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owner was engaged in the same business, but carried 

 it on in a different manner. 



DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA REVISITED. 



As I entered the dining-room of the Laurie House, 

 at Milford,on the eastern shore of the Delaware, some 

 one uttered the words '^ Oh, there he is! I thought he 

 would come again," followed by a fainting-scene and 

 the removal of a young woman in the arms of friends, 

 which startled me. At this time I wore my hair 

 long, under a wide-brimmed hat, as I had been in the 

 habit of doing while in the South and West. " What 

 does this mean ?" I inquired, and soon found I was 

 taken for one "Diamond Dick," so called, a spurious 

 Indian herb-doctor who had made this place his 

 headquarters for some time, claiming to be able to 

 accomplish wonderful cures. He had succeeded not 

 only in cheating his customers, or patients, but in 

 deceiving and ruining many women, and I failed to 

 convince a large number that I was not that kind of a 

 man; but the fact that I resembled him prevented me 

 from making this trip a success financially. I re- 

 turned to Wilmington, stopping at the La Fayette 

 House, where the landlord, E. O. Taylor, erected 

 circus-seats in his yard, in which I gave free exhibi- 

 tions for two weeks to not less than two thousand 

 persons each evening. The following will be a 

 voucher for the success of exhibitions at my next 

 stopping-place: 



[From the Chester, Pa., Evening News. "] 

 "After one week's sojourn in this city, during which 

 time he has exhibited to large and intelligent au- 

 diences, Professor Gleason, the horse-trainer and 

 educator, closed his engagement here on Saturday 



