Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-07-24
The Coninrer,s Spell.

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MAGICIAN
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"f thr ANfEi, tN- When he wa boy he
H.cd FOR several years in sullivan and Wa
.cl.u.ua'. Of ihe c.iitor of Ire ,MrEIrt>
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"t'h printed th' ''i""'n story Win an intro
duciiin. Il >ard:
Nearly rycry summer there comes to Bar
Ilarbor to 1--WE paTlur exhibitions in leyrr-
,lrluaIn. on,. Professor PRAY. He j. well.
k,ut In h,>h ANA n.u dressed in beaver
and hruaGc!oth: emiln. nkc a salesman
Glib a, a politician; CAV as a birdline
charty a, A daNn.er ana A, hg,iur..-lk.
4 circus manager. l brich, CORES
pnud,u, # the Lewiston .Tspr,.il one.
inter, t.,y,d fh, ,Profe>,nr'' and vrot,
Mini up.iu rhr following article witch ".
Ara, >nr, ,,iu interest many r.ad.t. nf th,.
Hr.,I,
II,,5. ,hort atI son, and hi. ntapncr j.
that of mystery When Won think yon
know him most r.rhaps ,ou knu, him
least Whrn you mink Won Iay your I'm.
Ter ri5bt nn Him he /, not there when
y.,I h,arken 10 his mal-ical conversation
Won Zee, n certain of it aS of the D.lphir
oracle. If not more when he twist. hls
l,fi c,rhAl inside ont and rolls ou, Junk.
Of silver tru.r,ut pieces. and sit, In your
uilIcr and twist. hens egy> ont OF In.
mjd,ll, ease. .f ynur waterbury watch
ynu D., yin to fear him but when he sion.
and t.li, ynu of hi> past and where Ne has
been M hi, ruriou. busy lif, Of hi. il get,
TO be-. omit. romantic.
\ fanny fellow . 'Ir rife,sot" George
H. pryy nf Irwt,ton-a very fuuuy III
low. lie la, had 4 queer sort Of u6uadic
n ifc and >tjl kcous ii up. He OH, cts TO
the word >leighl-of-hand and prefer,
mage" a. a term. He and Keller and
Heller h, SAYS. ar, th. only cxpon.pts of
certain ul hill marvel> and Of some Of them
Ac alou, possesses the secret He TIA, tray.
e.rd thu continent countless times. lie
has exhibited before nearly every great
charitable institution in the land, especial
Is IN deaf and dumb asylums. insane ho.
pitals >chool>hlps colleges. >cminarir-,
etc. ana he ha, collection of Autograph
ItttFlS III On ttTt tfIllUtLt tInGlfHT~ tlIAt
would MAKE a big book Sometime. th.
professor for.e,- hi> hack art aud his
huhgobiin friends aid comes down to pos
itive romance, He did it SATURDAY. when
he told u about some OF hi, Egyptian
mysteries.
He wa born in Wa,eryille. Me. and liv-
ed in Brookline. Mass a. a bov. By his
own mouth we have it that as boy he
was not fond of such rude sports a. mar
blc>, truu Tie hoop, roiy poly or buckley
arrow. He preferred optical 'lusion>. He
Wa continually practiciug his eye, until
he got exceeding dcft. 'Georgie." would
tile grocer >ay. "juggle the oranges for
tile : ntlemen. and you may have EN-,
the oranges. Of course, and not the gen
tlemen and the miniature magician would
toss tie fruit into the air ana .jugglr en- ="
In tender adolescence he mounted the
stage. and Dr Harlow. Of the Maine State
A~ylum for Insane toi him that he would
be 4 JOY and a medicine and rest for the
insane, and he accordingly went into it.