The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-03-20
Miss lula Hurst.

The EUfauia Bulletin has this to
say of the performance of this
young lady in that city on We'd
nesday night of last week:
"bIayor Conner, after introduc-
ing Miss Hurst, and st her re-
Quest, called unon the stage
Massrs. G. Y. Long, John 4.
Walker, G. G. Ramsey, Fl. l.. Hall
aud Meigs Tennille, OF George
town, 10 test the strange power
she Yields. Dir. Long was the
first who came to the scratch. and
he is physically one OF the stSutost
men in the city. An ordinary and
light bottom chair was placed IN
the centre Of the stage, which Mr..
Long was requested 10 take up in
his arms with the back Of the
chair against his breast and the
top Of the chair under his chin,
his hands slightly grasDiug the
front posts Of the chair. Miss
Hurst then stepped forward and
simply laid the palms of one Of
her hands upon the cane scat of
the chair and Mr.. Long began to
look like he was charged with
electricity, and he was drawn or
repealed about upon the stage in
spite of all his strength t. resist
He could not hold the chair firmly
UPON the floor when Miss Hurst
was lifting with only the palm, of
her hands laid against the back
posts; nor could he force The chair
to the floor when she was holding
il up. The other gentlemen On
the stage tried it with the same re-
salt. She made Capt Walker, n
225 FOUNDER and stoat in proper
ton, dance about the s5aga like 2
Timber jack, AMI amidst storms oil
applause from the audience. She
also siung around the athletes,
}ies8rs. Hull and Ramsey, with
apparently as much ease as if
they had been puppets. When
Mr.. TenniIie, the lightozt gentle
man on the stage, came to the test,
ha was nowhere, and it looked "a
il he would he torn hmb from
limb il he did not LEI % Of the
chair. Experiments were then
naaIa with On ordinary round ash
or hickory stick about one inch in
/ diameter and 80 inches in length,
and The same mysterious power
manifested itself, one and two Of
the stou EST mon being twisted
aroQnd AMI drawn about as il
making their best efforts 10 wrest
it from the lady, and she merely
had the palm of her hand laid up
on it. An ordinary umbrella was
then introduced, and Mai J. z.
Raeyes, a very stout gentleman,
could do little or nothing toward
holding it, and it was the same
with other gentlemen. After
ward, some twenty-five or thirty
gentlemen from the audience, still
in doubt as TO the power. went up
on the stage and it Was oil tie
same to them. The writer was Of
The number AMI he confesses that
he didn't I'll ~ believe the evidence
OF whathe saw; was skeptiool TO the
moment that Miss Hurst laid her
hand upon the chair he held be-
fore him. Instantly he felt the
force Of her touch and at once cav
chat his power to resist was all
futile and vain, and in an under.
tone he told the young lady tc
stop, that he was converted, but
she slong him about little any
how, rs il mischievously, to pun
ish him for doubling. But w
cannot write much more or thu
subject, but would say to all who
are in doubt wherever sho ma,
appear, go and see AMI test I'll,
t1pth as ab We stated. She viii
convince any gentleman that sd,
wiells wonderful power an,
with the utmost ease. She wei
nigh exhausted several gentleme.
the other night, and yet she c{i!n
appear to b the Ieast affected
1 indeed, she doe7n't exars h.eFael
In O aythinc she docs.