Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-05-15
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IN Evening with the Ju@gler>.

The japanese iugglers are wonderful.
The immense audience which overfiowed
every corner OF the Academy OF Music last
night watched with intense interest, two
hours ami half. Il succession of acrobatic
and rvmna-tic fcat- which defed the laws
of .ravitation and made every spectator
catch his breath
At the rise of the curtain the whole
company were presented. y score Of men,
women and children. surrounded by curious
paraphcrnaIia, simultaneously Knocked
their forcheads against the floor of the
stage. by way of expressing their abase-
ment before the throng Of American sOver-
vign- Then came Il short Grafton, III soft
and flowing japanese, delivered by the
earnest master OF ceremonics-no doubt
ma~terlv effort but not generally under
stood 1t WAS intended TO introduce the
performances Of two .prodigies." These
little persons. endowed with the names OF
rhovoLichi and Thonatzu. We're even more
extraordinary than the excellent Mr..
CrtmmIcs'~ Infant Phenomenon. Their
po~turing and grouping proved one thing
conclu~velv-tha they hadn't bone III
their bodies at least, no bone that was in
convenient to them They placed their feet
on their ncckS and walked about the stage
on their hands they bent over backwards,
and trottcd around with their heads be-
tween their ankles they tied themselves
together in the most ncomprehensble way,
and rolled like wheel with wonderful We
lo-ity; they did with the hands what the
feet should do, and with the feet what the
hands were made for. In short, these
little Jap, were the funniest Of little chaps
with the exception of one. still smaller,
who came in later.
Next came series of gvmnastic evolu-
tions by the chief Of the company-Mr.
Hamaikari Sadakichi-and his son. a queer
little lad OF eight or nine years, known as
Hamaikari }iikishi. otherwise All Right "
The nickname Is bestowed because this
Sprightlv little creature has habit of
shouting out in his shrill treble . All
right, whenever he happens to get into a
peculiarly pcrilouS position-and he got
INTO about twenty such places before the
evening ended. The father, lying upon a
cushioned table with his head to the au-
dience. elevated his feet and his son stimuli
tancou~iy and after tossing the little fell
low about IN the most reckless manner
pFOttttIttI 10 t4tssttc liilll pN SLOW
by the process Of putting small tub
after another under him, until twelve ot
these tubs had been piled up, with the boy
perched Ike a monkey upon the upper
most Then the pyramid began to revolv'
and the boy to cut capers. 1t was an eX
traordinary feat Of balancing. He shout
ed All right" and grinned with deligh
at hi~ success in keeping his footing on ;
precarious foundation. After while th
tubs were kicked away by the elder Ham
aikari and the falling boy was dettl.
caught upon the fathers upturned feet
Top-spinning was the next thing in or
der. Every American boy who saw tn
double performances III this line of busines
will pester the household till he gets al
assortment Of tops and goes through a Sc
ries of experiments for the possibilities
Of the art Of top-spinning were never :
revealed to the gaze of an astonished pub
lie To spin tops is ordinarily an amuse
ment for children but Mr.. Matzui kikoc
iiru and his Sunny-faced little daughte
Otsumcc bring it up to the rank of hig
art. Tops thrown into the air with ler
come down upon the point of a stick an
spin away; tops travel up an incline
plane, into lacquered pagoda, spin aroun
inside. come out through an opposite doc
still spinning, and run down another II