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Poughkeepsie Eagle, Dec. 10th, 1862.

P. T. Barnum's Lecture. -- Tuesday evening last, Mr. P.T. Barnum delivered in Pine's Hall, in this city, the second lecture in Prof. Eastman's College Course, and discharged his duty in such an able manner, and so greatly to the satisfaction of all who heard him, that he deserves more than an ordinary notice. Mr. Barnum is known almost the world over as the greatest showman of the present age, and as the most indefatigable laborer in collecting curiosities for the people to look at. As a consequence, he has often been called a great humbug, but time has proved that he is as far removed from listless idleness. He has never boasted of having curiosities that were not there, or of wonders that he could not display, when people called to see them. These traits of his character being known, as a natural result, when the people heard that he was coming, they turned out en masse to hear him, the spacious hall being crowded with respectable and intelligent auditors. His subject was money making which he handled with much skill and with distinguished ability, giving a great many practical hints and suggestions from which his audience might profit, throwing in a variety of hits and anecdotes, many of them so good as to bring down the house, and convulse the most grave with merriment. Hardly a sentence did he utter that was not full of interest, and all the way through he riveted the attention of his auditors. To sum up all, we may say that Mr. Barnum gave our people an exceedingly entertaining and very profitable entertainment.

London Times

We are bound to admit Mr. Barnum is one of the most entertaining lecturers that ever addressed an audience on a theme universally intelligible.

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