, 1863-12-26

DR.. WNsHIP-Dr. George Winship,
the strong man of Boston, now raises daily
the extraordinary weight of twenty six hun
dred pounds. His operating room, under
the old Park Street Church, Boston, is dai-
ly thronged with the curious as well as those
who are desirous of learning tho art of how
to be strong. In one corner of the room
stands his famous lifting machine This
consists of frame work of wood about seven
feet in height, with a platform about half
way up, upon which the Doctor stands to 90
through with his daily exercise. A shoul-
der bar and quantity Of leather straps and
bands form the harness with which the feat
is performed. Under the platform the weights
are suspended. These are composed of broad
iron plates ola circular form, resting one
upon an other, and held together by means
of stout iron rod running through the CEN
ter of each. Surrounding these plates are
long, slim bars Of iron running transversely,
and made to be detached or Joined to the
main body. They are arranged in this man
ner so as to graduate the weight-one being
added as often as is required by the increas
ing strength Of the practitioner. They are
CdCu VI ~ pOuuu WClRuJf Inc WuOl6 DOQy
of iron suspended IN Unls manner, o.sl ,-Lisi
is raised daily by DIR. Winship, is 1900
pounds. Dr. Winship thinks he shall con-
tinue his experiment until he can raise 5000
This he believes is the practical limit for
one of his organization and constitution !;
but he is Of the opinion that men superior
to him in these last mentioned points may
be trained to raise far greater weights. In
another corner of the rooom a small horse
shoe magnet, suspended by cord, attracts
the attention Of all visitors. Curiosity cen
ters upon this trife, from the following cir
cumstances Dr. Winship began his expe
shoe magnet and adding little weight eve
ry day to the small piece of iron attached to
the poles The sustaining power increases
in precise ratio to the weight added. At
first it would sustain twelve ounces-more
than this would cause the iron to detach.-
In twenty four hours another ounce was added
and sustained, and this experiment was re-
peated daily until the magnet now sustains
nearly eleven pounds the attracting power
increasing much more rapidly than at first.
1t was this magnet which first gave DR.. Win
ship the idea Of increasing his own strength
by gradual development. He began adding
little by little to the weights raised, and
raised the amount daily, until he has practi
cally and in a wonderful manner de-
monstrated the truth of his theory. An ex-
tensive practice now rewards him for the
time and trouble consumed in his researches
in this direction. n.-New York Herald
SIR WALTER SCorr's DoG.-The wisest
dog | ever had (said Sir Walter Scott) was
what is called the bulldog terrier. taught
him to understand a great many words inso-
much that l am positive the communication
betwixt the canine species and ourselves
might be greatly enlarged. Camp once bit
the baker who was bringing bread to the
family. [ beat him, and explained the enor-
nifty Of his ofense after which, to the last
moment of his life, he never heard the least
allusion to the story in whatever voice or
tone it was mentioned, without getting up
and retiring into the darkest corner Of the
room, with great appearance Of distress. Then
if you said the baker was we'll paid, or the
baker was not hurt after all, Camp came
forth from his hiding, place capered and
barked, and rejoiced When he was unable,
towards the end of his life, to attend me
on horseback, he used to watch for my return,
and the servant would tell him his master
was coming down the hill, or through the
moor and although he did not use any ges-
lures to explain his meaning, Camp was new
er known to mistake him, but either went
out at the front to 90 to the bill, or at the
back to get down to the moorside
"MAss Tom Oh Mass Tom howse 60
ing to get down dis ladder?" "Come down
the same way you went up, you blockhead !"
replied the master, running out to see what
was the matter. ode same way as 1 come
up, Mass Tom ?" eyes, confound you and
| don't hnther me anumnre p Well if must