Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-30
MISS CARRAROO

delphia. which would require the pen of
swift To expose i'll lis proper colours.
1t is well Known thar MARY Baker, ai,as
Miss Carraboo. arrived in Philadclp hia-
The famous impus,Ur, Who hoaXed Dir.
Wilkinson, the Universities and the
g thinking people Of England" We
laughed at MIR. Bull for Tie joke which
had been played off upon him; and we
CHASED i, aiong with the anecdote told by
Addison, of the man who was alou. to
get into uuart-boti,e. as new proof of
the crediiity Of the English nation. The
ImroSior finally Unmasks herself; fiics
England and lIonors our shores VII, hex
presence.
Now, would il be credible, that after
this laughing against John Bull. the good
people ofPhiadrlpiiia should i'll their turn
become the dupes of Miss Carraboo, aud
the lauehing-siock OF the English that
with all their eyes open 10 the character of
the impOstor, they should permit her
TO pick their pockets Yet, such is
the fact. Miss c. ad,ertses she is 10 have
Carraboo C~:ceri" III Washington
Hali!-Yes, i'll that lial!, where equal
munimeries and tricks have been practised
by The Washington Benevolent Society
She adverliSes herself 10 be under the
protection OF certain respectable gentle
men, and that no pains will be spared 10
make her Concert agreeable and respecia-
Gie.-in the mean time tricks are played
OIL 10 lnfiame the public curiosity. Puffs
are put iii the newspapers and prints of
her head are struck OFF, 10 be sold this
day al two o'clock" &c. &,.
The night for the Concert comes or
One is apt to euquire, " Is Miss Carraboo
a musician, tlIent Does size sing or
play g Neither; but she is 10 " make her
appearance al 8 d%lock :" to he stared at
BY congregation of people, who pay
Their money 10 Behold an aVowed impos-
tor
=" l. this credible ?" the honest Virgil
MAN asks. Are you not hoaxing ns in
Your 'urn2 Are the people of phladel-
pha such duprs ?" The fact is so il
there be truth in The newspapers for, the
day after the Concert, al account of III p-
pears, in the following words:
g the Carraboo Concert which WIS given
last night at ashlngt0n Hall, WAS NulHerOuSiy
and respectfully attended the Hall WAS splen.
didiv illuminated, the music good, and the vO-
cal performers eXertcd themselves III man
Der which gave general satisfaction. In part
the ist. the celebrated Miss Carraboo made
her appearance introduced BIZ tcO s-eatiemsH-
She WAS received with a general burst of
cpgnEsc, and her appearance and manners
Sl.enced those Insinua;iunS which hive been
SO HiHStTiouslS circulated 10 IrjUre an III
nOceut and nnofiending female. Paper was
i.anded her, Oh waictl She wrote letter in that
language, y hich puzzled lie University of o.
ford and Cambridge, and The most lean ned pro-
feNSOrS of Oriental languages in &. BTiIan.-
IiCI taking tecrc Of the audience IN Shc language
q The Noor, ,cas highly oppian6ed"
And this hoaNing scene was then res
pecta6ly and miE,ey0us'h attended. TIN.
princess ct hoaxers was reecircd nth a
general burst Of applause the language
which ha,: hoaxed tae Universities of
England was again exhibited 10 hoax tie
simple people of Philadelphia her
address 20 them in the language Of the
Moon 'oos highly dpplapded. = Truly, a
most notable compliment toaddress them
i'll the language OF the Moon, US If they
were lunatics themselves
Miss G. is so well pleased with her re-
ception, that she means to have a second
Concert aud then to visit Newly ork
and Boston, unless the citizens of the
former place should have loo much taste
to permit the circulation of tine hoax. As
for those of Philadelphia, they are con-
tent TO keep up the Joke; TO be laughed
AT by JOAN Bull, as they had laughed at
him.