St. Paul weekly Minnesotian. (St. Paul) 1860-1861, 1861-01-11

Spinkey and has brother calns ~ ste my
room after ! got it arranged ior practice
they Z0uaved a little. 10y way Of setting ri'
example.
found out by the actions Of the Spin
KEY brnthes the exact dimensions OF my
room; it is three Flip flaps long, and {
handspring and two back .somorsault
wide.
BY means If ilip-hap you dlsconcer'
your enemy's aim and draw his fire, then
you kill him. \ tlip-fap is good thing
20 do---in case Of war.
By means Of handspring, you reverse
your position, and your bewildercd enemy
cuts oil oar foot, instead OF your head
Then you kill hin; then you screw Oh d
wooden leg and 90 so again. When you've
done if twice, you've killed two enemies
and only lost TWO legs; and after that
you can only loss wooden legs, which arc
comparatively cheap, especially if the war
is IN well tinbered country
y handspring is splendid thing 20 dc
in case o. war.
By means Of forward somersaul; you
leap ovgr your enemy, when he charges on
you: then. by a bark -cnersault you fall
on his head from grra! height and stun
him: then you XII n,n.
A Sonersauit is an indispensable man
ueuVre-in case Of war.
Our company--Spinkey commanding 49,
car q through the manual OF arms com
pirtc. and only touch ground three times
they 10 al the loading in single somer-
saut, springing into the air at the word
''Up." with their muSkets empty, and
loading exactly together at the word Of
command, given by Spinkeyrrwtn speak.
! irg trumpet, and firing by files as they
came down.
When Splnkey left my room bsgan to
| practice; for Iin very anxious to progress.
! Oar Iympany has All been drafted into Ker-
/ ri-dn's Contingent, and We must all be
! ready.
/ Tried sornersault first, Us | thought it
! looked very easy All you have TO do is,
10 throw your heels up and your head
down, and then bring your head up and
| yOur heels down; it's the easiest thing in
the world-apparently. When | came to
Try it, thought the ioor looked unusually
! bard so j put pillow in The spot where
thought my feet would come down, rs
didn't want T. hurt ms heels. Then ! look
oil my cost, tied my suspcnders tightly
round NY waist, took short run from the
corner of the room, slut my eyes, and
When recovered, which should Judge
was in about thrcH-guarters Of an hour, [
had bump pn nv forehead as il I'd been
Int there 10y a base ball, which had stuck
II TOOK me fifteen minutes to get up on my
feet, Tor FELT as If my legs and arms had
besn distributed over the neighboriDg coun-
try by ginpowder explosion and it was
some tine before my mind Was disab,Ised
Of that Impression
judge that something interfered 10 pre-
vent the artistic execution Of my conscsn-
plated somersault, for my head evidently
struck the ground as soon as my heels
went up; my nose had received severe
confusion, and the results were, map oil
some nuknown country done in red on uny
ahI, front, two vest pockets full Of blood,
and my hair - stack together with the
SANK ,iura that mad to get py head az -
ped like prize fighter. Whether broke
iho window with my head when went
down, or wllh iIy heels when came uu,
is comparatively i,a,natesal---certain it is
mat here Mas hole in the sash big enough
to throw hushpl basket thtough without
touching the edges -
A. TO the pillow, it dbl seem to case
my feet after all; perhaps it vas because
neither 81 them calne within rod Of il,
for discovered that while broke NY only
water pitcher with one heel | b ID put the
other through my picture Il ,john g.
Heeuan n MS fav0rite character Of C'.am
pi"n ", the World
mustered up courage 10 three DAYS TO
Try u handspring, but the results We're
not salts factory, being merely new and
extensive assn tmeut Of bumps and orui
SeS.
Then ! Scut for Splnkey
taught Ene thc art can do it now do
it all the time keep doing it; il fact, /
don't 3u ANYTHING else When ! come
down TO bresGasy, generally walk Oh my
hands around the tahle, and give each one
q! the boarders natConizIng shake OF nay
slipper; then turn handspring over
the table, AMI come down easily in my
chair, anl read : crjumn of the irtbuae,
while The people are locking in tie sic FOR
me TO cO,na Gown. ! never sleep on z bed
now adays; Sorre,ip"s hang myself :N
the toes to ia gas fixtures sometimes |
suspend myself by my iitie Gngrt TO
staple III the wal, sometimes / balance
myself on NY rusty sword, Or take short
| nap on the point Of by bay0ne,, I've
practsed thrnstlng witt my bayones and
sword till there isn't Iic.ure in my
whole collection that has rs regular num-
Der Of features Dolly Davenport has on
iy enc eye, and traction Of a nose; Ed
ward Forrest is play ing Hamlet without
| any top 10 his head, and John lIeeDan with
one srln and d hig nole in his rib, is
! fighting Go.n Say ers, who haS no legs, and
| nary an eye in lis head. I've pat up
target on the brisk partition that separates
ne from the next house, aud nave fired SO
| many pals into It, that the bricks are not
, ucw more than ain inch and u half thick,
and expect every day to kill a baby OF
two in there; when do suppose will
have to apologize. havn't killed a,yho-
dy for good while, and really ought to
get my hand IN again. If you shouldn't
| near from ne next week, y,u may CON
Glade thai \ IN going through the iarcical
! turna!itv nf an examination for mai
| slaughter, and that III write as sUon Us
can get ont on bail.
Confidently, DoEs1lcKs, p. 3.