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printer's bills for dodgers to throw around the town, gave a free exhi- 

 bition in front of the post-office and formed a class, bringing in a total 

 cash of $42." 



From Cumberland ihey went to Pittsburgh, Pa., where they formed 

 a large class and did an excellent business, and thence to Cleveland, 

 Ohio. In this city they had a large class of wealthy and substantial 

 men. From there they went to Detroit, Mich., but owing to the cold 

 Aveather did not do much business. They then left for Toledo, Ohio, 

 for three weeks. From Toledo they went through Ohio, stoppin^r at 

 many small towns, spending the wiuter of 1882-83 in this State. Jn 

 the spring they went to Dunkirk, N. Y. Here they formed a good 

 class, and after one week left for Jamestown. This ])lace Professor 

 Gleason made his headquarters for nearly two months, lecturing in all 

 the small towns for a radius of 50 miles, doing a nice business. From 

 there he made a tour through the oil regions, but made little money. 



Arriving at Brooklyn, N. Y., in June, 1883, he commenced an en- 

 gagement with W. C. Coup, the owner of the " one hundred thousand 

 dollar bronchos." Here he filled an enoaiiement of four weeks, work- 

 ing for Mr. Coup for a large salary. 



After filling this engagement in Brooklyn, he left for Norfolk, Va. 

 There he did an immense business for three weeks. He then left for 

 Petersburg and Richmond, and the genial people and the balmy and 

 salubrious atmosphere made him loth to leave this part of the country. 

 But after a time he went to Baltimore, Md., and did an immense busi- 

 ness, remaining in this city the winter of 1883-84, giving exhibitions 

 every evening, Sundays excepted, for 10 weeks. He here handled the 

 celebrated " Tinpan horse," which got its name from having run away 

 uith a load of tinware, and thereby ever after being perfectly frantic 

 and entirely unmanageable at every bit of tinware it chanced to come 

 in contact with. He handled it and completely subdued it in two 

 lessons. In the spring he left for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 

 ^vhere he received a welcome from the farmers and formed large classes 

 and handled a number of very vicious horses. 



From here he went back to Wilmington the second time, and gave a 

 free exhibition nightly for two weeks. Then he proceeded to New 

 York State, stopping in Pennsylvania on the way at Chester, AVest 

 Chester, Media, Norristown, Bethlehem, Allentown, Easton, and 

 Wilkesbarre. On arriving at Elmira, N. Y., he remained for two 



