Show ho won the bot A mesmerist at hartford found a crowd of hotel loafers making fun of him and his show bilk and offer ed to give a free exhibition of his gall he bet one of the party that ie could to place him under mesmeric influence that with bis finger on hi noe he could not leave the taking hia finger down the other man took the bet the mesmerist made him shut his eyes made a few posies about the victims vic tima arm around an iron post and made the hand grasp too noe of the man then with a few more pae he told him to open lih eyes the crowd awarded the bet to merit and the other fallow was induced by the force of to set em up |