The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-04-26
The Wonders OF NaCromancv,

IdiLLS.- LOHIOn LcddfT.
The Wonders OF NaCr0mancY,
have been promising myself for soms time
the pleasure of relating to You some of thc won.
ders performed hy tie celebrated Robert Hondn
probably The most expert uccromancer in the
world Some oi hi. tricks are really almOs, O.
nough to make one believe IN sorcery. His sa-
loon IS crowded every night, and it is said he has
made AZ immense fortune in Paris alone he is
not an ordinary juggler but what is called here !.
Phgs'cidH,, a man who has cultivated the natural
sciences 10 Il great extent and has made himself
very nearly perfect IN the act of mechani IN He
Is a pleasing looking man of about I5 and comes
up the stage IN plain citizens dress His ia,
bee are no, crowded with a great variety Of tin
sci glittering things to make show. but contain
nothing but what Is necessary for tie evening :
performance.
Iii, son, a young lad Of lG OF Il years Of age
stands near TO assist him The first cXpernneut
he ehowed the evening | was present, was with
what be called She magnetic clock 4 large
round, flat gas. plate ~ clear as chrystal, aud
representing the face Of a clock wa, suspended
BY two cords to the ceiling Alongside, bat en-
treIy separated from tue dial plate, was Il glass
bell with the hammer on the outside, aud which
was likewise suspended from the ceiling OF
course there could be no machinery either in the
glass plate or in the tGll, as .'rY were Icrsecil,
clear, and bc,.ig- they were handed to the audi
enCe for examination. Mr.. Hondin commenced
hi- performance by announcing to the audience
that the hands on tie clock would turn any way
shat might b.. desired, would move fast or slow,
a requested, and would stop at any figure desig-
ua'eJ, and as 10 the gla.s bell, it, Lammer wou,i
strike any nImt.r asked for-would strike fast
or -lp- and stop instantly il commanded All
tEis was done !Iyuiiu never went near either #
them. Different persons in the hall commanded
!he hands to turn TO the right and to the leil to
20 itst ard Sow, aud stop At any figure. - tn
the glass 1rIl it performed wonderfully One
tbe gentlemen Of or' nrty, and who sat next
to me even took it IN lis lauil entirely detached
from cord, wire or anything. commanded It Ia
strike twelve very slowly. It Immediately 10.
gln rs slow as possible, but the gentleman soon
tod it 10 20 fast it did &C. faster vet; as fast as
possible; Il vert SO fast We could hardly count
A. twelve be- told it to 90 on, and wh.n /,
reached eighteen, hc suddenly UrlqrcJ it 10 stop.
which diIin-'artly You may Judge how COM
plct,ly mystided every one was.
The next most wonderful trick was. pouring
from the same bottle any kind Divine or .iqloI
demanded, AMI a. much as wanted The bCu'e
he held was a common quar-; bottle. lie went
among the audience, While lis son followed with
a large waiter, containing suppose, uearl, a
hundred Wine g,a,sc. Brandy. rom sherry. ma
dcrin, carct, port and dozen other kind, q! liq
uor were demanded by the eager audience. and
Hunaln poured just rs fast - hs could and every
one pronounced h- liquor Just what he had asked
for took glass auI asked for port while the
gentleman next mo .,blL "a. The same moment
ior rum. The DARK r.! port VT, Iourcl into my
.lasS willie cglprlr.s rum was Instantly after
poured into my friends glass y" nu,t have
poured out more than a hundred glasses, for a
great many p'r,oEs asked for mare. confess
that when Witnessed th5 and saw tia, he bot
tie had no sort of Communication with auvthny
and that HDrl,g did not even turn his hand, !
could not avoid slit',t sIspciou Of tiahlclir
Afe, this he brought in large portfolio, such
rs arc used IN the print shops to put enurayinez
in. 1t was about three fyc; long, two broad and
an inch thick. He took out Of this succe.sycly
three or four b5nut;' of the latest fashion large
cage containing two CanIgics, two immense cop.
per saucepan. fU'l ot beans, another, cguallv as
large ful! Of L'a1i1. brandy. and fourth, larger
than the others full of water ! leave vour
reader, to answer the que,tiunGs tohow al these
thing. could be obtained in portfolio.
He did a dozen other interesting and wonderful
tricks, and then commenced his truly Astounding
experiments with lis SON in cl,iryuyancc
The boy waSnot put to sleep at all neither dl
b., father make any sort of pnsscs over him His
eyes were simply blulag,d with argp Ill haul
I'r C'Ho' and hi> back was turned To lhrauliyurr.
His father then went among the auriaucc and
would take in lis hand anything Offered him.
hold It up where he was but without speakin, a
word, and the boy would instantly name ths oG
cct Remember that hi, bac; was turned ali
the time, that neither his father or ANYBODY else
went near him at ALL The boy neyc- hesi.atcd
and never missed. At one time his father took
seal from n Turkish Gentleman present The
boy described the setting and the stamp, but
,a,d he could not read the letters as he had rry.
'r seen such letters beore. IIondiu then gave
aim n s,a.o and pencil and one also 10 the gentle.
nan who sat next 10 me, requesting him To trace
my figures to any amount on the slate. The gen.
lcman wrote . : s. and the boy at the same
inc traced the same ON h,S slate his va, rr.
oeatedly tried to the utmost mysticaton Of eve. .
" one present lhc boy wrote as t.tus ur
'thcrs and never iai.el to display thc correct ii,
res
All Paris ms gone 20 see these most wonderful
experiments IT, olairyoyancr aud even the mem
Jors Of the Institute and the most scientific men
ave come away declaring their inability to uu.
.crs;aUdit The boy . certainly not 0s,cru. and
'ct, with his ewes handed, back turned, and sep.
.ratcd at least 10 yard, from his father, he de-.
cnbcS any thing that the latter takes in his hand
iondln declares, even IL rliyatr, that it is pc.
'ulIar gift his son has, and really We do not see
.ow It SCul'r explained IN any other way--lys .
.,gouSencc 81. Lprjs HCp.
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