* A cute Yankee trick was perpetrated at Portland not long since. An advertisement appeared in the papers, announcing that "the humbuggery of -spiritualism will be. outdone this evening at the City Hall, by letting the cat oat of the bag: admission five cents.'* At this low price the house was crowded. The lecturer commenced, and the audience was hushed to perfect stillness. After makings few remarks—very brief indeed —the lecturer took from beneath ihe desk aT>ag, and ripping it open, out popped * a large cat, which, squalling and spitting made a spring among the audience. The apolause that burst forth was tremendous, amidst which *our Yankee took his hat and walked out of the hall. The "sell" was so rich that the audience langhed heartilly, and the perpetrator of the joke retired %ith his pocket full of coin.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 374, 20 February 1880, Page 3
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138Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 374, 20 February 1880, Page 3
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