New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-05

duced the most agreeable anticipatjOns, and large
numbers of people have frequently gone long
distances in order TO be present when the vent
was opened Even the most timid creatures
have never felt the slightest alarm or experienced
any i'll effects whatever, the demand for ear-muhs
has not increased, nor the price of cotton gone
up the minutcst fraction OF cent
1t has occasionally happened that when ME-
Doughcrty had blown himself of and people
perceived that his diaphragm hal subsided 10 JUS
usual dimensions slight feeling Of reiel 'n"'
pcrmcatcd the community, but that mas gen-
orally been attributed TO a sympathetic partic'-
patton in Mr.. Doughertys pride and Joy at 'ho-
ing that his vent had not failed him, ana tnat
the pressure removed Now ana men, more
over when the silver tongue has ceased to VI
brate and the echoes have dled away oncre
have been persons inconsidcrate enough to say
that the sound was AL they cared ABOUT ans
that they had never expected there would be any
sense 70 carry away with them. Thus, not long
after Mr. Doughcrty had transported his vent from
PHILADELPHIA to this city and procured permanent
accommodations for it here, he found himself
under the necessity of using it TO get rid of the
pas which had been generated in the course OF
tho noodle trials On that occasion it was in
remarkably fine condition, and poured forth a
note so sustained and so melodous that the mem
hers of the Bar Association, who had accompanied
him to Albany for the express purpose of wit
Messing the performance, were absolutely be-
wildered and dispersed TO their homes in such
a state of mind that vox ct praeterca nlhlI
was the only description they were ever able
to give of it
Again last June, as the day for the Democratic
National Convention approached, Mr.. Dougherty
assumed such abnormal proportions that no one
could behold him without trembling to thihk
what might happen if his vent was mislad or
out Of order. A great many other people APP
peared at the Convention in more or less IN
hatcd condition in the hope of finding relief, but
Mr. Dougherty was seen to be in such des-
pcrate case that they all agreed to forego their
own claims and assign an hour to his exclusive
use The curiosity TO witness this performance
was unbounded and large sums of money were
exacted for the privilege of being present IL
was apparent, when all was over, that the SUI
ferer had experienced great relief; but those VINO
had frequentcd similar exhibitions expressed much
disappointment. They said that the absence OIL
sense was as conspicuous as ever, but that the
sound left something to be desired The force
of this criticism was somewhat diminished by
the fact that it proceeded in large part from
persons who were themselves in considerable dis
relief in favor of Mr. Dougherty: but STILL it
had TO be admitted that, however satisfactory
its effect upon him may have been, the vent
had failed to produce the customary impression
upon the rest of the world.
However, Mr.. Dougherty passed very CON-
Portable summer, and was looking forward with
unusual pleasure to the next few years, when
"A totally unexpected occurrence on November
brought on sudden and severe attack from which,
it now appears he has just recovered in Pitts
burg. II must be acknowledged that he has
borne his suiferings with more than ordinary
patience, and we were not of his alarming
condition until the vent had performed its merci-
full function. But it now appears that ever since
the first week in November he has been bullying
with the conviction that the State of Pennsyl-
vania is politically the most contemptibly cor
rupt, the most daboIically vile, and the most
VIGOROUSLY dirty piece of territory on the face
of the EARTH that it is full of moral abor-
tons and has stocked the whole country with
poison No man could have lived long with
such an expansive force that within him. 1t
is doubtful if he could have survived until the
4th of March if il had not been for his incom-
parable vent We are rcjoiced to learn that the
process of exhalation was complete success, and
that Mr. Dougherty has shrunlI to his usual
Dimensions