Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-28
An English Magician.

DIR. Lynn, during brief visit to Lon
don, with view to make preparations
for winters campaign, gave three pri-
vate seances, at two of which / was
present. Avoiding the toy-tricks Of pro-
fessors of magic who come from various
points of the compass and astonish
children of every growth, his programme
is stored with eastern novelties, and his
performance is the perfection of sli yht
Of hand The closest observer is baf1ed
by his astonishing dexterity, and the
grace with which the most difficult feat
is accomplished are as admirable as the
dexterity is marvellous. / will mention
but one or two items. A graphic writer
upon Japan, some time since, made the
world acquainted with the most graceful
and beautiful, and at the same time
wonderful, of all the facts performed by
the jngglers of that country. They were
the top and butterfly trick. A top is
sent spinning in the air; on its descent
it is caught on the point of a sword,
where it whirls merriIy; then it 10
brought along the keen edge to the han
die; then it renews its fight to be again
caught, and ultimately it is sent, like a
miniature Blondin, across silken
thread which is invisible to the audience;
sometimes It descends the slack, some-
times ascends he hill, but ia always sure
of foot, and waltzes its way of the mar
row path, from the boxes of theatre to
the back of the stage, as readily as
acros drswing-room The butterflies
are cat OF many colored paper, and fly
about as If endowed with life In obe- /
dience to the wave of fan they fly high
or fly low; now they futier over lady's
bouquet, now they light upon the spray
of wreath, now they gYrate, mothlike,
round gas Jet This feat alone is suf.
fcient to take the town by storm. But
what will be said of the greatest of the
spirituslist tricks viz writing on the
arm? Let me briefly state my own ex-
perience of it, Twas requested to write
che name Of any person. OF any country,
who as died since the wnrld began.
did so in a remote part of the room, be-
fore leaving which | tightly folded the
paper on which the name was written,
until it resembled doctor's pill, and
placed it on table, where it remained
in presence Of. and close TO, all present
except DR.. Lynn. That he did not touch
it, and that be had no means of ascer-
tanning what the name was beyond the
mesgre hint to be derived from reply
to his question Of how many words and
letters it consisted, can positively
vouch. Within two minutes the name
was traced upon his arm, and in letters
each of which, if / may say SO, was an
enlarged fac simile of my own. Five
other names were written by different
persons, and one was selected at random
out of the FIVE, and with a precisely SINH
lar result. On the previous evening
thirteen ladies were present, as well as
number Of professional meningitis Of
Jaw, literature and medical science; a
name was written by each lady, and
thirteen times, to the nnspeakable amaze
ment of all present, the writing on the
arm corresponded with the writing on
the crumpled paper in the ladys hand.
This was Fosters great spiritual trick;
and it is to the credit of DR. Lynn that
he utterly disclaims and laughs at the
idea of spiritual agency in its perform.
Dublin Witness. -.----