THE "DAVENPORT" CABINET.
(As Improved by Miss Fay.) Colonel Fay commences by pretending
to tie a knot with a strip of calico round Miss Fay's right wrist. On
doing so, he explains to the audience that he would tie the
first knot. This knot is so manipulated that it forms a number of
apparently firm knots, that easily slide up and down the length of the
calico. The ends of the knots are sewn with thread, which is a safe
precaution against the possibility of the fastening, or sham knot,
slipping undone. The fastening round the left wrist may be a good knot,
as that is immaterial to the success of the manifestations. Both hands
are tied behind and fastened to an iron staple. The committee of
persons chosen by the audience take their seats on the platform, and
manifestation number one is to be accomplished. The guitar is laid on
the lady's lap; the curtain of the cabinet drops; the sliding noose or
knot is drawn with the left hand, to allow the right hand to pass out;
the guitar is played; the hand slipped again into the noose—a
jerk, and it tightens over the wrist, and all is ready for the report
of the committee, who say that Miss Fay is fastened in exactly the same
way as before the manifestation. An examination of the knot at the
conclusion of the first part on the third evening proved that the
noose, or knot, we have described was used, and, moreover, Miss
Fay's right wrist and arm were exceedingly bruised and sore from the
constant friction experienced in drawing her hand out of the noose ;
the left arm is free from this.
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