Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-12
More Mystery.

Wonders will never cease in Paris
A discovery which has lately been made
of an extraordinary individual who pro-
claims to the world as the heir and sue
cessor of Jesus Christ, has created the
greatest curiosity among the miracle hun
ters Of our capital. This man is peas
ant by the name of Perimond, about FIVE
and-forty years of age, Of simple and
unpretendIng manners and homely
speech. He is, however, manifestly un-
der some magnetic influences, for he
has cured by his touch alone, many hum
d-eds Of persons who have been to visit
him He receives all strangers who
seek him with the greatest simplicity.
disclaims any credit for the wonders he
performs. merely repeating the assurances
of his appointment by our Saviour, who
appeared 10 him IN dream, to go forth
TO the world and testify 20 the truth of
the gospel. He is of short stature, and
of full, expressive countenancc. His
hair parted on the forehead, descends on
either side Of the temples.
There would be nothing remarkable
dOOui pICcSlOh VI ulC WCiC ~
not for the circumstances which have
given rise to the wilful lie or the unhap-
py delusion, whichever it may be, that
The openly advances--were it not for the
extraordinary sfigmafes on his hands
and feet, and the deep cicatrace in his side.
whence, during the whole of Passion
week, there issued large drops of blood!
Many people worthy of belief have told
me that there is no delusion about this.
The hands and feet are pierced through
and through, and the wound in his side
is about two inches long and very deep;
that they have seen the blood ooze from
those wounds slowly and drop by drop
for hours together, during the Passion
week, and that during all this time Peri
mond remained exhausted on his bed,
lying as il were in trance, without food
or nourishInent, and to all appearances
dead. After sunset he revives, the bleed
ing ceases, he RECEIVERS his senses, par
takes of some slight refreshment and
passes the whole night in prayer! His
dress consists of short tunic of white
linen, reaching to the knee, with long,
full trowsers of the same. On his head
he wears white linen turban, Of the
Jewish form. He carries no ornament
on his person, save gold clasp which
fastens the band by which his waist is
confined.
The police have been most active in
causing the strictest investigations TO be
made into the history and antecedents of
the man, but as yet nothing has been
discovered which can in any way serve
as an excuse for molesting him. All
that is known is the fact that he has re-
Gently arrived from Grenoble, where he
had lived holy and religions life, much
beloved by the old peasant woman WHO
had reared him, and who, even to the
hour of her death, declared to have found
him one morning lying beneath hedge
near her cottage. No trace of his pa
rentage has ever been discovered. He
never stirs abroad, and discourages all
meetings or assemblies at his house;
therefore, the authorities of Paris have
nought to do in his case. Several ply
sicians of en;nence have already been
10 visit him; but none have as yet been
able to solve the mystery. DR.. c..
the greatest anatomist, after remaining
two hours in his room last Friday, left in
dispair, declaring with an oath, "tha. the
juggle was too well managed for discov-
ery!" and therefore, the mystery, like
that of the ecstatic virgins of the Tyrol,
remains mystery still.-London .4flas.