Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-09-01
THE EDEN.FONTANA SHOW.

The e len. Fontana Combination
appeared at the Alturas, last night,
before good sized audience, and gave
q two-hours' entertainment which only
lacked variety to be thoroughly enjoy
able.
The principal features of the enter.
tainment were the demonstrations OF
Grace Eden, the electrical" little
Georgia wonder, who only weighs 50
pounds. The more or less mysterious
force at the command of this little
woman is certainly marvellous.
For instance: standing on the stage
floor, her arms doubled. the two strong
est men could not lift OF raise her
hairs thickness. Either Of the two
men raised her easily when they held
a silk handkerchief in their hands and
applied them to her elbows.
She stood on one foot, holding q
billiard cue in her hands at arms
length. The strongest man, gradu>
ally exerting his strength could not
bulge her or cause her to lose her
equilibrium.
She held cue slanting in the palms
of her open hands. A strong miner,
exerting all his strength, could not
move the cue. Two could not; nor
three; nor four.
She stood facing the wall, tips Of
her toes and fingers barely touching
it. Colonel G. V. Bryan, Democratic
delegate TO the last Chicago conven-
ton; John CondroR, his associate in
that convention; General John B.
Winters; w. H. Watt, the well-known
mining man; aud three others applied
all their combined strength to her
shoulders. They did not bulge her.
One, two, or three men could not
lift her from a chair.
All these "tours de force" were per.
formed, without the wonderfully little
body exerting any appreciable
strength.
Three 2OO-pound men laid length
wise on a chair; two others sat above
them on the chair. The combined
weight must have been 900 pounds.
She lifted the whole without exerting
herself in the least.
She lifted seven heavy men, whose
combined weight must have been 1900
to 1900 pounds.
Madame Fontana's feats OF mental
telegraphy or mind-reading were also
wonderful. She called the names and
descriptions of all articles offered
without hardly moments hesitation,
First, John Condron (no fool himself)
blindfolded her securely with a large
silk handkerchief, folded. Professo,
Fon.ana then went through the audi.
ence, asking for any description Of
article that could possibly he brought
into an opera house. County Tax
Collector Peed pulled out an old
tooth of his extracted q year ago
Colonel Petit, State Surveyor Gen.
eral, handed his watch charm made oil
gold nugget from Ceur d'Alene
mine; T. E. Tootle, the St. Joe
millionaire, held up a gold pencil
Captain Wells, Idaho's Commissions
to the Columbian Exposition. and one
of the heroes Of the Rose tunnel ou
of Libby Prison handed
over a Masonic watch charm en-
graved: j. NJ. Wells, Boise City, Ida.
Receiver of Public Moneys L. A
Starrh, of the United States Lane
Office, held up a Grand Army Cane
Captain Wells masonic badge will
his name engraved; also, bunch o
IA keys with his name on the Crane
Army badge in the ring. Dozens O
other articles were held up.
All with the same result.
Then she gave a demonstration o
silent telegraphy. persons in the audi
, ence holding an article. She called
out: "a shawl" "a Grand Army
: cane" "Bunch of matches" "Sil
, YER match safe" Etc.
, "Who holds the shawl?" asked tn,
5 Professor. IA tailor" was the answer
, l. was Mr.. Anderson, the tailor.
A pack OF cards was shown around
Not word was said; but severa
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