The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-08
THE SUN, SUNDAY, JUNE g. 1s9o-TwENTY-EIGHT PAGES

for each Rlass--a custom still In use-the " dip
per- as she Is called; who receives the money.
the lord OF the manor But this welcome
penny was ouly the least OF the compulsory
pc Of the Visitors Gea9 nad
another substitution OF q crown by gentlemen
TO the Coffee loom, emitting them to tho use OF
circulating library, half guinea to The musi;
Clans, and varying sums TO the Clergyman and
The morals wclo very loose and shady IL we
Judge from the old comedies OF Io09 Gr Mh ere
the5 are ofen referred TO- Gne we am" ,ne
" Don't mention marriage at Tunbrtlge Wells;
It Is as much laughed at a. honesty in the city.
and and Liberty; and When when We happen 10 see a
married couple danGle together like KNIFE
Pss t IS snd to od%y % VI the
hotel Mt Boulogne, thai every man Is seen
with somebody else's wife.
weather Of lS00,withn stone : throw OF these
faded but yet tenacious memories, the visitor
strange lSeH as That oeTed BY the quaint old prints
OF the past century. For the last three weeks
Gah O Of saeS me Sas and d
plumeB the roll OF 81 ded chariot bearing n
band, man who is their leader and two sub
ing to the common, there to carry on his mar
yelous cures twice day Tor two hours. Who
is male mad In many counties OF England, and who
attracts around him an ever-increasnE crowd
OF spectators and partlSanSE he calls nlmSelI
American and an Indian; he end his followers
wear buckskin Jackets high boots, gaudy
shirts, large naprinr Mexican hats his hands
sparkle with rings: his hair is CURED
aud oily: his face clean shaven. nburnt.
and handsome: he might be American. but he
English colloquialisms. His attendants are in
military, uniform; he is reported TO make
as much as forty pounds a day. has
a stud OF six horses and heas gratui-
tously Crippes. manned. and hetrleHs men
are lifted into his chariot barrier OF rugs is
and the audience, and the manipulation, OF the
iniirm limbs begins, the spectators only see
ing Sequah's head and shoulders in motion.
Twenty minutes Inter the man operated unon.
whose crutches have been broken as II Drelim-
mary operation. walks down the ladder. OF the
the circle at n brisk pace, to the enthusiastic
cheers OF the bystanders Immediately tor.
ward, SeQuah proceeds to sell his bottles OF
Prairie flower and OF oil at two shillingI
each, ard he cannot supply his clients
fast enough: no also gives away his nos
trums to the poorer patients provided with
hospital or dispensary certificates. lie has
puzzled tho doctors: he Is to all intents and
purposes an ordinary luack. hut quack who
has made some real Cure., whether lasting or
crowd whose drugs are at least innocuous. who
gives away many q 50 note, who refuses to
have anything to do with women, young or old.
who has enough impudence or self-contldence
to remain on the same stage Tor month at
time who, In spite II enlightenment, science.
knowledge, the nprooting o. superstition cav
within thirty miles OF the biggest capital OF
Euiope. in the nineteenth century. make ~
many converts to his healing craft. or a. many
dupes. OF his iinpudence as the bombastic'
mock heroic doctor OF the " Elixir Of Love-
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