Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-12-01
[From the Providence Journal
FURTHER EXPERIMENTS IN AM
NAL MAGNETISM.
SATURDAY, Nov. 18th.

SATURDAY, ANbN' i~lh'
1k. Ediior:-The weather was very stor-
nv. on which account there were but lew
persons attending. The only persons present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fales,and Mr.. Ruel Rich
ards. a manufacturer. Of Central Falls lhc
patient was put to sound sleep IN 8 minutes.
Various attempts were made to awake her,
! but in vain: she would answer no other voice
than minc-drank some water which men
toLy" requested her 10 take; also,at my men
tai" request she stretched her hand towards
mine, and grasped it. ] wished her TO WIN
draw her hand, and she did immediately
whereas she was entirely ,nsensIoie 10 Inc
touch ofothcrs. Mr.. Richards. who was SIT
ting near her holding "A lamp IN his hand,asK-
ed me whether thought could make bef
understand my thoughts fiom altar; WITHOUT
touching her. said did not know, but was
: going to try. sat four or five feet distant
! from her, fixed my eyes upon her lace, an"
, called her "mentaIly" by her name; imh'cdi,
! atcly she moved her head towards me and
! said very audibly "what do you wish or,slr?'
! We were all III amazement Then ! ap,
preached her, took up her hand, and talked
f. with her two or three minutes. AS II was
growing late,I suggested the idea OF bringing
her TO her sleeping room, in order 10 procure
= her n good nights rest. Tho room havin!
4 be,n prepared by Mrs. Fales, ] "menid!ty
Y requested the somnambnlist to go to bed
She made an affirmative motion with he
= head. Then gave her my hand-she go
II M very readily and walked into her sleepln
e room, her eyes being perfectly closed. lei
her there with Mrs. Falcs and re-entcred tn
c Darlor with Mr.. Richards and Mr.. Fales
= A few minutes being elapsed, Mrs Fa'e
j came and told us that the sornnainbullst wa
lin bed. entered the room with MIR. Fale
i IL approached Miss Gleason and mental.
/ asked her whether she wished for any thing
c She said, should like to have some water
d n tumbler was then presented to her by MI
Foles. but she would take no notice OF It.
took the ,umbler and lnagnetized It wi'hnu
pronouncing single word. ! presented
70 her. and she Immediately held out her rigi'
hand from the sheets and said before drink
ing, iestingly, hope your water is good, an
p;U cost YOU nothing. She then put the tuT
u bler to her mouth and drank to the very las
drop. We observed that she kept the glas
70 her mouth for half n minute and sucked
T.. as n child would its mothers milk. She the
r took it from her mouth aud asked Tor som
more. All this scene was the most lnteres
no inc and impressive that have ever witness
90 ed. A few moments after l lald my rg'
n hand on her forehead, and mentally bace h'
or good night. She answered very dlstlhctl
40 at the same time grasping my hand, "goo
nc night to you, when shall see you sgain?"-
Dc Tomorrow morning, at half-past o'cloc
n. That is right. Then laying again my hnI m
,n on her forehead, wished" her proloni
,c and restoring sleep-and told her, "mentou
n. to sleep until eight o'clock exactly, She a
swercd, | understand you. We all left 4
room in anazement, declaring that nothl
could be more wonderful than what we Ii
been witnessing.
m The next day, at five minutes before {, \
il. and Mrs. Fales and three other ladies, ent
cd the somnambullst's room,and made moi
as called her up, shook her hand, it was all
oid vain; she was still fast asleep. They st
the in the room to sec what was gong to u
;rs, place, and as the clock was striking eight /:
of stretched her hand out of the clothes, r''bt
,ei her eyes, and got up. This was told me
rd. the eve witnesses, when ! arrived at
cs. house three minutes after o'clock.