The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-09-23
MIR. sPENCER,S LECTURES.


This gentleman in his lectures a, burlington
gave pretty general satisfaction, ii We ma, Judge
from an article in the last Gazette. from which
We make the following extraci:-
'sSelcciing irum among the number BE-
fore him under lis iit!ue ncc, ono cring lady
the daughter ii one u sair nnsi respectable
citizens, an entire stranger Ia Mr.. Spencer.
enc whose name, whose his'ar, whose res
idence were all equally unknown to him,
lie placed her ia rockin. chair before The
audience and there showed il would secm
the perfect satisfaction of aii present tina,
she was rs completely under his coiilrol n
were his own thoughts md actions. II
those not present il may lie well 10 relate
somewhat in detail The G, iences 81 this
Let ~ premise that Miss A. il m educated.
intelligent young lady s.mc ID ur III
wears ui acr. we'll known mud most hiahl.
estimated throughout this city. She p!a, =
the piano GRACEFUL, and sings we'll She
possesses all the modcsty mud amiaLilIi.
which belongs Ia her sex aud which arc the
great charm Of those Of her aac. M
amount OF money would have hired her a.
sing before Tint audience, md ut tho did
SO repeatedly in The mesmrrir state, mud
that too without the lenst recollection a
doing so afterwards aud 10 lis dav. She
lost all remembrance Of her father, denied
any knowledge of him, refusing to return
home with him. oliciing rcadil, 10 aces ~.
pany another y hu,n she irrlared IL lie her
father and while both sie,L hei.re her. shc
regarding both nj the same time with her
eyes fully open and apparently know ing A.
we'll what she Was nbuut aid whom sIe
saw ms ii AZ home IN her ordlnar. state 81
mind. She iouk While ia this state o peach
in her hind, lacked III il steadily, snne!i oi
it, Gu, 81 il, md dec Jared I'll The simr, d.
The mcsmerizer previously predicted sht
would, that Il was an orange. she even
expressed her perfect rcaaiaess u - before
Justice Ut the pe.cc csihsr lien. ar ~,
some future tune aud make oath that il WIS
an orange.
She became deal, srcccie-s. si.hi!css.
in succession, anl vi M. tine n the Mill"j
tho mcsmcriscr dictated. The loud mud
repeated calling Of her name b. her iath. r
aud others was UNDECIDED bs her aud on
being aroused Immediately ;.iicr declared
TINT no one had addressed her. Al lis
command she placed her hand upon her
head and found il utterly Impossible L.
remove 1.-THE extreme cnd u The tore OF
index fingers 81 each hand Mere pm, to-
ge,her and notwithstanding The utmost OK.
crtion she could not separate them. A,
the instant ol command she cousncnccd
,wirlng the same fingers ro,,nd cal, 9th.
or without the least ability 10 .les>i until il
pleased Mr.. s. to give her Ill er,. II do 81.
l, being represented 10 her TIT, ,i,erc we're
many paer children in this cit, ia need o.
tread The readily offered MI the money sh@
had, all that was lent her,-she tnok I'll i
valuable hreas,pn, present u her which
money could not purchase. anl gave thu,
freely. Size complained IT hcat-ai cold
alternately in quick succession u. the will
q! Mr.. 5. tanning herself nne n,,inen, md
shud,lering with cold the next. Al this,
aud much morc. She was aroused, md
had not the slightest remembrance u the
matter"