Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-04-27
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81 GRAPHlCAL sKsTCH OF
MAMTACCINI
Tbs FAMOUS CHARLATIN OF PAaIs,


A yonnc man of good family having, in few
wears fquandried large eftatr, and reduced him
f-lf to ab outr want felt that he matt xerciie his
lrgenuty, or Rayve. In this Gate Of mind he caa
III. ewes Ioand the var Gus devices which fave from
inolgenct, and are mos favored by fortune. He
fo0n perceived ttat Cb4rlstGnJ1ne was that on
which this blind benefactrets lavihed her favors
with mof pesfure, and 10 the greateh abundance
An adr,it and luqnacious domelfic the only
Iemaiusng articls Of all S former grandeur; ne
dreiIed HIN up 10 a gold laced livery, mounted
foicndit chariot, and ffared on the town under
the name, Ollie, and title Of" The celebrated Doc
tor Martaccini, who cures all dieales with finn.
ple toaeb, or Jingle Look" This precious art was
pcfftfird By too many Of his brethren 10 Draw at
Ter HIM the whole town be therefore undertook
a country excurion, and mOdefly announ ced him.
f-lfat Iyons $ as the celebrated Doctor Man ac-
chi. who revives the dead at will" To remove
all donbt, he declared, that IN fifteen days, h-
would go to the common church-Yard, and teitore
TO life lis inhabitants, though buried for ten years
THIS declaration excited general rumour anu
violent nurmurs againtt the Doctor, who, not 10
the lean dnlcopcertsd, applied TO the Mag,frate,
and reouulteG he might be put under quad, to
prevent his eicape, until he ihould perfoT his
3ertaking. TIE pfopoEition infPired the greateft
confidence, and the whole city came to confult
Doclor Mautaccni, 'nd purchafe his BaHnIe dc zie.
His Cor iui'a IONS, always well paid, were 10 DH-
length the famous day approached, and The Doc
tors vaeI K airing FER hisShouldcrs, began 10 ihrW
fgn+ nf nncahnefs q You know nuth,nC If man
kind" iaid the Doctor % him, be qu'et."--
Scarcely had hv fcoken theie words, when the
following letter was \ siented to him from rich
cit'Z IN.
The erca' operation, Doctor, which you arc
gong 70 psIto.m, has broke my req. ] have
wLe Buried for fore time, Uh0 was fury, aud
am unhappy enough al'raiy without her Trfurrec-
o.. IL the name Of 1eavtn ro ret make rhe OK
pcrmenr vl'! give you fifty LOUIS TO kerPyour
teeT-t Y"uitf
In an ,cfart after two ,adrng bc1ar, arrived.
yao, with he mott raraCf implications, ertrea
ted him rNf % rvvye their Old ilh -r formerly
thr yr7at q all5r Ia the CITY, ~ fuCh an event
th.y wuuI 90 reduced to the on tepiVTahlr IN
dr-euce Tn otfy,e, Inn tee NJ GAty Louis,
BOT the Dctto nIoyk his head 10 CoebtfuI COM
Ih7n4-.
S atcrly had rhtv retired when , v9unE widow,
on me eve az Ca'umooy, threw hrr'tf AZ the feet
81 The Decor, and with iuhs and hShs mpIogrd
hjs mstCy--ln Mort, trCm morn TN n'ght, the
DoCtcr received letters, Wits, VtCrnts, fees, To an
exc-G that ahfniutrly overwhelmed him. The
minds of the CulZcus were 70 differently and viO-
lenlTy asHzted, fomc ~ traT, and Others BY curl
C,fty, that the Chief MagiRratv Of the CITY waited
upon tbr Doctor, ard fad 4" Sir, have not the
lt4R e, g. on e experience 81 your rare tall
ents, thu ouwhc ablc 70 mpiih the refurrec-
tion ~ GU ,uu,ch ard thr day after TO row,
according 20 Your prOm'tr; tut pray ycu 10 OBJ
fcrvs, 5hat our city IS IN the ErcaieH uprOar and
con'ufian, and cCnddr The dreatfdl rcvo ution the
frCcs(- " yOur experiment mut produce in every
family. ] -ntrrat you, therefore, NOT 10 attem mp
II, b. to F1 away, and thus ct1re the trar quli-
ny q the CRY. H. jHaice, howeecr, 10 YOU rare
and divine t4-nts, ihall give you an attsfat On
in cuG form, uncer our feat, thai you can W 7ii1,e
the ceat, and that il was our own fault we were
rot zye wItr5fs If your 20 Fcr"
The certfyA vas duly Grned and delivered,
and Doctor Maotacrni wen, I'd work new mira
clts iu fame other Guy. ~ 4 mort time ~ -
turned b Paris loaded win gold, where ~ laugh-
ca Al popuiar Gre d'itv, y ipent immrufr hms
IN ll&ury AID rxtrayasarce. lady, who was a,
downright Ch3rIaan w love, Frd II reducing
him 10 want; but ~ our again On provincial
tour, aud returUed with u~w touune.