MIND READING.
The following appears as a London telegram in a York paper;—A curious incident occurred on July 22 at one of Irving Bishop's mind reading exhibitions. -The King of the Maoris; who is here, was requested to conceal some' object j and concentrate his thoughts upon it, and see if Bishop would be. able to find it while blindfolded; Kingi Tawhiao chose a huge button as the object of search, and craftily placed it in his mouth, to the great delight 1 of the audience. He then announced'that he was "ready," and Bishop almost instantly said that the object which the King had thought of and. concealed was a hard, round article, which would be found in the King's mouth,' His Majesty was astonished, and began a spluttering expression of his surprise, in the course of which the button . slipped into his throat, He '; made 'Strenuous efforts to dislodge the obstruction, but no amount of coughing was sufficient to bring it up to his mouth. Finally someone suggested that some food bo brought, and the monarch, after eating a pound of bread, was relieved by tbo troublesome button being forced down to his stomach.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 16 September 1884, Page 2
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195MIND READING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1789, 16 September 1884, Page 2
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