Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-28
NEW ORLEANS GUESSING IN.
STlTUTE.


self recently all alone, unknown, aud hard
up, in New Orleans OF course he soon
sa, about guessing some way to get out of
the scrape and, before he had quito whit,
tied his stick away he became absorbed in
the inception of n grand though, II seems,
sitting down to guess his nctu,c brain made
n plunge, q, once, among the metaphysical
and scientific ramifioaiions Of guessing; &,
no, long nfcr he might have been observed,
with sobcr sort Of twnkling in his eye,
ohalong the "I.evee," apparent.
ly looking for house to let, hummiug-
Yankee Doodle como along
When fortune feels distressing,
There's nothing Ikea Yankee song,
And Scientific guessing
Early the next day our hero and another,
odd looking genius were seen on ladder.
mailing up a broad strip Of canvass all across
The front OF a house on the Levee mud tho
Job being completed, there was dispaved,n
faring, sprawlng, struggling, broken back.
cd, dccapi,atcd, knocked, round shouldcrcd,
bcw-leced, limping letters, Roman Ger.
man, Hebrew, Caigra2hc, Chirogrnphie.
Arabion Armenian, Pothookng
MI ORLEENS GESSING INSTI.
FOOT.
GEssINo TAUT IN ONE LESSEN
Only 20 fee cents.
The thing produced sensation a,
once among sailors, pcddlcrs Levcc Ia.
borers, and all sort Of stragglcrs. Our pro.
lessors borrowed and old roton awning.
hung it up, and divided his room into two,
put his assistant at the door to take in quar-.
tiers, turned his tin cup inside down on the
middle ofan old ricke,y table, and got n
vial Of vinegar, pot of tar, bottle of wills
key, and various other well known odorif.
erous affairs arranged around him and, with
a black skull cap on his head, and a red
stuck in his hand, he made no bad "splurgc"
at the representation Of modern Faust
Madame Ludwig, might have taken les.
son from him, ('you understand mo now2O
and Herr Alexander should have seen him.
lie drew majestic ring on the ceiling,
with charcoal, filling it up with the most
ndiscribable 'curlecues," right over the Ia.
BILE, and the business soon commenced
In Struggled an open-mouthed inquirer
after the mysteries of guessing.
Stranger, good morning; walk up and
prescribe yourself as n true enquirer after
the irrevelations Of Gucssology. Put your
left hand upon the converted tin cup. Very
well. Lii. your right hand to the ceiling,
and fix your eyes upon the magic circle.
So. Now, ifyou wink or remove your
eye, you'll ruin the hui business, stranger
so, Just hold sill. Now precede 10 pro-
woke the guessing spirit upon you. What
is that hold under your nose2'
"Vinegar"
"Crimini jingo! you learn fast what's
this 2"
"Thats tar"
Fright again, my pupil what's this ~
"Brimstone"
"Good you dcveIope the faculties really
amazing. Can you guess what this is p
"Whiskcy. by thunder"
Gall creationl how quick you take I
are you sure it's whiskey9"
"Sure2 well reckon p
"YouJ better taste it and see. IL it
whiskey2"
"Well, it u.s."
"Take a good swig, then; you'll do
stranger ; yon're ready TO graduate. Come
III HcAt tlu'iol mister, dOnt Jake tnn' OOt-
| tie away
One after another, ms fast as he could dis
pose of them the Professor found his Gus.
toners sideling halfshyly in upon him all
day long. and when now, and when one
would EXHIBIT a; bcligcrent spirit, between
good humor md whiskey, the New En-
gland Magician still managed to send him
off satisfied. Every body coming out was
questioned by the eager crowd in waiting.
as TO "what sort of a show i, was any bow2''
and the answer was pretty generally tho
same--"Firs, rate, and no mistake, and
the last experiment is worth half the mon
ey."
The Professor counted his receipts that
night finding a round sum to help him on
West sold bis "insti,oot" for premium
to his enterprising assistant, and the next
morning he was of, juggling the silver in
his pocket and blessing dovouily the benefits
Of science IN o. Pic.