The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-13
Our New York Letter.
Grnon QUIZ REGULAR oonnEsrosDENr.I ]


NEW YORK, May 8, 1871 invite tho ron lers OF
the NEWS to como with me Uaat mighty to tho Acad-
envy Of Music, where holds forth the Impo ial land
ugy) troup OF Japanese jugglers and acrobats, as-
suring them that thoy will DO treated to q mind's
eyo Wow OF one OF the most extraordinary, and 1
may add, and do add, astounding performances tina.
my Of them have oyor seen, heard of, road about
or droamt OF. Let Us imagine TINT we have paid
for our tickets, hnye puzzled our way through the
dense throng that crowds the entrance Of the Acad-
emy, and that, being seated In tho boxes, wo
eagerly await the rising Of tho curtain. Tho cur.
tain is up. There stand the Japanese, or rather
there sit tho Japanese etrung out in row, sauat-
ting on the floor like Olnose bull frogs, seventeen
in ALL and each one SO cruelty ugly that we invol-
UNFAIRLY cast our eycs around the house to noto
tho OBJECT upon any children or any ladies' with
delicate nerves % , Who msy be- prosont Tho ugly
or women, il being impo ,siblo to distinguish, on
account OF tho orcumstauec that they aro ali eIcept
the child5en,) attired as teales, bow their heads
arise and retire. The ,peFformanos then begins,
and q number offeats that would exciis tho aston
ishment and envy Of the boat circus actors follow
to the oircts men, ia first exhibited In Tho feat
where Hamikari balances his little boy can right"
o end S which Tess
on tho top snd performs the usual gymnnsto ioats.
Tho next wonderful feat is performed as follows:
Hamikari lies on his back and supports on his
Right" standa upon his head; he next, by the aid
Of his hsnds balances this tub upon another; this
on tub number threo, and 80 on till high pyramid
he fall, must kick the buaket) perched upon the
top, head downward The apex of tho pyramid
then cries out in good Enssh, ''A right, you bet,
the boy, neatly caught upon the e1pectant feet Of
his honored paront- Tho perpendicular Suspended
pole feat tho slack rope dancing, the great ladder
the extreme; but tho top spinning is the most as-
founding piece Of de1terity that can be conceived
Ono Of the most yillainously ugly Of tho whole
the top feat thus. He spins the top by throwing
It from him, hut drawing it baok and
Satcna catching 1T it In H., the pain In OF his hand,
is made to run up ono arm, ACROSS his breast, and
down the other arm into his left hand. he then
spins Il again, and placing 1t upon round cane
air and catches Il tstill spinntng) upon the cane
plane and down the other slso; and after that Wis
NO come to the conclusIon tsat the performances S
must have come to conclusion likewise, fot NE
Sannot CONCEIVE the q doing anything
then do ne witness the crowning feat Of all, whom
Kikoo-juri holds one end Of n snan cord and his
daughter the other, and the latter cauRes tho top
80 much space to an account OF this wondorfn e4s
hibition, the mnds eye view Of which hAa no doubt
eye view did much amaze your correspondent.
The doctrine Of g TFiplSlemus referred to IN
sternes Tristam shandy wherein is is conteIided.
ton though not to Unnie Toby's~thst t46emotS-
er is not Of kin TO her ohild seems In these days OF
advaneIng oiyilizaton to spplyaa we'll to the mari
can be obtained with the extraordinary case WITH
which HIkoojrh spins his tops, a man can only be
said TO be related TO his wife temporarily a
curious case which came before the Supreme Court
AIR. What.you.may-caIl-em married Miss Whats.
aefGname s nineteen years ago, but quarolled and
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ing strungor Whersnpon, anpther +, ,varaa e ,lSSok.
sought and granted, ,tshe married tho fine looTin
man, who, howeyer, IN tme grow tired OF her and
sued Tor divorce on tho ground that BY tho terms
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