The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
"HYPNOTICKs!'
TurrlbIe interesting Sho" Give In Town Hall Satterday
 Night

They was a professional Hypnotist and show man give a real good entertainment at the Town Hall last Satterday ev'g. wich was attended by most of our re- speckted citizens and their wives and children and everybuddy went home feel fin that the ev'g 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 suscribers, so will tell you herewith whot it is:l Hypnotism is the art of druggin and fntoxicatin a person, without the use of drugs nor lickers and makin them do whot you want them to by rubbin their face ana snappin your fingers at them and making them cut up all sorts of didos unbe- knownst to 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 at Gy Hoskins. He ordered some hand bills on colored paper at the Bugle offise i've print hand bills. sale bills and other bills cheep for cash) the first thing, and by noon he had rented the Town Hall from the Selectmen for 75 cents for the even ing and wrote out a big bill and put 1t up into the P. O. to 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 1t 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 ushal.
 The news of the entertainment spread like wildfre, and when the doors opened at D. m. there was a grand rush foI seats and in short time the Town Hal was full of eager humanity, made up oi all the people. of Bingville and mennJ | from the surrounding country.
 After the folks had ali gathered, Prof Cummings announced that he was reddS 1 to commence the most wonderful per formance ever witnessed in Bingvile, ant was delighted to see sich a large an( intelligent audience. He then requested a few volunteers to step up onto thu stage, and as nobuddy went up, JeC Petters, our intelligent school teacher, go up and explained that the perfesso wanted q few men to git up on the stag
 to help him with the performance. Al
 Jed sit down. Bill Hepburn, Ike Doolittle
 Seth Dewberry and Deacon Andrews go up anu W6Hl upOIl Stage anu thS ou0i
 ence cheered them and they all bowe'
 before they sit down. The perfessor thel
 ast everybuddy to be quiet, and wen
 along and give each one on the stag
 a awful head rubbin and snapped hi
 fingers and told Bill and Ike and Setl
 and the Deacon they all had fees ol
 them, and they begin to scratch worsel
 than Wes Woodruff's hound dog does il
 the summer. Then the perfesser snappe
 his fingers agane and they all stopped
 Then he snapped his fingers at Deaco
 Andrews and passed the Deacon bottl
 of waiter and told him it was flicker an the Deacon begin to drink 1t and wen
 over to Bill Hepburn, who was tallxi temperance, and offered Bill some Bi
 said he never used the accursed stun an dasht the bottle on the stage. Ike Doc little and Seth Dewberry made believ . play marbles and one accused the othe . of cheetin, and they was agoin to ngh Jest as they stript of their coats an , vests the perfesser snapped his finger and they come to their senses with thei , fists dubbed up and their noses touchi