The life of . ndescript—His Last Kick—The Herd of Buffaloes—A Free Exhibition—Buffalo Hunt—Pleased with Humbug—Cir-cumstances alter Cases—Monkey and Gander Skins 340 CHAPTER XIII. TEMPERANCE AND AGRICULTURE. My Temperance Movements—An Inextricable Pilemma—My Conversion—Self-delusion—The Maine Law—Temperance Lectures—A Question answered—Cold Victuals—A Manwithout Friends—Gratifying Incident—Temperance Tract—Agriculture—Small Potatoes—Grafts and Suckers—Indigestible Food—Importance of Agriculture—Labor and Taste—The Merchant—Astounding Facts—Pickpocket on Show—In the same Trap—Taking i
The life of . ndescript—His Last Kick—The Herd of Buffaloes—A Free Exhibition—Buffalo Hunt—Pleased with Humbug—Cir-cumstances alter Cases—Monkey and Gander Skins 340 CHAPTER XIII. TEMPERANCE AND AGRICULTURE. My Temperance Movements—An Inextricable Pilemma—My Conversion—Self-delusion—The Maine Law—Temperance Lectures—A Question answered—Cold Victuals—A Manwithout Friends—Gratifying Incident—Temperance Tract—Agriculture—Small Potatoes—Grafts and Suckers—Indigestible Food—Importance of Agriculture—Labor and Taste—The Merchant—Astounding Facts—Pickpocket on Show—In the same Trap—Taking in aPassenger—The Wrong Barnum—Farming Stock—The Game-keeper 359 CHAPTER XIV. SUNDRY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. Fire Annihilator—Pequonnock Bank—Illustrated News—New-York Crystal Palace—CopperMines—Begging Letters—My Agents—Rules for Making a Fortune—Retrospective View—Iranistan—Home, Sweet Home ! 379 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF P. T. BARNUM. PHINEAS TAYLOR Was my maternal grandfather. I was his first grandchild, and itwas suggested that I should perpetuate his honored name. Mydelighted ancestor confirmed the choice, and handed to my mother 1* 10 MY GRANDFATHER. a gift-deed, in my behalf, of five acres of land, be the same more orless, situated in that part of the parish of Bethel, town of Danbury,county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, known as Plum Trees;said tract of land being designated Ivy Island. The village and parish of Bethel, honored by embracing withinits limits that valuable inheritance of mine, (of which I shall here-after have something to say,) has been repeatedly mentioned to me,by persons who ought to know, as my birth-place, and I havealways acknowledged and reverenced it accordingly. As however my grandfather happened to be born before me, andas it is said by all who knew him and have knowledge of me, thatI am a chip of the old block, I must record some facts regardinghim. I t
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