Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-12-14

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be engaged IN one ooh not at all said she & | /
would rather 60 nbou, and bind up the wounded -
When asked how She would act in case a mob was !
breaking into the house she said. Il would iusi /
le' them do what they pleased and make no kind of
resistance DIR b intimated privately to her hus. !
band tina, he sure Mrs G.. would soon com !
mence thinking speaking of certain charitable
society, about which she had been engaged during
the day. She did so In a few moments when in. |
errogaied to the subject of her thoughts she spoke
of the Provident Society and the Episcopal Or.
phans Asylum for Of which she had been en- |
dcavoring to obtain money tina, day
One Of the company then requested DR. b.. in
writing to excite her organ of number or calcula.
ton He placed his hand upon that organ and
very soon asked her what were her thoughts She
answered she was counting over, in her mind the
amount of money she had collected that day for the
Orphans Asylum / don't know how many
houses we went TO, but collected only six dollars
She said she felt strong inclination to count and
added, she should like to be counting money DR.
b gave her handful of small change which she
counted over and over repeatedly, with seemingly
childish fondness for the employment
After DIR b had gone through these experiments
on Mrs G., the gentlemen, of whom there were
three four present insisted his attempting some
Experiments on them which the Doctor consented
to do, promising that he might fail to succeed as he
had not yet ascertained that any of them good
subjects The company designated our friend Capt
=, for the DIR TO begin upon, and requested that
he would put him to sleep The DR. commenced
upon Capt -, by placing hand upon his
forehead, and the other upon the front part of his
head on the top In this position the operator kept
his hands from three to five minutes He then
moved them, and commenced passing his fingers
gently from the forehead along the temples and
down each side of the face touching the hair all the
time After a lapse of FIVE or ten minutes Capt
- began to show signs of drowsness and in ten
or fifteen minutes, IN spite of the utmost exertons 10
throw it off in which he was not a little aided by the
rest of the company, who continually talking
to him and about him, he was nodding in his chair
perfectly unconscious of anything around him We
questioned him repeatedly, after he began to mani
fest signs of drowsness, to his feelings and he
invariably answered that he felt irresistible dis
position TO go to sleep that it seemed impossible for
S him TO keep awake, &c. And all this while he
a looked the perfect picture of sleep
We believe that DR. Buchanan does not pretend
that this the Nesmerie sleep; for we have new
heard that he has yet attempted anything in the
line of what is strictly known Nesmerism or An
S imal Magnetism. The sleep into which he threw
It Capt - seemed to be easy and natural sleep
n from which any one might readily have reused him
e The Captain awoke afle' few moments, but he
If still seemed much disposed to sleep The Doctor
& therefore proposed for the purpose of arousing him
:, thoroughly, TO excite the organ of combativencss =
l. which he accordingly did The effect Capt
1t - was remarkable His countenance, which
had before been the very picture of languor, ethar
T. gy now assumed determined and resolute expires
= sion and when inerrogated as to the Of hi
re feelings he said he felt though he wished to &C
n complsh some great object though he did not know
- exactly what--ihat he felt resouie for achieve
nj mcnt This closed the experiments of the evening
re We will now give the result of the observation
G. of our second visit to Mrs c. with DIR Buchanan
I'd We first requested the Doctor to excite hunger am
III II hon, l0 z n NJ
quest was made in writing The Doctor reptile
as (also in writng) that he would endeavor do
n at the same time misleading her Imagination, an
while he placed his hands upon the requisite organs
he endeavored lead her to suppose, by requestin
m, ms to feel of her pulse that he attempting
T. change the tone of her pulse In few moment
re she complained OF thirst and asked for glass
iu water which was. accordingly brought her.
in The Doctor then wrote, with pencil, that h
re would excite in her the love of country and place
m his hand upon the organ which, in his system, is a
ds signed TO that emotion Her countenance almost III
he mediately assumed a very grave cast and, whe
questioned as the of her thoughts she r
de- piled They had gone back many, many years +;
lid that she was thinking of England her scenery h
zen institutions her glory and her greatness We a
Ter cerained from her husband fact, which we did ~
by know before, that she is native Of England W
I'd then made in order 10 try her, some dlsparagng
i've marks on England and, IN doing 81, came ne'
Ige making her quite angry
en- DR. b then told in wiring, he would eHci
es an organ which he had himself recently dscoyere
ap- and which he had named playfuness slid
TO had never attempted it on Mrs q but that as
me found the organ large in her head, he presumed
,on should b. successful She had heretofore been ga
re crave but now she became lively and playful, al
Of commenced laughing though we could no, percei
de- at what When asked what she was laughing
.id she replied at her own feelings that she was thin
on INC she should dearly love 20 take a good romp
,aie ,ha she should like a romp with Mr. @, her h'
; Il baud
able The Doctor thea wrote down the names OF sove
re-. ORGANS ani told us to designate which We would ha
: il e,cii.d We pointed 10 pAiiopr0geaifiyeEes' lio
.er of of,pring) The Doctor wrote that the organ
- very large IN her, and that he could probably s.
rhai her 20 look after her child and has hand had b.
- ON her head scarcely half minute before She b
-e,s ,,sl We would excuse hcf a moment whsle she W
I'm. 10 look aher her child and She Immediately ~'
INTO oi of the room 20 look after hef chd m the neu
3uA We neat requested the Doctor 10 excite he org
,uH ofu,ne He placed his hand upon that organ al
ami. ~ f-w moments when asked what She was thii
her ;ag Of she replied thai she was following III, no'a
,,,ns ,sh;rh some one was playing an The 70