Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-06-22

the master, Wnereupen the latter abaSed
himself before the people, and rose from
his knees to do more wonderful things. 'a
The "Butterfy trick" was piece OF
skillful legerdemain, with touch of po-
etry in it. A magician who answers to
the cheerful name of Zumidahgawa Mat
zungoro, standing by table, performs
this trick by cutting from paper the inn
age of butterfly, and causing il to fiut-
ter about his head in the breese of fan.
A boquet Of flowers held in the prefornl-
ers hands, attracts the butterfly; present
ly other butterflies appear, and soon a
swarm hovers about the nosegay. This
trick is simple but very beautiful.
Two women then appeared. One was
a juggler the other musician. The lat
ter seated her self upon the floor, with a
Japanese guitar queer instrument,
compounded OF a either and banjo-and
in company with a dreadful drummer.
who beat wooden beetle and struck
some clashing brass, and another guitar
list, who was very doleful, kept up a run
ming accompaniment to the juggle going
on at the neighboring table. The princi-
pal feat was the production of a japaned
box of an incalculable quantity Of silk
ribbon which, when ignited, exploded
like piece Of fireworks and changed in
to huge Japanese umbrella, gorgeous
ly colored. -
Later in the evening came three of the
most surprising feats of the programme
first, evolutions on an upright bamboo
pole by "All Right" secondly. perfor-
mances on suspended bamboo, by Mat
zungoro; thirdly, the "Enchantcd Lad
der"
The bamboo pole upon which the lit
tic Jap displayed his powers, was "a
feet long, and supported only by the
shoulder of his father The boy clam
bered to the top Of the pole, seated him
self or space of two inches, swung of by
one foot, clung off by hand, tied him
self into knots and came united instantly,
cried his war-cry, and then varied it with
a bit of slang picked up in California
thus: All right, you bet whereat
all the Japs yelled "Oscr r' as they did at
intervals through the evening, at critical
moments through the play.
The suspended bamboo feat was Mat
zumboric performed which was excel
led only by the ladder trick. This was
clear defiance of all natural laws, and it
was watched with breathless interest,"
The chief, lying upon his back, supported
with his feet huge ladder, to which a
smaller ladder, was attached at right
ang'e. Up these ladders scrambled lit
tie cali Right" paus-ing occasionally
to utter his cry or scream, "Ow." Get
ting to the top of the ladder, he
stood erect and said COW % and all the
Japs below said "Owr' Coming down
the little fellow laid himself out on the
cross ladder and said SOW r'-then he
travelled cautiously to the tip, hung out
by one foot, famed himself and exclaim-
ed 'All Right p This. seemed to be an
impossible trick, but it was performed
without a blunder. At the end of the
ladder-climbing and posturing, the agile
little lad sprung up a cord to the roof of
the Academy, put pulley upon tight
rope which spanned the building, and
ran down to the first row of boxes with
immence velocity. He was cuught by
two men, upon the shoulder of one whom
he perched, and went out of sight in a
blaze of glory. GAIL right-Ow."sa a..I
The perfect grace of these performers
is note worthy. All they do is to de-
stroy our faith in the laws of nature by
the calm performance of feats appa-
rently impossible. The performer who
engages the attention of the spectator
at the moment is always grave, except
the irrepressible young gentleman before
noted cannot help showing thath is jol-
ly. The remainder of the company find
relief in the ejaculatory "Ow pa mon
osyllabic refrain which resounded through
the streets around the Academy last
night, as the laughing audience dispersed
repeating 1t in chorus. The Japanese
clearly give us new sensation"
~ Y. Post.