Show PRODIGIES OF A man I hold n table til lei liln his teeth h while tito outliers dance on it in 1871 Alonsi monsieur cur gregorie claiming to be seventy one years old id mightily astonished the good folks folks of hereford by carrying seven hundred undred i weight with ali tho greatest t ease case and by performing certain other extraordinary feats for all that he was one of the quietest men nen tind and simple as a child living I allig in III con stant dread lest lie should be pro provoked k into using his strength un u n pyo professionally fessio nally and afraid to nurse his 13 own baby lest lie should give it a fatal squeeze joseph chilli was wont to amuse the hungarian public by holding a table in the air by ins his hands and teeth while a couple of G gypsies sies danced upon it to a thirds f fiddling ax ng he and one of his brothers would bear upon their shoulders a sort of wooden bridge while a cart bullof full of stones drawn by two was driven over it falling into evil ways joseph was im imprisoned in the fortress of ofen afen and one day volunteered to give givs the april prison on inspectors a specimen of his abilities biliti cs and permission being accorded he so arranged the bover governors heavy mahogany table as 03 to hold it suspended with his teeth for nearly half a minute a french professional dional acrobat lately performing at a berlin theater executed the fol following lowin extraordinary extra extraordinary feat As he swung tead head downward from a trapeze to which his ankles were fixed a horse covered with g gay ay t trappings raf pings and begirt w with ith abr abroad leathern eathern having b two strong loops attached to it and M n mounted by y a full grown man was brought on the central stage above which hull hung suspended seizing the loops biti with his hands the frenchman by sheer muscular strength lifted hoi horse ae and k rider some inches off the stage sustained their combined weight in the air for some seconds and then let them down again as evenly and slowly as he lie had raised them sir mr stanley tells us that S chief of amu aniu biu Os mans caravan standing six feet five inches barefooted and measuring thirty two inches from shoulder to shoulder could toss an ordinary sized man ten feet into the air and catch him in his descent he would take one of the largo large white muscat donkeys by the cars and with a sudden movement of his right foot lay the surprised ass on its back carrying d sf three year old bullock on hia his back halfway half way round his masters asters ro plantation and once actually bore twelve men on his back shoulders and chest round bosmans house to the intense wonder of a large crowd of applauding spectators A man of great strength was william joy known in hia his day as the english samson he was a native of kent having been born near ramsgate Kams gate in 1676 1675 from an early fable period briod of his life he lie displayed remarkable strength and dexterity for his years and when twenty four years of age ape y he began publicly to exhibit his astonishing feats among other of joys performances he be is said to have been able to retain and keep keel in place a strong horse urged by whip to escape his powerful rein solely by the check of his pull without any stay or support whatever aided by a strong leathern girdle or belt and supporting himself by pressing his arms on a r railing ailing he could lift from the ground a stone said to be a ton weight he ile also broke asunder a rope fastened to a wall abich had bad previously borne more than a ton and a haff half weight without b breaking r in notwithstanding his great strength lie was possessed of singularly agile and flexible joints many wonderful stories being told of his feats in this respect hect such as placing a glass of wine on the sole of his foot which he could twist round with hia his hands and conveying it in this way to his mouth without spilling nag chambers ambers journal |