Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-31

NJ. II.
marriage portion, less than the celebrity. IL s1v
the immortality Of which he was 1t length IS ~
tie united Inspections bundle, and spent some hours
in displaying and explaining 10 the degh,edbu
er the number Of additions he had made to The In
ternal machinery, and the purpose each was inten-
ded to serve Tho evening wore away in these dis.
customs concerning wheels within wheels, aud
springs spT 7777--7
When It was time TO retire to rest, both were e
quay satisfied with the perfection of the work. and
ut ms employers earnest Requests the artist conseMt-
ed TO remain where he for the night in order
that carly next morning he might fit on the limb,
and sec how II performed its duty Early next NOR
ming all the necessary arrangements were compile
| ted, and Mynhecr Won Wodenblock walked forth to
the street in ecstacy, blessing the inventive powers
one who was able to make SO excellent hand Of
hisleg. Itseemed, indeed, to act to admiration;
III the merchants mode of walking, there was no
stiffness, no effort, no constraint All the joints,
performed their Office without the aid of either bono
ormuscle Nobody, not even acon,oiseur ii, lame.
ness, would have suspected any thing uncommon,
any seat collection of accurately adjusted clock
work under the full, wellslashed pantaloons the
substantial looking Dutchlnan. Had it not been
for slighttremuous motion, occasioned by the "a.
pid whfling ofabout twenty small wheels in the in
terror, and constant clicking like that of watch
though somewhat louder, he would even himself
have forgotten that he not, in all respects, az
he used to be, before he lifted his right foot to be-
stow parting kenetiiction Oh his poor relation.
lie walked along III the renovated buoyancy ofhis
spirit, until he came in sight of the State Houses
and just at the foot of the flight of steps that lead
up to the principal door, he saw his old friend Myn-
hecr Vanoutefn waiting to receive him. He quick
ened his pace; and both mutually held out their
IN nt,y1p
were near enough to be clasped in friendly ems
bracc.-Atlast the merchant reached the spotwhere
Vanoutorn stood: but what was that worthy mans
establishment TO him, though he still held out his
hand, pass quickly by without stopping, even for
moment, TO say how dye do.
Z But this seeming want Ofpoliteness arose fromMo
fault of our hero's. His own astonisfnent was a
thousand times greater, when he found that he had
nopower whateverto determine eithcrwhen, where,
or how his leg was to move. As long as his own
wishes happened to coincide with the manner in
which the machinery seemed destined to operate
all had gone on smoothly and he had mistaken his
tact compliance with its Independent and selt.act.
ing powers for a command over it which he now
found he did not possess. Ii had bsen his most aMx
oas desire TO stop to speak with Mynheer Vanou-
tern, but his gmoved on and he found himself un-
der the necessity of stopping il. Many al attempt
did he make to alacken his pace, but every attempt
wasin vain. He caught hold of the rails, walls,
and houses, but his leg tugyed SO volently that he
was afraid of dslocatng his arms, and was obliged
to so on He began 10 get seriously uneasy to the
consequences of this most unexpected turn which
matters had taken; and his only hope was that the
amazing and unknown powers, which the compile
Gated construction of his leg seemed to possess,
would speedily exhaust themselves.--Of this, how
ever, he could as yet discover no symptoms. He
happened to BIO going i'll the direction ofihe Leyden
canal; and when he arrived i'll sight of Mynhcer
l,..,r n. -
tifcef to come to his assistance. The ayticer look
ed out from his window with face ofwOnler. will
lains cried Wodenblock, come out 10 me this in-
slant! you have made me n leg with vcNgeaMces
ltwoat stand still for moment. | have been walk
ing straight forward since left my own house,
and unless you stop me yourself; heaven only knows
how much furthcrl may walk. Don't stand gaping
there, but come out and relieve me, or shall be
out OF sight, and you will not be able to ovcrtake
me- The mechanican grew very pale, he was evi-
IDENTIFY not prepared for this new difficulty. He
lost not a moment, however, in following the mere
chant to do what he could towards cxtricatng hiiA
from so awkward a prcdcalnent. The merchant,
orrather the merchants leg, was walking very quick,
aud Tmningyort, being an elderly man, found i NO
easy matter to make up TO him. Hc did 50 at last,
nevertheless, and catching him up ii, his arms, lift
ed him entirely from the ground. But tho strata-
gem Gfso itmay be called) did not succeed, for tho
innate prOpclling motion of the leg was great that
it hurried the artist along with his burden At the
same rate as before. He set him therefore down =
gain, and stooping pressed violently OH ONO Of the
springs that protruded little behind Ii alsinstalt
the unhappy Mynhecr Won Wodcnblock WINS of like
an arrow, calling out in the most piteous accents
lam lost! am lost! ain possessed ofthe devil in
the shape ola Cork leg! Will nobody sha&ter my
leg to pieces? Iurningyort! Turningvort! you
have murdered ma! The artist, perplexed and cone
fsa:aca, was hardly ii situusion mrre % be eDvied.