Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-06-21
EIGHTH WONDER Of THE WORLD
That Is What Annie May Abbot Has
Il, IN Callrl and She Dcsel YES
the Name.
Some Of the Wonderful Things She
Did Friday at the Opera House
Committees Report.

There are stranger things in heaven
and earth than mans philosophy has
ever dreamed of, according to Shake
sl"arc. and the audience which gathered
last night at the opera house to see Miss
Annie May Abbott exhibit the strange
and mysterious power she possesses real
izcd the truth of the bard's statement.
The feats she performed are certainly
wonderful and beyond the power of
science to explain. She lifted eight of
the committeeman standing at once on
"a chair without any muscular exertion
whatever. She stood on the bare stage
and the combined strength of the entire
committee was insufficient to push her
against a man who stood behind her so
that he could feel the slightest pressure.
\ stick laid in her open hand adheres so
persistently that four men cannot
pull it Off, although she does
not grasp it. When she lifts with her
open hand the object on which half a
dozen men are seated you can put your
hand between hers and the object to be
lifted and not the slightest pressure is
felt, proving that she exerts no muscular
effort in this feat, which seems to defy
the laws of gravitation. Eight members
of the committee held down Il pole with
all their strength, while the weight of
Mayor Webster was added by sitting on
a seal fastened on the top, and the little
lady, who weighs only 9S pounds, lifted
the entire mass by her open hand laid
against the pole and carried it across the
stage. These are only a few of the
astounding fcats performed by the mys-
FERROUS force, call it by what name you
will, possessed by Miss Abbott.
Some months ago she met Sandow, the
strong man, in New York and after sew
eral attempts, during which he exerted
all his muscular power, he was unable to
lift her from the floor. The New York
! World at the time contained an account of
the attempt and failure. 1t would take
several oiumns TO describe all the won
derful feats performed by Miss Abbott.
Here is what the committee says about
her:
"GREAT Falls. June IA,
1--WE were in the COMMITTEES last even
Ing 10 tesi ana investigate tho phenOme-
nal power of force claimed for Annie
May Abbott, and are constrained, as a
simple act Of information to our friends,
to say that we put this little lady through
the tests and that every privilege and
opportunity for investigation was af-
forded Us. We vouch for her as being
the most ineXplicab,e and mysterious
phenomenon we ever saw, presenting all
the incredible feats advertised and much
more, and in sucn d manner as to pre-
clude the possibility of any sort of trick.
cry. They are simply astounding and
are manifestations of some force Other
than those making up the ordinary phe.
nomena of nature. To witness one oil
her entertainments is a treat to be en-.
joyed but once in a lifetime.
Nothing approximating it has evel
been seen here before. We urge all oul
friends to avail themselves Of this op
portunity of seeing her. Her exhibition
is clean, refined and elevating. We ee
pecially recommend it to the ladies, the
clergy and all.
Robert Vaughn, Matt Dunn, Judge
@. H. Benton, Judge Huy, Mayor G. NJ
Webster, DR.. f. j. Adams, DR.. Geo
Arthur Ing, Prot. S. D. Largent, s. e
Atkinson, Rev. r. NJ. Ramsey, Rev. r. A
Riggin, Rev. L. L. Shearer, Paris Gibson
Senator T. w. Brosnan, A. M. Scott
Committee"