class="chapword">EXPOSED. 119

CHAPTER XVI.—SPIRITUALIST HUMBUGS WAKING UP.—​FOSTER HEARD FROM.—​S. B. BRITTAIN HEARD FROM.—​THE BOSTON ARTISTS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL PORTRAITS.—​THE WASHINGTON MEDIUM AND HIS SPIRITUAL HANDS.—​THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND THE SEA-CAPTAIN’S WHEAT-FLOUR.—​THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS ROUGHLY SHOWN UP BY JOHN BULL.—​HOW A SHINGLE “STUMPED” THE SPIRITS. 130

CHAPTER XVII.—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS SHOWN UP ONCE MORE.—​THE SPIRITUALIST BOGUS BABY.—​A LADY BRINGS FORTH A MOTIVE FORCE.—​“GUM” ARABIC.—​SPIRITUALIST HEBREW.—​THE ALLEN BOY.—​DR. RANDALL.—​PORTLAND EVENING COURIER.—​THE FOOLS NOT ALL DEAD YET. 145

III. TRADE AND BUSINESS IMPOSITIONS.

CHAPTER XVIII.—ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD.—​ADULTERATIONS OF LIQUOR.—​THE COLONEL’S WHISKEY.—​THE HUMBUGOMETER. 152

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.—​HOMŒOPATHIC 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.