Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
MARVELLOUS JUGGLING.

MARVELLOUS JUGGLING.
 Inc Incredible Feats or Some Oriental Ma&icians--EverybOdy AstOnished.
 One of the iugglers then brought forth, says a Madras correspondent of the London Times, ball of fine twine, and unwound fifty yards of it in a coil in his hand; this coil he cut through with knife at each end of it's diameter: then, doubling the several lengths, he cut them through again, and repeated the operation until the twine had been divided into pieces not exceeding four inches in length. Taking up these dis jecta, he put them in the lads mouth and bade him swallow them, which, after some effort, he, to all appearance, did. Then, asking one of the company for sharp penknife, the man, obvious ly, made an incision in the skin of the lads stomach. From this he picked out, with the point of the knife, the end of the thread this thread he pulled forth, at first gently, then faster, then hand over hand, until he had coiled down on the ground a continuous length of about one hundred yards of wet sewing thread. This, if deception, was marvellous one; for the operation had all the ap- pearance and token of reality, since the skin of the stomach was slightly raised round the orifice through which the thread was evidently drawn,
 Our friends were fairly puzzled, and, to add to their perplexitY, the operator cut of the thread close to the skin and placed piece of sticking plaster over it, leaving it to be inferred that the sup. ply of thread was unlimited, and could be drawn upon "to order.
 Master, give me piece of money," said he who appeared to be the principal iuggler, suddenly speaking in English to Mir. Hawthorne.
 "Why9" asked the latter, taking a rupee from his pocket and handing it to the man.
 "Good rupee l" said the man, jerking the coin into the air with sharp fl D of his thumb nail, and drawing the true ring from the metal. "Good rupee l Master sure can hold him tight in his hand, so he cannot run away9''
 "To be sure can" replied the young gentleman.
 Master try, the h." said the juggler, taking MT. Hawthorne's left hand and placing the rupee on the palm of it. He then requested him to place the palm of his right hand over the coin, to close both hands tightly, and not let the money by any means escape.
 Thoroughly determined on that point, our young friend pressed his hands to- gether till he was red in the faco.
 "Master quite sure got money in his hand 2" asked the juggler.
 "Quite," was the reply.
 "Can feel him, 1naster9"
 "Yes."
 The juggler took the gentleman's s two l hands between his own, and muttered some cabalistic words then blowing upon them, and giving them heavy shake, he asked, with a grin: "Can feel him now, master9"
 Starting from his chair with bound, the young Englishman, with an enlightened look, unclasped his hands, and there fell on the floor beneath not the rupee, but lively, wriggling little brown snake, about fifteen inches long, which made immediately for the legs of Capt. McTurk.
 Now this gentleman, who under ordi- nary circumstances was as brave as a lion, by no means relished, or was pre- pared for, an encounter with the ap- proaching reptile, so hastily tossing both legs high up in the air the worthy captain lost his balance, and, together with his chair, came heavily to the ground, though, fortunately, with no serious consequences beyond broken back-of the chair, we mean.
 The worthy skipper soon picked him. self up, and seeing that the snake had been captured by the lad round whose arm 1t was now entwined, joined in the general laugh, and seated himself in an other chair that was placed for him.
 Master, take this rupee again." said the juggler, offering the coin to Mir. Hawthorne with, it must be confessed, a regretful look.
 "By Jupiter no," said the gentle man "you have fairly earned it.''
 An empty flower pot was now placed upon the floor by the juggler, who re- quested that his comrade might be al- lowed to bring up some garden mold from the little plot of ground below. Permission being accorded the man went, and in two minutes returned with small quantity of fresh earth tied up i'll corner of his chudder, which was deposited in the flower pot and lightly pressed down. Taking from the basket dry mango stone, and hand ing 1t around to the con pany that they might examine it and satisfy themselves that it was really what it seemed to he, the juggler scooped out little earth from the center of the flower pot and placed the stone in the cavity. He then turned the earth lightly over it, and, having poured little water over the sur face, shut the flower pot out of view by means of sheet thrown over small triangle.
 And now, amid full chorus of voices and the rat-ta tat accompaniment of the taber, the stone germinated; pres, ently section of the cloth was drawn aside, and gave to view the tender shoot, characterized by the two long leaves oi blackish brown color. The cloth was readjusted, and the incarnation resumed. Not long was it, however, before the cloth was a second time drawn aside, and it was then seen that the two first leaves had given place to several green ones, and that the plant now stood nine ''r ten inches high. A third time, and