The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-16
Ihe Bulletin.
Punching 1sat aud tts Deuuded
Owner--A Jolly Dad sseWatesnM"'s
Jointly GurWcd to Anger.


From the san Francisco Chronicle OCT
At Mayilir,'s new ihmaier. on Bush
street. last evening. was "iiac''u AN iii-
-piiiiing cUiiirdy which was mol oO" on
the programme. but when ciiliNtirru Tue
Audience ~ n most woI'irriuI MANNER.
Aiur that truly wonderful drama VI Ben
Bot |. intlicIed. llcrriiann, the inagi-
ci,,ii. appears. and performs his d"x"r-
Oh. trick- for the rjiiicatlUn oi the audi.
eucc. Uue vf Ia. most amusing centuries
il the demolition OF plug la, h"r-
row-d from some g,"id-iia,ure'i spectator.
and it, Subsequent wonderful RESTORATION
To- H. owner. Last evening there war
jolly looking old man seated near
the Stage With n new FIX Hal,
which he very readily loalIed TO the
professor. hen Hermann explored
The inside OF the hat aud brought
forth an egg, the jolly old fellow laughed
Uuli. lrar,iiy, aud When the ia,rlious
nidgiciaii again explored the prolific ilte-
riur Of tn. hat and brought TORN III some
my .tcriO,is inaiir,cr two rabbits, the Joiiy
ola fellow grew quite ily.t"ricil. AMI ni'
face became e a ,ivid b o Hermann
handed the hat 10 his irtEle assistant.
wiIh Instruction. To brush IL tor the gtii-
tlriiiau. The assistant retired with the
old one. with " icii tlH. trick WAS to be
concluded. Ia the meanwhile HERMANN
WA, engaged in performing some other
iupo>,ihlr tent. after which he espied the
hal ON the little table. he directed his
uialc assistant to return the hat TO the
Jolly old gentleman. The assistant. on
his way Ia the jolly old grn,leinai's seat.
stumbled and. To- the di,inay Of the pro-
fr-sor. audience, and particularly the
Jolly old gentleman. who Was pcffrctl!
aylia,l. Tell uii tn hat and crushed itinto
a .ilaInlr,, black lump.
The unturtuiitt~ assistant shctp-hiy
r,turird h., di>ur,i,.rrd tile to In HAS
ter and retired in "a most di,con, OlaIc
manner. TIE professor apologiz'd very
hunbly for the accident to the Owner.
who d. jOliiy had seriously departed. AMI
who looked quite savage. and PROMISED
To de- all III hi- power Ia restore ia, hat.
To cheer the spectators H. ex"cut'd u
| triling diversion with handkrrchi'f.
I he rullrd IL into "A small ball and pre-
tended TO threw IL tn the ownr III liz.
! gallery. but It my-teriou-iy di>app AIRED.
| The magician assumed look ut surprise.
aud approaching the owner of tn. luck
l,..- ha who had not abar"d hs icf''ciiy
a jui. said. "Iou u W. that hairikrr''hl /,
.ir." The man .urlily denied he charge,
wn"r'uI""n the professor applied Ia. -.
| pici,dn. iaiib Ia tn" inal- NOS" and
| .lnwl, uuinld.d Ia view iln haudk' rchici
| lie. .prtaiur. r'arrd. bui The man, ~ hose
| fib.araInr had been sutfi, irntly tried. h.
! IN nInh raised his cane and dealt the
a-lohi>h,d Hermann tour ar i,r ira>y
| blow niuiii IN" shoulder III" theatre
| r,.>utiudrd with cri :. Ut Put nm Out.
.Bn,nc.. him" and B,ff him oi.c'' tor
| luck. Peerless" and th,rr Was uuch TX
| ci,-,mr for time. ii, rrniahn took the
| mn,'-r c"'i,y. however. AMI r"gaining
ia. stage took the battered tile and say
ing, IN ylv- You your hat. sir" hogan
tearing il into strips. lie rolled thu
pee. into package. aud approaching
ih,. man remarked. "iirrr's yoiir hat
.ir: very much obliged. sir. The maj
Indignantly refused the bundle AMI
HERMANN tan .irrr-d it 10 the hands 81
an assistant. whom hc directed 10 hold il
above. Ia. head iir then discharged n
pi>tul ~ it and Il hat was PERCEIVED NY
ihy across The upper part "t the th"alrr
The hunollr rIrird ont Ia contain an
ap"p,iic dnll. and anOihrr' -hi dis
charged toward the tiI,- brought down
the y.n,ilrmau's hat unhurt aud shining
The professor paused moment mfnr,
IA. returned IT,. hat aud III n loud voice
|
after give von your hsr. II put yor
out. ,ir." The man received ii,s ha'. hut
settled back IN his seat with the "vid' II
design of rrmaining. The prof So"
loa,rd over and culchrd the pnrlly maj
nv the coat. aud thrr" was Il animated
sruyul.. which was enlvrned 10y
enc"nragcing remark. from The gods
IN the gallery. such rs 'S"ck u In IN
old Inf'.r HERMANN" GIVE him on,
'"r me" &c. \ police officer connect
VT the th,atr. int''ri'rrl, ant
led the unfortunate man on,
On His way ont some prr>,l
punched INN IN thu. neck. aud imn"di
trly h" WAS surrounded by u crowd I"
fifteen ar twenty of the audience. wh'
pumnrl,d him in ma't unmrrciu
manner. After n struggle he sncc"rdr'
~ ryainng tn" street. and III" scene
w"r. related and laughed over by group
in front Of the tleater until u late bour.