EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WONDERS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 24 March 1875, Page 2

EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WONDERS.

Wonders indeed I ,- On.. visiting the Academy of Muvic last night we were quite as surprised at what we saw there as we could have expected. Imprimis, the Leopard boy, is a strange piece of humanity. Perfectly made, and in all ether respects, sare his spotted skin, like the rest of male humanity. He is an enigma which it appears impossible to understand. This remarkable boy, who is stated to be about eleven years of age, is of the Ethiopian cast in respect of his feature, but the skin of his body, is a mixture of white and brown, the white portions being of as delicate a purity as the.flesh of any Caucasian, lie has the peculiarly stubborn curly hair of the negro, also the true oegro expression of countenance, though the outlines are rather finer, the lips being devoid of that protuberance which is so conspicuous to the race. The whole of his face is dark except a part of the forehead, which is of the finest white; and a most singular circumstance is^.that upon that part of the young gentleman's cranium which is white the hair is' also , white, and vice versa. He dances when requested to do so, and has a very shrewd eye to business, in soliciting purchaser* for his photographs, of which he effected a great sale last aight. Miss Sanyille, the Fairy Queen, is a very small lady, indeed, but is in all respects perfectly made, and by no means unhandsome. Miss Sanville occupies .the stage of the. Hall, with Professor Moulton -the lightning calculator, and for the purpose of repose during whiles, when she is not otherwise engaged in entertaining her visitors—such as by singing or conversing—there is the tiniest of tiny arm chairs. This small specimen of the fair sex sings very sweetly, her yoice being of greater power' than could be imagined from her size. As to the arithmetical marvel, or lightning calculator, his power of rapid reckoning ' is really surprising—any adequate dcs- ; cription thereof would be quite beyond belief; his performances require to be witnessed to be appreciated, and all are therefore recommended to visit the Academy while the troupe are. yet in the district. Besides the above wondersr there are stereoscopic views to the number of 216, of scenes in America, and—a monkey, which afforded considerable entertainment to the small boys, especially as he evinced a disposition to quarrel with anybody who intruded within the boundary prescribed by his chain. "On the whole the exhibition, as before stated, is one of wonders, such as are seldom seen anywhere.