. Ticonderoga: past and present. "Mixed." A companion to "Lake George, illustrated." . of whom wc have anv record as traveling with amenagerie. lie was not very well patronized,however, on account ot the Hhick Crook, wliich 24 TiCONDEROGA. was having an unprecedented run at that time ;and although he advertised it extensively for a hun-dred and twenty years, he only got together anaudience of seven beside himself, and all dead-heads at that. So one time, when he accidentallygot aground, he was discouraged (Barnum wouldnthave been, but he was), gave up the show business,settled on Mount Ararat,
. Ticonderoga: past and present. "Mixed." A companion to "Lake George, illustrated." . of whom wc have anv record as traveling with amenagerie. lie was not very well patronized,however, on account ot the Hhick Crook, wliich 24 TiCONDEROGA. was having an unprecedented run at that time ;and although he advertised it extensively for a hun-dred and twenty years, he only got together anaudience of seven beside himself, and all dead-heads at that. So one time, when he accidentallygot aground, he was discouraged (Barnum wouldnthave been, but he was), gave up the show business,settled on Mount Ararat, and went into the liquortrade. The next discovery (let us sayit reverently, for the bright an-gels assisted, and beside it allothers are as naught) was madeby the wise men of the east, whofound in a manger a little babyform, within which trembledthe sweet spirit of the Savior of mankind. Then a thousand years went by, and, traditionsays, the northmen came to the shores of the west-ern continent, and sailing as far south as RhodeIsland attempted to settle there ; then they driftedb
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