The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-04-02
From the Baltimore Clipper.
ESTABLISHING THE SCIENCE.

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troit by his more than galvanic effects upon
the muscles Of scores of his mpressibles,
when an enormous sized Wolverine, "try-
ling the thing" himself, found that ne was
quite equal 10 The professor, in setting folks
to sleep, and "making on 'em cut up, af-
ierwards, and accordingly, in the "furor "
of his discovery, off he went into the cOun-
try, to lecture and dffiIse the new light thus
dispensed to him. His success was tremend-
Gus; town and village said there was some
thing in it," until his reputation, as in other
cases, begat him enemies. The WOlver-
inc Mesmerizer, after astonishing "Hall"
full one evening, at some promising
town or other, and which bade fair, short
ly, TO become quite place, returned TO the
tavern, to be arrested by score Of first cit-
zens, who had then and there congregated,
"jest to test the humbug," any how.
"Good evening, Professor,& said one
"Won't you take little Of the " fluid, said
another; and this being an evident hit, in
the way of joke, the anti-humbugs pro-
ceeded to more serious business.
Professor" said the principal speaker,
giant OF fellow, before whose proportions
even the hugo magnetism looked small /;
Professor" said he, biting off the end of
"pong," and turning it over in his jaws
very leisurely, ga few on US here, hev Jest
concluded to hev you try an experiment,
oppntin' ourselves regular constituted COM
mttee TO report"
The professor begged to appoint more
proper place, hour, &C., or, according to
the apprehension Of the crowd, evinced
the expected desire TO make a clean back
out.
"Professor," resumed the "big dog, "
"ef we onstand right, you call your mesmer-
ism re-meejH agent, which means, spose
that it cures things?"
The disciple Of science referred to divers
cases about town in which he he'd been sue
cessful, 10 say nothing ofthe "pulling teeth"
operation which he had just concluded his
lecture with.
"Yes," said the challenger, "you're
death on teeth, ken Mesmerism come the
re-meejil over the rheumatiz?"
Infamatory or chronic?" demanded the
professor.
"Wal, stranger, we amt much given to
doctors bottle names, but we reckon it's a.
bout the wust kind"
The Mesmerist was about TO explain the
difference between the inhamatory attacks
and local affections, when he was Interrupt
ted by the inquisitor, who rather allowed,
that as far as the location Of the disorder
went, it had pre-emption right to the whole
crittur; and that furthermore, it was jest ex-
pected of that he should forthwith visit the
case, and bid him take up his bed and walk,
or he himself would be escorted out Of town,
astride ofa rail, and "dumped down outside
the 9Th 4degree Oregon, and no mistake.
This was dilemma, either horn of which
promises loss of his reputation, but the
crowd were solemnly in earnest; already
triumphing in his detection, they began to
look wolfsh at him, and wise at each other,
so that the Wolverine had nothing left for
him but to demand boldly, to see the patient!
We had better give the rest OF the story as
4 it was related TO humorous friend of ours,
by the disciple of Mesmer, himself
cup stairs went with 'em, mad as thun-
der, tell you; first at being thought hum
bug, and second, that my individual share
Of the American eagle should be compelled
into measure, by thunder! I'd a gin 'em
fight eff it hadn't been for the science, which
would suffered any how, so | Jest sez TO
myself let 'em bring on their Rheumatic! |
felt as if could mesmerzed a horse, and
determined, whatever the case might be, I'd
make it squal, by thunder!
"Here he u.s." said they, and in we all
bundled into room, gathered around a bed,
with me shut in among them, and the cursed,
big, onehlightened heather that did the
talkin,' drawn' out an almighty bowie knife
at the same time" That's your mani" sez
he. Well there lay miserable lookin' crit
tur, with his eyes sot, and his mouth wide
open-and his jaws got wider as he saw the
crowd and the bowie knife, tell you'll
g That's the ideal" said the big Injln.
"Rise up in that bed!'' said I, and tell
you, must looked at him dreadful, for MP
he jumped on eend, as if he'd jest got a
streak of galvanics.
"Git cut on this foor," said |, with a
wuss look; and hope may be shot if he
didn't come, lookin' wild tell you!"
"Now, cut dirt?" screamed |, and Jehu
Gen. jackson! if he didn't make straight
shirt-tail for the door, may never make an
other pass. After him | went, and after me
they came, and perhaps there wasn't the Or
fullest stampede down three pair of stairs that
ever occurred in Michigan! Down cut old
rheumatic throught the baroom; out / cut
arter him; over went the stove in the rush
arter both ON us; chased him round two
squares-in The snow at that--then headed
him off and chased him back to the hotel
again." where he landed in a "big sweat,
begged for his life, and said he'd give up
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