The Humbugs of the World. P. T. Barnum

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СКАЧАТЬ XV.—BANNER OF LIGHT.—​MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD.—​SPIRITUAL CIVILITIES.—​SPIRIT “HOLLERING.”—​HANS VON VLEET, THE FEMALE DUTCHMAN.—​MRS. CONANT’S “CIRCLES.”—​PAINE’S TABLE-TIPPING HUMBUG EXPOSED. 119

      CHAPTER XVI.—SPIRITUALIST HUMBUGS WAKING UP.—​FOSTER HEARD FROM.—​S. B. BRITTAIN HEARD FROM.—​THE BOSTON ARTISTS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL PORTRAITS.—​THE WASHINGTON MEDIUM AND HIS SPIRITUAL HANDS.—​THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND THE SEA-CAPTAIN’S WHEAT-FLOUR.—​THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS ROUGHLY SHOWN UP BY JOHN BULL.—​HOW A SHINGLE “STUMPED” THE SPIRITS. 130

      CHAPTER XVII.—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS SHOWN UP ONCE MORE.—​THE SPIRITUALIST BOGUS BABY.—​A LADY BRINGS FORTH A MOTIVE FORCE.—​“GUM” ARABIC.—​SPIRITUALIST HEBREW.—​THE ALLEN BOY.—​DR. RANDALL.—​PORTLAND EVENING COURIER.—​THE FOOLS NOT ALL DEAD YET. 145

       III. TRADE AND BUSINESS IMPOSITIONS.

      CHAPTER XVIII.—ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD.—​ADULTERATIONS OF LIQUOR.—​THE COLONEL’S WHISKEY.—​THE HUMBUGOMETER. 152

      CHAPTER XIX.—ADULTERATIONS IN DRINKS.—​RIDING HOME ON YOUR WINE-BARREL.—​LIST OF THINGS TO MAKE RUM.—​THINGS TO COLOR IT WITH.—​CANAL-BOAT HASH.—​ENGLISH ADULTERATION LAW.—​EFFECT OF DRUGS USED.—​HOW TO USE THEM.—​BUYING LIQUORS UNDER THE CUSTOM-HOUSE LOCK.—​HOMŒOPATHIC DOSE. 160

      CHAPTER XX.—THE PETER FUNKS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.—​THE RURAL DIVINE AND THE WATCH.—​RISE AND PROGRESS OF MOCK AUCTIONS.—​THEIR DECLINE AND FALL. 167

      CHAPTER XXI.—LOTTERY SHARKS.—​BOULT AND HIS BROTHERS.—​KENNETH, KIMBALL & COMPANY.—​A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION WANTED FOR BUSINESS.—​TWO SEVENTEENTHLIES.—​STRANGE COINCIDENCE. 175

      CHAPTER XXII.—ANOTHER LOTTERY HUMBUG.—​TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY RECIPES.—​VILE BOOKS.—​“ADVANTAGE-CARDS.”—​A PACKAGE FOR YOU; PLEASE SEND THE MONEY.—​PEDDLING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 182

      CHAPTER XXIII.—A CALIFORNIA COAL MINE.—​A HARTFORD COAL MINE.—​MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN CANAL ON THE ISTHMUS. 189

       IV. MONEY MANIAS.

      CHAPTER XXIV.—THE PETROLEUM HUMBUG.—​THE NEW YORK AND RANGOON PETROLEUM COMPANY. 195

      CHAPTER XXV.—THE TULIPOMANIA. 204

      CHAPTER XXVI.—JOHN BULL’S GREAT MONEY HUMBUG.—​THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE IN 1720. 213

      CHAPTER XXVII.—BUSINESS HUMBUGS.—​JOHN LAW.—​THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME.—​JOHNNY CRAPAUD AS GREEDY AS JOHNNY BULL. 221

       V. MEDICINE AND QUACKS.

      CHAPTER XXVIII.—DOCTORS AND IMAGINATION.—​FIRING A JOKE OUT OF A CANNON.—​THE PARIS EYE WATER.—​MAJENDIE ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.—​OLD SANDS OF LIFE. 232

      CHAPTER XXIX.—THE CONSUMPTIVE REMEDY.—​E. ANDREWS, M. D.—​BORN WITHOUT BIRTHRIGHTS.—​HASHEESH CANDY.—​ROBACK THE GREAT.—​A CONJUROR OPPOSED TO LYING. 237

      CHAPTER XXX.—MONSIGNORE CRISTOFORO RISCHIO; OR IL CRESO, THE NOSTRUM-VENDER OF FLORENCE.—​A MODEL FOR OUR QUACK DOCTORS. 242

       VI. HOAXES.

      CHAPTER XXXI.—THE TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET GHOST.—​SPIRITS ON THE RAMPAGE. 251

      CHAPTER XXXII.—THE MOON HOAX. 259

      CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE MISCEGENATION HOAX.—​A GREAT LITERARY SELL.—​POLITICAL HUMBUGGING.—​TRICKS OF THE WIRE-PULLERS.—​MACHINERY EMPLOYED TO RENDER THE PAMPHLET NOTORIOUS.—​WHO WERE SOLD AND HOW IT WAS DONE. 273

       VII. GHOSTS AND WITCHCRAFTS.

      CHAPTER XXXIV.—HAUNTED HOUSES.—​A NIGHT SPENT ALONE WITH A GHOST.—​KIRBY THE ACTOR.—​COLT’S PISTOLS VERSUS HOBGOBLINS.—​THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. 284

      CHAPTER XXXV.—HAUNTED HOUSES.—​GHOSTS.—​GHOULS.—​PHANTOMS.—​VAMPIRES.—​CONJURORS.—​DIVINING—​GOBLINS.—​FORTUNE-TELLING.—​MAGIC.—​WITCHES.—​SORCERY.—​OBI.—​DREAMS.—​SIGNS.—​SPIRITUAL MEDIUMS.—​FALSE PROPHETS.—​DEMONOLOGY.—​DEVILTRY GENERALLY. СКАЧАТЬ