Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-21

JUGGLING. -There isa particularly smart lug
gler now in London, Of whom III. Spectator thus
speaks.
Among other ineomprehensibe doins,. he boil.
four plucked pigeons in keIle full Of war,r. su,.
pended over FIRE. and perfectly isollt.d. and ON,
ny four living birds from the empty vessel; he re
turns 10 thelf owners score Of pocket hsndker
chiefs, washed aud roned. that minute befue IA
soaking wet in a pail; and he produces no END Of
bouquets out Of on old hat that he stamps uoon
and turns inside out, each pressure OF the feet ~
squeeze Of the hands being followed 10y = fresh
supply Of punches Of real sweet smelling h,ve,s
from the old battered hat.
"a young lady nsar us lent him her straw bon
net. and vas horrihed at seeing it crushed I'd into
bal; but 10 her great relief, il appcared hanging
a. the top OF her prose- Mum, and being brousl I
down by pisol-shot. che found it quite undam.
sgs'. handful Of gold watches 10 dung 10 she
back Of the stage, and presently they re- sppeit
hanging from the branches Of plant tha, had lust
before been wstered and placed under heated
cover for producing this Of golden irut punches
Of Keys, that seem not IN have been out Of sight.
are found attached TO the roots Of a plant in aov
er-pot, and head with crest gogsIe ewes. a, ito
summons Of a pis'ol-shoi, thrusts out a bunch OF
rings at the tip Of its tongue, and stsres wuh two
gold watches for eve balls, though orc could have
sworn both rings AMI watches were under certain
covers.
"But perhaps one Of the compls,eu puzze's in
the pouring ou, excessively Of black and red wine
and crsamins champagne from the Identical bach
bottle that we had just before seen filed with wa.
ter; this and the dipping for bouquets in the Cd
hat are done in the very faces Cf the srecta,ors;
and The bottle when enpted Of its various contents
is broken, nnd silk handkerchief is found in il.
couple Of lemons are handed 10 he company;
and one Of them on being cut is found 10 contain
an egg, which breaking. yields a walnut that when
cracked diseloses ring belonging TO one Of The
audience. II these icats seem wonjrous in the tell.
ing, hey are far more inexplicabe IN the do no
for you feel, what cannot DO indicated sufficiently
IN a brief description, the seeming mpossibil;y Of
,hemi the illusion is rerfeei; you see things va2ish
under your eyes, and behold them in another p'ate
while yeiihey apnear to be where they were before"
a Shr,wf Rsply.-Sr Walter Scot saws hat tie
alleged origin Of the invention Of card. produe,d
Of the shrewdest replies he had ever herd given
IN evidence, u was mide 10y the late Ds Gresory
Of Edinburgh, TO counsel OF great en- nsnee A. he
Scottish bar. The Doctors testimony vent 10 D, owe
the insanity Of the party, whose mental eire,itv
was the point az issue. On cross interrogation
he admitted that the person N question played ,d
mraby at whist. Ard do you seriously r,v.
D3c,or, said the learned counsel, hsta rsrscr bav
ing superior capacity FOR gaoL - d'ihcui, and
which requires, IN n pre-esi0ent decree. M ano,y.
judgment and combination, ear be o. lbs SANE time
deranged IN bis understanding p Il an TO card
payer said the Docior with gieh adde's, tbu, /
have read IN history that cards were invented f Tie
amusement Of an Insane KING The CONSTITUENCIES
Of this reply were decisive.