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she immediately took a seat and rested her head upon her hand in silence we all sat down and for a quarter of an hour the most profound quiet reigned in the apartment the remainder of the scene i transcribe from a description written the next day by mrs lyman who was present on the occasion
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after bidding them adieu we retired to another portion of the palace to make a change of the general's costume and to partake of some refreshments which were prepared for us
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jenny lind and messrs benedict and belletti set sail from liverpool in the steamship atlantic in which i had long before engaged the necessary accommodations and on board of which i had shipped a piano for their use
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well replied sherman they may be good but they are made from donkeys which is said to be the fact mrs stratton said she was not to be fooled so easily that she knew better and that she should stick to the sausages
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connects the two portions of the city extending westerly beyond iranistan and lindencroft while a branch road runs to the beautiful sea-side park on the sound shore
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half an hour afterwards as we were about leaving the palace we went through a hall leading to the front door and in doing so passed the sitting-room in which the royal family were spending the evening
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even in a business point of view to her renown as a singer i admit that i took her charities into account as part of my stock in trade
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during most of the tour i was a week or two ahead of the company making arrangements for the forthcoming exhibitions and doing my entire business without the aid of an interpreter for i soon picked up french enough to get along very well indeed
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to listen to evil advisers it would seem that the terms of our revised contract were sufficiently liberal to her and sufficiently hazardous to myself to justify the expectation of perfectly honorable treatment but certain envious intermeddlers appeared to think differently
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if i have done good it is no more than my duty and it is my pleasure i do not deserve their thanks and i will not see them i returned her answer and the leaders of the grand procession went away in disappointment
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say what shape square please say what this is a watch can you tell what is in this lady's hand a purse now please say what this is a key
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now what is this silver say what is this copper tell me what this is iron what is the shape long now what shape
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in order to prevent confusion the doors were opened at five o'clock while the concert did not commence until eight the consequence was that although about five thousand persons were present at the first concert
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to seek an interview with miss lind herself upon arriving at her hotel he sent his card requesting her to specify an hour for an interview she named the following morning and he was punctual to the appointment in the course of the first conversation
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darts its quick gleam o'er every shadowed shop and gilds broadway with unaccustomed glare there o'er the sordid gloom whose deep'ning tracks furrow the city's brow
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to making the avenues around the park and otherwise improving it but they have also generously aided by private contributions in purchasing such land
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from the bridgeport standard august twenty one eighteen sixty five the names of p t barnum capt john brooks mr george bailey
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and was particularly given to boasting that he was once poor and now he was rich whenever he met americans he was delighted and insisted on the privilege of standing treats to all around
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on arriving at liverpool i found that my old friends mr and mrs lynn of the waterloo hotel had changed very little during my ten years absence from england
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returning us immense profits at the end of that time after exhibiting in all sections of the country we sold out the entire establishment animals
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on the other side of the river while the opening of new avenues the planting of shade-trees and the building of many houses have afforded me the highest pleasures of my life
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but directly in opposition to their individual interests and thus for scores of years rob the community of the pleasures to be derived from broad avenues lined with shade-trees and from open and free public grounds
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i knew smith must be anxiously awaiting me for he was not a man to be behind time when so important a matter as dinner was the motive of the appointment something desperate must be done so i carefully groped my way to the stage door again and with a strong effort managed to wrench it open
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orchestra printing and other expenses because i felt able and willing to contribute my full share towards the worthy objects which prompted these benefits this narration would be incomplete if i did not add the following
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when the name iranistan was announced a waggish new york editor syllabled it i ran i stan and gave as the interpretation that i ran a long time before i could stan
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and was not slow in communicating the information to the public on reaching philadelphia a large concourse of persons awaited the approach of the steamer which conveyed her
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a loud tittering in the vicinity only added to the vexation which was already visible on the countenance of my interrogator and he soon brought his examination to a close
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even beyond my most sanguine expectations eventually putting more money into my pocket than the jerome complication had taken out yet i also foresaw that the process would necessarily be very slow
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in charge of the celebrated danseuse fanny ellsler several of these parties had called upon her personally and wyckoff upon hearing my name attempted to deter her from making any engagement with me
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perhaps i may not make any money by this enterprise but i assure you that if i knew i should not make a farthing profit i would ratify the engagement so anxious am i that the united states should be visited by a lady whose vocal powers have never been approached by any other human being
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as he was passing out of the door he hesitated a moment and then said mr barnum i should like so much to have the good lady see my dog turn a wheel it is very nice he can spin very good shall i bring the dog and wheel for her
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petit poucet was spoken as if he were a native in fact i soon became the general's avant courier though not doing the duties of an avant
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and when the hand that now pens these lines is stilled forever and thousands look from these sea-side residences across the water to long-island shore and over the groves and lawns and walks and drives of the beautiful ground at their feet
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the clock of a neighboring church struck the knell of the dying year all were silent each heart was left to its own communings and the bowed head and tearful eye told that memory was busy with the past it was a brief moment but thoughts and feelings were crowded into it
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the united states minister at the court of france who assured me that after my success in london there would be no difficulty whatever in my presentation to king louis philippe and family i returned to england
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i went back to paris with general tom thumb and party some time before i intended to begin my exhibitions and on the very day after my arrival i received a special command to appear at the tuileries on the following sunday evening
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i bought books at the auctions and from dealers and publishers in new york and took them into the country selling them at auction and doing tolerably well
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covered with dust and perspiration i followed behind the rear of the out-going audience and found smith to whom i narrated my under-ground experiences brushes water and towels soon put me once more in presentable condition and we went to the garrick club where we dined with several gentlemen of note
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to such a man the city in winter extends numberless pleasures there is a sense of satisfaction even in the well-cleared sidewalks after a snow-storm and an almost selfish happiness in looking out upon a storm from a well-warmed library or parlor window
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the advertisement in the sun of mr william niblo of niblo's garden for a barkeeper first brought me in contact with that gentlemanly and justly popular proprietor
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and a number of them sent off telegraphic despatches and letters by mail in answer to those received the man who had so suddenly become the father of twins telegraphed to his wife to be of good cheer and that he would start for home to-morrow
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and the good order which always prevailed was the subject of numberless encomiums from the public and the press the reception of jenny lind on her first appearance in point of enthusiasm was probably never before equalled in the world
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god bless her i am so happy she is such a good lady i shall see my brothers and sisters again oh she is a very good lady said poor vivalla overcome by his feelings he begged me to thank her for him and give her the fruit
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before mentioned excepting those for charitable purposes and that all accounts shall be settled and rendered by all parties weekly ten and the said jenny lind further agrees that she will not engage to sing for any other person during the progress
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i am sure you can do it she was a beautiful dancer and i never saw her laugh more heartily than she did at my awkwardness she said she would give me the credit of being the poorest dancer she ever saw about a quarter before twelve jenny suddenly checked mr burke
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the enthusiastic public the nightingale and myself were roundly ridiculed the following is a fair specimen from the work in question barnumopsis a recitative
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its situation as the terminus of the naugatuck and the housatonic railways its accessibility to new york with its two daily steamboats to and from the metropolis and its dozen daily trains of the new york and boston and shore line railways are all elements of prosperity
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and was highly pleased with his disappointment both concerts in washington were attended by the president and his family and every member of the cabinet i noticed also among the audience henry clay benton foote
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hon james c loomis was the first man who heartily joined with barnum in pressing the plan of a sea-side park upon the attention of our citizens but it is due to our citizens themselves to say that with an extraordinary unanimity they have not only voted to appropriate ten thousand dollars from the city treasury
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and then laughingly said to him doctor it may be dangerous for you to tell of this incident when you get on shore for it would be a pretty strong draught upon the credulity of many of my countrymen if they were told that my zeal to hear an orthodox minister preach
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he improved the opportunity and he also made frequent calls upon her she became much interested in him indeed on several occasions she contributed liberally to the charitable institutions he had recommended to her favorable notice
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nor did all my efforts secure a situation for me during the whole winter but in the spring i received several hundred dollars from my agent in bethel and finding no better business may one eighteen thirty five i opened a small private boarding-house at number fifty two frankfort street
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sea-side cottages horse railroad branch and other features which when consummated will serve to amaze our citizens to think that such a delightful sea-side frontage has been permitted to lie so long unimproved
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with my friend the late mr brettell of london who resided in st james palace and was quite a worshipper of the queen and an ardent admirer of all the dignities and ceremonies of royalty he expected something of the kind in visiting the president of the united states
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in her engagement with me which includes havana she expressly reserves the right to give charitable concerts whenever she thinks proper since her dbt in england she has given to the poor from her own private purse more than the whole amount which i have engaged to pay her
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in continuing the conversation i found that this good old gentleman was perfectly acquainted with the history of america and he spoke feelingly of what he believed to be the high and proud destiny of our republic
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so you may try it as soon as you please and when we get to new york i'll show you a touch of yankee ideas of religious intolerance the captain made no reply and at the request of friends i walked to another part of the ship i told the doctor how the matter stood
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