The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-23


From the Londou Morning Chronicle.
Confessions of q sword swaIIoywer.
hate heefl
connected ~ilh he etnjuring and tumbliae n fee.
ins, and every btahcf Of thrm, y forty sil years
'esi nv mother WHEN child. and my father was
eaFp- ,.ter, and allowed 10 go wiEh Ihe Ium-
bi-rr eohyinued rumbiing until nv ieet were
IN eksd up iumhled tAen y-Ihree or twenty.
or years L. was never mhsl You call eo0d
nt-n- =, "nly living got f3 Serk, eertaIniy,
a.ohr 'lm nn snasei.m "a but wa had to
i've up 10 it, or you were no,nsIe Thought of-that
v 10 say, 1t you kept . grJd ct.muaS,v 50 Noy
here h not Irving tD b mD,e AZ the ,rads Sir
1iid twenty ysars ago b-Een 70 practices sword
| 50 allowing against tn eeirhrat-t r ,u.o Samet
Who then getting 925 or f7l .,r u-rk
frs' praetIced with e4r, ami fon,i Il dfg,,lt N
gel tae eane down When frs. did Il s,lh 4 csns
thought was dead man. r,ere = an srsr,nrs
~ he Chest thai opens ard shuts ard Il krrt,
oIenng and shntIng, as | understand n; bus /
know hofhiHg about y hat they call anasuupy and
| n,ver thought abuut such Ehlngs
Well; II the csn- or sword eues down upon The
aperture WHEN il Is sbui, it gl no furrher and
tue pain is dreadful II Is = open the weapn can
go through, The aperur- closing 90 tn Weapsn
The first time ! put down thr goi it hack
EASILY, bur put my 1ead The table and wss verv
sIck, vomiting dreadfnly. rr-d again The same
afternoon, however, three or four mes afr wrris,
~ did il without pain did il Two 1T IN nee tim-s
more, and the day boldly tried il with sword
lId succred.d The sword WIS hlunt an ! was
r,irfy-siS inches long inch wide, and erhaI~sn
ueh think. / feIt ffIgh-ned with the cam but
/ pog with Ihe sword. Bef,re the sword waS ussd
| was rubbed with a hsn. kerr hie and made v arm
Il by frtc lsWalpWrd ords iof foUTt-en wears
i Al one timr used sSall ~ three swords kni6s
ard TWO forks, OF cUnre keepInz The handles in mv
mouth and having all the hlades in my stouarh
| eogeiher. ielt no pam. No dUub' many Of the
4u''eEee felt more pain In seeing II than ia
| i,.ing it.
wore Tu ki-h drpss in the streets and a. The
/
| ans no, there was no n"ns+n~e Of that k,nd.
! G-n,emen oft-n pulled The swor'i amt knives BY
heir handles out Of my mpu'h. 10 nV'ncr ih-m-
: selves II was r-al, and they f una Il rial,
though The people 10 his day general helrve il is
/ mt I've sren p-ople inns Ahudder at my
Z peffurmance, bu, general tad 'ut Applause
used % hold my head ha, with The sAatd- in nv
sumach for two on thr-r mpuIes. I've had a gninea
\ day fnr ord swall wing his gun =. a daV
was only for few d ys al fair times. | aas y ith
old . salt-bex BsoW1 TOO, and sv allowed Rwonis
/ and eeniurrd with him. | swallowed sw0Fsis with
h'm thiTty times daY-more Than each tine
! B own had iva thirds We d,vidrd after an be
expenses were pad. Ny third might have b. en-
3D.. week, but i woald ~, b. halt as much now
y l could swallow swords w-ll
If Icould sw How a TEA kete row The people
/ would hardly leak al me. SOM iIn-s-inde@d. a
l ereai many umes--say Twehty--I have b orght up
| oy ter, out of my 81 mach ailer eating Them inst
/ > swallowed them. on the end of tie ,wtrd Al
fher times, there blond IN the enii of b~ hI,de
alwayS fell ftInt aibr The b nod, aud used % lake
/ gip any Ihi & | cund gel al hand, TO relieve me
| " hich t did for time Az lat Injured my health
much thai was obliged go 10 the dn,t,rs
used TO rat well, and dirk 100 When fell m "
-ef inluIej bv swallowing / had lsssI nv apf f,ts
md the doctor advised m- to lake h .nsy a. d IL
| qulds, Tea, bser, and sonnet mes Dr. p.f gr vg At
thn,e montts' end he tod me VI So wed swords
II would he my denh; hui for all that, a. forced
/ % swal OW swords 10 get a mrhl ia ~. allay
i
thls, no feeling any suffering then though
| wnuld swallow a lise snake. d tever heard Of
| r,y one, Indian or any bidY. swallowing live
| s.ske. ~
1t came into nv head onee bv catching grass
make in the fields in Norflk said 10 mi s-H as
ned il by Ibe n-ck ''tlere srems .rm Il. his
'-llu~ !; flliry can swa'lnw him y Ttri~t then
md there, and did swallow him. 1t -li cnld and
>lImy as il went down. | vi n't feel AFRAID fur
Sept tight hold Of him by The tail, and no me has
uy right 10 b. afraid Of grass snake. %h-n
tbught The snake up sgsin. IN ahont three M e.,
srempd dead, Afr that ! in rnuerd shake
waiiuwing INTO nv public p-rtnrmaIres, and did
al ( II about -four yeafs. have TAX n s. and as low
a. Is when sw bowed snakes IN 20 the strreis of
La,rltlnn catched my own snakes few niles
from London, and led very few shenu sh sHAl-
wing On '-m. SiI snakes, properly ieo milk,
| +st.d me- year. The snakes never injured me
nd should nj have given up, but ih,. peri RIM
ice grew salr, and ths people would n't give me
any thing for 1t.
have Swallowed swords in the streets thr v Il
inriy ZINES in a day, and snakes as Ofteh, roth ii
own and country, Thought once couldn't havt
lowed any 'ther sort of Ire ynu ~ bern s,
Iui 9 tnmesi 10 pnhlie hie hesies, may hs VI
| liked it far better Than labor, as most Young mel
| o. but no labor ran be harder than mine has b. en-
| Ii my father had heen what he ought, he nigh
ave checked my childish don,s and wlshes
ave tried other Ihines. though IN the hope Of hei
/ e.ing myself. have red shoemakiRg for five Q
six years. huII couldn't get living att IWasn
| Honpetent for it--'hai s TWO wears ag,l-so nos
| IN musician &, a scho lof aefob,ts. Very man
, | Ike me remain in s,rseI business. becanse The
can Z get of IL; that's tile fact Whilst
swallow ed swords, / played The fire-ssisr dd
hsce or twice last week. eat red hos cinter
4 ON the grale, at leas l pnI ih~m nv mouth
E really red hot cinde have had nlel'ed lead il
q nv mouth. i only bit eft chalk
I Ichalk nv palate, tongue I'd 6ng, r. u haFden a
se he skn of the tlngne aiid palate, hut that all
= F,re-saing afIecrs The taste tor nmr IT salh
> | prevents one lasting any thing paruruarY W
rat-n fre for twenty m III stfeet- and IN pub
| 10 places Ii has M bronghs aFiy NJ Y IT iaf'
years was n 7 afraid "a het fIs tried ii by est
no lighted link-a sma a4mheau Irll no Ia
cInvsnirnr, The c,sik oil every irg hai v a
rsht Yuu may sTr0ke red hot okr will
c1aIked hatds aud not be burnt. make Ib
.nmr as the acrphafS; perhaps | average 49,
week, and have WITT and SIX chiliren, The old
ur,ier Nv N, 10 maIHtsin Gus Of hat, SoaeIime
We re obliged 10 live up n n.nhirg. Whei va
y | slipp4r making | had iron g. Cd to A. a dog q
The erindvTy costing me l. 5 T., leaving me 2. IL
dozen ,ud uuly clear O. a week by n; lha
I, - all | could ger oui Of The slop SHOES Their
Y one thing coming irim swnrd swaliuw,ng that
4 nught 20 nentIun--l IN sasii d thar Ramo IN.
+ and ! gave deesofs their notions absui q slvinAe
!, | pump.