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SDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1877.?yville, le hun-is farm«t !ta shaved smiled roniclenchcre, ne five finish hut thein San ts full, oes out refuse so well lble in•pted a 1 over-lcn the visited, ectncle 1 moreon is speaks ork is ign of reation it effort eciallydeatli as due red his public mown;manyquacksexhibitps are l Times to hns that a i lately i one of as sold mation Footepartyeentlv.A Man Crocodile.In London they have on exhibition a semi-amphibious man named James Swan, whose performances at the Pavilion in Coventry Street are thus described by Frank Buckland in Land and Watrr:When the curtain drew up I ohrfrved on the stage a pretty large tank, with a glass front, filled with water. In the water were floating five living crocodiles, averaging from four to six feet long.The band strikes up a lively tune, and the man crocodile climbs up*a ladder at the side of the tank, and at once jumps into the water, which comes nearly up to his neck. He first of all walks round the tank, and (as it were) stirs up the crocodiles, making them swim about in all directions. There is one of his aquatic beasts, however, of which he seems to be in wholesome dread. This is a largo snapping turtle, but I could not get near enough to make out distinct! v of what species he was. Having looked around to ace where these reptiles are awimming, Mr. Swan dives down to the bottom of the tank, and quickly wiring Mr. Snapping Turtle, brings him up into the air, where he flourishes him about over his head, much to the delight of the audience and the discomfort of the turtle. The reptile having been thus performed with, is allowed to go, and ho descends with a lazy, heavy motion to the bottom of the water. Mr. Swan next feels among the thick of the crocodiles, which have by this time crawled into one corner. Having chosen two of them, he very adroitly takes one in each hand round the neck. This, I should imagine, was a very difficult think to do, as the cnicodiles object considerably; they make the water boil again with the lashings of their tails.At last a firm hold is obtained round their necks, and they are flourished about in the air, opening their mouths and snapping right and left.Mr. Swan then deceuds again, and remains under water for a considerable time. When under water he eats, drinks and writes on a slate, in this respect rivaling, if not outdoing the human frog ” who performed in {xmdon a few years ago.The inscription he writes on the slateWAJapan haCalcium as gold, estiiSCHIPKA rose the yellHere’s a mirai Semn manuscript.Dead jx curiosities u quarter apicIt is a Georgia's dr worth $1,500America? and Americr Germuny anThe voice not so loud f in which to ]If our lt;densely popt contain l.CKWEngland wheat shorting to fill tinMlSecon i beggar lv ad timid, tho re of skeptician Turks anlt; TaleWhich on Him theAn Ohio n and weak to same night eighty-six jx Ip Nature drunkard, 1 structed like he drank the The Rev Francisco, country the, is considered A girl in has had thre fathers. Th dinary orphu ding cake.It is the d to pretend U say.-*, out of i believe anytl
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The Eaton Democrat
Eaton, Ohio, US
Thu, Sep 27, 1877
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