Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-22
From the Montpelier Watchman.
M ELS NJ MS M.


son, noticed by US some weeks ago. sever.
al OF our citizens have found themselves
possessed of"lhe power" and have tried
experiments for their own amusement or
instruction with various success. In the
case of one of them phenomena have been
produced, second only 10 the far-tamed
feats Of the Egyptian magiclans. We re-
late what we have seen, without pretend
ing 10 say whether the results have been
produced through The Imagination, or sym
pathy, or magnetism, or the nervous tiu-
i'd or the vital principle Perhaps ma
nv of our readers would advise US to add
"or hum .buggely." We cannot do this,
without directly duplicating persons as in
lelligent, as worthy, in every respect, and
Of as high moral character, as any who
are TO be found in this or any other COM
mupity. The experiments ofthe gentle
man to whom we allude-whom we do
not name, as he is not lecturer, or pub
lie exhibitor of this ism, nave been wit
messed by many persons at various times,
by ladies and gentlemen, and by some of
our physicians. The person mesmerized
is young woman, residing In the family
Of one of our most respectable and worthy
citizens. Nearly six weeks ago the oper.
a,or commenced mesmerzlng her, IN or
der to prevent fits, to which she was very
frequently subject The result is that for
the whole period since she has been un-
der the mesmeric treatment, she has not
had single fit. Never. since attacked
with the fits, has she been so long exempt
from them. So much for the utility Of the
ism; or, if the reader chooses, the utility
Of 'humbug.', On Saturday eve. of last
week we witnessed some experiments in
the case OF this young woman, and saw
among other things, the following: On
! aking the chair, she was wide awake,
very lively, and insisted that she would
not go to sleep. We certainly thought
she would not, at least for short time, but
| in less than two minutes she was to all APP
pearances sound asleep, and insensible 10
every thiog but the voice and will of the
magnelizer. A lad from distant town
presence she could not have known any
thing except mesmerically. She was ask
ed 10 tell who the lad was. With her eyes
closed, and so placed that she could not see
the lad even if awake, she named him.
/ The mesmerizer dld not know the name
of this lad. Again: after she was put to
sleep. several ladies and gentlemen came
into the room, and on being asked who
Ithey were, she named them, and also told
how many were 10 the room. Sill again:
the head of tie family left the room and
subsequently, entered it directly behind the
| person magnetized, so that she could not
see him ifawake She was asked who it
was, and replied correctly, Judge L. He
had something in his hands, and SO held
it that she could cot see it if awake. On
being required to tell what it was, she irsl
named athing which it resembled, and on
being told to'Iook sharp" she said, cor.
rectly, that it was cage. She was mex
asked what was in it, aud at frs; replied
) that she thought she saw something like
mouse, and finally said it was an ANNA
/. Of some kind. The cage was then placed
before her. but closed, and she was requir
! ed 10 scIutnize it closely. In the cours,
I ola minute. she exhibited the utmost alarm
: approaching to convulsions, aud the i'm
5 preston of every one in the room was tina
a she was going into fiji. The cage wa
d instantly removed from the room, Withou
! being opened, she still remaining asleep
a and on being asked wha: was in it she eS
4 claimed, ''a snake, snake 1t was
: cage containing a rauIe-snake. The mag
!. neither did DOT know what was in the cag,
nor had the person magnetized previonsl
known that there was such thing as
Gagged snake in town. II had been brougl
into the house after theyoung woman wa
$ put into The magnetic slate. Other expe
:, iments in clairvovance were tried, one {
:, which was TO tell where certain member
re of the family were, lin Norwich, Vt. on
q visit,) in what sort of house, and whe
- they arrived; but whether she was co
IS rect, remains 10 be seen. These -exper
al men,s were never before tried, and wer
% to the magne,izer, literally experiments
u for the purpose of testing the alleged cIai
u yoyant power. Ga being awakened som
e. tine after this, she was asked If she hs
es seen anything unpleasant during her s!ee
III and replied that she was not aware ID
US she had-when told of the snake, she W,
$! as much astonished at the story as wc
the witnesses who saw The experiment
e Some experiments were tried. tending
if show that the mysterious power ofthis is
nd is not magnetic, and the snake experime
d, proves that the power is Independent, of Il
knowledge and will Of the magnetizer. f
he knew nothing about the snake
70 the whole the experiments very ihoroug
10 ly astonished all who saw them, and i
s. creased the great mystery of mesmerisr
We Witehcraf is fool to it; perhaps pa
- Of il, along with second sight somnar
As. bulism. and the wonders Of the Egypti'
n magicians.