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ducns her to believe in Mhlcr as regards the dss,rue
ton Of the world Tho Doctor rcsumhed his opera
IONS; and IN less than five minutes, she agnn con
essed her faith as earnestly before. proposition
was now made to purchase her house, rs, under her
present conviction, she could have no for after
newt April; but this she declined, the ground that
II would be morally wrong TO sell property so soon
10 be destroyed, expressing her Willingness, Mt the
same time, to give deed, without any pesuniary
equivalent, 10 take effect on the day designated by
Miller Tor the earths destruction DIR. u. asked
her, whether she would like to visit the great city of
the Mormons, TO which she taplcd ailirma,vcly, with
much apparen, pleasure. He next inquired whether
she believed IN Joe Smiths golden plates and his
wonderful revelations TO which she answered -
Why not As there were revelations in former
days, why may there not be now1' She seemed
ready indeed, 10 pat entire faith in any wonderful or
supernatural story that might be told her. She was
now restored to her natural state: and recollecng
The transitions through which she had just passed
her surprise seemed to be greater than that Of
the committee.
The committee being about to retire, Dr.. p. in or
der 70 place her in the most agreeable condition,
touched organ producing enivenng effects, which
he dsnomnates the organ Of Lecity. This produce
ed 80 much buoyancy OF spirit that she moved about
the room with girsh gayey and lghtness and even
offered to dance with any one that would accompany
her. The antagonist organ being excited, she be-
came dull and slow, md at length unable to STIR
From this state, she was relieved by slight reex-
cltement of the organ of lcvy Her husband OBJ
serving the fine effect eff tho action Of this organ
questcd that s locality might be pointed out to him.
that he M gh excite il whenever it became desira-
bile to enlven her. This being dono, Mr. z. held his
fingers the spot I'LL he produced 80 much excite
ment that she could not contain herself but frocked
around the room as If under the influence OF exhlr-
alng gas. ThiscScessive excitement 30 overcame her
physical powers that she SINK exhausted into chair,
apparently I'm well with chilly rsor andother unp as.
ant sensnons 1t was now necessary for DR.. B. to
Use means for her restoration, which was speedily
effected by stimulating other portions of tire brain.
which, he said, re-estab.ished healthy equilibrium.
Mr.. Bryant md Dr. Forty Also, Major John lie
Conte by invitation. Continued experiments ON
Mrs. II.
Before proceeding t, the hous, of Mrs. r., DR.. B.
performed, OF his own rooms, several experiments
upon gentleman, MT o., o! this city,) whom the
Doctor had discovered to DO slightly improssble. Ii
should be remarked that Mr. o. had been total dis
believer N the reality Of the ncnraure influence
I'll no had felt peculiar sensations in hIs hand, from
the influence communicate BY Dr.. Il. The object
OF the first experiment was 10 produce that somnoent
sntc resulting from the influence of the front lobe Of
the BRAIN which might be not inappropr.aely called
all intcc'unio self conscious sleep. DR.. B. request
si Mr.. Bryan, TO place his hand on the outer part
Of the forehead Of Nh o. In this position, Mr.. b.
held his hands for several minutes while the rest were
observing the countcnance OF the subject In about
two minutes, we dccctoda OCULAR appearance about
the eyes, soon after winch Mr.. o. remarked that it
had passed off, meaning that he lind felt peculiar in
tllence which now ceased. Mr.. B., however, conn-
ucd to hold MS hands in tho same position and in
about two minutes more, the eyeids Of Mr.. o. be-
enn to quiver with very rapid notion and gradually
closed. They opened again. wiakcd and quivered al.
ternaely for few moments, and finally closed firm
~. About tins time we observed that his arms fell
relaxed hy his side and one Of his legs resting on the
other fell the floor as if lie had suddenly fallen
asleep. We spoke to him, but he made no answer
We asked him whether he was fully conscious, and he
| nodded assent Being now requested to open his
I.ar -Irnt, a.
EXTREMIST height, stretching the membrane of the eve
Ids. and 70 ling the .ba.ls, as if making grent
effort; but he did not succeed even in getting the lids
anart-Mr. Q. was allowed to remain in this state n
few momcnts, unable to relieve himself. DR.. y. then
showed mir. Bryant how, IL order to relieve Mr.. O.,
10 apply his fingers on the back part Of his head
The fingers applied accordingly and almost in
stany the eyes Of Mr.. o. flew open, md he was re-.
this faculty he said that he had hecn conscious all the
time bgi that il utterly impossil lie to open his
eyes or to sneak Notwithstanding he had mado the
greatest e!to'f.
Df b. now attempted with his own hands 10 pro.
duce onimoiSleep-a condition Of the system, in which
tho intellectual faculties arrested and conscious
ness is destroyed, while the animal functions arc viz.
orously sustained. For about two minutes, Mr.. O.
evnced no effect or his counenance averrng tina, he
was 40. conscious OF any Impression being made upon
him. His counienanca, however, appeared rather dull
and he soon gave way under the symptoms Of slecp
His eyes closed, his head hang side, his limbs
| ItiuSCl, ana MS UOuy Rested III reclining
as if completely uner the dominion Of sleep "He is
| snoring" remarked Mr.. Bryant. Dr. - now nd
dressed several remarks TO his sleeping subject which
recelgei no reply or recognition The breathing oil
! lr. o. was rather heavy, accompanied BY n slnh,
meaning noise. pr. B. proceeded TO restore him
which was not accomp !shed SO promptly as in the
case of intellectual sleep. II was nearly minute be.
fore he wac fally recovered from his sleep He did
not, however, believe that he had entirely los, his
consciousness; bit upon being questioned as to VIVA,
had been said him during hs sleep, il was apparen,
tina, he hal heard nothing
| The committee now proceeded to tho house of Mrs
X The first experiments consisted in the application
OF medicines IN the snne manner as was prac,ised n,
the previous suing, Tor the purpose of asceraining ia
what extent a medicinal niuen e may be impart ted
| through the hand DR.. Forty having brought with
him 81: different articles Of the materia medica cac
was tried successfully; aud as none of these parcels
each being enclosed in double papers, had any labels
the result could not be anticipated rs the contents o.
each paper were unknown, even TO l'r. +. himself
decided effect was usually produced in the course O.
thirty seconds: and most Of the effects which did oc
| of administering such medicines In those cases ir
which it was necessary for her 10 describe her feel
lngs, the experiment would not, of course, be so sue
cesslul rs when the effects would speak for them
selves. In regard to Suiphnte of Quinne, however
she described the effect, with much correctness u
cooling and Strengthening" The narcotics, howcv
er, told Their own story, md in language too adm,
ting of no two-iold meaning paper, for instance
was placed in her hands, iii beng at the same TIM
held by DR.. b. which speedily produced SO power(l,
narcotic effect ms to create some alarm; and it wa
some minutes before she could be recovered by Dr. b
from its po!sonou. influence. As she was being re
stored to stale of consciousness, she made seyera
eiiots to vom,; but after the lapse of eyh, or te,
minutes, during which time various ''passes' wer
made for her relief, she seemed quite recovered O,
examination, this paper found to contain the Ex
tract of Stramonum, Jamestown weed) One o
the papers, which had been previously tried and foun,
to produce an Irritating effect and copperish tnste il
the molh," and which was, therefore laid aside 70
subsequent trial, was now again presented. The eff
feet nsis now perhaps proved less irritating she de
scrbcd as stimulating, heating, and exciting" to
greater degree than she could well bear This wa
opened and found to contain CAYENNE Pepper Anoth
er paper was presented which induced narcotic an
slckenng effects somewhat similar to those of tn
Stramonum. II was Immediately removed, and IN
paper on being opened was found TO con,on Opium.
DR.. b. now whispered TO the Committee thu, h
would reduce Mrs. r. TO state Of ehiidisiness Hav
ing held his fingers for a few minutes on the appro
pirate cerebral organs Mrs. II changed her whole de
pertinent and expression of countenance. Her fac
wore the simple and playful expression of childhood
She jumped up and run about the room with the ouic
awkward gait Of child, saying TO each OF the GONNA
ny as che approached hm-"O! give me Iitl
. book--a little book, will you-get little book civ
mo book-book with pIctures-prci,y book."-Va
rlous looks and magazines were handed to her, bu
= rs she found Them, on examination, TO contain m