The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-25
ANOTHER LULA HURST.
Wonderful Performance of Magnetic
Woman, also from Georgia.
Baltimore American.

Georgia has produced another lady
whois as full of electricity or something
very like it as was the wonderful Lula
Hurst, of the same State, who used to
throw big men around without much
trouble. This lady, who gave pri-
vate exhibition last night at Ford's to
few spectators, is Mrs. Annie Abbott,
of Milledgeville, petite body Of only
ninety-eight pounds. She is a blonde
of twenty-three years and ola pleasing
appearance. When seven years old,
she went up to her fathers chair one
day and astonished him by saying she
could lift him up. He laughed at the
childish remark, but she put her hands
on the chair and it came up from the
floor. From that day it was apparent
that she had more than muscular
power. She showed her peculiar power
in her own State at charitable enter
tainments, but never thought appear
ing in public until last February, when
she was travelling in Florida with her
husband, for her health, when the
managers of the sub-tropical exhibi-
bition at Jacksonville prevailed upon
her to show what she could do. Since
that time she has appeared several
times in public In Georgia and South
Carolina, and will do so again to-mor-
row evening, it is said, at Ford's.
Last night there were halfa dozen or
so pretty heavy and strong men on the
stage, but she was more than q match
for any or all. A man sat in All ordi-
nary chair, leaned back on its rear
legs, and when Mrs. Abbott simply
put her hands under his ears, the chair
and man jumped up about three inches.
Five men were then piled up on the
chair-the heaviest 2l6 pounds, and all
the others over 160-and when she laid
her hands on the big mans ears the
chair jumped up again. She stood on
one foot and let a billiard cue rest in
her hands, without grasping it, and
one, two and three men could not push
her over. The combined weight of the
three men exerting all their muscular
power was over 400 pounds. She pushed
them all about the stage. Heavy men
sat in q rocking chair, and with her
fingers just touching the back, they
could not rock. The 2l6-pounder and
others put their hands under her ell
bows and tried with might and main
to lift the 9S pounds, but in vain. In
none of the trials could the men do
anything with her. Several years ago
she was at the Hot Springs, in Arkan-
sas, when she was matched against
John l.. Sullivan, but the brute slug
ger could do nothing with her. When
she has her hands on the chair or on
any wooden substance, she waits about
minute, and suddenly the power
comes, but the muscles do not become
rigid. She says the feats never tire her, |
but just before trial she feels nervous
and weary. She sleeps well after
throwing strong people about. She
must stand on wood and operate with
wooden chairs and sticks. When in
contact with carpets and iron she can
do nothing, Recently, when exhibit
ing in the South, somebody connected
a wire with her body and grounded it,
and Immediately she was rowerless.
When one pushes against her the i'm
preston is that of the resistance of
wall. She looks quite delicate. She is
a quiet lady, and very modest.