Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-02-04


see him and bad resolved to put that out
Of nv power, But here he was, clothed
in plain suit Of black, and very much
the same in nose, and chin, and pbysiog-
nomy, as in the splendid engraving Of
" All but hatched," which l saw this NOR
ming in the window of the " Punch" Office.
After leaving the image Of Napoleon
the Little, l walked on to look at the fig
ure of Madame dc Sainte AmarantLe, one
Of the victims Of the Reign Of Terror.
She was reclining On a sofa, in front Of the
door, and seemed to be attracting the at
tention of a number Of the visitors. l
looked over the heads Of some OF the spec
tators. but could not obtain . very good
view Of the lovely coun,cnancc, which was
partly concealed by tue arm thrown over
the head. There was cnc little lady in
black bonnet and mantiila who rather pro-
yoked me, she stood SO per.lnaciously at
the head Of the image Finding that she
seemed determined to keep her place, |
walked on to look at other objects. After
while returned to try to obtain better
view Of Nine de Ste. Amaranthe. The
Little lady in black was still at her post.
On looking closer found it was no being
Of hesh aud blood, but the waxen image
of Nine. Tussaud herself l had to laugh
at my blunder, and, Of course, was put in
such = good humor, ,ha, cheerfully par
doned her for her immobility.
l passed on and found number of peo-
pie Of all ages come to greet my arrival.
There was George Hudson, the Railroad
king, and no. far from h!m stood Richard
the Third, of doubtful reputation, if Punch
nay be believed-of no doubtful reputa-
ton, however, if Shakespeare be good au-
thority. A terribly obstinate and ugly
fellow, by Shakspeare's showing-but a
very gcntlemanly parsonage according to
MEe Tussand, and almost as COED look
ing as the Bard of Avon himself, who
stands in close proximity to him. Then
there is Of course her Most Gracious Maj
es,y, playing with baby, and surrounded
By the Prince consort and the little folks
in any quantity. Then there is Napoleon
the Great and Charles the Second, Guizot
and Mehemet Ali, George ~. and the
Iron Duke. And here is an American
George Washin:ton-a very respectable
looking man, but not much larger appa-
rently than Kossush or D'Israeli, who are
placed near him, and certainly not as tall
as Jenny Lind, or Mrs. Siddons, or Nine.
Grisi. His tall form is shrunk in this
smoky atmosphere; fear he would hardly
know himself. l felt rather provoked,
and wanted either to tumble the statue
over, or to lave sheet paper put under
his heels.
Tom Thumb attracted much attention
from his singula. and conspicuous position.
He is placed OF the hand Of the Russian
giant, Lonshkin, who is looking down COM
placcntly Cd the redoubtable little General
as he sits in his palm doubling his puny
fist and making fierce faces at bis tall
friend. Lonshkin is feet inches high
aad slender as a May-pole.
But time would fai! me to notice half Of
the worthless, small and great, which are
dotted about the rooms. Itwas altogether
with one exceptiou-a very beautiful
sight, and l thought it well worth my
shilling. l should have been sorry to have
lef, London without seeing it That ex-
cep.iou is the Cabinet Of Horrors attached,
to which one is admitted at an extra charge
Of sixpcnce 1t contains suudry rogues
and murdcrers, among whom l noticed
Burke and Hare, the men who murdered
so many in Edinburg b about 20 years ago,
in order to sell the bodies for purposes Of
dissection. The room and its contents l
consider to be disgrace to the collection.
After seeing it must confess that l did
tegrud Ge the cost. &. W. A.