Post # 20 ~ A Very Superior Ventriloquist

And His Automaton Dancers

I am always on the lookout for fun times in antebellum Hamburg. No way the Jeffers children would have missed this (except maybe Spann, just two years old at the time). 

The Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA), 1846-12-19. LOC

Mr. Hardy and his Hindoo Miricles were anticipated in the low country, but the Ladies and Gentlemen of Charleston 
would just have to wait until he finished his engagement in Hamburg.

The Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC) 1846-12-21. LOC

With his Grand Display of Ventriloquism, Mr. Hardy traveled the south for many years. 

The Daily Delta (New Orleans, La) 1846-12-25. LOC

I'm sure no pun was intended.

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