Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-23

HKnnMAN laundonhiedI the o1se,eatQ "a hFinN
Copjurers. he eave one Of ~ extraordinary
entertainments in NAugblon'a Hall, last even
ing, before very large audience JUDGED,
every available spot in that large and elegant
Hall was occupied, never having been 40 full
before. He performed without any Of those
adventlsIous aids which others Of his profession
require. Bis style Of necromancy Is original,
and almost wholly unlike anything the world
has been accustomed 70 see upon The sssge or
elsewhere. A narrow platform was extended
from the stage, some distance into the Hall, to
enablb the performer tp walk out among bis
audience. At the time appointed, he appeared
on the stage, and, after bowing to the audience,
proceeded at once With hls wonderful perfor-
names. fng ltWk TlV1,lh
We shall not attenps to ten everything he
did, for we have neither the time TO write It nor
the space to print 1t; but we propose briefly to
give the reader an ideaof some Of bis feats.--
When he commenced, hereques.ed the loan OF
a handkerchief from some lady present While
going along the platform 70 receive u, he.eiop-.
ped by the way and pulled fine large lemon
from the ear Of a gentleman sltiingneAry After
asking the mans pardon, be threw the lemon,
upon the stage, and proceeded 70 perform With
the handkerchief, Placing Y upopsa salyer, he
poured some spirits over IT. and burnt 1t TO
clndess. Then taking tho lemon which had all
the while lain on the stage, and cutting II open,
he produced the Identical handkerchief from II,
and returned the same to the owner.
He borrowed silk hatZfrom gentleman
present. 1t contained nothing when he received
1t, but in an instant aft@ward he pulled two
large rabbits from the crown OF II, together
with various other articles. The rabbits ne
held over q email stand, in full view Of the
audience, and rubbed into oaei Perhaps, the
greatest trick Of the evening was that inWhch
twenty pieces Of money were counted upon
salyer, by two persons in the audience (two
Senators, by the way), one Of whom aiterWard
counted audibly into Herrman's hand FIVE ofthe
| pieces, with which the latter returned 60 the
Isase. One Of the gentlemen, Who retained
/ the sllves Withqths afteen remaining pieces
was then requested to empty them all into
cap, which he borrowed in the audience
cCose the cap, said Herman, who stood upon
the stage forty feet of, sandbheld IL up so the
audience can ses.it." The gentleman did SO
Herman then took the FIVE pieces which be
had taken on tho stage With him, exhibited
them, closed his hand upon them, opened IL
and they were all gone. SHOW open the cap
said be, 'the twenty pieces are there" The
cap was opsned, and the twenty pieces tOS'
there, sure enough, in lieu Of the fifteen pieces
placed in Il few minutes before.
Besides bsing q scientific cOplurer, and 9
wonderful perfcrmer in sleight Of hand, his i'm
itations ofsinging birds the rOakins Of Frogs
whining of dogs, squealing Of pigs and hup
ming Of bees, were almost marvellous. Hi
imitation of wood-saaing was rich. He tool
q chair with both hands, and bent over it, goinG
through the motions of man saving wood
and initiating the sound Of the saw with hii
mouth. The stick when cut in two falls, on'
end hitting an imaginary dog nearby. and h'
goes yeiping Oh the staRe' nn az 4
/ A very agreeable and pleasant feature Of thu
entertainment was the musc- The two solos
performed on the violin and violincelo, wer'
very fine indeed,
Hermann promises to return to this city ant
Igive US another of his astounding performance
in a few weeks. There Is no hall large enOugl
to contain all who will desire TO be. present.