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NYM(G.753.085
17 Sep 1753:33 (58)
By permission. This evening, being Monday the 17th instant, will
be exhibited, for the benefit of the poor prisoners now under
confinement, in the city hall, in this city) at the usual place,
by Anthony Joseph Dugee, the young Indian and little Negro Boy;
the accustomed surprizing and entertaining performances, on the
stiff rope, and slack-wire, scarcely perceptible together with
the usual equilibries, on the chairs and pins as well by the
Black, as the Indian boy. After which the company will be
agreeably entertained, with the wonderful feats of strength and
activity of Mrs. Dugee, who has given so much satisfaction . . .
[15 lines describing her weightlifting tricks. . . .
The whole to conclude with a dance, called, The Drunken
Peasant. Doors open'd at six o'clock, and to begin precisely at
seven.
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