The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-28

toning their coats. Mr.. Stewart likewise
mentions an exhibition formerly common
in Europe, where performer on The
stage displayed the dumb show OF sing.
ing with his lips and eyes and gestures
while another person, unseen, supplied
the music with his voice. The deception
in this case he found TO be 50 complete as
to impose upon the incest ear and the
quickest eye; but in the progress Of the
entertainment he became distinctly sensi
bic OF the imposition, and sometimes
wondered that it should have misIcd him
Tor moment. In this case there can be
no doubt that the deception was at first
the work Of the Imagination, and WAS not
sustained by the acoustic principle The
real and mock singer were too distant ;
and when the influence Of the im8glna-
ton subsidized, the true direction OF the
sound was discovered.
One Of the most remarkable vcntrilO.
qulsts that ever lived was NJ. ST. Gille, OF
ST. German en- Luye, France, whose per
iOrmRnces have been recorded by the
Able dc IA ChappellC. Once, when over
taken by storm, ST. Gillc took shelter in
ncighbOring convent, where the monks
were in deep mourning over the recent
death OF much esteemed member Of their
community. While lamenting over the
tomb OF their deceased brother the slight
honOrs which had been paid TO his mem
DRY, voice was suddenly heard to issue
from the root oGthc church, bCwailing the
condition of the deceased In purgatOry,
and rCprOving the brotherhood for want
OF zeal. The tidings of the extraordinary
event brought the entire fraternity to the
church. The voice from above repeated
its lamentations and rcprOaChCs, and the
whole company fell upon their faces and
vowed TO make repatriation for their error.
They accordingly Chanted full choir Dc
Prolundis, during the intervals Of which
the spirit OF tho departed monk expressed
his satisfaction at their piOus exercises.
The friar Hfterward inveighcd against
modern skeptlcism on the subject of sp=
ariLions, and st. Gllle had great difficulty
in convincing the fraternity that the
whole thing was deception.
Another famous ventriloquist was Louis
do Brabant, at one time valet de Chambre
to Francis l. Rejected by the parents Of
very rich heiress as an unsuitable match
for their daughter, Louis, on the death Of
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eAPensTS, al" nTt r ,eSTaHeU ~ C"rn" Of OF
Icats vi aL o'I D"u ho1 ;, Uoonu voai;l,
ons-Wno nSu a'asscu II Snirnso , "Ina
ny usuty anu eAIottIon m nn,ri!SSo JU 20 ,mru
nu evening" ln!et'.c"i ncIo ;n, ~ i !"
the CoHselsai'oh " suo S SuDG' VI ; HpI
Gu splrl's anu snoss' DuilDs A,l Iutc41"'
Of silence, the voice OF Inc mlScF uC
ceased iather was heArd, complaining VI
his situation in purgatory, anu calling
loudly upon his son TO rescue INN from
his sutlerlnGs, by enabling BraDant 10 re:
1eem the Christians at that time cnslavel
~ the Turks: Notsucceedlng on the ilTst
occasion, Brabant was compelled 10 MAKE
second Visit 10 the mlSer' Wheh nc LOOK
are 10 enlist, not only Inc iathcr' Out all
lis deceased relations IN inc appeal; anu
Il tnIs way nc OOtalheu d IllousA'u