Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-02-13
ESTABLISHING TIE SCIENCE.
ny EvERPoiNT.

De Bonneville had been elcc,rifying De-
troit by his more than galvdnic efforts upon
the muscles Of scores of his impressibles,
when an enormous sized Wolverine trying
the thing himself, found that he was quite
equal 10 the professor, in setting folks 10
sleep and maxim on 'em cut up afterwards,
and accordingly in the Juror Of his discove.
ry, off he wen, into tho country TO lecture
a nd difluse the new light which had been
dispensed to him. His success was tremen.
dous town and village said there was
Something in it, unit! his, ,uta,ion, as in
other cases, begat him ]s. The VOL
VERNE Mesu,erizer, -. ,ionishing HALL
full, one evening, at s,;u3' very promising
town or other, and which babe fair, shortly
to be quite place. returned to the tavern,
TO be arrested IN The bar-room BY a score OF
first cilizens,' who had then and there con.
gregated jest 10 test the humbus, any
how.
Good evening, Professor said one,
Won't you take little Of the .tuidi said
another, and this being On evident hit ia the
way Of joke, the ant. humbug,' proceed
ed to more serious business.
Professor said the principal speaker, q
giant Of follow, before whose proportions,
even the huge Magneiizer looked small.
Professor said he, biting off the end Of
pug,' and turning it over in his jaws very
leisurely, few on Us, here, hev jest con.
cluded 10 hev you try an experiment. ap.
pintin' ourselves as a regular constituted
committee to report
The Professor begged 10 appoint more
proper place and hour, &c. or, according to
the apprehension of the crowd evinced
the expected desire to make a clean back.
OUT
Professor, returned tho big dog 'ef
we understand right, you call your Mesmer.
ism a remejl AGENT which means, l s'pose,
tina, it cures ,hngsr
The disciple Of science referred 10 divers
cases about town in which he had been sue.
cessful, to say nothing Of the pull teeth
operation Which he had just concluded his
lecture with.
YES said the chancellor, you're death
no teeth,we know, but ken Mssmerism come
the remee.Jill over rheumatic =
Infamma,ory or chronic I, demanded the
professor.
wall. stranger, We ain't given 10 doc
tors kotts names, but we reckon i,'s abou,
the wust kind
The Mssmerist was about to define the
difference between inAammatory attack,
and local affections, When, no was interrupt.
ed by the linguistic, who rather allo,Ded tina,
as far As the location Of the disorder went, il
had pre-. cmp,ion right TO the hull crilter
and that, further more it was jest expected
of him that he should forthwith visi, the case
and bid him take up his bed and walk, Of
he himself would be escorted out Of town,
astride of rail, and dumped down out side
the 81 degree Of Oregon and mo mis-
take
This was dilemma, either horn of which
promised loss to his reputation, but the
crowd we're solemnly in earnest already
triumphing in his detection, they began to
look wolfsh at him and wise at one another
so that the Wolverine had nothing left for i,
but to demand, boldly. 10 see the patient :.
We had better give the rest Of tho story as il
was related 10 numerous friend Of ours, BY
the disciple Of Mesmer himself
up stairs | went with 'em, as mad q,
thunder, tell you first at being thought a
humbug, and next ,hatmy individual share
of American eagle should be compelled in
to measure, by thunder! I'D gin EN- q
fight, if it hadn't been for the science, which
would suffered any how, so | jest said to
myself, let 'em bring on their rheumatic
| felt as if could mesmerise horse and
determined whatever the case might be, Id
make it squeak thunder 4!
Here he u.s. said they, and in we all bum
died in room, gathered round bed. will
mo shut in among 'em, and the cossed big
onenligh,ened heather, that did the talking
drawing out a mighty bowie knife at the
same time. That's your man said he
Well there lay miserable looking critler
with his ewes sot and his mouth open-hi!
laws got wider and wider as he saw the
crowd and bowie knife, tell you That
the idea i said the old big lngin.
Rise up in that bed !! said /, and tel
YOU what, | must looked at him dreadful
for he jumped up on eend. as If he had jus
got streak Of galvsnic.
Git ont on this floor. 5ad l with WI
look and hope may be shot if he did'n
f come GU, lookin' wild, tell ye
.Now cut dirt, d-n screamed
T |, and Gehu Gineral Jackson II he didn'
make a straight shirt-tail for the door, ma.
: | never make snothor pass. After him
, went, and after me they came, and prehap
there wasn't the orfulss, stampin dow
three pair Of stairs that ever occurred il
Michigan Down cut old rheumatic througl
the bar-room; out cut srter him; owe
went the stove in the rush ar,er both on Us
, chased him round two squares-in tn
, snow at that then headed him of and chss
, ed him back TO the hotel again, where h
landed in fine sUeat, begged for his III
and said he'd give up the property! We'll
| wish may be shot, il no wasn't the felle
they were Oferin' reward for ia Buffalo
4 | made him dress himself; cured his rheu
/, mstiz-run il right out Of him-delivsre
him up, pocksted the reward, aud ssfabli'h
ed the science, by thundsr!'