American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-09-09
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seaassaay sIetal.E, Sept. 2, isSs
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= ia The. ysaF asa said to rs yesterday
disgieguished legal gentleman Of New
0ilsans, 4 visited Paris. 10. tbe course Of
an Euaopesp tour. lha. my Amrricaaism
i might be polished down BY aliltle sttri.
..tion splone The eenteei palticIes.of Paris
ssian s0cieiys I foaad the world Of Paris in 4
- very ee6si Il STATE Of excitement ia
conseQ1ence 0f an ex.reor mary, perform
amos which was nigblls exhibited by an
easteRu iuggiers and which was nothing
nnots nof less chan The apparent deeapi'a
zion Of q man il Tho presence Of an audi
.enee and asUBdef thssvery noses ofa com
mites Of msdieal gentlemen who stood on
y so FAR distant, while the operation was
being performed as to escape the swing Of
chs long two edged sword with which the
35ugsler smole on the heal. Iwent 10 see
!, shis psrfosmance.a which took place in A.
stheatre, 10 company with ssyerl Ameri
can gentlemen. The theatre was crowd
ed with between two and three thousand
sispectatorss and he curtain fwas up dis
playing common table. six feet long up
on the stage. At tie very edge OF which /.
-obtaineda.sea having gone very early.
al the gisentime the juggler. singu
lar looking man. came upon the stqgs; with
shiE shirt sleeves roilei up 10 his shoulders.
and 0sarlng hong heavy two-edgfd sword
Heppset the table upon the boards and
showed thatfheFe was not concealed draw
error oth9r recess. and placed IL In the
blaze olLhs foothghtshnsar the eege Of the
sstnge. lu afew wor,Is he stated what. be
was going to do, and requested some Of
the audience To cone forward and stand
upon the stage, that they might see there
was no DESCRIPTION. A number Of msdi
cal gentlemen who hal been chosen as a
committee 10 Investigate the matter, if
possible, tock q cir position uponthe stage
and soon after the victim, who hal heen
sslllng IN tho espqrquelte, mounted the sage,
removed his Goa. and erayat, turned back
his shirt collar, and laying down upon his
back on the table, elevated his. chin 10
morefaifiy expose his neck to the h,als
mans weapon. The juggler then raised
bis keen and fearful looking sword. and
giving Il a vide sweep, brought it down :
X say brought it down upon The ne,k, for
no one could see that he, did. even those
within three Ieet of him upon the neck
OF thesnbject with great forcel
". Blood spnHed high into the air, some
ott falling on our party. aud deluged the
stages while the most fearful sounI, a
somethlng between q grosD and n shrek of
horror tromihe whole assemblage, shook
The building, and numerous women and
some mlles, fell fainting in their seats, and
were borne, out by the ushers Of the house
The JlgSler raised bis sword again, re>
peated the blow. and the discovered head
feil upon, the door? Taking II BY the hair
be held Il up TO the audience for IuI FIVE
minutes, until the blood hal ceased to 10 v
from he several arteries, the lover law
had iallen and the face had assumed the
appeaiance Of a cprpss's; then throwing il
heavily upon the stage, he requested the
committee 70 examineit which they did
passing u from hand 10 hand. Th v
thehJ examined the body upon the ia,
bic, from the headless neck OF which the
'bloo9 had not yet ceased to drop upon the
moor OF the stage; they lifted the limbs and
lett 'all With the limp inertia lifelpss
matter and OF course. pronounced the man
oe"N'o MI theoHts h0u purpOSe5.
After they had concluded the investioa.
ton the juggler Informed the audience that
he was going to put the msu's head on a
gain, and restore him TO life. Taking m
the head he laid Il on the tsbls, fitted the
Two parts OF the neck to each other. and
begun to mutter and make sigma over tho
corpse, In about Eve minutes the a,elv
dscapltated man slowly turned his ghastly
and altogether horrible face-white as
snow~-.owards the audience, and an ex
cilement followed exceeding, If ANYTHING.
that which occurred when The first blow
ofths sword fell. In few minutes tia
eyellds gradually opened and displayed
tue eyes wearing q CLASSY. corpse like
stare; by degrees, life like specula ion
came INTO them. some color returned 10
the face; and after stretching his limb. the
man from the table, resumed his coat
walked down from the stage and ming ed
with tho crowd.
The exhibition was over. The neck ~
the apparently decapitated man bore n red
mark and scar around il, like the oipatrice
olanewly healed wound. All this I saw
with my owneyes. which were az efFpctu.
ally deceived rs those Of tens OF thousand
Of other persons, ! could ia no way, con.
slsssn!ly with oearon, account for any Tea
ture ofihis horribly thrilling feat Of iriok.
cry. ! j We never heard Of the trick be.
ing p-riormsd hy any other man. and very
possibly y origi 'ated and dad with him.
Howsyerit isscacely more unaoeounlable
ihan many often displayed feats of the a,
droit fraternity ofEastern jugglers.-TM.
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WaAtsMA AuNr MrLLrr Harry
y Ghy arg are y0u elways happy. aunt Millie?
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