Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-10
Who were the JuEglorsI

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cold Now England Traits" he gives
an account Of a feat OF iugglery, which
was related to him years ago BY . per
son of undoubted, veracity. =, It il AZ
follows: " S''' =
> t'My father, /" said this worthy per-
son, "has often told mo of being in
Market Square when q man, a woman
and little dog appeared, and soon
collected quito a crowd by the ,exhibi-
tion Of feats Of jugglery. At length,
after due collections Of tribute from the
bystanders, the man produced q bail of
cord from his pocket, threw it into the
air, and began to ascend it hand over
hand. The woman followed, and after
her the little dog. While the crowd
gaping in expectation of the return of
this mysterious trio. some ono drove
into the market-place and inquired the
occasion of this unusual congregation.
Being informed, he said that he had
just met such q party g on the road
mile from the town. / had read the
most extraordinary accounts, by Brit
ish officers and others, of exhibitions
like this, which they alleged they had
often Witnessed in India. Remember
ed one in particular, where: tigers, and
other like guests, and even the some-.
what unwieldy bulk of an elephant,
had seemingly been brought down be-
fore their eyes upon = cable fastened
by some mysterious agency far aloft ),
for I supposed it behooved to be made
fast in some inconceivable region of the
upper air. But that a similar demon
stration could have been made in a.
sober New England town, at noonday,
could scaxcaly fail .t0n.put me from.
my faith Il impresaes me, however,
as at least m extraordinary relation,
coming from such source; and hap
pening to meet another ancient and
equally reputable friend on the same
day, one, too, who, had baeng much
about the world in the capacity. of .
navigator to foreign climes, I took
occasion to relate to him tho strange
narrative which ! had just heard + Oh,
said he, there is no doubt of it; my
mother has often told me she was pres
ent and saw tho whole TRANSACTION,
In the mouth of two or three Witness
es,' says the Scripture, shall every
word be establlshed.' "sst @'ao4 ~ 49,
We should like to know more about
this singlar performance. The adroit
deluders Of other peoples vision did
not oonf1ne the se1hibitionr of their
power of the air to New England. AZ
many az thirty years ago, ! gentle-
man whose 1eracity ! was unques-
:tionable, was 2 witness, to Il the
same delusion. He told his son Of it,
from whom the writer has information.
Mr.. G. was one, day walking on. the
tow.path of the Erie Canal, near
Oneida Castle, III Oneida county, when
he met . quesr old man and woman
riding very fast. They rvsres 20
wierd and foreign Chat they attracted
his attention. I've forget whether
they sWege! accompanied by .as7 dog.
Upon turning =; bend, in the
canal Mr.. G. came upon q crowd Of
people, his neighbors, standing upon
the path, and looking intsntly into the
sky. He asked them what they were
looking at, and they told him that an
old man and woman had just been per-
forming some tricks, and that suddenly
the man threw a ball of twine into the
cir, which unwound a. it went up, that
tho old woman climbed up il, and the
man followed her, and both disappear
ed in the sky. :" The people they
described were the squeef4 pair Mr.. G
had Just met running round the bend.
How they han managed to deceive the
crowd he coulds not explain. 3" Can
anybody tell who these remarkable
jugglers were2