'voics;'you needn't' roll your sanctimo
nious eyes that game don't take in this covin-
try. Come, straddle' the rail, and remember
the stack yard!" ; " ' ' "'' : ' ''
Igrew more and more bewildered; it seem
ed like a dream; I could not imagine wl a'
possible offence I was to suffer for, and I
continued to exclaim, "Gentlemen, what have
I done? Don't kill me, gentlemen, but tell
me what I have done." '
"Come, make him straddle the rail; we'll
show him how to hang poor factory girls,"
shouted some chap from the crowd.
The man who had me by the collar then
remarked, "Come Mr. Aviry, it's no use,
you see we know you, and we'll give you a
touch of lynoh law, and start you for home
a3'ain."
"My nanie is not Avery, gentlemen; you
are mistaken in your man," I exclaimed.
' "Cjme.'come.none of your gammon, strad
dle the rail, Ephniim," said the man who
had me by the collar: ;
The rail Was brought to such a level as to
allow me to be "straddled" on it1 withou1
difficulty! arid I was about to be 'placed ac
cording to orders, as the truth flashed upon
me.' ' , ...
" Gentlemen," I exclaimed, "I am not A
vcry; I despise that villain as much as yon
can; but 'my" name is Birnum;'I belong to
the circus which arrived here last night, ard
I am sure Old Tuiner, my partner, has hoax
ed jod with this ridiculous story."-;
"If he has, we'll lynch him,'' "said one of
the mob. '"' ' ' ; ' - ' ' ' '' ' '"' T
"Well, he has, I'll assure you,'" I replied;
"so just walk to the hotel with me, and I'll
convince you of the fact.'" '' ' ';
"Tin arrangement; they nluctantly con
sented to, keeping, however, a close hand
npon rne. ' As we walked up t!ie main street
on which the new State House! is -situated,
the mob received a reinforcment of some fif
ty or sixty , arid I was marched liha n hiale
factor up to the hotel. - Old Turner stood
on the piazza ready to burst with laughter.
I appealed to him for heaven's sake to ex
plain this matter, that I might be liberated.
He continued to laugh, but finally told them
"he believed there was some mistake about
iw The fact is," sa'd he, "my friend Bar
num has a hew suit of bWk clothes on, and
it makes him look so milch liko a prietst,-I
concluded it must be Averv. ''; '' ?!.!
i !The mob saw the joke. " Some apologized
to me for the tough manner In which I had
been handled, (for they hadvtorn my coat
half off my back, and rolled, ma in tlia dirt
considerably,) .while others swore that Old
Turner deserved the- fate intended for me;
but the majority of the people- roared wUh
laughter, 'declared it .was a good j ok?, and
advised me Joi look sharp, aud pay my. part;
heroifftir it t.l wniexie1edingly vexed, rind
when the mob liadf dispersed; h asked; lOld
Turner what oru enrUjiiCoiild induae ihim to
play such -an outrageously mead .triuk upon
roeiii th .v-ft .'i'tiui -.-ii wUutr.:1,
"My dearB irnum, said hei iit w-as-nl'
for onr!godi..lli;nlember',-all weaeed to ih
sure Success is notoriety; ii You will e that
this will, be noised all about town as a triok
played by one of the circus managers, upon
the other, and our pavillion will be crammed
I a morrow night,". t.t j'.o ' j r-ivq i;ie :
It turned out as he cbnjeetmed..,The joke
was in evtry person's mouth. We soon be
cams acquainted with 'the. whole town, and
had immense audiences during our , stay.
This, however, did not induce me to forgive
01J Turner, for I knew full well that self-merest
was an af.er consideration in this case,
the joke being prompted solely by a desire,
to see some fun, no matter at whdse expense.
: A peculiar incident occurred at Hanover
Court House in, Virginia In ,yjtisejuenco
of heavy rains we could not perform, there,
and concluded Jo start for Jlich mond imme
diately after dinner. ('(The landlord, however
informed us, that as, our flgqn had eagaged,
mree mewu4 wagiag; m UjaJfi9.npany,
,wRiMBitoMi.bt thftraajf jdeparted
that day-s.if we remained (q break,fast nfxt
mormngj, Wa backed Out -remonstrance .with
an ffr to pay for dinner and a potion jbhe
balasee.of the bill, to CQfBpqnsate fqrjirovir
ions: iobtaind. M B0tqBamedi;,bqie
landlord stbboraly: refused l&efri'$ 0
iufk M, Mt ,sbouti fteyes) 9;clooJjt.n,jh(i
JtrenoB?!JU.ilTttrneri Jfas, nerjjingiyi at
jij ft l , .M bar viwiKin )oLiih? w,7-t
what he considered the unreasonable de
mands of the landlord, and told him It would
be much to our benefit if we could proceed
at once to Richmond.
"I don't prevent you," said the stubborn
hotel keeper; "but you must pay for supper,
lodins and breakfast."
"At what hours can we have our mca's?"
asked Turner.
"Whenever you please," was the reply.' '
"Very Well, sir. We will have dinner at
twelve? o'clock, arid supper at half-past twelve.
We will lodjjfe at one o'clock this afternoon
and breakfast at hatf-past one," said Turner,
' The landlord was amaze 1 alike by the fact
and manner of this announcement.' ' "Yoti
don"t want three meals st 'ohee, : do you?"
saidhn' " ": r'"i- ':-'' r., . ;;
, v,Xo," Sald':furner,-,nor; wilV'we i liave
three at once; Yod shall set the table and
cook' us A good dinner Ve wifl 'eat W The
table shall theri be nicely cleared' off apd re
set w'ith clean "disfjes, 'and' bur supper shall
bo placed upon itf. ' Wu will eat'thrttj'and fi
nish u Tjy otie!'o clock.! Then we will n-o to
bed; and 'do'you'sW thai'he: iuppcr table" Is
'cleare'd' bff,' and' a good breakfast ' cooked;
with' plenty 6f goad cblfee,' and let it be hll
ready whert we arise at half-pastime o'clock.
And, mind you, don't think y ocean re-hash
one meal nnd make it-answer for another.
We won't stand that, ' We pay for the best,
and wo will have fha best.'' -' "
The landlord said it was all right and
started tO' prepare' the dinner. I followed
him, and liied again to effect a compromise,
but ho would hear to nothing of tho kind.
. A good dinner was on the table at twelve
o'clock. We did full justice to it, and Tur
ner then ordered the Cable to he cleared off
and supper brought in at once. It was done
punctually by half-past twelve o'clock, and
we all did our best towards eating it. By
one o'clock we had devoured as much as we
possibly could. "Now show us to bed,"
said Turnereach man by his demand being
provided with a lighted candle. The land
lord showed ns our rooms, nnd we alt (thir
ty-six in number) undressed and tumbled iu
tbed, previously to which, however, Old
Turner halloed tlie landlord from tho top
ol the stairs," "Do you see, sir," (hat our
breakfast is all ready and on the'tablo smo
king hot in half an'hotir." 1 ' -v
No response was-heard to this request:
Turner maintained his gravity; and so did
the landlord. Both were angry, and made a
serious time of it, hut for myself, I was con
vulsed with laughter at the absurdity of the
whole thing. "All the eompsiny, Indeed, were
in great glee'; but we ft-H that the tavern
keeper was unreasonable, and therefore we
not only' obeyed the orders of Turner; but
did bur best to got the' worth 'of bur money.
We "were up and dressed in half an hour, but
our beds exhibited every appearance of hav
iiv been "devoted to at least one night's lod-
. "We then att marched d jwn to breakfast,
Kvery Uurig was coofied and prepared i i
the pest order, and a stranger would have
thoiight, had he se 4 it 'the vituals disappear,
that wo had hecri on 'short allo'arice'-'for' a
fortnight. It has ever been a mystery to
me how wo managed to live through such a
stuffing as we all underwent on that occa
sion. I have seen my father tram turkeys
for weeks preparatory to serving them for
i thanksgiving" dinner, but that was not a
"circunislance to
!:. "'h'; 7'ii-'r
pn'J. . - .
the
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ramci iireus com-
Clark and Bxriium; or, who was
Sold? ; ; v
Among my 'first exhibitions '' produced at
the' Aniericari1 MusCUmiVas a inr'del of the
Falls oi' Uiagftrafbelbnging'' frj Grain; the
artist'"i(' Was' Undoubtedly "a ""fine ; mbdel.t
giyfrig' tlie hVafhematicai proportions' of 'that
great datarjic'"; and the " tree, iocks,8 build
1'ngB"; e'tc.',,!ia il vicinity'; 1 Rut 'the absurdi
ty of' thenthln 'coriyis'te'fl W mtrbducing'the
Vaior.'thW pretndiifg'(6 "preisoht'ft Jtil's!w-
.?"bf' tliat' w'bndeHW natuYtf. The "falls
wtWabbut eiiihteen'inche's 4iigh;'eveiythirfg
lib' teiiig'lri Unb proportion!1 r-1 " "
t' f UrA6j tl,ftl'4,mWhfV,!ili)ilnIlni1 hf 4l;
mfcelf.'yef llf-mado a griod fine in 'tlw biit,"
and I :boiight the model for $200. My-'M-'
'iJflrti'sementij theri announced' nmorig the at
ractions1 of 'the : Museum, i-- ' .
THE"CIREAT MODEL' OF NIAGARA
rAL'LS, WITH ItEAL WATEIv!(W
n A ygie" barrel '-of -water i answdred the
purpose of this model for an entire season.'
for the falls flowed iiito a reservoir ' behind
the soenes, and the, water . was continually
re-supplied,; to. the cataract by, means of, a
small pump,.,! . ,,,:j;u ,:;,' ; ,. '
j( Many vWtoi-8, who could not afford to
travel tq Njagara,,were doubtlpss induced to
yisit the "model with-real , water,"., and if
they found i(, rather ''small potatoes," they
had the, whole,. Museum 0 , fall back upon
for, 25 cents, aud no fau't was found.
Onp day 4I. was peremptorily summoned to
appeartiwrue Bfoar, 01. roion wawr
Pommissiqnejs ,tho next, norniiig at ten
o'clock! .'I .was punctual. !
w-T " i" l' MJ ,u.-l MX.ri'Ulltksnri l .
1 wHenb'i7iwTyl
Wia per annum lor tno uroion wiier ai tuv
Museumrff.This is wniply'iQtended ,0. sup-
lplyrIm or.diuaryf)pusrpo8es of your estublish-
mh .saw mmuwymzwhw, in
(8U0n.Yf,,;,J ..-.,; '
. i, . . r ! ' - v ?
. .Bc!fTirinrVhis honor" not to habere all lie'!
read in ihe nPrs. nor to. be. too literal iin
tern
lUcJi-jqrprirtaiiori.of my J,iro, showtiir4'lTw1iose're'acr it came iu coatnet with, lfliv-,
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explained the operation of the great cata
ract, and offered, to pay a dollar a drop for
all the water I used for Niagara Falls ex
ceeding one barrel per month, provided my
pump continued in good order! I was per.
milled to retire amid a hearty burst of
langhlrr from the Commissioners, in which
his honor the President condescended to
join.
On one occasion Louis Oaylord Clark,
Esq., the witty and popular editor of the
"Knickerbockei,1,,"jcalled to view my Mu-
teum.
a naa never n;ia,(iie pleasure 0
, ' . f: 1 t . , 1
see.inq;, him .before; and he introduced him
self. I was extremely anxious that my es
tablishment should receive a "first-rate no
tice" in his popular magazine, and therefore
accompanied him' through the entire Mu-
'"seuin, taking especial' pains to point out nil
'objects of interest. 'We passed the entrance
of the' hair containing' Niagara Falls just as
uie viiirs iiai cniereu it irom. me per
formances in th6:l Lecture Itoom, nnd hear-,
ing the pump work, 'I''w'as aware, that the
sj;reat camract was at that I'rnbuieat' in! 'full
operation. I
I desired to dVold'that cxliibition, feeling
eonfident that if Mr. Clary should, see jhe
model Nriigara, lib would Jje'sb mucli' dis
gusted with the entire '.'show that ho would
"blow it up", in hi's '"Ktfckerboeker," or
(what I alwavs donsider cmuch the worse
for me) pass it by In silenfcontempt. See
ing him approach the eh tj; nee, I endeavor
ed to ca'l his attention to sj.Jme object of in-,
terest in the other " hall, b'ijt I was too late.
He had noticed a concourse of visitors in
the "Falls Room," and his5:uriosity to know
ahat was going on was exfited.
"Hold on, Barnutn," sd Clark; "let us
see what you have here." 3 :
. "It is only a model of JSiagara Falls," I
replied. . ,,, . . . .h- -
"Oh,. ah, yes, yes, I. remember now. I
have noticed your advertisements and splen
did posters annonncing Niagara Falls with
real water. , I have somtf, curiosity to see
the cntaract in operation,? said Clark, nt
'lie same time mounting u-on chair in or
der to obtain a full view over Ike heads of
the visitors. : t ... : ; ,,,',.,.1
j I felt considerably Bheeiish as I saw this
movement, and listened to the working of
the old pump, whose creaking, seemed to me
to.be, worse than; ever. , I held , my breath,
exjiecting tO; hear he sagacious editor; pro
nouncc this t,he silliest Jiumbug ho ever -aw,
I was presently, towtvci, as much surprised
as delighted to hear him say: . . . fJ ; ,
j"WelI Btirhum, I declare that is quite a
new idea. .1 nevev saw the lil.e before." (
7. I revived in a moment; and .thinking., that
if Louis Gaylord Clark could see any thipg
attractive in the old model, he must be par
ticularly green, I determined to do all in ray
power to assist his verduney, "Yes,"' I re
plied, "it is quite a new idea."
"I declare I never saw any thing of the
kind before in all my life," exclaimed Clark
with much enthusiasm.
t fitter myself it is, in point of origi
nality and ingenuity, considerably ahead of
any invention of modem times," I replied
with a feeling of. exultation, as I saw that I
had caught the great critic, and was sure of
apuQ'of the best sort.
' Original!" exclaimed the editor, "Yes,
it certainly is origiirii I never dreamed of
such a thing; I never saw -any thing of, the
kind before' since I w.ts. boru-
r-and I
hope with all my h art I never shall again!''
' " It is" needless to say. that I was complete
ly taken yi, an ' felt that any ordinary key
hole was eonsiderabty larger, than would be
necessary forme to crawl tlwough. ." ; .
We uien passed , to the upper. stories of
the Museum,, hnd'Wfljj to tho i-oof, where
Jt had advertised an, ''aeniil.'gardcn" wjiic'h
consisted 'of two, liibs," each containing ,a
siiinft'd jind faded cedar, and ten or twelve
'cot's' of' wilU'ltfowers',' backed tftttbyta flbz-
I'en small tables nn Y a Jew chairs fpr, tlie ac-
coninio'tla'tidn of sach partakers pf'ice-cre'am j
as could appreciate the, beauties ofeverver
w uiwW! v ;,'''' ii'u.'"t''
r,l,mf n.,l,tvi no Ehnnn InVlh 111 IMP lllhu nnfl
T&
pptsaloreisaic., t (; ,i f.. , ; ,
'Tlie ''''Kmcierbockcr"' appeared,3 anil 1
jfeft liappy1 to' see lliat while , it , 'sgoke of
the assiduity iu business '. manifested by the,
newpi'oprieior of pie'Muscum, hnd,aprog-
'i ;'.' '"v i ' 1 i' 1 .1 ...
nosticalioo inai nc(wouiu soon renuer ins
estab'ii'hrnent lilgl ly popular, the 'editor bad
kiuuiy reirainea irom mating ny uuusion 10
'".Tiis" Catabajt of .KubAnA iriTti b'ical
V ATEIl! ' - ' , ,
Some months subsequent to this, Mr.
Clart came rushing into the Museum al
most out of , breath, and with rooieh earnest
ness saluted me thus: VFriend Barnumj
have come n'b ask ifyou hav got the club
in the Museum that Captain Cook was kill
ed with?" , , , .
npnnihinn tUt t had ft fa'r'-e 'lot of In -
dlan War-club? among Ibe obllection'of' abo-
riginaV curiosities,', and feeling" "thai T owed
Clart'a'joke, for his "Ntagara falls catch, i 1
insfairltlv replied that I was 'tlie ojrher'Hf the
I ,!fii V.':T . .) t,U Uu i uhiuj h uwlilt' t '
", 'Well.i'dcclars'Tsm' very glad tb'' neat
11 said he; "for do you know, that lliuve for
a long hmeliau a.sinirular, and urepressi-
ciuo in question
( lJH ,,,1V .1,. M ,B..k .
11 1 V"t''r'4
hlu rliiAira in ia lhfti ntull? '
aoi;l7i.in r
" "''.Vaflhere a few'rao'ments and J wifl
L-rjeJ a he aw one
ml Li mi ij.intain L,ooK. or anv doi
l have killed, Captain Cook
.11, i:J1iiJ .M-I
'''.Isjrw.f I'li' i'p.,'
shbw
it lo you," I replied. ' , . . j .
, l'assinff up stairs, l coramencca, over-
, h:-ii iftflt-1 V Will Vi -if vil,i',h- '
hauling s lot of. war-ctubs, and finally se-
fi'i oa vni!'t-t;T'
jv else
ing affixed a smali label on it, reading "The
Capt. Cook Club," I took it down to Mr.
Clark, assuring him that this was the in
strument of death which he had inquired
for.
"Is it possible!" said he, as he took in his
hand. Presently raising it above his head,
he exclaimed. "Well. I dejlare, this is a
terrible'weapon with which to take a man's
life."
"Yes," I replied seriously, but feeling,
an inward delighUhat I was now paying off
Mr. Clai'kjrith interest'; "I believe it killed
the victim at the first blow!"' - - -
"Poor Captain Cook!" exclaimed Clark!
with a sigh; "I wonder if he was conscious
after receivincr the fatal blow."
"I don't think he could have been," I
I responded, 'willi a well-feigned look of sor
row.' 1:7 j :
"You are sure this is the identical club?''
inquired Clark. - -' V -' " "
; 'We have documents' which place its iden
tity beyond alt question," 1 repl'ied". " " " "'.'
!,-Poor Cook! poor Cook!" said Clark mn-
sitigly.- "Well,1 Mr. ':Barnam,"1ie -eon tin
ubd with -great gravity, nf the same "time ex'
extending his hand and giving mine a hear
ty shake, "I am really very much obliged
to you for your kindness. I had an irre
pressible desire ts see the club that killed
Captain Cook, and I felt quite confident you
could accommodate me. I have been in
half a dozon smaller1 museums, and as they
all had it, I Was sure a large establish
mentlike yours' would not be without it!"
My laurels were fast withering, and I
felt that unless I kept my wits about me
and managed to pay Clark at least an in
stalment on what I owed him, 1 should be
the laughing stock of all his acquaintances.
A few weeks afterwards, therefore I wrote
him a note, saying that I desired to consult
him for a few moments at ray office, cn a
subject of serious importance to me. He
came lmmeuiateiy. , ,
..V.Now" said I, "I do not want any r
your nonsense,, but I want your sober t:
vice." , , . ''t,
''My dear iJarnum, "he replied, ii the
fullness, o( his truly generous heart, .oth
ing will, givo-me, greater., pleasure nan to
serve you in any way iu my powtr."
I proceeded to. inform him that a gentle
man who had visited Egypt, had brought
lrom;the, river Nile a most ,rejn,arkable liy:
inir fishk which he offered to hire for cxhi
,biion.' TJie 'lish, I told iim, was ,of a pecu
liar formation, and that the ownerof?it wonld
place $5,000 in the hands of a responsible
banker; to be, forfeited if tho fish , did not
within six weeks pass through a transforma
tion by which its tail would disappear, and
it would then have legs.
' '"Is it possible!" exclaimed Clark, in great
astonishment.
I assured him there was no mistake a
bout it. "But," said I, "his price is high,
and I want to ask your opinion in regard to
its success. He asks $100 per week for
the" use of It."
' "It is cheap enough, my dear fellow.' It
will draw you more than that sum extra per
day. Why the whde thing is incredible.
It will startle the naturalists wake up the
whole scientific world and draw in the
masses."
"Do you really think foI" I asked.
, "Upon my honor, I am" sure of it," re
sponded Clark with 'much enthusiasm.
"Make an engagement for six monthsor
for a year if possible, then come out and
state the facts' regarding tins wonderful
transformation .ijinovince thai $5,000 have
been deposited in responsible hands ' winch
wifl be foneited'tb'lhe, poor brtliispiiy'if the
, s-Ut ;u ..i.i . iu ..i stfiiiti,t:i 1 ,
change docs not take place as described, and
Ws VI U iV..'"
I thanked Mr Clark very-warmly for his
lih.3 csekjlandJisjufidJiro ya JsUtmld
not fail to take ftis'adyffe. "In fact," said
IW tiwuglifcr-weU pf,) thispeoulatie- ex-
beptia tbivtlllHllQot Kk, tlwa naine,:,, the
fislU(I-thinliiilatjsJan c,hjqction1;1 iL.u ,4 j
my.wgiu ior 11, your museum, wui not oe
large enough .to contain your visitors. I, a'
clare t bclieye 'vqu w ill make '2'd:b00 ' bv
,i 'tlushjftusJi, noffaUH; whales Mmel.i.hht.A,ritTAtu.ju .r
Nothuig,
ThaT, makes, nordifference what ,
e,j ,wnaf.M vne.name 01 mo nsni ;: ( v ;
, "Tadpole", but it i irulgarly called polly
wog' I repliedr witUbecouiing gravityvj, ! ,,
"Sold, by ithunderlV exclaimed Clark,
S; ribgingto his feet and rusbingd wa stairs.
u' Religious' Freedom. :
" "The sereiitir'stctlon of the first article of
tile Constitution of ihe State of Ohio.'reads
as follows:
"All persons have a mutual and 'indefea
sible righ't to' worship ' Almighty fjr jd ac
1 cbrdinc; td the dictates- of 'their Owri con-
1 AiivxuLcs- ui tne, vm v. un
person shall be compelled to
science'." !No
attend,' erect or support" irty place of wor'
ship, or maintain any form; of worship-' a-
of 'conscience be'' VermittbdNb religious
le'st' sljafl" riu'requffed Wi (ftralicat0n: for
UlllCt lJl ollrtls nujr jn.ts m- nn.uiij-viwir
to oi W'WitrtesSW'kbiirlt of 'nHrrerigfotts
llelieT,'', Relii'foni1mor,talTtV'Vnd kfKSwled.re.
iiiver'bliiesleirliarWlfoSd fcbvern.
mVntMHfirWftd-Jtydr4te-tkriA
:As4BlHo,mss'' s'ufatj!eJ Wws'ta Sbroeci
fevcry!' ocnomhin trfti 'eacenle-Tfttjoy,
jtttiiosUMJa til taw ,o-tr ,i-iJoi "j(ij: j :
if'' iV-"d, Id ( .(.ns ;'.-,
Work for a Living;.
The best means of obtaining s living is
to work for it. Nothing so exdts and en
nobles a man as honorable labor, and be who
is the most efficient worker has the strong
est claim upon the world for a living. The
world, too, will readily acknowledge the
claim of all such to the privileges and bles
sings of life. But let a man throw him
self upon the world, relying in the old mot
to "the world owes me a living," making
no effort lo help himself, and you will see how
soon, and with what praoiiual emphasis, his
demands will be repudiated. .The world
owes! What folly. Who constitutes thi
world against whom the demand for a living
is made by the idle aud viciou.-? Why, i'u-
dividuula ,of coarse. .Suppose1,, then, each
individual should setup the claim -that the
world owes him a living, and therefore re
fuses to work,', what would be 'the conse
quence?.; Who would pay the demand?
What kind of a living should we have; and
how much would life under such circum
stances, bo worth to u? ,
, The truth is, we owe every thing to the
worlds-all out energies, physxal, moral and
intellectual. And unless we devote these to
tho high purposes of our ci cation, in ad
vancing the general interests of humanity,
we shall prove lecreant to the duties made
incumbent upon us from the, very organism
of our being,, and shall deserve the contempt
and reproach of - all men. . the following
sensible remarks upon tlie subject, from the
Ledger, we commend to our readers:
"Tub WoRtn Owss Ms" Livista."
One of tlie cant phrases of the day, inven
ted by laziness and rascality to defeat in
short comings, is that which we have ula-
ced at the head of this article; for, as it is
usuallly. employed, it-means athat a man
ought to bo supported, wheter he docs any
thing to help hini3elf or hot, Now so ab
- ird a doctrine needs only be staled in plain
anguage to refute itself. The human- race
wonld soon sink to the condition of the most
degraded savages, r actually become extir
pated by starvation, tr by disease brough'
on by iuleness or scanty food if every man
were to adopt this phrase for his motto.
Society does, indeed, owe a living ; to the
maimed, the aged, the imbeoile,' rr those
who cannot obtain employment, hut to no
oneeUei 'Whoever 'can takb 'caw ef him
self loses hk lira on- the world fur assis
tance, " Idleness, unthrift, or wint of eneN
gy furnish no reason tor demanding alms;
for they are vices which ought to bb extir
pated, and which properly carry their own
punishment with them. ' It is a law of exis
tence, applying to the brute creation as well
as to man, that they who will not work shall
st irve. The bird of tho air, the fishes in
the sea, the lions in the wilderness all have
to look out for their own food, and would
starve, if they imitated the habits or adopt
ed the philosophy of some of our moderu
visionaries.
The world, however, does owe a living to
every man who works for it; and what is
more, he gets it, especially in this country
No man need starve, or even suffer, except
for a temporary period. There is always
labor of some kind to be performed, if men
will earnestly seek it and faithfully perform
it. The great enemy of persons seeking
work, is pride. They need money for fuel;
they may be almost starving," ytt they will
not do tlrs or that, because "it h beneath
them.'V ,-AVeonco.kc.ew ; young man who
started life with manifold advantages, yet
who made a miserable- failure, ' and did
early in poverty, because he would not,'-af-
ker a first disaster, , as he .said,, "stoop" to a
bubordina'e positions Many a man has re
duced hitf-fomily.ito 'indigence; has left his
wife a penniless widow; pr. has brought his
orphaned-' children (O' the ; almshouse,' : be
cause he would not go out .and seek fortune,
or take fortune in whatever shape sle offer
ed herself, .tTo ski, tilth. folded hands, and
piteous facets wailing So work, to, come, 'is
.notthw way , to deserve, oneV tivlngi; Bread
ik t-nlnfedi fratB iJieavcn. mhr,ke.-.
J.Thote :who Jvbuld; succeed -, mu,t strive.
jvit- WiCI)i,.ff0.bt Itrenuotsexer-
,-,d it u ih Ion. ka hn
says, "I uWhavei work," and tries and tries
again to get i'i is certain at last to obtain
te,! to keep it,;and eveu to ,atain, , jcompe-
tenee through 4t ! j j.- ' -.1. ..i
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' ' A Lawyer Puzzled. ,
A member of the bar says that some time
ago a rough customer, or rather .client
came into his office, and began to state his
ease rather abruptly. ,:. -! ; 1 .,., v, ,
t 'Sir I amc to you for advice I'm a bus
band inlaw!',., , , ,,: 1 ... ;. ;.
'A what?' spoke up the learned counsel
,j; 'Ilusband.in-law, sir.'., ,.,i; . ,
, 'I never saw that defined, among the do-
.mestieelations,;t ,,v u ,i. :
Don t know wkat ft,.luaband-in-Iw isT
Siry-ou are no, lawyer I,., tyu're .anigno-1
ramusJ ,1 m a . husband w-law W Dot 10
fact!, Sir,, my wife's run off with a coc '
I'WJlliMJrW. lUUTi VwtJ I vtv V'VVIU
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twrf tliif aftetrWoWi dowriWI th6wtw'.s) -
Ww m)i -1iigs1irsil, mj Unmfi'w U;
ii4N,,!li petl hr.g 'ib&iS ',wjoiil'5' !
WhtS 1M giirgtiltT- ,hvg shend.'
tHAh!"my' son, ybii Ixravyoufi oidvtlier'
foT!le,ftrntfl.'"'T,"J i ''", In t't-b iu
''.V'j "I '!lvl) "I I 3 '.,t ..iv f , , 1:1, k
? I. - ?. .i. ,!, tx-- . .
A Likeness of California,
The celebratsi Madame Ida Phiffer'ha
been to California, anl thus speak of cer-
tain matters there:
"Of idl the countries I have ever visited, '
of all the vile, immortal places I have seen -'
or heard of, in savage or civilized lands, '
the. gaming saloons in -California are -the
worst. I went there (a company with friends;
doors were open; every thing irivitidjjtn1,
trance. - Splendor in every forns, tcmpti1'''
tion most subtje and power.', combined to
lure tbe soul -aud b&J to kstruetlbiirple1-
did curtains and earpetefcefuisifefy paint
ed pictures," whose subjects were 'soirajrure
that I involuntarily' placed my bands! ve
mj eyes wines, liquors, of all lriads,.'free
and to tie had f )r the asking' all combined
to lure the poor mortal to sin and oteaili.--
Yet all was so voluptuously kespcctabU,
iu good taste, so refined in'appearanoei' ss
beautiful to the eye, that influenee stole info
the soul like the deadly poisorf of the tJpas
tree. ' What wonder if wi'.h a walehihg passions,-
and brain made insane by liquof, al
lured by lovely young woinen, Wb preside
at the table and overlook ihe game, with
gold around on every' side f him, lb peor
victim rushes to the gaming table for s new
excitement anil a new phase of stimulation
,"A Friend to Soardere." '
To the Ediiort of the Xete York Exprttt:
A friend to boarders would recommead
certain practices tor their benefit: . r, j
, 1st. Look out for a lady far your supe
rior in antecedents and breeding, who has
been unfortunately thrown on her own re?!
sources, and taken a house for boarders. ,
2d. Take advantage of her refinement.
and inexperience in bargaining to get her
best room at a ruinously low price.
'3d. Not knowing, by early training 0f
h'abit, the manners of a gentleman'ussums
what the initiated are apt to imagine to be
such, by finding fault with that which you
are too iffnbrant to know is order, refine-
ment, and propriety. - 1 '''
4th. Exhibit your ignorance further by"
treating with rudeness the lady at the head
of 'the table, wliere you sit evTy day, not
seeing the want of self-respect shown irj
this. .,.--- ' ; : -
flth.'When yott have inspired he wilb
confidence in your ; honesty- although you
were awkward at first iu the use of silver
forks; &c; and In luoed her to let your
bill run on a quarter to be ready for her
landlord;, leaving her without 'paying- it.
You needn't be afraid she will not prose
cute you for it; she has not yet had struggles
enough to make her willing to do that. '
6th. As a salve to your conscience,-eir
culate falsehoods about the establishment;
she will not call you to acoount for it. ' It
will be beneath her dignity to put herselt
on a level with you. I will only add, never
think another persen's feelings, circumstan
ces. or success, 01 tne smallest considera
tion compared with your own interest or
pleasure. ' U 1
An Olb Boarder asd Loosta o.1!l
Breaking ihe News. '
Cuff had been out with the cart "arid oxen
and returning early hi mister asked him
what was the trouble. "'; - '' f '
'Why massa, the wheel is broke.' -
In that all cuff?' , ,
'No, m.assaTfhe tongue1 torbkeHoo.'
WW,' did the oxen run aayr
!; Yes massa and kill de light bx' i ,f
? :a-ft possibly Ciitf?'''-' " ' ' ''k
t- Ad debff ex toe.-iiitesaa a;
" ?YoU black raseal. ybu haw'niadepes.
(ect smash' up, and thhfeb the reasob you
came back, why didn't you tell me soV"1'
.0 Wfty1 htassa,'!siid ' Cttff 'srattihlrtg5 his
Wool," 'I supposed dat one wheels be ficient
of itself Individooly; wiihbut prbeeedln'g in
to tlie entire ' argrmenc of de ert ltnf rjiefi
n ! r?;'t.1t'U-,-.i.'W. ! B' iii'.Kt'-n
,( Spirit 0Ft.iuE LEcjio-.-rln the .Alba
ny iVr,we find ,, the ollowipa'CjOofab.'
as happily illustrallug ihe pMUuui oi the va
rious candidates fsTUDternor of New York:
A,paty sfc (ournt in Bioadww about
,.i
o'9loQk,yi strday , morning, , when, th iel
lowirrg confab ensued: .r: ,7 1t, ,, t,
IielIow back agin!"
Who'd you vote for?'.
'Clyron H. Mark! and be hanged to you!
Who'd you go for?' : w "
:, .Soratiolleymour, -tho hop growers'-favorite!'
, ,.. -ty . t .,:,-.,!?. ;
, 'I didn't vote neither of 'em.', f .
' "Wild did you cast j our illainanablQ uff
erinS for? " ' ' " ' ';" ;- ! ;-
t 'For Breen C. Grbnson and 'hard' times!'
. Yon were all fools, I say I - j w
,,.'You.do?'.. ; ,,. ,,,-..
"?Yans, I do!' K' ' " , " :
' 'Why?' '''"' '-''.t'-'''- ''f r'r. y"
Because you all voted wrong--tltat's all.'
' WrumgV'. v u.---. -:.; t i: ';; v, . . , ,
Yes, wrongf ,. , .
Who did yu vote for, Mr. Wiseman?
I voted flierJH.ida0.?agiiriAsiHtic Hail
Columbia Ticket myself. 1 voted for Anie
Duilman! anil 1 thfl G tdess of fbyrty. .
That's tlie'licket. Hail Columbia Hod 'ihs
Constitution!... j !,:;"',:!. 1 rjK rtti; .
WAnd ithe.four, wonhies wei,tbir, ways,
encn siiuuvu wuii wnat lie ijaciaoac. .
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remarked th Southernrr;'' . . -
Wall, 1 gue yon taint. saiJ ;tli,Ysn
ke, 'hut I can tell you where they are,-
Qrte pt yirnisaip;your -hirt sWye sther
nd three an in the i n of. on iif mi
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