New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-04

HOMEOPATHY or NuIsAscE we have reaeptIv
beard funny anecdote Of TaInna. The great
trsgediau-h his curing tribulasion by agra
waiting the disease:
For several weeks, each time Ii, At BE ptaved.
Talma remarked a huHchback, who always sat
in the same place, one Of the 'front.' stalls al tn.
right OF the theater. This little bunchbaek was
criticals and often evinced his disapproval of
certain points made by the actor, in the most
marked and impatient way.
This conduct annoyed Talna. Eash evening
he determined that he would not allow himself
10 be disturbed by the opinion Of this gentle
man, nor TO notice his expressions 81 dissatisfac-
fion-he would give himself up entirely to his
part; but this be found was imposs ble; in spite
Of himself, his eyes were attracted to this viii
famous little hunchback, whose fatally mag
netie gaze caused him to return to that part Of
the stage, and at last this evil power troubled
him to that degree, that, of all the audience he
recognized but this one systematic and obstinate
detraetor.
Talma, irritated, really tried by this evil in
Auenee, at length determined to break it up if
possible.
He called upon the gentleman at his own
house and said TO him:
g Sir, have come TO beg great favor of you
VI course, / do not wish to deprive you Of the
pleasure Of attending the play, to insist that
you shall hnd me admirable when / have the
misfortune TO displease you. ButI entreat that
you VIII take soma other place in the house.
that may not hare you directly under my eye,
for confess that you exert strange power
over me, and that your gestures, yournadfntien,
your whole person, occupy me-so entirely, that
feel scarcely able to go on with my part
81 am sorry for it. snesringly replied the
little hunchback; @bnt shall retain zny old
place. LIDO not know why ! should change it
In order to render you a service. No, my dear
sir, really am quite unhappy in refusing you,
but wish to study quite at my ease, and shall
retain my accustomed stall. =
Taima vent away absolutely enraged ss Par
Jlear! said he, g but / win have my revenge,
/ you odd seoundrel r @
/ He went tethe theater, engaged the fire other
stalls situated beside the one occupied by his
vexatious enemy, and passed the day giving
them away these choice seats-with discretion.
In the evening gentleman came and took his
place in one Of these stalls.
.sSeel' said the habtues Of the orchestra,
our friend, the hunchbaek, will have company
| this evening; his neighbor is deformed T"
The door or the next boxsis opened-a second
gentleman enters. - yfea ~
"oh, another hunchbackI Why, one would
swear this was expressly arranged-a readeS-
| vous of three hunchbacksr'
A fourth person enters. -s5s-
burst Of laughter welcomes the new conner
| He is a fourth hunch6dck.
AT taSes tHe TJM tlnVlteu by |lalma makes
| his appearance, and is received with laughter
and stamping Of feet. The fifth is also q huneh-
.lback! fs
4 Upon the rising Of the curtain the accustomed
i hunchback arrived. The audience awaited him
4 with impatience; they were all standing He
/ received complete ovation Of applause. The
braves thundered around him .,s5t
Our little hunchback, pale with Fexation,
took his place between his brethren, who them
/ snlvns lon hed the n5dify nf the nfsitian
/ During the enfe-dcfs he made his escape, not
to appear again Talma was avenged, and
/ Homeopathy had its precedent of the cure of an
evil by pitching it over its own head, with
aggravation Home Journal.
Il TALKING AuToM AToN.-A writer in the New
York Evening Post, in speaking Of, the walking
and talking automaton now on exhibition in
New York, says: Ha49a
! Il is not, therefore, surprising that amidst
the activity of the present century, an attempt
to carry out his invention shonld be successful.
So about the year 1s47, Il am not sure as to the
! exact date,) German mechanician named Fa-
bre exhibited for several evenings in the Musi-
cal Fund Haai, at philadelphia, an imitation Of
: q mans head and bust which aoraally did talk
: and sing Fabre was man Of eecentric habits
| aud it is said he hadconstructed q more perfect
machine before, which, in Q fit OF fury, he de-
d stroyed Enesuraged by the advice and pecu
Is mary aid of Mr 1Srherr, whn has Wide rrpu
% tation as q manufacturer of piano fortes Of su
lperior excellence,) modest. kind hearted gen
e ttleman, he set to work again, and in two o.
% three years produced his second instrument
i This was exhibited before most Intelligent as
i sembly, among whom were present many meu
b bers of the American Philosophical Society. DR.
Robert III. Patterson, for q long time director
d Of the u. S. Mint, and afterwards president o
. | IL \ L.,
u man distinguished in both hemispheres for hi
q science and intellect, kindly undertook to ex
! pIain first, the mechanism of the human voiee
and then the imitation Of it in Fabre's machine
n Suspicion of imposture was out of the ques
Il ton Your subscriber WAS one Of those pre-
3 sent. He saw the working Of the machine b
3 an air.pump, and by keys like those of q piano
l. forte or accordion 1t counted, IN clear, nc
O. unpleasant voice, 'sone, two,' to stem
at then by turns till the hundred the last syllf
I'D bic of which it could not get out. 1t gave !
ly tue names of the States and their capital
r, some more correctly than others, but all inte
On ligibly. Such words as consisted Of short ~
: lables, particularly liquids. it uttered admir-
he bly,, as Ala ba- ma, Tnsc-a-loo sa, Caro-li.n
it The largest sentence it uttered came shortl
er thus: Is sEa-a-dees and ge--e-e-en.- IT, me
ne nle.e-e-a-se ex-.eoose my im--per--fectN pr-
er r-o.-nup-- she. --shun.' 1t sang 8 tune ve
id well to Ia la la 10. The inventor elaine
IN however, that if his assistants had be
ht sufficiently skilled working the musle &c
sung words to the tune. but this, thou
Id attempted, was not accomplished.
Is, The constructor, accustomed to his own ia
n guage only had given a German 0rogas to I
II. machine, which was ludicrous enough put 81
'ly more ludicrous was the excuse made for It,
ng Fabre's good friend, that :. he lthe fgure) 2
ice caught cold,' meaning that the chill OF
I'D evening had stiffened tho caoittchouc.
,elf The machine was afterwards taken to Lone
+ ~ Fabre, but, as have never heard OF him
~ LAX that probably the unfortun
ed - -aeond time the proof
ss man had destroyed a;s-- ,..r ss
eu his skill. rs n s & ss5-
70 The accounts have given you can
at vouohed for by hundreds.
p The SUPPOSED CASE OF PHTRIFAcTroN.--
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