Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-03-04
ye're a Judge the creatur viii speak for

i itself.'
i Atth Instant she p, onounced these
words, the turkey raised his head some-
twhat after the fashion Of atsnake, aud
with open eyes said. for seemed to say,
;E.You lis: you Jade, Pm five years old
4 past !,9To it all ,ha poultry in the
fbasket responded BY an unusual cack-
Hing, CT owing and gobbing. q
csThe' poultry woman turned up her
eyes, clasped her lauds over. her head,
and calculating, Roly: Molher. :bolted
I. up. Diamond alley IS ifthe gentleman
with s,he 'cloven foo,' was after her,
never stopping to look behind until she
was fairly in Wood street. s5lsaS
! The Fskir walked oa, and stopped
TO make toom for a .eountlyman, who
was in. lbe ACT of calting OF calf 5
head. .B-a-a, ,'iurat the head. '0h,
says the eountryman, looking over his
shoulder, thinking that some one had
been tricking him; he was evidently
surprised. al lllis momenslhe Fakir
addressed him with, 'What will you
/ take for that veal,s head2' The coun>
trymsn applied the knife. tB-a.a! !
B-a-a!-Help I I,elpp cried the head.
A dogs carcass hanging close by gave
one Of those allo grunls, accompanied
by, a squeal on. G sharp, SO loud, SO
long, SO piercing. that we can oulyeom.
pare lite. the, steam whistle of loco.
motive. The countryman dropped bis
kuife, and with, Lord bless met tn#n-
ed round and made tracks as fast as his
legs sould carry him. En his course he
upset d woman with basketfrl of gold
en- pippins, which byihe bye, were soon
hidden in the pockets Of some dozen
urchins who were standing about in
eager waiting. TO make amends TO
the poor. womas for s:llis accident, the
,Eakif purchasedca quarters worth of
the apples, and ON opening the first. one
with his knife, ou,droppeda gold piece.
A second epple produced another gold
piece ; third the. same. : These are
really GOLDEN pippins, old ladyr said
the Fakir.; 'how much for the lota' 81
SELLS NO nose,' replied She Of tho pip
pins, at the. same time .snatclIins up the
baske. and making of in the wake of
him Of the calf's head. Shortly after,
the spippin lady was observed. Jbusily
engaged in cutting, up the remainder Of
her stock Things bythis time had got
"a little quiet. Ia about fifteen minutes
we, observed the Fakir talking withsone
one of onr efficient police officers, Mr..
Turn ar; and, expecting some more
sport, we drew NEAR I'm this we were
disappointed, bst. as5sMr. Turner left 4
him, We observed the Fakir's eye atten-
lively fixed on large cabbage. He
walked mp ITO. the.aold Du,chnlan who
was attending The basket, and address
ed ihimswi.h, How dosyou sell lsyour
cabbsge bythe dozen, my old friend z
sTha, sise fifty cents, cause got hard
hearts this size thirty sceats, cause got
soft heart, 4 81
Why do you make the difference 3 t
That's good for cfou,,5and gothafd
heart. Is; CssEg. 'FsaSi Ss'ss lSfiEs
LEI me see,' saidthe Fakir, taking
up The large cabbage, :sAfterlexanining
is yeiy atleniively he said YouFallow
your, chnkensito orunamongst your eab-
bagef' az lt5t saaq4ac
il NO. said dlhe Dntcbman. .5 7ttsas
Fah.' said the Fakir, and i; can
.nrove it. I hear nest; os chickens in
The cabbage now and an auditle chirp.
ing was easily distinguished. ~ ~
Give me sour knife saystIe Fakir:
and, on opening the cabbage, out pop
ped a good sized hen and several chicks
ems apparently week old. gs@
. Mein Got' exclaimed the Dutch
man, Vat is dat 2 IS
We can easily account for the ini,aS
lions of the sounds produced by the
calf's head, the eggs, and the turkey.
Fhe gold pieces in the apples we're Of
course placed there by ingenious slight
of hand. The Fakir performed similar
experiments during his public lectures.
But how the hen and chickens got into
the cebbage is a eenundrum TO US. We
are rather Of opinion that our eyes must
have deceived US, and that they were
moi there a, ali, but must have been
stored away somewhere in the folds of
the Fakir's ample cloak, until he saw
fiji 10 release them, apparently from the
Du,chman's cabbage. aaa@. ans
The Fakir is about 10 visi, the vari-
Gus cities dewn the river, and we ad>
wise the market people to be on the
lookout Tor him, for if he does no, make
their turkers speak, they will find by
attending his lectures that he can do
other things quite as wonderful. 1
State of South Carolina.