Connecticut western news., 1908-03-12
UNCLE EZRA TELLS
 ABOUT -HYPNOT|SM
EXHIBITION" AT POMP0ONlcK


 Looked as if the Consequences
 Might be Serious-BiII and Bige
 Played Game ofMarbIes.1
 Pompoonick, Conn,
 March the II, 1900 and 8 DEER MIR. EDITUR:
 I spoze you wunder why you hain't herd nothin' from me lately and doa t wunder at if you do. I've ben intendin' to rite all along for spell back but they has ben so much goin' on that aint had no time. I tell you that with them stomach sociables down to the meetin' house, the meetins' of the grange, the grange entertainments, the donashun and lot more doins' like theeze, I've ben az bizzy as hen in pozey bed and the old mare hez ben bizzy to, luggin' men Mirandy'n Bub herein there'n ton iron hither'n yon az the feller seZ.
 I guess I'll hev ter tell you about one of the things we went to down to the Pompoonick opry house up over Dave Slatcher's blacksmith shop.
 A h1pnotist feller cum along. stuck up some bills a sayin' that he would give a show, and when the nite cum the hall wuz full.
 After the audience had all got seeted, the perfesser sed he wuz reddy and ast fer few volunteers to step up onto the stage but noboddy wood go. The per lesser told lem not to be afrade becuz he woodn't hurt lem enny and after lot of perswashun Bige Dusenberry. Zeke Twombly. Bill Doolittle and Deacon Jones went up and evryboddy cheered terrible. The perfesser ast evryboddy to be quiet so's not to bother the spell. Then he went to each feller on the stage, rubbed his head some, made lot of motions in front of there faces and told 'em all they had lice and they all scratched there heads till they nearly wore there finger males off. Then he snapped his fingers again and they stop ped all of a sudden and none of 'em knew what they had ben doin'. Then he put lem under the spell again and handed deacon Jones bottle of water, told him It was ikker and that he liked it. The deacon is the strongest probish- unist anywhere round these parts and the way he laid to it made evrybody laff thereselves crooked. Then he took it over to Zeke Twonbly what hez never ben known to refuse drink. Zeke wuz on the 'tother side of the stage a givin' a temperance lecture to Bige and Bill. When the deacon offered Zeke suthin' out O the bottle Zeke waved him away and sed he never touched the accursed stuff. Bige and Bill begun to go through the moshuns of playin' marbles. Bill accused Bige of hunchin' and Bige &C., cused Bill of takin' ''eyerythings' after Bige had sed Down nothins" and they wuz goin' to fite. They had their coats others face when the perfesser snapped his fingers and they cum out of it and tell you they felt fnauger enuff and got off the stage as fast as there legs cood carry lem.
 Then the perfesser ast fer sum lady subjics and the wimmen folks wuz terri ble backward bout comin' forwerd but finely Phroney Haskins and Mandy Feathers sed they wood go if they want made to do nothin' rediklus. The pre- lesser promised and they clum up onto the stage. He looked lem both in the eye(not both to once but first one and then 'tother) and run his fingers over there heds kinder soft like, then snap ped his fingers over there nose and told lem as how twuz Monday they'd better get to washin'. Then they got up, i'm ag1ned there chares wuz wash tubs and scrubbed away fer deer life. Then the perfesser told the deacon and Zeke, who was still on the stage, that they ort to be ashamed not to help the ladies in their work and Zeke and the deacon went through the motions of takin' the clothes and hangin' lem up. Then the perfesser told lem they wuz Ill love with the ladies and that twuz time to do a little sparkin' so Zeke he hitched up to Phroney and put his arm around her and the deacon hitched up to Mandy and started to hug her but Mandy hain't no fether wate and the deacon coodn't reech around her so he wuz goin' to hug first one side and then 'tother. Jest then Mrs Zeke and the deacon's wife jumped outer there seets and put fer the stage, Inadder'n March hares. The per- lesser snapped his fingers and put the four on the stage onter the spell and