Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-08-17
PUBLISHERS e. PROPRIETORS.
ANIMAL, MAGNETISM.

1hst this |. an ago " Improvement, no one will de-
ny, fot 1t Is acknowledged by al. That msny new
and useful discoveries have been made in astronomy,
in ms,ars medica philosophy, and many other scen.
COS, will DO disputed by none The signs Of the times
ere truly suspoious-sn anxious spirit Of inquiry
broad In tho land--new and preciou. gems are daily
eNhumed from the oNhau-,css minos Of knowledge and
truth Much eIorion has boon made to improve, mo-
dfy and remodel old systems 20 make them appear
more creellsn' moro congenial and corresponding with
tho genius Of tho ago; and in some instances a bun
Cling piece Of work has been tho result
The human body like musical instrument I, ca
pable of having n very great variety OF tunes played
upon it, Tho alchymsis, in searching for the phIlo-
opher's stone and tho Matches Sanative have play
ed theirs The nquisitor OF tho Toledo wchcraf
who caused 900 women 10 be burned alive, played a
very solemn tune. There is now in this vicinity n
Negro doctor playing his peculiar melody on H. lie
speaks of his niallbcs tells you ofhis mlon-and one
cures patients cluster around him like flies to the pu-
esont substances stops TO inquire how he OBJ
tanned his skill seemingly no one cares II he
ces himself under the IAN Indian or root doc
tor The people swallow his nostrums moro eagerly
than though they from the experienced couno Is
OF CELSIUS Gallon, or llippocratos.
A few years since passed through his place
carrying something probably he caed magic glass;
S"llc t'uIN SIC dhNNIHB III " "lAc 'Nh'o Nl'''NiN
they did not hold il in the right pos,on) could see
nothing. should not have mentioned tho above cir
cumsianco were it not for tho fact that the whole
ere, OF the matter is, that some people made with
tcmperaments which renders it impossible for them 70
swallow whale, while others can swallow anything.
Not long since, went TO witness n wondcrful dis
Ipay OF animal magnetism by couple Of ladies' not Il
hundred miles from Rutland. From what had heard
! supposed they possessed with sufficient power
Of clairvoyAnCo to admit of their seeing Jupitcr's sat
tetcs without the aid Of the telescope The magnet
lied, while in the state OF somnambulism, pretended
TO have power discover tho nature Of internal dseas
es, however complicated. Having myself been on tho
brink Of the grave for the last nine years and being il
hope Of Witnessing some plain palpable, and lndsPu
able demonstration, submitted to an examination. As
10 the result shall say that all present were convince,
that she could tell Just much about the animal struc
ture Of the internal organs we know in reality about
lIomer's pgmes being carried of by an army o
cranes.
|, is amusing 10 that this species Of juggling i
countenauccd in this our enlightened community
The question as the truth Of It's precnlions, appear
cd on the point ofbcng settled as long ago as 1854
when DR. Franklin was in Paris, and was made ono Of
n commission, which was composed Of the most scion
ltiGc men in France. They decided that the magma
ton everything in the effects which it was TO pro-
ducc. Animal magnetism, in philosophical point o
view, deserves further notice, than as n matter o.
curiosity to trace the ingenuity Of mankind to play ihe
tricks and impos,oas others. Old and bearded
mpositions, long cherished sterling truths, have
been banshed from the world. Erroneous aud deicc
tive systems Of mental and moral philosophy have beer
numbered with tho things that were So, in my opin
lion, nmal magnetism will 1.-Two lis allotted tme an'
then be thrown among the rubbish OF the lumber room
Itrifh otbo ,rptlS at al. ali and
PHLOMATH.
l ShrcMshlrY VI