Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24

Refling the glass the professor
made his subjects acknowledge the wa.
ter to be wine, whiskay, soda, castor.
oil, lemonade, &C., with entire success
Experiment followed experiment with
startling rapidity. Now Young
ploughboy imagined himself veloc;s
pede, and tumbled about the stage on
his hands and feet-a very good imita.
ton. A young lady who had not sum-
a note in her life, suddenly developed
extraordinary musical ability, and ac.
complished "Shells of Ocean" with
wonderful accuracy and melody. One
ratheraafoppish young gentleman who
was stopping at the Assimiquid, and
who had been very attentive to MAGGIE
Campbell, placed himself in a very In.
dicrons position by being convinced
by the professor that he was candle
and going about asking everybody to
light his fiery red hair. At last the
professor set them all to following ont
each his own special 1diosyncrasv and
then the scene was like Bedlam lat
loose.
They danced, sung, preached, laugh.
ed, cried, fought-until suddenly. with
stern voice, the professor called them
to order. In an instant they were
quiet and as the professor went from
one to another, making upward passes
before each, one and all rubbed their
eyes and were same as ever again, but
all entirely ignorant of that they had
been doing during the two hours of the
professors experiments. That gentle.
man bowed himself from the stage nc.
companied by loud applause; and as
the lights were put out, every one went
home full of admiration for his won.
derful power and his graceful eloouence
The Campbells returned to the hotel
with the land lord, who said little, bnt
several times seemed on the point of
having another attack of his peculiar
complaint.
The next morning the young ladies
were delighted to find Jack Savage and
Tom Wetherell in their seats at the Ia
BILE, they having returned-as they ex.
plained-at about five O. clock, but with.
out any fish, at which the girls leered
them numerically, though they assert
ed that they had eaten them all before
they broke camp.
But the lecture of the wonderful pro-
lessor was the chief topic of converse
ton, and as Jack and Tom knew, of
course, nothing about the affair, they
had to be enlightened, and a full account
of his lecture, and his marvellous ex-
pc iments was accosdingly given them.
Jack and Tom said they should go
after breakfast and introduce them
selves to the professor, and were great
ly chargined when Bob Rogers told them
that he had left town Immediately al
ter the lecture, being driven to the rail
road station by the door-keeper
On the following day the party
at the Assimiquid House broke
but not until Jack and Tom had called
upon Mrs. Campbell, and each receiy-
ed a favorable answer to his suit
Somehow or other, the two young
men suddenly became very flush of
money-paid their hotel bills, feed all
the servants, and started for New York
in high glee, having first accompanied
Mrs Campbell and the girls to the
railroad depot, where a most affection
ate parting took place all around.
And L never knew how they got their
money, until spent last Christmas
with Jack and Tom and their wives in
Jacks coy little house in the city and
then Maggie told me laughing untilthe
tears came into her eyes, "Why, Jack
was the professor, and Tom was Mr.
Mcdonald, and they cleared two hun
bred dollars by the lecture; and old
Bob Rogers knew it all the time.