Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-02-28
ESTABLISHING SCIENCE.
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ESTABLISHING THE SClENCE.
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The prosecutions Of tho Mesmeflass
will one day mako n curious volume Tor
they will be- written, Of course. The u.s.
eIpIee Of Calico, Harvey, Jonner, &C..
have been ezacted to their struggles ana
sufefines, and those Of Mgsmef even
more brightly will shine IN martyfology'
Seriously, tho trials to which travelling
meamertsts afe put 10, nre, at times, btu
initiating and painful enough, albeit they
afford infinite sport to tbs unbelIsvefs.
| These travelling "Pfofessors,' or many
Of them, arc GhdrIatans THIS lar ! mat
they pretend 10 treat scientifically, Pine
nonsus. the real nature Of which they
are entirely ignorant of md tho study
| Of which they arc, neither by education,
habif. Or MIN, nj ali fitted for. They arc
charlataBs, in that their superficial kno"i'
| edee Of mere effects, il simply made a.
yallable in the shape Of exhibition and
the anccegs Of The show beng 'hotr first
| object, they may be suspected, porh7p'' IN
aome cases, If little management" At
the aame time, The vulgar idea Of gener-
al collision, which prevails among those
who will not, themselves, experiment.
would be- ridiculous, if II we're NOT p%ltfable.
Dc bonneville had been electnfyfng
Detroit by his mors than galvapIc effects
upon tbs muscles Of scores Of bis impFessi.
bies, when an enormous sized Wolverine,
STRIVING tho thing" himself, found that he
was quite equal to tbs professor, IN set
ting folks to. sleep and "mnkin' on en- cut
| M" afterwards, aud, accordingly, IN tho
Juror of his discovery, OFF he went into
the country to lecture and difEise tho new
light which had been dispensed tn him.
His SUCCESS was tremendous; town ana
villa e said there was ''s0nelhlng IN H.
until his reputation, as in other cases, be-
gst him enemies. The Wolverine Mes
merizer, after astonishing a "HalP' inil,
one evening, at some very "promlsfng
town." or other. and which babe fair,
shortly, to be ''quite O place" returned to
the tavern, to be arrested in tho bar room
by n score of first c%itlzons," who had
then and there c%ongfcgated 'Jess to test
| tho humbug, any how !,
"Good evening, Perfesser," said one.
Won't you take a little Of the fluid T. sald
another, and this being an evident hit 10
the way Of Il joke, the 'tntt-hunb1gs"
proceeded to more serious business.
"perfesser," said the principle speaker,
n eiant Of n fcIIow-befofe whose proper,
tons, even the huge MagnetIzcr looked
small. "Perfesser, . said he, bItlag Oh the
end Of a "ptng," and turning it over in his
laws very ieisnreiy, "a few on US, here,
hev lest concluded to have yoa try an
experiment, appintin' ourselves a rcg1ar
constituted committee to report r
The Professor begged to appoint a
more proper place and hour, &c, or
according TO the apprehensions of The
"crowd," evinced the expected desire TO
make "a clean back out"
"perfesser," resumed the '"bIg dog
"ef we ondustand right, you call your
| Mesmerlgm a ''rp.meE ii j agent, vhhHfoit
means, I~s'pose, that it cures things =
The disciples of science referred TO d.
verse cases about town, in which he had
been successful, to say nothing Of the
"~pulling teeth operation, which he had
inst concluded his lecture with.
Yes" said the challenger, "yoa'Fe
death on teeth, we know, bot ken Mes.
merism come the re.mee i'll over rheuma-
liz 4"
"Inaamatory or chronic y demanded
the Professor.
avail, stranger, we amt much given
fo doctors bottle names but we reackon
it's about the vust kind"
The Mesmerizer was about to define
the difference between in1amatory attacks
and local affections, when he was inter.
rupted by the inquisitor, who rather al
lowed that as far as the locality of the
disorder wa concerned, it had a pre-emp,
ton right TO the hull %critter, and that
furthermore, it was jest expected OF hin
that he should forthwith visit the ease,
and bid him take up his bed and walk
or he himself would be escorted out Of
town. astride ofa rail. with the accompa.
nving ceremonies. This wasa dilemma
either horn of which, promised a toss &c
his reputation, but The crowd were sol.
EMMY in earnest !; already trlumphIng ii
his detection, they began to look wollist
at him. and wise at each other, so thai
The Wolverine had nothing left for it, bui
to demand boldly to "see The patient T
We had better give the rest of the story
as it was related 10 a humorous friend Oh
ours. by the disciple of Mesmer, himself.
"U6 stars went with EN-, mad a:
thunder. I tell you; FIRST at being though
a bumbng, and next, that my lndividooa
share of the American eagle should b
compelled into a measure, by thunder
I'd a.gir 'em a fight. if it hadn't bee
for the science, which would a suffaFe
anv how, so / jest said to myself. let 'er
bring on their rheumatizl felt as if
could a Mesmerized a horse, and detel
minei whatever the case might be, |
make it squcsl, by thunder!