The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-12-25


catching bullets IN his teeth, cutting of
mems heads aud sticking them ON again,
etc eic.--,b~ whole 10 conclude with
some hing comic" The day, the hour
came. aud the eager anxious multitude
assembled. whose s,emorian plandits
were soon IA echo from tap room to sky
light, aud re-echo from Red-R Rocks 90
Sharp Shins The curtain rose, when,
bowing graciously, aud looking uuutter-
able feelings Of gratitude To those who
had honnred him with their presence,
our ''Prenonitory" proposed to open the
performance by cl,nuniing that favorite
mir, "Betsey Baker," which gnimed him
several rounds Of applause from the
boxes; while ,hose IN the PIT aud gallery
VIII" did not appreciate his vocal powers,
hissed n little, and even murmured sus-
picions fin the language ofuur informant
that the whole performance was-o "hoe
aze." The audience having by this lime
manifested their Willingness Ia take
large doses. he next proposed himself to
flint" dry; but here wa. soine mistake
--either the glass WAS too large, or his
throat was too smaii-it wnuid'"t go
ioun--and 6nalfy the tun,bler from
which had been empied probably an
hundred ar Two Ms fine j1ieps as ever
qulrkened The pulse Ot man, WAS dashed
to atoms. Great sensation Perceive
inu his audience iiule restless, our
Here next called their attention Ia The
grand feat of taking III head. Accor-
dingly, u table was Es"ngli t"rward c"v-
cred with a urouss-c. I'D cloth, six can
dies mysiically arranged. I'D presently
an enterprising young man, S""' "'e
feet nine or ten, we'll preparedness, '".
sessing much courage, aud q little eu,9
saying, Tint "~hen the head 10 "f the
man will de-" voluntarily slept torward
and stretched himself upon The table to
undergo the operation. OF course there
c"uld he bu, one right Nay 10 perform
such an extraordinary operation, aud
the operator having n, length got his sub
jec: intn a right posItiou---i is neck bent
gracefully over the sharp corner of tie
table---produced n piraiical looking
knife. someihing smaller than hrond
sword. aud brandishing II few times
over the CHASTITY yisage If his half terri.
fed subject. with mystic .emphasis,"
demanded profound silence aud aIren-
tion. All things being now ready, save
aud except a so0tch, u very convenient
article in ihis stage of operation, it was
Instantly furnished by one Of his auditors,
aud he retired from the Stage to wait TIL
the magic spell should come over h,n.
Time rolled on. One, two, three, five,
ten minutes passed in unhruken silence.
except now aud then an agonizing groan
from him whose "dome of Thought" be-
gan to hang heavy and give intin,n,ions
"f par,inx from the body without the MO
of a conjurer's wand. Not So the audi
ence. Understanding we'll that spirits
do not always rise from the vasiy deep
At the FIRST bidding, they were waiting
patiently the grand caiastrophe-wh hen
mine host, VIII" gees through milestone
M readily as most mcn, step, in and
communicated the interesting fact that,
AS ihe '.spirits" would bos come to the
aid of the c"njurer. he had probably
gone in pursuit of them--at any rate he
was OrH, watch, money and all. Whai
f"llo~ed may be imagined-we shall nor
attempt tn describe At; nor shall we un-
der,ake to say whether il was by six or
seven feet our hero of the table cleared
il. Mt the first hound, head and all, and
jnined ia the chase mon will we indiv..i.
iously attempt to award the pain, TO him
who WAS Ioudest in his curse of execra.
tion. as il Is understood there Was much
samcness Of feeling. and tha, every one
freed his mind.
We learn that Wheeler has since heen
arrested fo: stealing at vergcnnes, and
! is now confined in M,ddIcbury jail And
should this notice meet his eye, wc would
remind him that his bill for printing re-
mains unpaid, to our certain knowledge.