The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-14
NUMBER 80.
THE yENTRiLOOUlsT.

the stage. His ability lies not in simply imi
tating the human voice Che common provinc
OF human ventriloquists and the most a,tainable
but those of all birds and beasts and all noise
whether natural or mechanical. Ii was difticul
to say which was most admired in his organ
Its astounding power or its minute lieuldity; 70
he could give you as correct an idea Of the saw
ing of huge piece of timber, as of the song
j of linnet. His entertainment is divided int,
three parts, with two appropriate scenes which
he carried with him the first represented ar
aviary and menagerie, in which he personated
the keeper, and as he approached, every animal
or bird gave its distinct growl or whistle the
next was the interior Of q work shop, in which
he pretended tc be making boxes land initiate the
sounds Of all the various implements mployed-
these were rendered characteristic by his dress.
and somewhat humorous by his broken English
exclamations But the third, and perhaps more
ordinary scene was his performance on violin
without strings, of variety of difficult music
Here illusion exceeds conjecture and what too
was the most delightful all came to partake in it.
The 7" Fakir' is a fellow of very humorous
ideas. He had met with adventures in all quar-
ters of the globe, which it was his sole amuse.
ment 10 recount Among the number, one that
occurred to him on the road from Cincinnati to
Cleaveland was not the least whimsical.
He had taken his place in the night coach,
but by mistake or connivance was expelled to
the outside. The night was very dark, and
soon after the coach set off it began TO rain,
which in regard to that country is 10 say the
water came down like cataract Being neither
provided with great coat or umbrella, he natu.
rally envied the situation of those who sat under
him. To desire their comfort was bat another
throb with him to endeavor to obtain ii. In the
debth of his roguery, therefore, as well as dis.
tress, he resolved upon the following expedient:
lie was the only passenger outside, and his 10
cation being the dickey, the coachman at the
other extremity of the vehicle was incapable Of
peeping thro' the blanket of dark upon his doings
He pretends to hug and push child in his arms,
whose tretful whine he commenced and increas
ed till it cut the drums of the other passengers
ars like razor. Two Of those passengers
to be females, one Of whom was q
mother. They instantly exclaimed, g Dear me!
there is a poor child on the roof in the rain
let us take it in The males, as gentlemen
and christians, we're compelled to acquiesce 30
down went the sash, and out went a lady's head
and shoulders to address the " Fakir" Here,
my good woman, give me the child" "No,
ao,' said the latter, mimicking the voice of
female, " me dear little Adolphine shall not go
from her mamma" and then he commenced
another series of soprano notes Gnterspersed
with an abundance of based hush a-byes more
ntolerabe than the former. sGood heavens -
said the humane female to her companion, +" its |
, barbarous French woman she II kill the poor
hing"
Then leaning out of the window" Give me
he child, good woman, will you it will catch
ts death Here, coachman, stop" "Stop,
ma an, - said Jehu-"bless your soul did you
ever hear of such thing in such rain as this?
And if | did stop, the young ones on The dckey
would frig hten the cattle = The Fakr now
to get mad with the child, and scold
it, at which the women opened upon him--the
gentlemen swore and between the squalling,
screaming and threatening, delight
ful tumult ensued.
The dialogue, as he described it, then ran in
the following manner
Child squaiiing-Ya, va, va!
Fukir-Hush, hush, child
Women aotthin-Don'tuse it so, good woman
Chad-Ya ya--ya-ya-ya! [acresendo.l
Fahir-You Won little devel; you cry so
much; vot you want?
Women ,eitAia-There's brute Mr.. Wig
gins.
Gentlemen-All owing 10 the French revo-
luton.
Ch,ld-Ya-ya-ya!
Conehman- Steady, Betty, steady
Fakir-You are Won little dam child!
Uomcn-Only hear the French monster
Fakir will throw you into the mud
Woman-What does she say ? Hark
Chid-Ya-ya--ya
Fakir-Wont yer be hush yer little rascal
| trow You away.
Women-Oh you wicked wretch.
ChId-Ya-ya-ya--a
Fakir--Dere, den, cot dam he is in the pud
die.
Here then, suiting the action to the word, he
made noise as if he had actually deposited the
infant in the ditch, the cries of which grew
fainter and fainter, as the coach passed on.-
The uproar that now ensued would lave done
credit to st. Gi e's watch house, on st Pat
rck's day. The women yelled, and the men
thumped the roof with their sticks and swore
out Of the windows--Stop coachman, stop!
Murder Murder Murderation She's killed
the child !-she's thrown it into the ditch Will
you STOP coachman ain three minutes more,"
he replied, " to change horses /" But there's
a child lying on the road !" "I'il send some
one from the inn to pick it up, magn. | mustn't
lose time between the stages" Tie torrent of
abuse now turned upon the coachman, and one
of the passengers who lawyer, swore that
if the child died, he would prosecute the former
for ma nslaughter, and the mother for murder
On arriving at the inn, the Fakir jumped down
and ran into the kitchen to dry himself. The
house was thrown instantly into confusion-the
French woman was ordered 10 be seized-lan-
terms lighted and party set off to retrace the
road, headed by the humane lawyer.
No infant however, was to be found, and after
groping about till they were all thoroughly
drenched, they returned to the inn. The law
yer was then told the French woman had made
her escape, and that another gentleman had
taken her place in the coach, which was now
ou. of sight.
Gov. HEMpsTEAD We announced last week
the nomination OF this gentleman for Congress,
IN the I'd district This is a good nomination,
all must know who have been conversant
with his acts, as Governor OF the State He
has discharged the responsible duties Of thai
Office with marked ability and complets success,
and to the entire satisfaction of all. The Go.
vernon is just such man we want in Con-
yrt, q n no TINA hGca he L