Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-30
Az lHDfA JUGGLER.



s9me Of ,hees nodsrn usyicfsus performing
'hsir fests.. Ifshs ber authorities ere to be
credit'd.thtss5hss e.n seaily do wondsrsi
intkeir. i,sBsespste lhs most skiiifst Of
theis i,iaertisei i>el lvw-sraft smea In Amer
ica,. Relisbls tfsvslsrs sfirm ,hstthey have
seen ,hem sosHop.s .aksj s,sord. and u 10 ~ |
uhdeh atis iact. ,hst one.sf them killed him
sell sca,e years, ,sinee, ,in Bondon, while try. |
Ing y get q shsr7Nsword down his ,hrost.--
But ] will No, s,op tostsh what they are re-
pof'ed ~ Do, bat will at once proceed 70 tell
VIM Jaw ono do few weak, ego.
The fellow came along with two large
bIskets s~0og, scross his shoulders, and
accompanied by dull booking boy, who
proved himself no.t thoroughly drilled for
his work. ! took seat ON the versndsh,
and told him to. Proee ed,u poh which he gave
me sspeech ia csn,hsg tone, while the
boy stood by repeating the h.t word If s.ch
sentence. srd occasionally adding q word or
two. The speech was evidsntiy committed
10 memory, and was made up of the NOS,
sbsurd fatteriss and "highfaiorih' non.
sense generally. Tbis done, he uncovered
his basket sas proceeded with his perforfh.
snce. rr.sl .,r -Hi'
Fret heJ thgew down q lesihes afsp >,
which he assured me would sooa become .
serpent. and sdyised me to be on my Guard
As he kept up . constant rsttling on a small
drum and also played on flute a, times. ]
understood thai he had q snake conces led
sofne~ here, and 30 did not see proper to be
afraid OF his strap, He next gu,hered lew
little hraps Of stYnes snd placed wooden
boxes over them, after " hich he moved his
hands rapidly over them ior some minntes,
and then lifting them away showed me a
silver rupee under each instead Of the stone
told him that this was no gvest thing
that people in my country could do greater
wonders than that, and he must do some.
,hing better % would give him no bulshsesh.
Tnen followed aq9iher speech 10 prsiss Of
his wonderful Powers. Hs frankly admitted,
hoy ever, thst he was deseiviug ne, ssd do
not, 60 wis. he Hspy sssWed tobs doing.
Hs, nsxt PlsGAAH little trough on the
ground, which Ee 6led with wafer. He ,her
dllvd s.woodsp tahe wisb wsser, spd having
fasytned'ft Y GFalI tube, ser n upt ight In
the middle Of the trough. He now msde q
speech TO the wNsr, commanding Il to BE-
obedient TO him and not follow is own In.
clination.; after which he pfdereJ Il to 1,w
and at once a stream of wster squirisd on,
Of small hole IN the globe. The n1glsl
started up and IN loud voice ordered it u
, stop, and sgain hs wss obeysd. This wa,
, rePested more than half-s .,lozen lines no.
iicsd however thst he gave his orders ar reg
ular intervals Of time, and think tho wa,e,
, would have acted. just the sane IL n,
oder had been gwen.
lie next took tha tube out Of the globe
and putting his mouth 10 the small hul,
: mentioned before,, began TO blow v,gorousl,
} 81 that the wafer boiled out ut The lsrgel
Z hola In which the tube had been inserted -
y When IL seemed ss IL ihrrs was very lil,l,
water leit in tn glube, he turned |, owe
+ once or twice aud II was full to the brim. :
: He ,theW gave oydsrs, snd the water begar
TO boil vigorously and overflow as before. -
THIS was repeated numb of times, unit
: | thought there could be no more waite
u left. when the juggler by turning il owe
made il seem full again. or course he wou
u not |, / me examine closely any Of his inslru
n men,s.
= The next aclor brought forward was tam
rat, which performed me very cleve
: tricks. The juggler placed II OH his hand
u aud giving !, ustrng told il TO draw I'M,
: water, upon which it took the string in IL
! two fore ieet and let Il down to the groun,
e and drew'it up again with great sgili,y.-
After watching II perform ny n number o