Fifty years in the magic circle; being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist (1871)
CHAPTEE XXni. A FEW LAUGHABLE rNCTOENTS. … reader, and therefore I will relate a few of them. The Wise Turkeys. At one place a marketman had some fine turkeys in his wagon, and was selling them quite rapidly, when I stepped up and inquired the price. " Twelve and a half cents a pound," said the owner. " Twelve and a half cents!" I…
Magic tricks
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