Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-12-19
HERMANN, THE CONJUROR.
Some of His Astounding Tricks Jefore
NeW York Audience.


man in the audience, who, through all the
vicissitudes Of the crisis still retains his tri-
umphsnt tick at Amidon's. The hat is irre-
proachable. Also empty. Ali is it, in
deed Out of that hat, without retiring
from his station upon the gang-plank laid
over the orchestra, between the stage and tho
parquette, he produces two milk-whte rab-
bits, literally alive and kicking. The audi
ence feel Of them, and discover, congruously
with Hermann's delightful idiom, that "there
are no preparations" in them. The magician
receives them back-quietly observes that
for convenience of carriage one rabbit is bet
ter than -two-compresses the four silk
ears of the little qusdrupeds in one hand
makes pass over them-and drops singlS
rabbit on the gang plank Single-yet large
enough to prove that mutual absorption OF
rabbits has really taken place.
Monsieur Edward" brisk little confe1-
crate, dressed in entire black looking like
natty young divinity student, who has taken
to leserdemain, now brings forward pile of
bandana pocket hankerchefs, shaking them
one by one to prove that 'there are no prep
arations" in them either. Hermann lays one
of them across his arm-passes his hand un-
der it, brings out glass dish running over
with more than quart of water, in which
three gold fish are swimming This opera
tion he repeats five times with as many
handkcrchiefs shaken inside out before each
trial, and every time produces the same re-
suit
The ring trick is favoritc one with our
friend the Diaboist We have seen other
jugglcrs perform it, but never like this man.
There is no hurry about his execution-no
retiring to communicate with confederate,
or to avail himself of secret drawers con-
tanning substituted circles. Nine rings of
brass hang upon his arm. He hands them
through the audience for close inspection
lie takes them back--tosses them at random
into the sir-catches at one of them-and
directly they hang together in an orderly
chain. which the representative Hercules of
the assembly, bracing himself against mis-
neighbor, cannot pull apart. Hercules and
Hermann then take hold of the rings to-
gcther. Slowly as one would thread nee
die, and right before the eyes of the two
thousand present, Hermann lifts one ring
past the other-they are all apart again
and nobody has seen how it was done. Then
he pitches them aloft, and they come down
knitted into triangle, square, diamond,
all conceivable forms of concatenation-and
all without discovery. When he gives the
last jerk, and the disjoin ted circles tumble
here and there upon the foor-our applause
tells the magician that we are utterly mys-
tilted.
But we will not linger on the first pro-
gramme, though it includes such tricks with
cards as might set all Baden trembling for
the sovency of its banks-such reproduc-
tions of burned bandkerchiefs, powder-ex-
ploded hats, and pulverized watches, as
would make the fortune Of damaged goods
dealer. We will only advert, in farewell, to
the won derful dexterity with which Hermann !
deals full pack of ordinary whist cards
from the stage to the highest abodes of the
amphtheatrcal gods. Any man who will
try to throw the king of clubs across an or
dinary parlor, will realize the measure of
skill required to send whole pack, one by
one, into every part of the Academy of
Music
We have left but itta space for our men,
tion of the second programme, whose port
folio was opened for the first time on Friday
night. But briefly and numerically we Sc
lect the highest marvels.
1. Hermann takes live pigeon in his
hand-passos it round among the audience
receives it back-twists off its head in
plain sight-submits the decapitated bird to
nspcction-restores the head with single
lets pigeon fly.
2. Ho passes a small box through the au.
dience, asks them to deposit in it six articles
Of their choice. They obey-cover the box
and hide it in handkerchief. A gentle
man in the audience, by some suspicious
persons supposed to be confederate, but
by us known to be innocent of the charge,
5rasps the handkerchief close by the box.
Hermann then informs the depositors, one
oy one, of the exact character of thei de-
oosit, and severally, with wave OF bis I
land, transfers them from the grasp of the !
rustee to hat in the back scenes. AS the !
'rticles 60 they jingle in the hat--between
ZACH departure the trustee shakes his hand
ierchief and finds his jingle growing beauti-
ully less. When the last deposit has fled {
le shakes-and there is no jingle at ALL l
hermann quietly goes to the hat and tum- 9
lies all the deposits out upon the floor The {
rustee opens his tightly held box, and finds
t absolutely empty
When Madame Hermann, lovely little |
woman, who seems quite fattersd by her ,
mateur appearance, seats herself upon the i
tage and is blindfoded, a proceeding of c
moro wonderful interest begins. Her hus- ,