Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1870 — Joke on Barnum. [ARTICLE]

Joke on Barnum.

Quietly passed from earth last week, at his residence in this city, one Pat Muffin. Though possessed of many virtues, Muffin was chiefly dear to fame as the man whom Barnum paid for his “ turnout Tom ITig- - ginson’s barber shop under the Park Hotel. The story is well known, but it. should lie repeated once more in honor of the (lend and in justice to the living. One day, a few years ago, Barnum rushed iuto Iligginson’M shop for a shave and found Pat Muffin, the deceased, just taking liis scat for the same operation. Barnum at once proposed to Pat to exchange turns, offering to pay Pat's Bill. Pat, with tho quick wit of an Irishman, assented. Barnum got his shave, told Higginson to charge Pat’s bill to him, and went on his way rejoicing. 'VYlicn Pat’s turn came he deliberately proceeded to take a bath, a shave and a “ shampoo,” and -wound up by having his hair curled and his whiskers dyed. When all was done he politely told Iligginson to “ Charge it to the boss,” and departed. Barnum afterward paid the hill, and thought the joke was worth the money, —New York Globe. —A German clock dealer sold a small clock to an Irishwoman, but he had scarcely left the house when she turned it bottom upward, and a wire dropped-from its position, causing the clock to strike without intermission. Thereupon she ran after him, complaining in trouble, “ Sure, an’it’s cryin’ afther ye already.” The Printers’ Typographical Union, of Philadelphia, has admitted to membership a lady now engaged in study for a profession in that city, and who supports herself by doing compositor’s work in her spare time. Our Young Folks.—“We Girls ”is continued 111 the April number; The Daddy Long Logsand the Fly—a poem—liv Edward Learj; Ryo’e Fritters, by Elizabeth Stuart Phcins; War on the Water, by Major Traverse; Derby’s Wedding; The Goose Race, hy ,1. T. Trowbridge; Bertie’s Pioneering—part I.—by Helen C. Weeks; How Uncle Blue Jacket raptured th* Picket Boat, by M. W. McEntee ;My Hyacinth—a poem—by Mary E. Atkinson ; The Two Caterpillars, by Annie Moore, etc. Profusely illustrated. Published hy Fields, Osoood & Co., Boston, Mass. $2.00 per annum; an extra copy for every tt re subscriptions. The Atlantic Monthly and Our Young Folks , $5.00 per year. Arthur’s Home Magazine. The Frontispicco 4n tho April number is a pleasing Spring scene. Tho other illustrations are mainly ' devoted to the latest fashions. A piece of mnsio— Bower. Schottische—ls given, and the nsnal variety o( good stories, poems, and useful information and advice in the difl'ereut household and fashion departments Each subscriber to this magazine, or the VhUdrai't Hour, is entitled 1o order a copy of the steel engraving “ Bed Time ” and also of -‘The Angel of Peace,” for fI.OJ each—regular price $2.50., {T. S jAiiTrim * Sons, Philadelphia, at $2.00 a year, with a liberal redaction for clubs. Every Saturday for March 26 contains eight fine illnstratione, six of them being excellent full-page engravings. In addition to this picture gallery is given ’the customary amount of choice,. lresh reading matter. Single number 10 cents; Yearly subscription, $5.80 in advance; $4.00 a year to subscribers for any other periodical issued by Fields, Osoood & Co., 'the publishers, Boston, Maw. -

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