Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-01-01
Omuill. Bully Butte Retprh.
Jugglers of India.


ed the juggler around the knees, with
every sign Of affection, and without the
slightest marks Of having undergone
any injury whatever. As we have
said, the astonishment of the assembly
was immeasurable, and it might really
we'll be SO, seeing that the feat was per-
formed in the centre Of a court, every
point of the circumference Of which
was crowded with spectators, whose
eyes were never off the performers for
one instant. AS to the notion of ii sub.
terraneaR passage, the nature of the
ground put that cut Of the question,
and besides, that noibing Of the kind
existed, wac made plain to all who
chose to satisfy themselves on the sub
ject, by looking at the scene Of the
performances when they had closed.
Every one was sure that the girl had
been put below the basket, and that
she did not get out of it in the natur-
al way. But she did get out, aad ho "?
1t is impossible to say, though there
can be no doubt that it was accomplish
ed by some skillul vancouver.
A somewhat similar feat is some
times occasionally performed with ami
mals. A juggler will place lean dog
below one Of these baskets, and presto,
pass when he lifts 1t up, you will be-
hold litter of as fine pups as ever
whpper-in could desire. But most
people will probably think the tree trick
more wonderful one than any Of these.
A juggler in performing this. chooses
either small spot of earth of the ex
tent of two or three feet square, and in
the open AIR; or he takes d large how-
erpot, and fills it with mould for his
purpose. Either of the ways will do.
Having this small spot Of earth before
him, and his spectators ranged around,
at the distance of two or three feet,
the juggler shows to the company
mango stone, or the stone found in the
center of the eastern fruit known by
that name, which varies in size from
that of an apple, upward. This stone
the juggler then plants in the earth, at
the depth of several inches, and COW
ers it up Not many minutes elapse
until the spectators behold small
green shoot arise from the spot. 1t in
creases visibly in height and size every
moment, until it attains the altitude of
a foot or so 1t then begins to send
off branches from the main stem; on
these branches leaves begin to appear,
bearing the natural hue of vegetation.
Buds next present themselves, the
whole affair, meanwhile, assuming the
regular aspect, in every particular, of
IL miniature tree, some four feet high.
The buds are followed by blossoms, and
finally, the green fruit of the mango
meets the astonished eyes of the spec
tators. "Look, bu. touch not" is all
this timo the juggler's word, and he
himself also preserves the character of
a looker-on, When the fruit has ar
rived at something like fair growth
for such tree, the originator OF this
extraordinary vegetation plucks it, and
hands it TO the spectators. This l. the
winding up of the charm. The assem-
bled persons handle the fruit, and see
nothing in it in the slightet degree diff
ferent from the ordinary fruit of the
mango, elaborated by the slow vegeta-
tion OF months. Our informant on
these points eat portion portion of
the fruit brought forth by this jugglery
and found it to taste exactly like the
raw mango. The whole process, now
detailed, usually occupies about quar-
ter Of an hour, from the planting of
the stone to the production of the fruit.
Though he gives away the fruit, the
performer does not part with the tree.
The feat, which is perfectly familiar to
all who have been in India, is certain
ly an extraordinary one, and affords the
most effectuel evidence of the pewers
of deception to which the race of ju->
glers has attained.
The fact of sitting without seeming
support in the air, is one of the few
arM rate Indian tricks which have been
exhibited in Europe but even this Is