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P.T. 巴纳姆：奋斗与胜利·补录 87
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
In our subsequent southern tour we exhibited at Nashville (where I visited General Jackson, at the Hermitage), Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Vicksburg and intermediate places, doing tolerably well. At Vicksburg we sold all our land conveyances, excepting the band wagon and four horses, bought the steamboat “Ceres” for six thousand dollars, hired the captain and crew, and started down the river to exhibit at places on the way. At Natchez our cook left us and in the search for another I found a white widow who would go, only she expected to marry a painter. I called on the painter who had not made up his mind whether to marry the widow or not, but I told him if he would marry her the next morning I would hire her at twenty-five dollars a month as cook, employ him at the same wages as painter, with board for both, and a cash bonus of fifty dollars. There was a wedding on board the next day and we had a good cook and a good dinner.
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定位：Additional excerpt 87 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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巴纳姆的巡演团队在南方各地演出，生意尚可。到了维克斯堡，他们卖掉所有陆上交通工具，只留乐队马车和四匹马，花六千美元买下一艘汽船，雇了船长和船员，沿河而下，在沿途各地演出。到了纳奇兹，厨师辞职了。巴纳姆找到一个白人寡妇愿意当厨师，但她想嫁给一个油漆匠。巴纳姆去找油漆匠，对方还没决定娶不娶。巴纳姆开条件：如果明天早上娶她，就雇她当厨师，月薪二十五美元；也雇油漆匠当油漆工，同样月薪，管吃管住，再给五十美元现金奖励。第二天船上举行了婚礼，他们有了好厨师和好晚餐。
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巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名马戏团老板，自传《奋斗与胜利》记录了他早年巡回演出的经历。
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