The Red Cloud chief., 1879-04-17

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An AMATEUR AESMERIST.
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Prom tie Chicago TrfbaneJ
At . small party up in the Western
Division, one night last week, a highly
comic young man said early in the even.
ing th,t he had q bully idea for having
some fun at the expense Of . quiet and
inohen.ive guest Of the sex 10 which vi
owe our milkmen and fathers, who vas
expected later.
"Tell you what wen do" said he,
bubbling over with mirth rs be spoke.
''I'l mesmerize Jones-make him sand
on his head, and think he is \ tea kettle.
and 50 on. It'll be a~fully funny. I've
been having . little experience in mes
merism lately, and I a do it just As
easy IS borrowing S5." They all said
il would be q grea, joke and too funny.
and so on, and when soon afte. the I'm.
suspectir z Jones arrived they turned
the conversation as il accidentally upon
mesmerism, and the unsuspec,ing Jones
said he didn't think there was much
in it.
40, you don't, eh?" said the highly
comic young man, who, for the purpose
of argument, we shall call Smith /;
''now, I've been experimenting a little
in these things, and there's q GOO deal
in il. Now, l think | could mesmerize
you if you'd let me try"
"Oh, dear Mr. Jones'" cried all the
young ladies with one accord, "please
do let him mesmerize you; il will add
SO greatly TO the eclat of the evening""
and Mr.. Jones consented TO be mesmer-
lied if it would afford them any pleasure.
Rather to his own surprise and greatly
to every one ~else's, after q few passes
Mr.. Smith saw his victim pass into the
magnetic slumber, and then the fun be-
gan. The unfortunate Jones was made
to believe he was q terrier backed to
kill 100 rats in 10 minutes, and so TO
engage in q fearful cOmba. with his
teeth with q pile Of ottomans and sofa
cushions; and then was turned into a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and went up and
down the room blowing off steam and
footing danger-signals; and then be-
came convinced that he was a sensa-
tional lecturer, and split his coat clear
up the back while trying to illustrate
the oppressive calm that broods upon
the Dead Sea; and compelled 10 recite
poetry and play the flute on a ruler, and
perform many other interesting and IN
usual feats to the immense delectation
Of the audience, so that every one laugh
ed till his or her sides were sore, and
one tendGr-hearted damsel remarked
that it was a shame. Finally, they left
the unfortunate young man possessed of
the hallucination that he was a tom cat,
keeping patient watch over the register,
from which he expected u mouse TO is
sue, while they discussed what TO make
him do next.
81 guess we've had about fun enough
out of the poor cuss," said Smith, mag
unanimously "'Spose l take him out of
his magnetic slumber?" So he called
"Puss! Puss!" and Jones came obedi-
entlyto him on all tours, and rubbed
against Smiths legs and purred con-
tentedly.
"Now," said Smith, "observe that I
will make a few passes in the reverse
way, and thus release him from the con-
trolling influence of my mind and dispel
the magnetic slumber in which he has
been the unconscious agent to minister
to u mirth and amusement"
So he made a few passes, but Jone,
did not come out of his trance; on the
contrary, he glared wildly around the
room, and ran his fingers through his
hair, and, tearing of his coat, howled,
''Thim Chinese must 60, and if the ly-
lecherOus parasites and bloodsuck-
ers of the Associated Press dissipate any
more of their Shiny, c%Onvulsive, and
hellishly malignant lies"
"Why, he thinks he's Dennis Kear-
exclaimed every one, and they
looked in surprise at Smith, who, how
ever, retained his presence of mind, and,
badly surprised, said: "You see
| stimulated his bumps of eloquence
and %causatiOn, as l may say; now, how
ever, l will disinmagnetlze him for
So he made a few more passes,
and Jones set off walking at breakneck
pace down the room, yelling, "This is
The 2,697th quarter-bet q bonanza mine
10 a banana l win"
Smith looked somewhat more serious, |
and every body said, "Why, how singu-
and some of the guests remarked,
!. Smith. why don't you take him out Of
he magnetic slumber at once2 He'll
upset the furniture"
81 WILL" exclaimed Smith, and made
several more assorted passes, finally
Jones and shaking him violent
y, with the exclamation, "Hii there!
say, you know, times up! Wake
Up! Be yourself! Come out of this
rance!"
Jones gazed at him pleasantly for an
Instant, then a rapturOus smile broke
ut upon his cOunteEance, and, CRYING,
s Hence, Achmet, draw thy cimeter and
,eep faithful watch at the outer gate Of
he SeragliO-the Garden of Delights
Vhile the Sultan, the Magnificent, the
ord of the Earth, r~ejoices his heart in
he smiles of his Odalisques;" before
hey had any idea of his intention be
ugged and kissed every woman in the
DOM, calling them all "Fatima."
"Perhaps he's going mad," said
omebody, and the lady of the house,
pale, exclaimed, "Mr. Smith,
insist that you restore that unhappy
Dung man to his senses this very mo-
"Great Heavens," said Smith, who
ad burst into a profuse perspiration,
that's what l am trying to do as hard
s l can, but he won't come out of his
rance. l must have forgotten some
hing about the process"
Well, try and remember it then, D.
D.. o." said the lady, cor he may be a
aving maniac, and his blood-and ours,
'hich is worse and more TO the purpose
will be upon your head"
Here Jones took up a tumbler of lem
made with much solemnity and ,advanc-
lg across the room with q majestic
ep, halted before Smith and exclaim-
4: "sSaul, son of Kish, /, the Prophet