Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-08-30
"NOTHlNG LIKE IT."
Aen Tossed Abont Like Feathers, by a
fre'ty Little n-Extraordiuary
Ftats Of Mind RCading-Etc.

TreitI Little WOMan-EXtraOrdiu Y
Ftats Of Mind Rcading-Etc.
Grace Eden, the little Georpis
wonder of whose extraordinary per.
to'mances the leading newspapers o,
the United States have been filled dur
ing the past four years, will appear at
the Alturas Hotel tomorrow WED.
nesday) evening, the 3lst inst.
Although weighing but 9s pounds,
hive men cannot lit her from the floor
standing on one foot she will resis.
/, the united effort OF two strong men to
move her; four men cannot remove a
cane from the palms of her open
hands; by placing her open palms
upon mems heads she lifts them
into mid-air; she lifts 1900 pounds
without apparent effort; she lifts a
pole from the floor, while eight men
the heaviest of whom sits on the
pole-strive to oppose her.
These are a few of her startling
feats. Hundreds of thousands have
witnessed them. No deception is
prac'ised. She is the only original
Grace Eden, the magnetic Georgia
girl.
The Fontanas also participate in
the entertainment. Mrs. Fontana is
famous mind-reader. She can les-
crlbe any article that is held in
the hand or placed anywhere at the
request OF the audience. She per-
forms the most astounding feats, and
affords the amplest opportunity for
examination.
The following, among hundreds of
complimentary notices, is reproduced
from the Galena, H., Times of March
25th:
After few Introductory remarks
by Professor Fontana he introduced
Madame Fontana and requested some
one from the audience to come up and
the Madame. Judge Barnes
came forward and after carefully fold
ing tn: large silk scarf, tied it securely
around her heal. He was then re.
qnes,ed to take something from his
pocket and ask the lady what i. was;
he slowly withdrew silver ten cen.
piece and as soon as it was out of his
pocket and before opening his hand,
She says: at is ten cent piece
dated 1872 The judge Was then
asked to see if that was co rect and
upon examining it closely it was found
to be of that date. Thanking tic
Judge for his assistance, the Professor
then requested committee OF four to
come on the stage and Mr.. Kelley,
Mr.. Carson, DR.. Smith and Mr.. Ben>
son came forward. These gentlemen
placed quite a number Of figures on
the blackboard placed behind Mrs.
Fontana and in plain view of the
audience and IN every instance did
the lady tell the correc. answer. Be-
fore thankirg the gentlemen for their
assistance, the Professor requested
that one Of the committee should
cross out number of the figures
slow Y one at a time, and the Madame
surprised all present by naming the
figures, in several cases even before
the chalk struck the board.
The professor next requested that
all in the audience who wished to test
this power to produce their curiosities.
tIe then came down the aisles of the
theater, and gong quickly from one
to The other would have the Madame
name the articles produced from the
pockets of the audience. The audi>
ence must have come fixed for
severe test, us some of the most IN
likely things were brought to light.
In one case Lady brought white
rat in a small pasteboard box, but in
lis case as in all Others, the lady told
what it was, even describing
the box and the holes cut for air.
The performance was worth many
times the price of admission, and was
altoge ther the most wonderful we
ever saw. We don't pretend to ex-
plain such mysteries, but no one
should fail to see with their own ewes
these wonderful! people.