The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-05
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@ - isss Easy to be found; for, be
-. ss",sndsring life. sod settled people had
~ 81 hin, and people Who pinmed them
nsIsn being respectable we're shy Of admitting
Atssy bed ever lse.s soytn os o. o,. n," laws,
thas 10 about Dsptford and the nsighhpring mar
ksteasdsns, Grixxled Personsgs id veisetsen.
viii face 70 cut mp By varieties OF weather tsa,
he looked - II he he'd been tsstoo'd, vas iouno
smoking pips as the door Of 9 wooden house on
Wheels. The wooden house vas laid up 10 ordia-
arr for the winter rear the mouth Of muddy
creek; asd everything near Il, the foggy river tne
misty MARSHES, and the steaming market>gardsns'
s0oked IN company with the grfzxled man; IN
tAe aaidst Of this smoking party, the funnetchim'
nsy OF the wooden house on wheels vas not ism,ss'
ess took iss pipe With the rest in compan'ons"'e
vsy. ann. ,.,.
I'd the House to Let. Griszled Velveteen looked
surprised, and said yes. Then his name was Mags
mas, That vas II, Toby Magsman-which lawful
~ christsned Robert; but called 10 the line, ron
% iafaut, Toby. There was nothing agfn Tooy
Hs9susn, be believed, If there was suspicion Of
Thers vss no suspicion Of such, he might rest
sssursd Bot some Inquiries we're making about
that house, and weuld DO object to say why ne
Not .. oil; Why should he He left it, along Of
Along Of sDw.rf,
Mr.. AAgsman repeated, deliberately ana EN-
phatically, Along OF . Dwarf
Might Il be compatible with Mr. Magsmans Inc
cliuatioa aud convenience, to enter, az fAvor'
intoa few psrtieulsrs'
Mr.. Magsmau entered into the following parties
aIan:
It wss long time ago, to begin with ;--afors
lotteries and deal more, was done away with
Mr.. Msgsman was looking about for good pitch
and he sees that house, and be says TO himself,
an have Jon, IL you're to be had ii money ii
get yeu, I'll have you
The nsighbors cut up rough, and made come
plants; but Mr.. Magsnsn don't know what they
would have had. 1t was q lovely thing First Of
sil there the canvass, representing the picter
of the Giant, In Spanish trunks and q ruf, who
vss himself half the heighth Of the house, and
wss run up with limo aud pulley to pole on the
roof % that his I'd was coeval with the parapef
Then, there IVES the CANVASS, representa- the pcter
Of the Albina lady, shown her white air to the
Army and Navy in correct uniform. Then, there
was the canvass, representa- the picfer OF the via
Indian . scalDin member OF some foreign nation
Then there was the canvass, representa- the pic
ter OF . child Of 0 British planter, seized by two
BoA Constrictors-not that we never had child,
nor no Constructors neither. Similarly, there was
the canvass, representa- the picter of the Wild
ASS of tho Prairies-not that we never had no wild
asses, nor wouldn't have had 'em gift. Last,
there was the CANVASS, representa- the pictsr of
the Dwarf and like him too (consideriD,) with
George the Fourth In such state of astouiss-
mont at him a. His Majesty coudn't with his uts
most politeuess and stoutness express. The front
of the House was 90 covered with canvassers, that
there wasn't spark Of daylight ever visible on
that side. "MAGxAN's ANUsExrNrs," fifteen foot
long By two foot high, ran over the front door and
parior windors. The passage was aArbor Of green
baixs aud gardsnsstuH. A barrel-orgsn performed
there uucsasng. Aud as to the respectabIity-
II threspenes amt respectable, what isi
Az ~ L. . ;aIn
ssus and he WAS worth the money. He WAS wrote
no O. Major Tpscho1kf, of the Imperial Bulgrade.
risn Brigade Nobody couldn't pronounce the
name, and IL never was intended nobody should
The public always turned 1t, ~ regular rule, into
Chopski In the line he was called Chops; partly
ON that account and partly because bis real name,
II he ever had any real name (Which was very du-
bious,) was Stakes.
Certainly, not 50 small as be was made out to be,
but where Il your dwarf as Is! He was most un-
common small man with q most uncommon large
I'd; and what no had inside that Ed, nobody never
kpowed but himself; even supposing himself to
have ever took stock Of 1t, which it would have
been stiff job for even him to do.
Tho kindest little man as never growed! Spirit
3D. bot not proud. When he travelled with the
Spotted Baby-though he knowed himself to be
nat'rai Dwarf and knowed the Baby's spots to be
put spon him artificial, he nursed that Baby like
mother. You never heard him give i'll name to
Giant He did allow himself to break out into
strong language respectin the Fat Lady from Nor.
folk; bat that affair of the art; and when
mans art has been trifed with BY lady, and
the preference Civ to . Indian, he amt master of
his actions.
He was always in love; of course. every human
nat'ral phenomenon Is. And be was always in
love with q large woman; never knowed the
Dwarf a. could be get to love small one Which
helps to keep 'em the 0uriosities they are.
One sing'ier idea he had in that Ed Of his, which
must have meant something, or 1t wouldn't have
been there. 1t WAS always his opinion that he WAS
entitled to property. He never would put name
70 anything lie had been taught to write BY the
young man without arms, who got his living with
his oes,(quite writing master he wasand taught
sooree In the line) but Chops would have starved
to death, afore he'd have gained bit of bread by
putting his hand to paper. This is the more
curionS 70 bear In mind, because he had no pro-
psrty, nor hope Of property, except his house and
= sarssr. When say his house, l mean the box.
painted and got up outside like a rec'Iar six
roomsr, that he used 20 creep into with diamond
ring Tor quite as good to look att on bis forepeer
and ring little bell out of what the public he.
lisvsd to be his drawing room winder And when
] say . sarser, mean CLANCY sarser in which
he made . collection for himself at the end of
every Entertainment. His cue for that, he took
from me :-"Ladies and gentlemen, the little man
will now walk three times round the Caravan.
and retire behind the curtain" When he said any
thing important, In private life, he mostly wound
ttup with this form of words, aud they were gene.
-.Ur 'hs last things he said to me at night afore
- went 70 bed.
He had what consider fiue mind--a poetic
ntad. His ideas respecting his property, never
cone upon him % strong when he sat upon /.
barrel organ and had the handle turned. AFTER
the wibranion had run through him little time.
no would screech ont, TOBY, feel NV property
copinR--grlnd away I'm counting nv guinea.
BY thousand, Toby-grind away Toby I shall
be man Of fortune; feel the Mint a jnging
Of Rnglandl" Such Is the Influence ca a ;,oetic
mind. Not that he was partial to any Other masjc
but barrel organ; on the contrary, hatsdj x.
He had kind Of everlasting grudge axin the
Public which y thing you may notice 10 many
What rilsd hiua most in the mater of his occuna.
tion was, that IL kept him out of society. He was
CONTINUALLY s.yin, ''Toby, my ambition is to 20
into Society. The curse Of my position before the
Pablo, 10, that IL keeps me hou, of Society. This
doa't signify to low beast Of an Indian he amt
formed for Society. This don't signify to q Spot.
ssd Baby; be ant formed for society-I am"
Noeo ~ never could make out what Chops done
with his.monsy. He had . good salary, down on
the drum every Saturday a. the day come round.
besides having the run of his teeth-and he was a
Woodpscker to sat-but oil Dwarfs are. The sar.
ear Was little income, bringing him 10 SO many
halfpsnos that he'd carry 'em, for week together
tied mp in pocket handkerchief And Yet he
never had money. Aud 1t couldn't be the Fat Lady
from Nor lclk, a. was once supposed; because il
stands TO reason that when you have amin sity
towards Q Indian which makes you grind your
tsssh at him to his face, and which can hardly
hold you from Goosing him audible when he's
going through his War DAnce-it stands to reason
Jon wouldn't under them circumstances deprive
yourself TO support that Indian in the lap of lux.
uTy. -s
Most unexpected, the mystery come out one dsy
Of Kshsu races. The Public was shy of bein pull.
ID 10, and Chops was ringin his little bell out of
his drawing room winder, and was snarlin to me
over his shoulder ~ be kneeled down with bis
legs out Ut the back door-for be couldn't be
showed into his house without nesiug down. and |
the premises wouldn't accommodate bis lees-was |
ssaTlin, "Hsrs's . precious Public for you; why
The devil don't they tumble upi" when q man in |
The crowd Aolds up carrier pigeon, and erie, |
out, @If there's any person a. has got ticket,
The Lottery's just dsawed, and the number as has
pane mp Tor the great prize IL three, sevsn forty.
Ivo. Three, seven, forty.two! was giviu the |
nap 70 the FAIRIES, myself for calling on the Pub
Hes sttsution-for the Public will turn away, #
lny time, 20 look at anything In preferences to
he thing showed 'sm; aud II you doubt 1t, get /
sn together for any Individual purpose on the |