Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-04
ANOTHER GEORGIA FAKIR.
A Young Woman Who Tosses Strong
Men about Like Corks.

Georgia has produced another lady
who is as full of electricity, or some
thing like it, as was the wonderful
Lulu Hurst, of the same State, who
used to throw big men around without
much trouble, says the Baltimore Amer
lean. This lady, who gave a private
exhibition last night at Ford's to a few
spectators, is Mrs. Annie Abbott, of
Milledgeville, a petite body OF only
ninety-eight pounds. She is blonde
of % years, and of pleasing appear
lce 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 child
ish remark, but she put her hands on
the chair and it came 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 entertain
ments, but never thought of appearing
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-
ton 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 and the remaining even
ings of the week at Ford's. Last
night there were half dozen or so
pretty heavy and strong men on the
stage, but she was more than match
for any or all. a man sat in an ordi-
nary chair, leaned back on its rear
legs, and when Mrs. Abbott simply put
her hands under his ears, the chair
and the man jumped up about three
inches. Five men were then piled up
on the chair-the heaviest PIG pounds,
and all the others over 16O-and when
she laid her hands on the big mans
ears the chair jumped up again. She
stood on one foot and let 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 were over 400 pounds.
She pushed them all about the stage.
Heavy men sat ina rocking-chair, and
with her fingers just touching the
back, they could not rock. The 216-
pounder and others put their hands
under her elbows and tried with might
and main to lift the 50 pounds, but in
vain. In none of the trials could the
men do anything with her. Several
years ago she was at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, when she was matched
against John L. Sullivan, but the
brute slugger 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 her muscles do
not become rigid. She says the feats
never tire her, but just before a trial
she feels nervous and weary. She
sleeps well after throwing strong peo-
pie about She must stand on wood
and operate with wooden chairs and
sticks. When in contact with carpets
and iron she can do nothing. Recent
ly, when in the South exhibiting,
somebody connected a wire with her
body and grounded it, and immediate
ly she was powerless. When one
pushes against her the impression is
that of the resistance of a stone wall
She looks quite delicate. She is a
quiet lady and very modest.