The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
"HYPNOTICKS!I
TurribIe Interesting Show Give in
Town Hall Sattsrday
Night

/ They was a Professional Hypnotist and
show man give a real good entertainment
at the Town Hall last Satterday ev'g.
wieh was attended by most OF our re-
| speckted citizens and their wives and
children and everybuddy went home feel
/ I'm that the eyg and their money had
/ been well spent
/ We don't know much erbout the science
Of Hypnotism. but We probably know
more than most OF our subscribers, SO will
/ tell you herewith whot it is: Hypnotism
/ Is the art OF druggin and intOXicatin a
/ person. without the use OF drugs nor
/ lickers. and maxim them do whOt YOU
want them 10 by rubbin their face and
snappin your fingers at them and making
them cut up all sorts OF didos unbe-
| knownst 10 themselves and feel like a
/ blamed fool for doing same when they
come outen the hypnotic state.
/ The hypnotist who give this entertain
ment cald hisself- PerfessOr Cummings.
| he arrived in town from the County Seat
/ Satterday morning and stopped al Cy
/ Hoskins. He ordered some hand bills on
/ colored paper at the Bugle offise 1--WE
/ print hand bills. sale bills and other bills
cheep for CASH the first thing, and by
I noon ne IaQ rented the AOWn tEaL from
the Selectmen for 70 cents for the even
| ing and wrote out a big bin and put II
| up into the p O. 10 the effeckt that he
would give a hypnotic show that same
| ev'g Admission fifteen cents and babies
free. There was a good cal speculashion
among our citizens as to what kind OF a
show It would be, and some thot one
thing and some another but everybuddy
was anxshous to find out and even Hen
| Weathersby and Eph Higgins desided TO
/ shet up shop and go and Bill Hepburn put
! off going to the Co. seat and gittin full
as usual.
The news OF the entertainment spread
Ike wildhre, and when the doors opened
at I p. m. there was a grand rush for
seats. and in short time the Town Hall
was full Of eager humanity, made Up OF
ell the people OF Bingville and menny
/ from the surrounding country.
After the folks had all gathered, Prof
( Cummings announced that he was reddy
4 to commence The most wonderful per-
! fonnance ever witnessed in Blngville. and
! was delighted to see sich a large and
{ intelligent audience. He then requested
a few volunteers to step I'D onto the
! stage, and as nobuddy went I'D. Jed
/ Peters. our intelligent school teacher, got
up and explained that the perfessor
wanted a few men to git up on the stage
/ to help him with the performance. As
Jed sit down. Bill Hepburn, Ike Doolittle
4 Seth Dewberry and Deacon Andrews got
up and went upon the stage and the audi
4 ence cheered them and they all bowed
before they sit down. The perfessor then
asst eVerybuddy to be quiet. and went
along and give each one on the stage
a awful head Tubbin and snapped his
( fingers and told Bill and Ike and Seth
and the Deacon they all had fees on
them. and they begin o-scratch worseD
than Wes Woodruffs hound dog does IN
the summer. Then the perfesser snapped
his fingers agane and they all stopped.
Then he snapped his fingers at Deacon
Andrews and passed the Deacon a bottle
Of waiter and told him It was Iicker and
the Deacon begin 70 drink It and went
over TO Bill Hepburn, who was talxiu
temperance and offered Bill some. Bill
said he never used the accursed stuff and
dasht the bottle on the stage. Ike Doc
little and Seth DewberFy made believe
play marbles and one accused the other
OF cheetin. and they was agoin to fight.
Jest as they stript Off their coats and
vests the perfesser snapped his hngert
and they come to their senses with theig
asts dubbed I'D and their noses touchIn