Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-09-21

sometimes slightly stained with blood, till the
whole was done.
Then of a sign from the Baboo, the man
approached the spectators to display his mouth
| to such anxious scientific inqurers as might de-
sire to examine it. Plainly there had been no
trick---the fellow had in very truth masticated
the glass and bis lips had suffered few
scratches If in the course of the perform
Gnce, he had spit out a formidable slice OF
tongue, we sdIniring newcomers would, no
doubt--lke the sailor who attended an exhi-
bition Of the Wizard of the North, when he
treated bis audience to q trick not on the pro-
gramne, by blowing of the roof Of the house
have had no more alarmed exclamation to
utter than Wonder what he'll do next%
After this glassivorous monster came some
experts of the more familiar sort-the sword
swallowers, and the fre-eaters aud the tossers
OF balls and the posture masers. We soon
tired of them. Then followed more startling
exhibition Some Mutt gipsies were led out
"a family of four, being a man, two women,
and a boy They brought with them a tall
pole, which the man fixed upright, in a place
in the floor prepared to receive it. They had
also two or three brass dishes, some eggs, au
earthea jar or two, and bottle. When the
man had planted his pole, be began trotting
around It, in narrow circle, chanting a mo.
notonous song, which every moment quickened
with his pace One Of the women sat on the
ground, and beat with her fingers ON a small
drum the boy drew elatteriDg accompaEi-
ment from sort of csstanets; the other Wo-
man remained for time silent and still. But
presently the man clapped his hands with q
smart double stroke, and at the sign the woman
rose to her feet and as be passed her, sprang
with marvellous agility to bis shoulder, and
then to the very top of his head-where she
stood, with folded arms, statuehke, and SEEM
ingly as firmly planted.
Still the man ran on. faster. Then the boy
laid down his tsstanets, and took up one of the
edrthen jars, with which he followed them
and ere we could see how the nimble feat was
done, the jar was on the mans head, and the
woman stood upon it in the same attitude ns
before. And still the man raa round, faster
and faster, and faster went his meagre-noted
song, and faster went the drum
Then the boy brought brass dish and bot
tie, and the mau slipped the dish under the
womau's feet, SO that it covered the jar like
lid aud b e placed the bottle upright on the
dish aud the woman poised herself on one foot
on the bottle, and with outspread arms, and
her free foot in cir, stood perehed like Mer-
curry, on q heaven kissing bill"
Aud still the man ran faster and faster and
the drum and ;he castanets hurried TO keep Up
with him and not until we had grown dizzy,
aud all the rotunda revoived in our eyes with
those revolving gymnasts, did the woman leap
uimbly TO the floor and with smile set rs free.
Then the elder woman left her tom tom, the
younger takirg her place and she stood in
the centre of the cleared space with small
basket of eggs in her hand Around her
head she boUud, smoothly and securely, O
broad fiilet, from which twelve silken cords.
equidistant, having each a small moose at the
end, we're suspend,d aud hong just q little low
er than her shoulders.
At once the music began--slowl7 a. frst.
then faster and fastef, ss before sud she gy-
rated with il, measuring her velocity By its
time. Like a whiriing dervish, ct last she
Spun-a human teetotum-th the silken cords
with their nooses stood ccntrifugally, straight
Out from her head, and when her velocity was
at its widest, one ty oDe she hung twelve eggs
10 the loops. and whirled on, till the cords
were Ike the Spokes Of light Yankee wagon
in state Of , 40 aud the eggs made a white
halo round her head. Then. By slow degrees
she checked her speed, aud at the end replaced
her astoaished f9tus pouitry in the basket, un-
damaged by SO mach as dint Tx Nesc aHd
tie OLd.