, 1876-06-11
NEW. YORK GOSSIP.
Wonderful Performances Of a Troupe
Of Educated f1eas,
A Collection Of One Million De-
faced Postage.Stamps.
An Army Of Begging Let
ter-Writers.
The Marital Experience Of DIR.
Nathan F. Rice.

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Surprised Critics---Experlences
OF Theodore Thomas.
Specia, Correspondence or The TrfoHns
NEW YonK, June S.-Thousands OF persons
have heard at various times OF exhibitions OF |
"ctiucatcd hcas,'' but probably very few IN this
country have ever seen them. There Is such IN |
exhibition in this city at tile present time, anu
although not advertised save by placard III
frunt OF the building where it Is to DC seem
there is daily attendance OF 400 persons to W.T.
ness this very novel sight. The location Is NO
30 Union Square, and i very Curious ano inter-
csting exhibition it is, too. The proprietor calls
himself Prof Bertolotto, and claims to bc the
ORIGINAL inventor Of the show, and all other e2-
ldbIto,s Of trained tlcas impostors The Professor
Is over GO years old, and has been engaged IN tn1s
business for forty years. lie is quaint 1nas
viduaI, and his dscourses upon acas ale as Sc
rious upon his part as if he wcre reaulns aia es
snail 9 table, covered with white cloth, and bis
Liliputiln apparatus are marvels OF mechan-
Ical skill. The 1cas arc iargcr thah
the lively creatures which are ! usually a,,ly 50 ~
t;ntasi,nal pirths Of stlk-iibre around their
hoJics. They are released from thas ponuage
at p. m., aud replaced in harness easiy n tne
morning. Upon being released bcIt9lotto ~
lows se. t,.a;. W f.c,1in,r mite as much a. they
relish it. What Is strange about these edusteu I1
,ha;r fanI;nT IL nicks them I'D ono at time
ta .'5 ,,1aI.s fnnn f, n co1npartncnt Of small
,.ircniar hox, each space numbered, and, though
+ rcnui1es u,,connon crcdulity, lie assures yis-
| itors he never makes mistake IN assigning us
nsas tn anv roo,ns but those which belong to
| them, They neyc. get Into wrong rooms.
| WHAT IS DONE BIT TIE TRAINED FLas'
| It is impossible, without seeing them, to con
cciye Of the fcats performed by these educatco
insects, The first process Of training wllu ilea
is tn nlaec it in sort Of tread~1nill with glass
s;t1es. it is called tue preparatory school. The
flea hons around, beating ugainst The glass Sues
| mai,]v enough at first, but when it finds escape
;mnoss;ble begins to walk on the bottom, and
thus takes literally the first civilized STEP lns
following are selected IRON tne lEos ssstrs we
writing from PERSONA oossa sa.,gt': ~
i. Coach drawn By two Il; llsas, tae ne, eoaenman
with whip, two icas nslue a, asessIu, ~. ons nc,
2. 4 miniature steamer St oia".1 ~ 'ne A"'
dragging 6OD times us own "e'Snt' a.. fth,e
b;s the WondeIiu1 sissi Strength Il the eahe
car and contents is 2oo times 1ne "elsn' - 'A1
lnsecsI .x,o,, With orchestra, dancers, ETC.,
=. oas.5s b acas The ,noton OF the violin
IepresSnstth ~ ~ y",t1;no hv eas upon the floor of
~ nons s'sM I4u roa'., ~ 10 nnrfort
Tue paa'roosn W. .1srpus others. such as turning
Ihese a1e su,,'tr .aaiUu' hncLcfs from miniature
T1nnmllIs' n.amW, saWs,, Suea IN which two teas
wells any any .;ny s1rnris of real steel The idea
renee VIE s ~ !; ~, ,.onco1 Tint we can hard
o. 1tu ,,Han r. s'1hiect seriously but if see
Nriie Gpon ~. ,ng of vonr readers who may
nis;+ IL = Nc,y York nav see It for themselves for
the small sum Of 25 cents.
TUE ufLL1oS rosrAaE-sTAMrs COLLECTED.
The sunday-school girl who was mentioned IN
= this correspondence several weeks ago aa Inc
aspiring collector Of million OF de1aeeo
hostage stamps, has succeeded IN hss
object, and will be the recipient
Of Handsome annuity
wealthy gentleman OF this city. IS
striking fact that the offers which flowed ron
the publication Of the item in these letters were
:: an overwhelming that they have lattesly been
Jan,i,ed Onc firm sent 80, ,OOD stamps to the
st;.s T. s1nrlc lot. and others took an inter
pst ~ ti'a matter 80 Enthusiastically that in one
60 ssa1 ~ az ~. odditon of 600 stamps were added
TIA nnu. helieyed that had the offer been con-