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three dollars each. As a slight acknowledgment of the 

 kindness and courtesy extended to me at this place, I 

 gave a grand excursion, running a special train of ten 

 coaches from Winchester to Harrisonburg, a distance 

 of ninety miles, and gave an exhibition of my method 

 and system to over eight thousand persons, probably' 

 the largest gathering ever before seen in that city. 



A PLEASANT SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN. 



Proceeding South, through Staunton, Charlottes- 

 ville, Lynchburg and Danville — having at each of 

 these places a very pleasant as well as profitable visit 

 — I reached Raleigh, where I perfectly astonished the 

 people by taking two horses belonging to Dr. Mead- 

 ows up two nights of stone steps into the theatre. 

 These stairs were on the outside of the building, and 

 although the mud was almost knee-deep, the street 

 around the building was literally packed with specta- 

 tors to see the remarkable feat performed. At Golds- 

 boro' I also repeated, to a vast crowd of spectators, 

 what I believe no other man ever successfully ac- 

 complished — taking three horses up a long flight of 

 stairs into the theatre. Again, at Greensboro', a wild 

 mustang was as much surprised as the spectators, by 

 finding himself so paralyzed by my voice as to go up- 

 stairs on the stage of Dr. Benbow's hall in less time, 

 actually, than it takes to record it. At Raleigh my 

 first exhibition was with seven runaways and kickers, 

 all of them remarkably bad horses. These all had to 

 be taken up three nights of iron steps into the only 

 hall or exhibition room in the town that was large 

 enough for the purpose. Among those present was 

 Governor Jarvis, who was so much pleased with what 

 he had seen me do that he sent his acknowledg- 

 ment in the shape of an exceptionally elegant and 



