Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24
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\ number Of years ago. Y hen | WAS
quite a small child | rcmrmb.r hearing 4
great Deal of tall, abont 4 troupe # csl;l-
Gated tlr;,~ liln, Were then on exhibition
The stories seemed TOO marvellous t, b,
true, but lnnyrd to ~cr those Intelligent
tlca> with all the LONGING of a child for the
unnatural ami grot"~Yir. did Mt see
Them then. and Yesterday, II WAS walk
n~ past No. 80 Union Squire. saw a sign
out with this Inscription: = >i.uoI' Brrtn-
otto'S Original Exhibition of the I.lu a,cd
F!oas," experienced all the curiosity of
twenty years ago | bought my ticket #
Il polite old Italian. the original cdur;tor
suppose. and passed on tot!" tlhe W ere
The exhibition WAS to take place, in com
panv with n nursery maid and two little
bows. Later a vuung gentleman AMI 1t "
Joined HIS Well, these Little insects Ill!
actually do what they We're advertised to
do. They pulled Il coach. with a lir., dri-
yer and flea ptsSvnr rs: they ST 4 merry
go-round and Windmill in motion; one
dragged Il miniature hor~c-'ar after it. an
other Il ship; two fought Il duel; Don
Quixc te and Slncho l'anZa Were represent
Ell by tlca> mounted ON the backs IF uth /
llca>. Then there is u bathroom scene, an
orchestra of fifteen tlca>. each with an in
strumcnt in its hand, II party of four play
! inc with tiny cards. one reading Il mcw>pa-
per, and a gentleman and ia:jV flea on III,
| floor complete the scene. A mu>ir-hoN is
set going and the dancing couple start I'll
in a waltz The lady broke down with the
we4ht of her skirts when | saw them
but her partner hoped around u lively rs
Il cricket The most rcmalklhlr part OF
this exhibition i ihe ,lre >>in" and harness
inc of these little creatures. cannot see
how it is done it must be doac under the
microscope. All of them ihrt take the
parts of men and women are dressed.
When he wants them to move, the exhibit
or gives them Il gentle sInecZ. with his
twcczcr-. and away they -. " How Io
You Keep them from hopping? We inquir-
ed. 1--WE put them in this little glass
Wheel AMI keep them there for eight or
ten days. Whenever they attempt to hop.
they are brought hang up against the top,
30 that they get discouraged ana complete
ly broken Of the trick" lie then showed
ne wild flea. such an one rs got the best
OF Paddy. This fellow horped about like
y pc, in I hot pm, bat kept from
hopping away 10y Il ball and chain attached
to his lcg The chain is about two inches
long. and is said to have four hundred
links. and the ball is abolt TIE SIZE OF 4
hcm9 opnthic pill.
Doesn't 1t take You Il long time to get
these insects prepared for the days enter
tt'nment?" asked. = Indeed it does, .
he replied. - 1t takes me- three hours to
undrc>s and feed them ut night OIicre are
Il hundred in AID and two hours and i
half to dre-s ihrm in the III rnilg''
- What do they eat?' | asked. Ne -
WAS the reply. Eat you what DO You
mean? just that; | pat them ali Oh
my bare arm, and they eat until they are
stjis;iel,' was spcechlc>s. What conld
say to i III IN wAo vo!un' .rliy gave hiHl-
self 10 to be !levourei by ilea>? Tni> WAS
worse than ,ha dirty Italian iazz .:oni, who,
pehaps, if they hrd their choice, ana it
cost them no effort TO prevent it, would
rather no, he the fool Of vermin. | lef
the exhibition with the most uncomfortable
sensations. that Were hard 10 shake eff