The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-14
WONDERFUL fEArs.


Professor Z. G. johnson, the Celebrated Mes
merist, and What the Press Says Of Him.
Mr.. w. IL. Simms. of the Vaudeville
theater, has secured the services OF Pro-
lessor L. @. johnson, the celebrated
mesmerist, whose feats have astonished
all who have yet seen him and tested his
powers. Professor johnson Is young
man of smoothe countenance, and only
10 years old. He has given exhibitions
of his wonderful power of mesmerism In
all the large cities of the United States.
He has submitted to every imaginable
test that skilled physicians and scientists
could suggest to prove that there Is no
fraud or trickery about his exhibitions.
While under the magnetic influence he
allows his flesh to be cut, and shows in
Vulnerable scars from burns of lighted
cigars. He allows needles to be run
through his tongue and lips and shows
no sign Of pain or feeling. One of his
new features is the mesmerizing of coin;
after pressing his fingers upon coin for
short while II can be mixed up with a
number of others and he will invariably
detect the coin he mesmerized. Every
where he has courted fhe closest scrutiny
and most rigid tests, and the following
encomiums show what the result has
been:
The entertainment given by Professor
Il. G.. johnson, the well-known mes
merist, at Hershey hall last night. was
nAt In attanInA IL IaCartnH
As an exponent OF the mysteries Of odic
force, or animal magnetism, the profess
sor has but few rivals, and in the anus
ing novelties with which his lectures are
demonstrated he is without a superior.
His psychological experiments are fully
as interesting to philosophical students
as they are entertaining to the general
public. His course OF entertainment eX-
tends throughout the entire week, and
will no doubt attract much larger audi
ences as their mirth-provoking and at
tractive features become more widely
known.-[ Chicago Herald, April ., 1884.
From New Orleans papers: Professor
johnson, the mesmerist, still costumes
with his wonderful feat of mesmerizing
himself. He has bafiled the best physi-
clans of that city, and is, indeed, the best
we have seen. He does what he says he
will do, and received the unanimous APP
plause of the well pleased audience,
whom he keeps in a continual state of
laughter by making Ministries of some of
his subjects.
The wonderful feats performed by the
world-renowned mesmerist, Professor f.
G.. johnson, seemed to be impossible to
the uninitiated, but Signor Faranta has
won a well-merited reputation from our
people, who never doubt the announce
ment of his performances, however diff
cult they may seem.
Professor L. G.. johnson, performs
some wonderful feats, which seem to be
miracles to those who gaze with wonder
and amazement at the Professor. After
placing his subject in a mesmeric sleep,
he performs some wonderful things I'M
known to and unfelt by his subject.
Faranta's pavilion is not forgotten by
the pleasure-seekers who gather nightly
to see the renditions of well-prepared
programmes. Professor +. G. johnson,
the mesmerist, is still in the service of
Signor Faranta. Professor johnson is
looked upon by our people as miracul-
Gus being, and a wonder to our medical
fraternity, who have tested his powers
and pronounce them genuine and with
out fraud. Professor johnson has made
no misrepresentation in stating that he
can put himself in cataleptic condition.
He has done 1t to the satisfaction of the
people, and among tqem, some promi-
nent physicians Of this city, and during
his mesmeric sleep the torture of burning
his arm with lighted cigar has been
tested upon him, and the doctors stated
in answer to the audience that he did
not finch, not even move a nerve, and
that he was an artificial "stifi'' while in
that condition. The Professor is the
best metmerist we have seen for many
days.
He will exhibit nightly at the Vaude-
vile theatre and invites committee of
physicians and members of the press or
any persons interested in science to cx-
anime him and test his power. He will
be prepared at any time named to meet
such committee. His feas are truly
marvellous.