Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-06-16

The Flight Of John White, Or the Bes
"Sell" OF the Day. 81
In looking over our California files, W
find the following IN the Stockto ton Argu.
which, we consider about the best sell
that was ever practiced upon aay commu
nifty. If our readers laugh as heartily owe
il as we have done, (and we da hot ST.
how they can do otherwise they will b.
more than repaid b. its perusal. The Ar
gus says:
Posters were distributed over our city
and advertisements made last week, tina
Mr.. John White would fly from the toT
of St. Charles Hotel on Saturday last, al
O'Clock p. NJ. crowd commenced gather
ing on Eldorado street bridge, opposite til
St. Charles, and at 4 o clock an iinmens
concourse Of people had assembled, com
posed Of men, women, and Children. Ex
pectation was on tiptoe, land eyes tina
counted by the thous and kept a sharJ
lookout for the top Of the hotel, watching
anxiously lest they should miss seeing Mr.
John Whites flight. About quarterq pas
three o'clock a man made his appearance
Oh the roof of the building. when loud
shouts were sent up BY the crowd, which
could be heard 10 almost every part of the
city. Men who heard the noise com
mencea running lest they should be toe
late, and soon the streets near the St
Charles were blocked up with cit liens
The appearance of the gentleman on the
top of the house from which the flight va.
to take place, WAS such as TO excite the at.
tention of the lookers-on He was coy.
eted Nth sheet, which as it was filled
with wind waved to and fro, reminded US
Of the appearance of Milleiile dressed in
his ascension robe, ready to go up at mo.
ments warning. He walked Ieisurely
backwards and forwards for several min.
utes bowling occasionally to the multitude
beneath him, at the different corners Of the
cupoa. At each bow loud shouts were
sent up to him which must have sounded
away up there like the dashing of heavy
waves against rocky coast
At every adjustment Of bis garment. the
crowd would surge backwards and for
wards. so anxious had they become TO get
a sight of the man who was 10 fly like the
birds Of the air. AT layt he was seen to
stoop down, as if to adjust his wings, and
after remaining in this position some two
or three minutes, which appeared half an
hour to the anxious bystand .rs, he was seen
TO rise again cheers were sent up, ex-
pecting that he would soon Glove the air
with rapid flight But few moments Of
suspense ensued, when he was observed
to make surging swinging motion of his
body-when the flight took place. But
oh what flight Mr.. John White turn
ed out to be no more nor less than white
goose, W Inch the man on the hotel threw
from the house-top, and which flew with
rather quick. frightened flaps of the wings
every one was silent; not a word not a
whisper could be heard from the vast
crowd. They we're evidently taken by
surprise The man on the house-top
disappeared through the scuttle, dragging
his sheety envelope along with him, aud
the goose which happened to be tame,
safely landed and slowly made its way
through the legs Of the witnesses of its
flight, hissing,'as evidently disples sed with
its own performances. Suddenly burst
forth loud peals of laughter, and neighbor
turned 10 hetghoof, shouting, Win broken
utterance, 'Sold!' Sold" ss4a e,5
A feeling OF not know-what-to- do stole
over them, and at this crisis some hombre
shouted, Lets put him in the slough"
This was signal for general move. and
a man in the bar-room Of the St. Charles
Motel was Immediately seized upon, aud
amid the cries of "Duek him!' pushed in
to the slough several times, until he was
relieved from his prosecutors BY the sher-
iii and some OF his friends. But this was
a",elp' upon 'sell, for the unfortunate
Individual ducked was NOT the man who
flew the goose! The man with the ascen-
sion robes had quietly disappeared and he
probsbly was felicitaiing himself upon his
escape al the same time the crowd was
ducking what he probably considered to be
his effigy.