The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-25
HE HAS ARRIVED
WORLD RENOWNED PROF PETER

WORLD RENOWNED PROF.PETERS
VentrilOQlsistl Mesmeristi PhrenOIogisti
Prot. Peters has engaged Snycer's
Hall for the evening of September 22d.
tomorrow EVENING". and will give the
citizens of GARNER City an exhibition of
his wonderful powers in ventriloquism,
mesmerism and phrenology. Will lmi-
tate the notes of all birds; will speak to
you in sixteen languages; will wager
500 TO IS that he can mesmerizs any
person in the audience, can read your
character by feeling OF your head; will
forfeit $500 IL he fails in single C tse.
Medals from all the crowned heads Of
Europe. Fiattering press notices from
the leading newspapers OF the world.
Everybody turn out. Admission only
IS cents, children free.
He placed this matter on q galley,
pulled a proof and corrected IL, and then
cut a lot of print paper TO the right size
and said to ne:
"Get up the roller and roll for me.
/ complied, and be worked OF 200
OF these circulars. He was not only a
good composition, but he wrestled that
old hand press around Ike man who
had never done anything else. When
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Take tin pail and get me quart
OF beer. Tell'em to charge it 70 the
Office"
was afraid OF the man, and got the
beer and paid for it ont # my own
money. He drank the whole quart
with only one breath.
Now, then. take these circulars out
and distribute them" he said, as he put
away the pail. BE good boy and I'll
give you tive tickets to this great enter
tainment-"
That was inducement enough, and in
two hours, with the helm of another
boy, had Lilled the town. When / re-
turned, the bum" had washed up,
combed his hair. and had on a new suit
OF clothes. He had gone to a clOthier's
and bought them. and had them
charged to the office. claiming that he
had been engaged as foreman. Further
than that, he had engaged the hall.
had been back only five minutes when
the booty composition came in. He had
scarcely entered the door when the
bum" rose up. waved him back, and
| tragically exclaimed:
go hence This is no place for the
depravedl How dare you enter my Of
| fee in your present condition ,"
The "compositor" backed down stairs
drunken than ever, and after the
stranger had questioned me as to when
the editor would return, be went TO the
hotel and eng ged the best room.
had heard that somebody held mort
gage on the Office. and it struck me that
this must be the mans agent 4 was
young and green, and had never seen 4
display Of tramp printers gall.
Next morning he took possession Of
the Office. When the now sObered com
pOsitor arrived. the bum" selected
copy for him, and bossed him ground,
and there was no rebellion. He wrote
and set up the several editorials him
self. and made up the outside pages OF
the paper in neat manner. and worked
of two Jobs, for which 1915 cash was
paid. During the day. two subscribers
paid in 81. and all the money went into
the strangers pocket
The editor was 10 be gone two days,
and the man took such complete pos
session that we believed in his right,
and did not kick During the day he
got hat and q new pair Of boots the
same way he got the cloths. and he
drankfhree quarts OF beer, at our ex-
pense. -
Professor Peters, circulars filed sny-
GERS Hall that evening 70 overfiowing.
and i VAS the ''old bum who stood nj
the door and took the money. When
the last person had passed IN, the door
keeper slid into the darkness. and the
people sat there for half an hour before
they realized that they had been duped.
Their, grand man hunt " as organized;
but II vas too late The bum had stolen
s skif and dropped. down the river.
just abour $50 ahead OF our towas-N.
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One of the important laws passed BY
the Legislature Of New York prohibits
,hs a,,nIovr,s,. n, facto-;es &c. %