The Southern journal., 1846-05-02
MISCELLANEOUS
Establishing the Science.
BY EyERPoINT. .

80 T..
will be written, of course. The disciple
J of Calico, Harvey, Jenny, ETC., have beer
enacted in their struggles and su6erings
and those Of Mesmer even more brightl,
will shine in martyrology The
trials to which travelling Mesmerists are
put to, are at times humiliating and pain
iul enough, albeit they afford infinite sport
TO unbelievers. These travelling "Profes.
sors,' or any of them, charlatans thus far:
that they pretend TO treat Scientifically,
| phenomena, the real nature Of which they
are entirely ignorant of; and The study Of
which, they are, neither by education, ha.
Ibit, or aim, at all fitted for.-They are
chaflatans, in that their superficial know.
ledge Of mere effects, is simply made avail
able in the shape Of exhibition, and the
success ofthe show being their first object,
they may be suspected, perhaps, of a little
management" At the same time, the
vulgar idea of general collusion, which
prevails among those who will not, themv
selves experiment, would be ridiculous, if
it we're not pitiabe.
De Bonneville had been electrifying De~
troit by his more than galvaaac effects upon
the muscles of scores of his impressibes,
when an enormous sized Wolverine, "try.
ing the thing himself, found that he was
quite equal TO the professor, in setting folks
TO sleep and maxim on 'em cut up after
wards. Accordingly, in the Jfuror of his
discovery, off he went into the country 10
lecture and diffuse the new light which
had been dispensed to him. His success
was tremendous; town and village said
there was "somelhing in it," until his rep
ntatlon, as in other cases, begat him enc
mics. The Wolverine Mesmeriser, afer
astonishing Hall fall, one evening, at
some very promising town VI other, and
which babe fair, shortly, 10 be quite a
place, returned TO the tavern, to be arrest
elin the bar-room by scpre offirst citizens,
who had then and there congregalcd Just
to lest the humbug, any how!
Good evening, Professor, said one
Won't yon take a little of the fuid?- said
another, and this being an evident hint in
the way of a joke, the anlihumbugs pro-
ceeded to mole serious business.
Professor, said the principal speaker, a
giant of lelow-before whose propor-
lions, even the huge Magnatizer looked
small. Professor, said he, biting off the
end of a plug, and turning it over in his
jaws very lelsurel ly, a few on us here hev
just concluded to hev you try my experi-
men', appiniin' ourselves areg'lar consl-
'uted committee to report!
The Professor begged to appoint more
proper place and hour, etc., or according
10 the apprehensions of the crowd, evnced
the expected desire to make clean back.
out. r.
Professor, returned the big dog, if we
understand right, you call your Mesmer-
ism re-meejill agent; which means /
S'spose, that it cures things?
The disciple of science referred TO sew
eral causes about town, in which he had
been successful, to say nothing of the pull
ling teeth operation, which he had just con
cluded his lecture with
Yes, said the challenger, you're death
on teeth, we know, but ken Mesmerism
come the re. NEE Jill over rheumatize?
lnfiammatory or chronic? demanded the
Professor.
Wall stranger, we amt much given to
doctors bottle names but we reckon it's
about the wust kind. ........
The Mesmerizer was about to define the
difference between infammaiory attacks
and local affections, when he was inter.
rupted by the inquisitor, who rather al
lowed that as far as the locality OF the dis.
order was concerned, it had pre-emption
to the hull critter, and that, furthermore, il
was just expected of him that he shoulc
forthwith visit the case, and bid him take
up his bed and walk, or he himself would
be escorted out Of town, astride of rail
with accompanying ceremonies.-This wa.
a dilemma either horn of which promiset
a loss to bis reputation, but the crowd wer,
solemnly in earnest; already triumphns
in his detection, they began to look wolf