, 1877-03-03
STORIES OF BllTI.
The Great ventr:IOqui>t and Some of His

! The Great sentrilOslTsi>t anu some OF HI
Experiences.
At Exeter, England, In the early part o
1896, he was summoned before the Arch
bishop and Church Council. prior to pre-
formance, and called upon TO answer various
charges Of irreligion. and as being an - idle
mischievous person." The council were no
able to find him guilty, but he treated them
to a sratuitous performance. He astonished
the assemblage by announcing that a watch
which he exhibited, would he transported Il
cushion in the cathedral pulpit and ther'
! it was found when a messenger went TO search
| for it.
His first feat as a ventriloquist was IN q
dissectipg-roo!a, whittier he had been invit'
ed by medical friend. The doctor, scalpel
in hand, had made in incisiou in the body Of
woman, to which she protested at Is
cruel to mutilate.'' said the voice, ''ths re-
mains of wOmun."
s'Yes," came from another body upon an
| other table .'it Is an outrage TO thus abuse
a woman" Doctor and students made rush
for the door, and it was only when the sur
geon had frantically driven home III his car-
riage, taking Siguor B!itz with him, that the
ventriloquist explained.
1t is impossible to give more than few OF
the many anecdotes which Sisnor Blitz him
self has left on his long life and varied ex-
perience. Meeting Paganini, the violinist,
during a visit 10 Ggsglow, an infants cry
came from within the great Italian fiddle.
"My God, f." said Paganini, "what is this p
"Yon know whose child it is" said fe-
male voice from neighboring closet. The
excited musician rushed to the closet, thence
back to his violin, and then turned round to
see Signor Biz laughing and to receive his
explanation
An Egyptian mummy was presented by the
American Consul at Cairo TO a Philadelphia
museum 4 crowd was one day about the
case, and was startled by voice from amid
the multitu1iuous linen folds.
"Open the box open the bOxi" said the
voice.
"Wbo are you?" asked one visitor more
yenturesome than the rest.
II am descendant from the Pharoahs, y
answered the voice.
"What do you gautf'
"Ask yourself. Your confounded Yankee
curiosity has walked me up from the sleep oi
ages. Open the box =
"What5 your name -
s'Signor Bhtz. answered the voice, and
the great ven;riIoquest made himself known
The Signor while in Nova Scotia was aP
proaeh by an old orange woman with bask
ct of fruit He bought an orange for SIX
pence, and cutting It in half drew from tbt
centre golden sovereign. This performance
was repeated with another orange, the old wo-
man looking on with amazemeut- He was
about to take third from her basket, when
she snatched it away and vowed he should
have no more soVrreign7 fox sixPenee-
introduced TO a very solemn clergyman in
| Hartford, Conn, that gentleman abru6tly
denonced the Signor for performances which
were dangerous TO the welfare of mankind.
and much more Of the same sort. Interrupt
ing him. the Signor p!uaked a pack of play
ing cards from the pocket Of bis ministerial
coat. and withdrew a dice-box aud dice from
his clerical hat. SigDor Bii;z met with no
| more orthodox objections from that gentle
mRn-
In the old Sixth Street Market, Philadel-
phi, he bought a dozen eggs from Il stolld
Dutchnaan. '.Clear as wasser mt we'll
| bueket. eh ?' remarked the Yender rs he
handed them over.
The Slgnor broke one, and there came
| peepiDg through the aperture first a feather
ed head, and then whole canary blrd, which
sang -weetly to the man of eggs.
The Signor's fun-makIug propensity seem
ed 10 have been Irresistible, and found ex-
preston IN all manner of startling ways and
pIaces He made negro cry out from WI d
in his trunk, on one occasion. and came near
| heinz arrested as an abOliticnlst. lie made
his horse talk, and the frightened hoslier
could not bs induced 10 re-enter the stable
So the Signor was himself complied 10
groom the animal His favorite resort seems
10 have been the market-places, where be
gave voice TO chickens and pigs and tish and
even oysters, to the great confusion OF the
market people. But when he bad hao MS
laugh the professor never failed TO make sooc
Loss direct or indirect, that his victim
b,d suffered. His baneVUlence was eomp'e-
hensive, and it Is said Of him that ne gave
way half what be made III charity In !ne
island Of ST. John, however, an offer TO give
10 she puor the proceeds Of one of his enter
,aiumenis was refused by the village pastor.
{" Whar!" said the shepherd, - receive aims
Cor tho noor from a izard-a bewliched
hand? Oh, no; what spiritual grace would
aow upon the objects in distress ~ I,
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