Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-10-25
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MONSIEUR cHAUBERr-THE FIRE ZINC

Who hiss not heard Of The Fire X g.-hr swaiio we
Of poiscns' The epicure In arsenic asd pho,I bctu hs
tppler in boiling orsnee oiil The celebrated Mon
sieur Chsubers, who melted lead 10 wsh III. hand
and worms himsefin an oven along sds beet ssetki
Who has sstonhed all Ems lsrd-bss arrived Ia 'ti
city, and IL exhibiting hts EXPERIMENT. 10 Clinton al
lie Is certainly the eighth wonder o. his word-ths
real salamander 10 whom FIRE. hest poison, &'. are
perfectly innoxinup.
On Tnursduy evening las, he gave private exhibit
ton oil his wonderful powers 10 select sudieues o.
seleuhe spd literary gentleman AT hs lecture room OF
Clinton Hall. On entering tho Hall IN, fes, thing
hN Strikes The eyes OF the spec'aor IL large oven
bull, Of bricks and resting toe door Of hs building
In zoe front oil ihe oven 10 small platform With a
table, lights &s where Monsieur Oh aubert pet
MS experiment.. On the opening OF the exhih ion
Nonsr G. made short address 10 culiarly
marked, however, by foreign accent Hs assured The
audience that there was not the slightest GiSk de-
eeP'on 10 any ct HE experiments he sour;ea tbs MI
nues, inve'Sa ion Of every ssleo6s gentle in the
room.
The exhibition commenced with a red hot shovel
which be drew his face and ongue with the greatest
sang Jroid imagnabic. Not the slightest injury IN
hie'ed on him. He also drew II over his hsir with the
Same result "Tty gentlemen" said he "snd sa'i,fy
yourselvss Several gentlemen reached up their On
gers snd placed ,hsm on his hair aud check. Toy
dtsw them back with all imaginable haste as Il they hao
heen touching the shovel itself His ecs aud hsr
Gov, red with his emf oe. and he tod them This
| excited much snryrse.
! His mex, expsrinen, was with sealing wax II. held
the wax to the candle and dropt il hi, tongue Docs
any gentleman want TO take seal and give il ihs i'm
present" No seemed DESTROYS Of that efce, aDd
monsieur u toek up portion OF tho between HE
ginger and his thumb and drew 10 q strIr from III.
tongue. He passed over to oher experiments, and
prepared TO tax, the poison He told tho sompsDy az
MS would taks ON 30 40 g,sas OF pAoephosus,
grain, Ct which 10 suf lent TO Kin any Indiydual "If
suy g'ntlemsn, however, wlsb-s 20 his phos
phofu' win CO So sait ne. Sr. Chiffon, the chyms,
had brouSh. tome ptosphorus viii him. He de.ir. q
his young man to take II out and weigh cit 40 grains
He I'D SO, in hs presence Of she modest gentlemen.
Lime try tha,t" said Mob's C. He tcck smell
portion End rubbed /, against peee Of PAPER II pre-
tmme Ter
good,' said Monsieur. AZ bis r.qne,, d Yai.s uu-
der'eok TO administer the dose Il pun Into ,poon-
to OF water Men;ieur knel, down. put hi, hand, no
hind bi' back, bad his s,osk taken t"Now." said he,
II am ready" Dacot Yates piocesded and poured /,
Lotto bis mouth Well" said the DJcior. with .sb.
never sdmip,tered sush dose Store Ia my life"
Waen every par'isl- was swsl owed, he called en- the
company to examine bis ms u,h and that desep-
len was preais.d-,o satisfy themselves that 1, WA
not cid In hia rcr'h. Several medical geaiem,n did
20. They wer. ps'esly satisfied They pu, their flo
Eers into his mouth, asd came down from the p!afsim
io utter aBoDishuont
! Ths next experiment was wi melted lead II, took
sin pan tul OF melted lea nnd plunged h.. agsrs IL,
!" TOOK apor'on In his hand, add ,naes bslievs ne
was washing The tips Of hi, fingers No m'ssks, ger
4 ilsmsn," sad he. '.pu your fingers here" vsrs
did and glad take ,hr from The vers.i
They were perfectly sstisned. -
His mex, experiment, was swaIlowing spoonful oil
boiling florence eli. tin paa iuil OF hi, Igal vas
hsAed TO tbs boiling n,. before f.- audience. Ne
inem,ter in the boiling liz ,iJ, and sxbibneJ he To-
s'tumsni 10 The gentleman l. siood $40. 'Ss'uly
yours,lye'," said he, "sa'isy you' s>yss" II. ,hs L
took spoon, dipi II Ia tho oi ii led it, nut i, Ia hi,
rnOu h. aod actually swallowed Is down Every person
presen, was i,h-d there decep i'm p,sseed
What fellow !" said one :-'Wny," ,aid sno,htr.
ries no alarms to h,n." owl, you Jus, take peep,
sad third, "behini. Monsieur Cnaubs.t. aai sea Il
his feel are not eleven"
"Nay, & nile n - said Monsieur C. 81 sSaI PIE
pare 10 go in.o the over, ADD cke dish OF beef
with ne 10 be cooked" Hs retired afsw m.nu'es 10
change his dress Decor Passes L. who appeared 10 be
ne roll vah Al AL thaaa 4,
,hs oppor,noi 10 s,ep up 20 the AID lock
opened The door and ,hrus, hi, hand He
back. "How 10 IL o even, D11t6iP asked a bro n
Pby,islan "By Gssgs, sould 20 in my.eli," reptile,
the Dos or. Monsieur a. bsr', however. soaa al
peaied, went into be oveo, fou'ed up The IRE.
made arrangements. II wore over bis dress is-x,
: 'hick great coat. "Why DO you wear hap sskrt
some one 81, /, ali the to ms." said he, go <.
in dressed or undresset: u 60 10 undresed nusi b.
very cautious when soEe out not 10 esish cold.
wear coarse grea coat over my dre'' because pre-
vents me from catching soid-bosdes, have be
come cocoon iea Ths was received with spp!sufe
he then put he hermofne ef Into The sscsr.
lain the ttmpsrs 9 Brr ihe beet rte Ks he.e'
they were brought. He put ,h,m iu,o Vim d Is,
'Prins.d sat and pepper on ihe0. 81 like plsn'y 4.
steaks. 'sid he quite jovslly. NV, genilem. n >
eTisd Mebsieur, "soms aud see tbs Thermometer; bu
mu' look shatP, besauie the least approach 10 the
celd air VIII mike 1, fall rapidly"
Three gentlemen went up 10 the 10 examine
tie seized the thermometer FROM the interior OF the
and held il out. How much? how muchp ~ was Sc
yeral seconds before they found the mercury, and ther
since took II OUT He replaced the thermometer. pu
black cap his head. had the dish Of steaks placed
along side OF him, took large tin tube which he pro
truded through an aperture in the iron door breathe
through, and then entered the oven During his stay
The oven he looked through his tube, talked rapidly and
sung pretty French air. He continually asking
how many minutes, gentemenP How many!-'One
I-Two'-Three. ooh Ii must be more, gentlemen
oh is very hot gentlemen; full 800 degrees how many
minutes! -Four -Five--Six-Seven Eigh minutes.
At eight minutes and y.oDe seconds from his
out he bounced, came down on the stage all covered
With Perspraton Feel his pulse cried several OF the
Physicians 'Oh yes, gentlemen, feel my pulse, said
he, holding out his arms, II felt Immediately ard
| found to be as high 160. mo deception said he.
'fhe devil biz oil deception Is there, said OF the
spectators. Fetch me out the beef steaks, said Mon.
sier, they we'll done now. The dish was brough
down and quite a rush made upon them. Every
one that could reach the platform, cut piece OF and
fell esung. These stakes ara very fine! said
! Rather too much done, said another. THAT fellow
Chauberi, said grave looking PersoDsgs chewing his
9ieak aud leaving the rs certainly his Satanic Ma
jesty himself Doct Mot went up 10 the over, put
bis head into the door, drew IL rapidly out and nodded
very significantly, much TO say all right, de-
ccPon The rest Of the spectators stood gazing talk.
ing, and expressing wonder, sui prise, astOnisbment
&c. &c.
Molasor C'aoberi ws's Cap'alo ~ .he lac o
Nspascn. tie vas lekeu prlsonet by Inc Ru,,ioas
aud sen 10 Sbsfis, where u 70 suppoSd be a severed
bis sn,i1o'e t. FIRE ADD po,o6. Two wears he
excited great asiooishuout 10 Loudou and ss6 The
solgs Of pbysciaus aud SOrgeats ibat i5sTs "ss uo
dseepirn 10 bis sxpei@sn's III, vas ohsred ogV"
Tor lis an dos " pu,sc acts, bot would no. taks TO-
, ia, i0,00Oi Flo has a lem ~ Of len chilftrn--s :
GOOD Iookiog insps n an oval ans snd bus ptrstn
tie wears myu-tasbss. II que 'abs've aDd inia''
lgen, seeak' iou'ean Isngu'ses-~'u EJsi 81 "a h'f
ioecrfts,y. He IS Euiv won6t nS wonder
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