Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-12
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aAiparty of jugglers being introduced,
the usual preliminaries took place, such
asswallowing swords. eating fire, e,9tand a
few, otheritricks, common toeevery 'exhib.
itor at, thea provincial ! fairs in Eng glaud.
After which, one ofnthe men, taking e.
large earthen vessel, with q acapacious
mouth, filled itSwith iwater and turned it
upside down; when-all9the water flowed
out; but the momentl twas placed with
the mouth upwards, it always became
full. > He then emptied it, allowing any
one to inspect it who chose.d This ,lbeing
done erehe desired that one of the party
would fll it; his request was sobsyed;i
still, when he reserved the jar. not a drop
of water flowed. and upon turning lit, to
our, astonishment it was emptyl These
and similar deceptions were severalitimes
repeated; and SO skillfully were they
managed that. although any of US we're
allowed to upset the vessel when full.
which did many times, upon reversing
it there was no water to be seen; and yet
no appearance Of its having escaped I
examined the jar carefully when empty.
but detected nothing which could lead to
the discovery of the mystery. 1 was al.
lowed to retain. and ELL it myself; still.
upon taking up. all was void within.
yet the, ground around it was perfectly
dry--so that how the water had disap-
peared. and where it, had been conveyed,
were problems which none Of us nwere
able to expound., The vessel employed,
by the juggler upon this occasion was, the
common earthware of the country, very
roughly made; and inaorder to convince
US that it had not been especially con>
structed for the purpose Of aiding, his
clever decePtions, he permitted it to-be
broken in our presence: the fragments
| were then handed round for the inspec-
ton of his Highness and the party pres
ent with him. taa
The next thing done was still more ex-
traord.nary. A large basket was pro,
duced. under which was put lean. hun
cry, parish dog. After the lapse Of
about minute the basket was removed
and she appeared with a litter ofpuPpies
These were again covered, and upon rails
ing the magic basket goat was present
ed to or yiew-this was succeeded by a
pig in full vigor Of existence, but which,
after being covered as usual, appeared
with its throat cut; it was. however.
shortly resorted to life under the shade
Of wicker covering. What rendered
these sudden changes, SO extraordinary
was, that no one stood near the basket
but the juggler, i@ho raised and covered
| the animals with it. When he concluded
there was nothing to be seen under it;
and what became Of the different animals
which had figured in this singular decep.
ton was question that puzzled us all.
A man now took small bag full Of
brass balls, which he threw one by on4
into the air. to the number of thirty FIVE.
None. of, them appeared to return. When
he had discharged the last there was a
pause for a minute; he then made vari-
ETY. Of motions with his hands. at the
same time grunting forth a kind Of bar
barour chant; in few seconds the balls
were seen 10 fall. one by one, until the
whole Of them were replaced in the bag
this was repeated at least half dozen
lines. No one was allowed to come near
him while This interesting juggle was per-
formed. at
A gaunt,looking Hindoo next stepped
forward and declared be would swallow
a snake, Opening box, he produced a
cobra dl capello not less than five feet
long, and as thick as an infants wrist.
He stood, however, apart, at. some dis.
tance from us, and like his predecessor.
would not allow any person to approach
him. so that the deception became no
longer equivocaI. He then. as it appear
ed 70 US, took the snake, and putting the
tail into his mouth. gradually lowered it
into his stomach, until nothing but the
head appeared to project from between
his lips. when, with sudden gulp, he
seemed to corOplete the disgusting pro.
cess Of deglutition. and to secure the odi,
Gus reptile within his body. After the
expiration Of few seconds he opened bis
mouth, and gradually drew forth the
snake, which he replaced in the box,
making salaam to the Rajah. This was
by no means a pleasing sight. but his
Highness laughed heartily, and threw to
the performer handful ofrupees, thus
clearly showing that his pleasure was no
counterfeit, like the juggler's trick.
pr. Eastern Letters.