South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-12-10
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1886.

Is otIs |
With the view Of ascer.aining whe-
lher she was still In the atats Of magne-
tic insensibili,y, | darted suddenly my
fingers near to her eye.balls in rapid
succession yet she winked not, and
appeared as insensibla as a blind per.
son. Rev. Mr.. Taft, having noticed
tina. her pupils were extremely dilased,
suggested the idea Of placing two blaz-
ing lamps before her eyes; so we did,
and yet the sudden glare Of light thus
falling on the unprotected pupil, was !
| as intellectual as SO much light on the
eyes Of corpse. made motion
downward with my hand, and the lids
were closed again.
M my request, Edward Walcou.
Esq asked ;;ss somnambulist to drink
of the water that he presented 10 her--
even to put the tumbler to her iiF:-
but she took no notice Of it. men
taHy asked her whether she wished for
some water she answered, in tone
audible to those who were around her,
that she "did not fee! thirsty" II
mentally again urged her to take some
then she opened her lips, grasped
at the tumbler, and drank two or three
swallows Of the liquid.
After she had slept one hour and a
( half, walked six or seven feet from
her, & by waving my arm once only. !
awakened her Immediately. She a.
woke quite eyhilarated, and TO use her
own words, "as bright as a dollar"
| She had 40 recollection of any one
circumstance that had .ranspired.
1 Among the persons present, The fol-
lowing gentlemen are ready to certify
for the truth Of the above statement:-
Reverend M. Taft, Reverend Daniel
Greene, Rev. Thomas Worcester, Of
Btidgewa.er Drs. Manchester, Gard
ner, Cleveland, Bucklia, Of Valley
Falls, Carpenter /; Edward Walco!l,
John Street. Samuel Lord. Esets.
George Crawford, superintendent. Of
F., the Franklin print workss Me-. Bar
shall, professor ef.he Hebrew, French,
and German Languages, at Brown u
niyersily, &c. &c.
CHARLES POYEN.
EXPERIMENTS IN ANIMAL MAG
NETIsM.
4 Mr. EDIroR-I announced on Thurs
, day tina, the report Of four professors
: of Brown University, and Of some 9th (.
. er gentlemen, should be published in
! the paper of Friday !; bu. since we
} have consulted ,ogether, and conclud-
ed, after matafe reflection, that il would
be much better, 10 every respect,,o at
, tend few experiments more, before
presenting this documen. to the pub
lie, sigped by every a,,endant,a nd fol-
! lowed with the due certificates. OF
course, the report Of three or four sit
tings will have more weigh. than one
only. However, 10 order no. TO dis :
appoint your readers, l am going to
offer them, in my owa naafe, short
narrative of the lac,o, as they took
place on Tuesday evening last. This
narration is made up chiefly with the
I notes taken by one of the professors
during the sitting.
Were present at this sitting, and may
be referred to for the truth of the follow
ing statement, Rev. d. Wayland, Presl-
dent Of Brown University; Professors
Caswel and Chase Mr.. Shepherd. a tu-
tor in the College; Rev. Edward B. Hall,
Drs. Tobey. Manchester, &c. Sc.
oh. sm.-Pulse full 81 beats per min
ute.
| Oh. sm.--I commenced magnetzing
/ her by WILLING SIMPLY, without resort
ing to the usual, manipulations. was
sitting beside her, at two feet distance.
Oh. l0m.-She nodded looked drow-
sy.
8h. llm.--Sound asleep; somebody
clapped loudly his hands; another moved
her ia the char she did not awake.
Oh. linn then magnetized by the
usual manipulatons.
Oh. l5m.- Pnlse less full beat about
the same.
The patient was breathing calmly, and
her eyes were psrfec.ly shut, ga IN the
natural sleep.
The experiments then commenced. We
proceeded, in the FIRST plsce, TO ascertain
the suspension OF ssnsibiity.
/. "A larg o tavern bell was rupg close
to her ear; no perceptibls change took
place: loud shouting 10 her ears produc-
| ed no more effect.
Oh. 2om.-- Respiration 50 per minute
hands solder. pulse "a.
| 2. A pistol was 6red in the room,
within Eve feet Of her head not The
| slightest change was, manifested, where
as some other persons were obliged to
leave the room, on account ofthe violent
| lmpressioa made upon their organ of