Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-04-07

the operation had all the appearance
and tokens of reality, since the skin
of the stomach was slightly raised
round the orifice through which the
thread was being evidently drawn.
Our friends were fairly puzzled;
and, to add to their perplexity, the
operator cut off the thread close to
the skin, and placed piece of stick
ing-plaster over it, leaving it to be
inferred that the supply of thread
was unlimited, and could be drawn
upon "to order"
"Master, give me one piece of mon
ey," said he who appeared to be the
principal juggler, suddenly speaking
in English to Mr.. Hawthorne.
"Why?" asked the latter, taking a
rupee from his pocket and handing
it to the man.
"Good rupee!" said the man, jerk
ing the coin into the air with sharp
FLIP of his thumb nail, and drawing
the true ring from the metal. "Good
rupee! Master sure can hold him
tight in his hand SO as cannot run
away?"
"To be sure l cam" replied the
young gentleman.
"Mastcr try then," said the juggler,
taking Mr.. Hawthorne's left hand
and placing the rupee on the palm OF
it. He then requested the gentleman
to place the palm of his light 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 together till he was red in the
face.
"Master quite sure got money in
his hand?" asked the juggler.
"Quite,'' was the reply.
"Can feel him, master?"
eyes"
The jugg!er took the gentleman's
two hands between his own, and NUT
tered some cabalistic words; then
blowing upon them and giving them
a heavy shake, he asked, with grin:
"Can feel him now, master?"
Starting from his chair with a
bound, and, we are sorry to record it,
with an oath, the young Englishman,
with an affrighted 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 i'm
mediately for the legs of Capt. NJ.
Turk. ~
Now this gentleman, who, under
ordinary circumstances, was as brave
as lion, by no means rellshed, or
was prepared for, an encounter with
the devil, of whom he doubtless be-
lieved the approaching reptile was
an incarnation, 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
a broken back-of the chair, we
mean.
The worthy skipper soon pick
ed himself up, and seeing that the
snake had been captured by the lad,
around whose arm it was now entwin-
ed, joined in the general laugh, and
seated himself again in another chair
that was placed for him.
"Master take his rupee again?"
said the juggler, Offering the coin to
Mr.. Hawthorne with, it must be con-
fessed, a regretful look.
"By Jupiter! No." said the gentle
man, "you have fairly earned it; be-
at might turn into a snake again
in your pocket, you were going to
add, Hawthorne" said Mr.. Kemp.
Come, confess"
"Well there's no knowing what
that imp of darkness might not do,
after what we have Witnessed" re-
piled his friend.
An empty flower-pot was now plac-
ed upon the floor by the juggler, who
requested that his comrade might be
allowed 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 a small quantity of
fresh earth, tied up in corner of his
chudder, which was deposited in the
flower pot and lightly pressed down.
Taking from his basket adry mango
stone, and handing it round to the
company that they might examine it,
and satisfy themselves that 1t was
really what it seemed to be, the Jug
gler scooped out little earth from
the center of the flower-pot and plac-
ed the stone in the cavity. He then
turned the earth lightly over it, and
having poured little water over the
surface, shut the fiower-pot out of
view by means of sheet thrown
over small triangle.
And now amid full chorus of
voices and the rat-tat-tat accompani-
ment of the tabor, the stone germin-
ated; presently section of the cloth
was drawn aside, and gave to view
the tender shoot, characterized by the
two long leaves of blacklsh-brown
color. The cloth was readjusted,
and the incarnation resumed. Not
long was it, however, before the cloth
was 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 or ten inches high. A
third time, and the foliage was much
thicker, the sapling being about thir-
teen to fourteen inches in height. A
fourth time, and the little miniature
tree, now about eighteen inches in
height, had ten or twelve mangoes
about the size of walnuts hanging in
it's branches. Finally after the lapse
of three or four minutes, the cloth
was altogether removed, and the fruit
having attained the perfection Of
size, though not Of maturity, was
plucked and handed to the spectators,
oc1 or ho;n0 taatad waa found to he