The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-09-28
A VentrilOquist's Adventure in a
Stage Coach.

About the end Of the last century.
there flourishad in England a celebra-
ted ventriloquist named Rossingnolle,
fellow OF very humorous ideas, who
hal met with adventures in all quar-
ters of Europe, which it was bis great
amusement TO recount Among the
number, one that occurred to him on
the road from Extcr to Plymouth was
not the least whimsical He had tax
en- his place in the night coach, but by
a mistake or conniyance was expelled
to the outside The night was very
dark. and soon after the coach set of
1t began to ram, which, in regard to
Dev)nshire, is to say that the water
com down like % cataract Being pro-
vlded neither with great coat nor um-
brella, ne naturally envied the situa-
alton of those who sat under him. To
desire their comfort was but another
throb with him 10 oudeavor to obtain
1t; and in the depth of his roguery,
therefore. as we'll ms distress. he resell
we'd upon the following expedient. -
He was the only passenger outside.
and his location being the dickv, the
coachman at the other extremity of
the vehicle was incapable of peep
lng through the blanket OF the dark
upon his doings
Tie pretended to hug and hush n
child an his arms, whose fretful whine
he commenced and increased till 1t cut
the drums OF the other passenger S
ears like "a razor. Two OF these per-
sons happened to be females. who in
stantly exclaimed: Dear me there
IS a poor child on the roof IN tins ram;
lets take 1t III. Tie males, as gem
tlemen and Christians, were compelled
to acquesce; so down went the sash.
and out went % lady's head and shout
ders, to address Rossingnolle Here,
my good woman, give me the child -
"No, no. sad the latter, mimicing
the voice oi female; mine little
dear Adolphine sal not 90 from her
mama, aud then he commenced another
series of soprano notes linterspersed
with an abundance of basso hush-a-
bycs more lntolerable than the for
mer Good heavens said hui
name female to her companion; it's
barbarous French woman she'll Kill
the poor little thing " Then leaning
ont of the window again, GIVE me
the child, good woman, viii you? 1t
viii catch It's death Here, coachman.
stop, stop stop ma'an, said Jehu;
bless your soul Did you ever hear
OF sch a thing IN sich RAIN as this
And II | did stop, the youne eve on
the dicky would brighten the cattle -
Rossingnolle now pretended to get
into a passion with the child and sc0ld
it, at which the woman opened upon
him; the gentlemen swore, and be-
tween the squalling, growing, scream
ing and threatening, delightful tu-
mutt ensued- The dialogue, as he des-
cribed it, then ran in the following
manner:
Child, squalling, va, ya, va.
Rossingnolle. Hush, hush, child
child
Woman within. Don't use it so,
good woman.
Child va, va, va. a cresceado.
Rossingnolle You Won letle devil /;
you ely so much.
Woman There's brute, Mr. Wig
gins
Gentleman. All owing to the French
revolution.
Child. va, va, yal
Rossingnolle. You are one leetle
dam child
Woman. Only hear the French
monster
Rossingnolle. will trow you into
de mud
Coaehman. Steady, Betty, steady !
Child Va, va, va,
Rossingnolle. Won't you be hush !?
trow you away.
Woman. Oh, you wretch
Child. Va, va, va.
/ Rossngnolle Dero den, cot dam
+ lie in de poodle
Here, suiting the action to the word,
he made a noise as if he had actually
/ deposited the infant in the ditch the
cries of which grew fainter as the coach
drove ON. The uproar that now en-
sued in the vehicle would have done
credit to n st Giles workhouse on
st. Patrick's day. The women yelled,
and the men thumped the roof with
their sticks, and swore out of the win
dow. Stop, coachman, stopl muir
der, murder! she's killed the child !
she's thrown it in the ditch; will you
stop?' In three minutes, marin,
he replied, 90 change horses" Ill
send some one from the inn to pick it
up, marin; mustn't loose time between
the stages. >
The torrent of abuse now turned on
the coachman; and one of the passen-
gers, who was lawyer swore that II
the child died he would prosecute the
former for manslaughter and the moth
er for murder
On arriving at the inn Rossingnolle
4 -. 10 l. n al a