Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-07-02


GsisAsuc-Dr George n windahip. AZ Rexbury.
ms Grated quite Hssss IN our city By delivsrsns
in tho Musical Hall on Wednesday evening lkst.
lecture on .Phys;cai Culture which he Illustrated
BY feats Of most weesisrfsl and amazing physical
s;rrnsth. which he has acquired by persistent and
regular coarse u EXERCISE Dr. wips.hp b young
man of not more than years Of a-v about
five feet seven inches in height. and weighs about
onc hundred and forty POUNDS with an escesdin~ly
fair face ard msv~t AND retiring manner lie grad
,,tcd AZ Harvard College sospe four years ago since
which he has studied medicine and had the sdvsn-
,ayr uf considerable private practice in Of our
most respectable ml;ss az vel a. the practical To-
formation gained by connection with several of
our hospitals and pubic institutions. Ills lsssgsv
alouncd in practical common sesssc and phsleophi'
cal reasoning; showing. unrnstskahly that whsle
tho PAysica! csiacason had been cared voc ths w.
tsiisetsa! had not hccn neglected but That sss" hsa
bcvu strengthened. vitalsscd and made mote Sise
ious.
At the coaClusion Of The lecture. Doctor Wind
ship illustrated the forcc and truth Of hts theory ~
lifting with his own hands Nm aided ~ any STRAPS
or machinery. except such AZ nature had pfessssd
him, 2s9 pounds; he then h'tsd IN TIC sane way
RiRs hNRdrst sad tsssty.stas Pssnsss lie Then
shouldcrvd barrel of Hour weighing sls pounds
Afterwards he exercised AnsSssd psxsd ss@sasN
Nv s.sck kaEi with the same apparent case that .
man Of eummon and ordinary strvrssh would handle
those weighing nttccn or twenty pounds tie then
raised himself up by his finger some four feet kosa
stage and in this way couaucd TO sustain bis bodily
weight three or four minutes This Mas sevusS'
plishci by attaching = strap to = polo. which wss
sustanc, by two men holding II on their shoulders
AL this done with apparent sascs The lecture.
we'll a. the illts>tratons was reviewed wtsh Tie
widest enthusiasts OF applause by pm auisenec OF
thousand OF The rns~t intslisyns men and NO.
men Of our metropolis and among them verv nesriy
all the 'nc'ca faculty. NJ well ~ large depusstsons
from men Ut setCtv. literature and o. the
legal profession tc>itcs the professors and stuent>
OF Harvard Colc-c. usany OF the teahsrs and puPts
from different schools w our city we're atse present
Doctor Winlship has been rvqtscstrd by large
number of our sc'rnti'ie and literary men 10 rvpya
It, with Illustrations. whSh he VIII do on Saturday
evening next at the Music Hall
The interest OF the lrrtnrv n greatly snesssneed
hy the modest anil ursssutuin- manner II the lees
trcr in relating the that inucvd him u give
30 much attention To this too uueh ne~levtrd pas-
tioa q! the education of the young men and wosneu
Il osr country. u sccus that when the Doctor first
cntcrwi culrvv he vac weak. palekaevd pony.
hollow-ShcrsCd hcy. possessing so little physical
strcngth that his classmates. Who wvsv ynun-vr
than HIMSELF ura'lc all sorts of fun 81 him on ~.
count at hts market physical iuahtlSty: AMI they
ara,lr him the butt II their tcscse Vpaa cae ees
ca-ioa one III them a,CrVd kisa intls-nity. which
reused his tstapsr. AMI he requested that q nigh,
uo, be repeated: ], was, hewvvvr. sasa repeated
With other and more aggravated insults; by larger
anil more ro'.tst boy 0s the Freshman etss.t IN
which young Wind-s.ip was ssa',cut. THIS insts-.