Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-07-05
From the st. Louis Republican.
McAlliSterthe Magician and the Mari. ct Woman

McAllister the famous magician was passing
through one of our markets the other morning, &C.
companied by friend, when they suddenly paus-
ed before an old woman who had few dozen of
eggsto sell.
Are these eggs fresh p enquired Mac
'Yaw, dey ish vera fresh, was the reply
i may try few suppose to prove Them if |
pay for all | break p
4aw. said the yender of eggs and McAster
Immediately proceeded TO break one.
Good graciousP he exclaimed, with feigned
astonishment, What is this?' and he picked out
$50 gold piece The woman started in surprise
MeAllister broke another egg-the woman eyeing
him closel when to her increasing surprise out
dropped $40 gold piece. The mag ician took up
another egg, which he broke when out fell SIS
gold piece upon the stand.
i rather like these eggs he quietly remarked
breaking another, and picking up quarter eagle
from among the ruins, by this time the dutch
woman began to get excited, and taking her bas-
ket exclaimed
L doesh not like to see mine eggs all proke up
on the ground
"Oh, nonsense, my good woman what is that
to you so you get your money returned Meal
lister.
AT all events, let me have one more egg, and
so saying he took another egg, which he broke
and extracted from it another gold piece.
The woman now refused to sell another egg at
any price. Whereupon the magician and his com
panon, paying for the damage they had done,
continued their walk through the market. AT
ter some little time they returned to the scene of
the egg exploits, when to their establishment, be-
hold the Dutch woman had crowd around her,
and was smashing her eggs as fast as she could
but looking in vain for the gold pieces.
Why what is the matter, my good woman said
McAllister.
We're ish de eggs nit de gelt?' shrieked the
woman.
why, you don't know how to sort them--now,
let me see-I'll take this one
No you shant,' exclaimed the vender, snatch
in the egg, and breaking it herself, but with the
same Notifying result.
Il guess the good ones are all gone, said the
Magician, but as you havnt many left, I'll take
the lot at your regular price
With sigh, the woman consented, and handed
over the basket McAllister began to examine
the eggs closely, and presently began to break
them-one--two--thrt e-four--each time pro-
ducing gold pece The Dutch woman could
stand it no longer but Selling side of the bas
ket, dashed her fist in among them, to the utter
demolition of the entire stock. But alas not a
single gold piece could she find. McAllister threw
her one, to compensate her forthe disappointment
and then slipped away--but not before the crowd
got an nkling of who he was and to Whisper au-
dibly, the name, AaAtiister the great Magician"
At a recent "Rantoul Festival Chelsea,
/ Mass, which attended by George Hood,
Mayor of Lynn, Mr. Sewall, late free soil aboli-
ton candidate for Congress in District Ro. 2, and
others of the same kidney, the following words
were used in one of the speeches
g If slaUe-hanter came to my house I acoutd
KILL HIM, take tie CONSTITUTION for has w'nding
! sheet AND BURY HIM IN HE'LL ~