The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-11-30
A VeutrilOquIsts Adventure I'm
n SIuge-cOnCh.


A VeutrilOquist's Adventure I'm
n SIuge-cOnch.
About the end of the last century, iherc
nourishod in England celebrated ventrio.
quist named Rossignolle, fellow OF vory
humorous idets, who had met with adven.
lures in oil quarters OF Europe, which il
was his great amusement to recount
Among tho number, ono that occurred TO
him on the road from Exeter to Plymouth,
was not the least Whimsical. Tie had TAX
ell bis place in G,se nightcoach but by
mistake or connivance was expelled to tho
outside. The night was very dark, and
soon after the coach set Oft II began to rain
which, in regard to Dovonshire, is to say
that tho water came down like a cataract
Being provided neither with great coat nor
umbrella he naturally envied the situation
of those who sat under him. To desire
their comfort was but another throb with
him TO ondeavor to obtain il F; aud in the
depth of his roguery, therefore, us well as
distress, he resolved upon the following
expodient:
lie was the only passenger outside, and
his location being the diokey, the coachman
at tho other extremity cr the vehicle was
incapable Of "peeping through tue blanket
Of tho dark" upon his doings
lie pretended to hug and hush child in
his arms whose fretful whine he commenced
and increased till II cut tho drums of tho
other passengers' ears like razor. Two OF
these persons happened to be females, who
instantly exclaimed Dear me there's q
poor child on the roof in this rain let's
take il in." The males as gentlemen aud
Christians, were compelled to aequiesce; 40
down went the sash, aud ont weht a hdy's
head and shoulders TO address Rossignole.
Here, my good womaU, give me tho child"
" No, no" said tho latter mmicking the
voice ofa female; "mne little dear Adol.
phine sal not go from her mammal" and then
he commenced another series of soprano
notes (nterspersed with an abundance of
basso hush a-byeS) more intolerable than
the former. "Guod heavens said the hui.
mane female to her companion, it's bar
barous FrenchwomM, she'll kill tho poor
little thing " then, leaning ont of the win.
dow again, "Give me the child, good wo-
MN, will your II will catch its DEATH
IL IRE, coachman, stop, stopl "Stop,
IN ,am," said Jehu, i" bless your soul Did
you ever heap OF sich thing in sioh a raia
on the dickey would frighten the cattle.'
Rossiggnole now pretended to get into q
passion with the child and scold it, at which
the women opened upon him; the gentle.
men sw0re and between the squalling,
growing, screaming and threatening, de-
| iightfu tumult eusued The dialogue, as
ho described it, then ran in the following
manner:
Child-tsqralling Yal yal yai
Rossignole-Hushl hush child child
Woman within--Doh't use it so, good
| woman.
Child-Yal va yul Ia crescendo)
Rossignolle-Yo Won little dete you
cry 30 much.
Woman-There's brute Mr.. Wiggins
Gentleman-All owing to the French
revolution.
Child-Yai yal va!
Rossignolle-Yo are one littel dam
child! '9
Woman-OnIy hear. the French monsterl
Rossignolle--T will trow you into de
mud
J. Women-W What does she say
Ooachman-Steady, Betty steady.
Child-Ya lyal yal
Rossigl Olle-Wo ont you be hush FL trow
you away.
Women-Oh, yon wretchl
Child-Yal va va!
Rossignolle ADsre, don, cot dam lie in
de poodle!
| Here, suiting the action to the word, he
made a noise as if he had actually deposit
ed the infant in ditch, the cries of which
grew fainter as the coach drove on. The
uproar that now ensued in the vehicle
would have dono credit to st. Giles
workhonse on ST. Patrick's day, The wo.
men yelled, and tho men thumped the roof
with their sticks and swOre out Of the win
dow. ''Stop, coachnan, stopl murder,
murder she's killed the child she's
thrown it in the ditch will you stop, coach.
man " 10 three minutes, marm," lie re.
piled, "to change horses" /" But there's a
Child lying in the road /" "rll send some
one from the inn to pick it up, marin
mustn't lose time between tie stageS"
TIE torrent of abuse now turned on the
coachman aud one of the passengers, who
was lawyer, swore that If the child died
he would prosecute the former for man
slaugh,er, and the mother for murder.
On arriving at the inn, Rossignolle jumped
down and ran into the kitchen to dry him
self The house was instantly thrown into
confusion the French woman was ordered
I to be seized lanterna were lighted, and a
party set off to retrace the road, headed by
the humane lawyer. No infant, however
was to be found aud after cropping abotit
till they were all thoroughly drenchedi they
returned TO the inn. The lawyer was then
TOLD that the French woman had made her
escape, and that another gentleman had Ia
ken his place ii the coach, which was now
odt OF sight.