Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-07
Prof @ Slight Of Hand Show
-Mysteries-- Electric Phenomena
Psychology--Allegorical IransfOrma-
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Crabtree's Hall was thronged on
Monday evening TO hear Prof Lewis
aud see his dexterilies.s The house
was half filed with = ladies ard
little ones. Letters from Platteville
bad represented PROT Lewis as
greatly above any of the tray cling
show men, and advising professional
men, scholars and students for once
to torgettheH practice, aud be, pres
ent at his performances. The ad,
vice was respected, and never was n
Lancaster audience more higblyY de.
lighted with the intellectual ard
amusing feats of the very talented
intelligent and gentlemanly man Of
mysteries. y .....sw
Prot. Lewis il togive at least three
more entertainments, eaeh differing
from the other and the first, and all
said ODE alike Observation-Disclosures
and wonderful. as ...A
1t Is rare indeed that the press can
afford to notice in "a favorable way
this class Of public exhibitions. or
the people OF moral thought and be-
hayior afford TO attend them as spec
tators. Indeed late years the entire
show business under such heads IA
Magic. Legerdemain. &c, with the
vulgar songs and issts always used
- spaces between parts, have been
regarded as impure aud worthy
OF patronage. The lowest charac-
ters thus became the exclusive pat
rons, aud hence the worthy and the
intelligent masses are virtually ex>
Guided. Indeed We have all been
educated q look upon jugglery and
its kindreds IS works OF evil, aud up,
Oh the dark profession Of inggler
as somehow (etated - Satan x
Yet thare still exists in every,
BODY q curiosity IS behold and tlh-
rave these knots OF mystery-a
curiosity that may not be Suppressed,
perhaps ought not TO be. Even per-
sonss0fT culture, Of torwardness III the
sciences and ID such practical and
mysterious arts as Natnral Philoso-
ply, Chemistry and lEsthefics, the
electric phenomena as Psychology,
fascination, Mental. Illusion, &c.
must and ought to see exhibitions
and illustrations OF these things
These have been in part classed
a. SCIENCES OF the soul or spirit Of
man and ought to be understood by
all whose business is to teach and
prepare the young for life and eter>
nifty. 1t is not wisdom 10 turn from
them, nor christian when il is cer>5
tain that Christ spoke and impressed
his faith upon men with more than
hum n power, something psychoiog>
ical in which the holy spirit intused~
itself most ledellibIy in the hearts Of
such as were called from nature to
grace 10 be sanctifed and saved. -
No, we should not turn away
from magic, uor. from aqyc the
means by@wiiich either9eception or
faith Is practiced or established. We
should embody these arts into 81 col
lego for the people aud, cultivate
them along with other great and
good topics.
We have departed from what we
designed, mere notice Of q show,
Prot Lewis is az educated man, and
turns every point for Instruction and
for moral precept. He commands
deep attention, and holds every Que
in the hall to orderly Behavior
There are of course no protane or
Indecent jcsts or illusions, and no
panderin5 to rowdyw persons.-v-So
much for deserving man and wor
thy enterprise. i.G4a. y