The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-22

! held two large black eyes staring al hi
which struck him speechIess. As,onishe
: al the sudden emotion of his father. and III
barking OF ,he dog, the son, approached /
n see what the dish contained, when no wa
4 seized with fright equal to ,ha. of hi
lalher Being, however, the FIRST 10 re
P cover his sel("possessioh, he began to re
fleet on the best means to be employed o
get'lng rid Of this terrible head FoIowin
p The example of Ihe laIor's wife. he deter
mined 10 pass it on 10 neighbor TO ex
eCute his determination, ii was necessar'
that his father should assist him, and lh
following was the plan pursupJ:--
j Al the turning of the street in which th,
baker resided, there stood barber's shop
and it was to him the head was destined
rs prelexl the bakar frs, invited the bar
ber to take walk with him, while III,
son followed his father a, little distance
carryng The head hid under his mantle
end entered .he shop the moment his father
and the barber had left it. On the chai
where the barber's customers were wont I,
seat themselves, he placed piecce o.
wood Of The size Of human body,on whci
he planted The head & tod shaving clol
lover the wood which he had enveloped
i'm an old fIock. On returning, the barber,
casting his eyes on the figure, IhoI that it
was customer awaiting him.
You are very early, he exclaimed.
Finding that no answer was returned, he
continued; 'Ah ah! see now, he il
Idumh.'
With this exclamation he prepared the
necessary articles, and placed himself,
cun 'um arie'n, TO commence his shaving
operation. At the first touch OF his hand
he head lost its equilibrium. and fell ROY
ling TO corner of The shop. As,onlshed
at this, so unexpected an event, the bar bcr
though terrified at the moment was less so
Than the tailor, After short time spent in
consideration, he took ~ the head and com
menced 10 examine it BY a small mfl Ct
hair that grew on the ground, he recognz.
ed j, as belonging to a Mussuman, which
simulated him to the same desire as that Of
lis preceding possessors-that of promptly
getting rid Of it. Placing, therefore, the
head under his mantle, he bent his way
towards an eating house, kept by Greek
who lived few doors from him and where
he often went to take his meals.
HandIord,' he exclaimed on entering, "a,
This day is moi Of fasting, prepare NE good
piece OF roasted mutton and dish OIL
rice
After giving this order. TIE barber
strobe into The back shop To light his pipe,
WHEN, se'zIng an opportunity, he hid the
head under a quantity Of pieces Of meat
lha, were piled on the table, and then Ief
the room, few moments after, the mas
Ter, in preparing TO arrange the meat for
cooking, discovered the head. His aston
lShment and fears were even greater than
the preceding head bearers, and situation
even more critical than lhei,s. II head
were discovered a, his house, there was no
doubt, in his quality of Christian; bel
would a, once be impaled, A prey to the
most violent fears, and in state almost
bordering on madness; he seized the head
and rushed forth from his house into the
'tIeet running as # a demon was pursuing
him. Luckily it was not yet dav. Fate
conducted him TO lhe quarter of the Jews
where he arrived out of breath. While
running along is haste he struck himself
against some object and looking at wha,
thus impeded his path, he recongnized, By
faint CLEAN Of lighb the dead body of sl
nan, The head Of which was separalet
rom the trnnk; and placed between The
legs Such is still the ignobIe mode re-
served for The decapiaed Jews, The Mus
'ulmsns enjoying The honor of having lht
head placed under the righ, arm until ,h,
body IS inferred. Without considering tina
no man: not even Jew can be possessec
Of two heads the pootfeIow seized what
he thought favorable opportunity of gett
ing rid Of his terrible burden; by placing
it close to and 10 The same position as the
other head, and tnen quietly retutaed Q
HE home.
Day now began to appear in the mar
low streets Of COnslanlinople. The