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Barnum Lectures in Brattleboro

Event date: Oct 15, 1875

Barnum’s lecture last Thursday evening was about what people went expecting to hear – a string of anecdotes connected (not always very visibly) by a string of common-sense philosophy concerning life and the pursuit of happiness. The audience, finding plenty of plums, were not generally disposed to question the quality of the pudding.

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