The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-05
Jnac or,.ltaf,Ic Trick with n BOTTLE.

INC IFANCC or .HHT'ctNHS.-lilc 1olo"lllS
SINGULAR feat was lately performed by Professor
Anderson before Queen Victoria, during the frs-
t:yitcs Of Prince Albcrt's birth day. 1t is call
cd the Incxl,austabc Bottle and it is such
bottle sure enough. On receiving the royal
command to perform it, the Professor called for
a champagne bottle, and handed large number
of GLASSES round, and asked Lord Portman
whit he would drink. His lordshp replied
was poured out Mr. Arson
preferred brandy, which he got. Several de-
handed vine, which passed freely; and one Of
the proprirtors of tao royal dstilcry, (Alr.
Bcrr) thinking to bo fife thv professor, asked han
if h" could give him glass of his best l.ochan-
Ger whslcy. No sooner said thin done, and
the Lochnnger bccarnc i'll great dcn1nd. A
larrc number Of additional glasses were distrbu-
tod and some chilled f,r Irish whis1cy, numbers
brandy-thr Ii;rhlandcrs patron!z"d Mr.. Berg;
when Lord John Russell, perhaps, Ike Mr..
Berg, wishing to try the wizards skill, asked for
a glass Of rum, which was immediately supplied,
and his lordsh;p pronounced it excellent. The
london portion of the domrstcs and police
chilled FIR mn, which was freely poured out of
this extraordinary bottle.
The wizard was returning to his seat when
his royal hmhncss, anxious to test the bottle
PRESENTING, rs he was returning, that it was "X-
houstcd-askcd if more could be poured out.
and Prince Albert, and, being asked what
they preferred, requested Bcgg's best Loohrn-
GER, which immediately ran forth, and Her Ma
icsty and tho Prince, tlsting it acknowledged its
purity; and the wi:erd gave the bottle to the
Prince, and asked him to look if it was empty
it was. Mr.. Anderson brought some water, and
in the Princes hand, filled it, ordered glasses
and asked the Prince what wine he preferred
Port was selected. The Prince poured port
and then sherry, then milk, then champagne
then broke the bottle, and in it discovered Il
beautiful turtle dovc,-Calcd0nja (ScoiiGnd,
.HcrcUrV.
TIE WITTY PA1xrER.-s5ir William SLY
agreed before hand for the price Of pictur" he
was to draw Cor rich London Alderman, VIII
was not indebted to nature either for sh1pc ol
face. The picture being finished, the Alder
man endcavorcd to beat down the price. alrdg
ing that if he did not purchase it, it would lie G!
the Printers hands That's your mistake, sait
Sir " lliam, for can sell it al double the price
demand, How can that be said the Alder
man, for it is like no body but myself. True
replied Sir William, but | will draw tail to it
and then it will be an excellent monkey. Mr.
Alderman, to prevent being exposed, paid dow!
the money demanded, and carried off the pic
tnrc.
NHETTING ltAZoR.-~-t young Top who mac
lust began to shave for beard, stepped into
BARRIERS shop, and aftera grand swaggcr, dcsire'
to be shaved. The barber went through tn
usual movements, and the young sprig jumpc
up with flourish, exclainling, & Nav foin fel
low, what's your chargc:'' "Oh, no charge,
was the reply. No charge! how's that !:
{" Why, we are always Thankful when we ca
get soft calf skin to whct cur razors on.
THREE CIGARs MAKE ONE MILE.-An in
vetcratc smoker was asked how far it from
Union Square to the Battery. ''Two cigars and
half, said he, cit has been done by slower smo
ker than an, in two cigars An cxchang
paper says that this is quite new way OF meas
uring distances. Not 50 new after al--for we re
member long ago the statement that the Dutch
who took long wh;B$ if they did not take Ho'
iand, used to measure distances from one villag
to another in this way. This reminds us, toe
of a man who used to measure the time by tn
number of glasses he had drank, thus-biNcr
time was sunrisc-tow horns was breakfast, an
bedtime was skin choch full, by which time h
was past counting. Being once asked the tim
of day, he replied, 't wantcd just ten minutes c
a glass ofbrandy and water