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Carlisle, /‘Penn.) Oct Ifi Ventriloquism—La«Jt Saturday, being market day, as Mr. Rannie whs walk | mg up tbc streot, passing a store door where there were a number of people *' standing, he met a black man wintt a head of cabbage under his aim ; lie made a voice to come out of the cab j bage, like the squeaking of a young pip—the black fellow immediately looked at the cabbage to ut II he had got a pig liicicj it again begun to queak, and he threw it from him. As me cabbage lolled, the sqcakir.g conn iued, the dogs became alarmed, and the man very much frighted, took to hit. oeels, and ran a considerable distance before he durst stop, to the no small a •riutement of the spectators When he nine back and took *p the cabbage, he hclil it at a distance tor some time, lent t should begin again. When he was old the meaning of it, he said surely dc it evil w,is tu de manrr.
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Alexandria Herald
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Wed, Oct 30, 1816
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