The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-04-06
INDIAN JU6GLERS.
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From the Be!gravia Magazine.

., INDIAN JU66LERs. ::,':''~ti
.t,om The se'e'asta xoea:t's.
| Just . . luncheon had been finished
the 3 dubaash 'ha a'b' , R.ne,wammy q y entered
ths: lt room, and announced that the
iugglers ,vefe in attendance iin the
vearaepllaeeh|; !a'e ! up9a vhich Mr., (Ginghssn@,
leading the way, the whole party ad-
journed to it, and were soon seated,
jim comfortable fashion, each betaking
himself to pipe or cigar as pleased
him best.
The jugglers. party consisted of txo
men,a woman. q lad,. and a1child Of
about 4 years of1age. They: had.
with them a large besket, containing
their stock-in-trade and, with the ex-
ception of the woman, were but
scantily clad: The latter had a small
Indian tabor before her, which: she
occasionally snatched up and struck
with the tips of her fingers, to add
expression to. some of. the wild ch.uts
which were introduced during the
phases of the exhibition. We pass
over the dextrous manipulation Of
the cups and balls the whirling of q
dozen oranges in the.air, not one Of
which ever touched the ground, or
clashed with another-the passing Of
the long knife; down the, throat-the
steeadiineas Of the hand y and and eYe which,
keept from fopr TO :siF lah' sharp p, knives Knives
/ flashing 4 i and cirling, il, the air. With:
ept inaicting q: scratch On the. per-
former Of the exploit Wonderful
too vas tie, \ performances Of: TIE. Pie;
ny goat, made Of wood or some eth:-
eF e4bstance, and covered with :, the
fkipll IL, of that animal, which drank qp
: pint Of ,vater presented to it IN
~ earthsn vessel, without any visible
increase Of bulk. We. mention these
rather as eats Of dexteritY, though
they excited in no small degree the
admiration Of the spectators but
what followed could not apparently
be referred to a like cause.
For inst ance, the lad was made to
drink q powder dissolved in =: little
water, at. which he made 4, wryface ;
the premonitory symptoms Of an At
tack of retching supervened, amid a
choral recitatiye accompanied by the
rat-tat,tat Of the tabor; there was q
spssmodic action of the stomach---sa
body. seemed to ascend through; the
gullet:-the:. mouth was filled-wss
opened and there: dropped out on
the floor a large, smooth stone. In
another minute the phenomenon was
repeated; this time the stone being 50
large as to pass out with difficulty: be.
tween the teeth. Anothe1an anoth'
er, and again another followed, till
some ten; stones of diferent shapes
and sizes, but all smooth; lily on the
foor,s :wai9hing; in tho aggregate
prehsbly, about two ponnds. -
I A leathern strap was unrolled and
Laid on the ground open to view-s
/ subdued choral incantetlon followed
there was slight but Perceptible
nervous twitching motion in tb'
1 strap, when one Of the performers
crying out, "Cover him up! cover
him. up, or he will bite US! p placed
large wicker work basket, called :
tapah, over it, and covered it with {
cloth; then, seizing a strange-lookinf
musical instrument, the body o
which consisted of a small dry gourd
he produced a succession Of .wile
droning notes, not unlike. the trebl,
Of abagpipe. Hie companion sremov
ed the basket, and;i in lieu. Of tb,
leathern strap, there was an enormou!
live cobra, q hooded snake, with cres
erect, darting out its double tongue
and swaying about foot Of its bod!
from side to side, the rest being ar
ranged in, 4. close, coil. Allldfev
back their chairs in und isg'aise<
alarm,