CHAPTER XIX

.--ADULTERATIONS IN DRINKS.--RIDING HOME ON YOUR

WINE-BARREL.--LIST OF THINGS TO MAKE RUM.--THINGS TO COLOR IT WITH.--CANAL-BOAT HASH.--ENGLISH ADULTERATION LAW.--EFFECT OF DRUGS USED.--HOW TO USE THEM.--BUYING LIQUORS UNDER THE CUSTOM-HOUSE LOCK.--HOMOEOPATHIC DOSE. 160

## CHAPTER XX .--THE PETER FUNKS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.--THE RURAL DIVINE

AND THE WATCH.--RISE AND PROGRESS OF MOCK AUCTIONS.--THEIR DECLINE AND FALL. 167

## CHAPTER XXI .--LOTTERY SHARKS.--BOULT AND HIS BROTHERS.--KENNETH,

KIMBALL & COMPANY.--A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION WANTED FOR BUSINESS.--TWO SEVENTEENTHLIES.--STRANGE COINCIDENCE. 175

## CHAPTER XXII .--ANOTHER LOTTERY HUMBUG.--TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY

RECIPES.--VILE BOOKS.--"ADVANTAGE-CARDS."--A PACKAGE FOR YOU; PLEASE SEND THE MONEY.--PEDDLING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. 182

## CHAPTER XXIII .--A CALIFORNIA COAL MINE.--A HARTFORD COAL

MINE.--MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN CANAL ON THE ISTHMUS. 189

IV. MONEY MANIAS.

## CHAPTER XXIV .--THE PETROLEUM HUMBUG.--THE NEW YORK AND RANGOON

PETROLEUM COMPANY. 195

## CHAPTER XXV .--THE TULIPOMANIA. 204

## CHAPTER XXVI .--JOHN BULL'S GREAT MONEY HUMBUG.--THE SOUTH SEA

BUBBLE IN 1720. 213

## CHAPTER XXVII .--BUSINESS HUMBUGS.--JOHN LAW.--THE MISSISSIPPI

SCHEME.--JOHNNY CRAPAUD AS GREEDY AS JOHNNY BULL. 221

V. MEDICINE AND QUACKS.

## CHAPTER XXVIII .--DOCTORS AND IMAGINATION.--FIRING A JOKE OUT OF A

CANNON.--THE PARIS EYE WATER.--MAJENDIE ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.--OLD SANDS OF LIFE. 232

## CHAPTER XXIX .--THE CONSUMPTIVE REMEDY.--E. ANDREWS, M. D.--BORN

WITHOUT BIRTHRIGHTS.--HASHEESH CANDY.--ROBACK THE GREAT.--A CONJUROR OPPOSED TO LYING. 237

## CHAPTER XXX .--MONSIGNORE CRISTOFORO RISCHIO; OR IL CRESO, THE

NOSTRUM-VENDER OF FLORENCE.--A MODEL FOR OUR QUACK DOCTORS. 242

VI. HOAXES.

## CHAPTER XXXI .--THE TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET GHOST.--SPIRITS ON THE

RAMPAGE. 251

## CHAPTER XXXII .--THE MOON HOAX. 259

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