The sun., 1896-09-11
IsHMASL,s MAxGRopE TREE.
A FncIie Horticuiturist from India Works
Wonders In n Maine jail.
From the Bangor Con rnirctaL

From the BANGOR Con raIrcfdL
Chief Gilman OF the Bangor police force has q
curiosity up at his residence on the west side
which, IL 1t continues to thrive, will be likely TO
prove more OF sensation to people of this
vicinity than anything which may result from
the November election or the continued fall In
the price OF lard. This is a pretty little plant.
about foot in height, which 1shmael, the
circus Hindoo now In tho county jail here,
trcked out OF q pile of wet dirt up at the prison
the other night lshmael - already well known
SnSaese rasesi who dared @ ri TdieuIe % the faith Of
Brahna and he got Into Bangor jail for doing It..
As soon as he struck the jail he began 70
is more OF an athlete than has ever been seen In
Bangor, and, though he is only / years OF age,
twice his weight and years in q way that simply
astonishea the latter; there is no fathominG b,s
SI iS5 ne mas t6s
OF his race for many generations. He Is as Solo
As bundle OF wires and as doeile as child; chi a;
the jail Inmates about as soon as he got ac-
lshmael brought with him to Jail few Of his
goods and chattrls. They are queer lot OF
dinky doddies. miniature tom TOMS dried betel
nuts pieces Of cork spoos snake skns; Saones ro
can think of-a pile OF common things with
very uncommon powers. as lshmael makes
The young Hindoo 10 fakir-not the kind that
haunts the street corners and sells shoestrinRa
anu patent meulClneb, IOr tney are Ln6 CTehtlOuJ
East Indian fakir. and the tricks which he docs
are regarded by his people as well nigh super
natural. They have never been solved except
ing when betrayed bv some member OF the race
who got drunk on Western hre-water. and ex-
posed the whole thing These rascals die sud
One of the best Of the tricks is the growing OF
sudionce. @ ishmaei I CT can s 40 It il. He did It the
other night up In the jail when Sheriff Brown
gave him chance to use his apparatus. and
m n n hnE n1 m N N TN
lshmael took a little pile OF sand and mud
which had been BROUGHT for him in the jail
placed !. in 10 %tddis Of ,Ss aoor On az q slots; ~
showed it to his small audience This seed was
the same thing from which he had produced a
a0s5 bill fey pSs before By %ps
TO grow grow ni bpsh % thought ko he seS
produce a manRrove tree.
IshLnael first took a cloth and placed i over
a heathenish incantation. and in the course OF
half minute. when he removed the covering.
there was little sprout starting up about an
smiled Gemarefy @ e and winked he GRs otRSr eye
Again lshmael put the cloth on the dirt and
Hindoo Something suddenly stuck itself up
inside the cloth. which peaked mp and wrinkled
as IL ora d g. ana aheh on came the cover WIN hns
standing there in the dirt.
Of course everybody said that the bush was
made OF paper, but 1t wasn't. 1t was real
thing. and It was moist and soft and pithy just
ms II 1t had been newly plucked from the ground
outside. at Its bottom WAS full set OF little
roots which were covered with the cllnEing
earth in which It had-well. grown.
bush home With him and set il out in his gar.
den He said on saturday that it was getting
on we'll. and that 1t looked as IL IL had come to
stay. He can't understand how Ishmael did it
Neither can anyb body else. Some of the men in
the Jail declare that the youngter IL devil in
disguise, but most Of them consider him a
mighty smart lad.
But he is great vegetation starter; he beats
super pho osphates at their own game.
he bush Is worth seeing: II Is composed OF
close growing green leaves on a straight stalk
and little red blossoms are beginning to grow
on the ton of 1t. It's n curiosity.
Ishmael says it's easy as rolling OF q log.