Editor’s Life Lessons From a Georgia Serial
A humorous, reflective piece recounts the Atlanta Intelligencer editor’s week away and the chaos of running a paper. It mingles editor woes with anecdotes on shopkeepers and a moral about paying printers, ending with a playful note on literary wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Times and Sentinel
Atlanta Intelligencer
Sitkal
New York Times
Congress
Cuba
Hollins
Greylawn
P T Barnum Denounces Humbug in Stamford Speech
The speech argues humbug means deceptive management not mere imposture. Barnum recalls the woolly horse hoax, fictional skeleton schemes, and public gullibility, asserting scientific tricks empower popular wonder while exposing fraud and defending his showmanship.
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P. T. Barnum
Stamford
Corin
Barnum
Humbug
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Col. Freemont
Rocky Mountains
Gilas
Fremont
Col. Benton
Lovejoy’s
Bridgeport
England
Tom Thumb
Ohio
Tom
Douth
Fragmented 19th Century Text Reflects Social Scenes and Poetry
The excerpt mixes diary like observations on reputation and marriage with a sketch of a country girl seeking a brewer’s post and a widow’s estate. It references the Earl of Clarendon, a brewery, and provincial manners, with tirades on pride and warmth in the heart amid social strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl of
Clarériden
Mr. Hyde
Dceth Brewery
Bronswick
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Fanny Fern
Grace Greenwood
P. C. Headley
Davis’ Ohio
Wood & Shourds
Ss. J. Lamberton
Sauk Co
Wisconsin
H. M. Bart
David Munson
Adams, Baraboo
Sanford
Cass A. Andrews
Boston
Adams
Purdy’s
Brothers of the Order
Bara
M. Forsyth
Sac
Sauk County
Wis
Andrew C. Holt
C. D. Remington
Law
Baraboo, Wis
DR. Macklin
Aral
B. F. Mills
Charles Cowles
Anp Sunceon
Broadway
Sisth Streets
J.H. Pratt
Office of the Register of Deeds
W.W. H. Clark
E. P. Spencer
Beersten
Deens
Savi Co
Court House
Abbott & Northrop
Sauk, Dane
Columbia
du Co. Ansart
Madison
J. H.nonrinor
Prairie du Sac
Pulling & Stewart
Chancery
Portage City
P.d.pullinc
Alaa Stewart
J. 8. Moseley
State of New York
George Mertins
Ae Tee
L. F. Cook
Circuit Court
New York Central Fire Insurance Company
U. S. Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company
Philadelphia
David K. Noyes
Baraboo, Sauk Co
Wie
Debie, &E
J. B. Quimby
E. Sauk City
Sumner
E. Sumner
Daniel Schermerhorn
Barabao
Fa Noze
Cyrus Leland
MES
LL. Vroom
Barabuo
Sumner House
New York
E. F. Crain
Ankee
Otions
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Mary
Fmewil
Blaneh
Jose
Chatham
Sirdét
Stewart
Stewart’s
Royal Tyler
Vermont
Tylers
Locke
Maratsonsay
Ial I
Nad Ff
Aetna N Sa
Fall’River
Dridianin
Jim
Doe
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