The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-18
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Or underhlIl failed somewhat in his humane eff
forts TO instil in the minds Of the people, in that re
glon, desirable sense ofthe majesty Of the science
OF fawalogy, and It's claims upon public confidence
as curative agent in all diseases, physical, mental
and nervous that flesh is heir 10 )" we, therefore
deem It no more than right, as n sort Of salvor 10
the Drs mortified pride, to give brief notice of one
OF his lectures in this town; and as he has some few
pai'ats here, i, may add TO the efficacy Of his man
ipuaflons upon them, by raising still higher their
cohNdtnce IN the mysterious science.
The audience was given TO understand, by way Of
explanation that the lecturer was conshtutionaily
aiun-lovlng a man; that COOL. hearty laugh fatcn-
ed him; and that cracking Jokes was the very ele
meni OF his life; consequently he took 10 Mesmer.
sm anI lis kindred sciencesas naturally as the duck
TO the water or the hog 10 its waowing IN the mire
That the Dr.. thrvcs in his vocation there can be
no more doubt, when we look upon his fair round
cnpon." than that Fas,aE found his nave'element
IN bottle OF sack" for more rotund nllermanc
.0oki"s ! scorporosiiy is seldom seen
With becoming mOdesly the DR. claimed lha, he
was not only the first lecturer, and, consequently
The father OF mesmerisni, west of the mountains
oui that he was the principal agent in uniting II 10
young Biology; that the history Of his lie, for the
iasi heen years, was co.cxtensive with the history
OF these two sciences, &C. &c After all this the
'uIence could hardly retain les impa,ience 10 wit
ness experiments al the hands ofso experienced an
operator; and when, after some urging, reapec,a
ie number Of boys presented thcmse Ives nj bects
anu The CHAIN was formed by their Joining hands,
he Dr sitting at ono end of the chain with the hand
OF one OF the links graspej in his there was n still
ness pri'adng the room. which, Judging itom sun.
dIy whh peTIngs and restless movement on the par
ol several individuals, was truly quite oppresSir,
! One circumstance that made the rrisnng awe :
NOR awful, especially in the eyes of the ,lle ureh
ms who sa, g'prg gaI the Dr. as if he were an ele.
phant OF some other huge and terrible animal, was
The ilci that he held in his right hand an enormous
cudgcl, as II for the purpose of failing them into
somno'ency ithy dny accident he should fail to pro.
duceth desired siate of things in the scen,ii. way
After reasonable time was spent in ,cs,ipr
their capabilities ior looking peepe on, ul coun,e
nance, the show, proper, commenced Every link in
'lc cham issuhccrd sundy tests and all but one,
OWING 10 00si'Ra,y on their part "a we were nfor.
med, proved impcryious TO the mysterious inlunce
that one was forthwith hooIwinked and led TO the
centre oitle room for general inspection Several
were permitted to icel oih, hands, amoug the rest,
venerable friend Mr Cook. and our. not qpite so
venerable, but still renrrated friend lolhrook all
pronounciug the hand cold, tani We have no doub,
OF that fact, for 1t looked exceedingly bucj which,
considering the state OF the weather then, and the
lads thin clothing was certainly very very strange
and wonderful There were number Of noses there
on TINT evening that presented similar appearance;
and there is no doubt, tha, the same influence was
operating upon them tha, affected SO sngular.y the
boys hnnd
1t Is utterly impossible TO describe the sensation
Produced upon usby that array otmesmcriscI nose,
To one who h's never witnessed similar phenomr.
non. twas certainly all anos,oni.hug spectacle 1air.
fully astonishing After this display of blue hand,
the suhl;cl was made to walk across the room and
back four time: quite rapidly; IN entire obedience to
the will OF the operator, tor they walked arm in arm
keeping steps like pare of grenadets.
Ncxteamc the bump test, but as the young maus
education on that point appeared to be woily def.
cieni, the DR., ended his experiments with him by
informing us TINT, he "wn, only in the frststase,
There mex, came upon the stand n tall. gaunt,
cub. footed young man the Dfs travelling subject
1t is unnecessary to state, with what intense AMI o.
overwhelming interest the audience gnsed upon this
rSponcn,of B.ologlc mystery. Every eye, aud ey.
cry mNgnet-ed nos', tconsls,ing OF about thirty is
turned upon hun in eager expectancy. The Dr hc.
guns uhcr treating him to glassof hewitched wa.
ter 10y requesting him TO take a balloon ride which
he, rather grufy declines doing aud is finally ex.
cu>el on the ground of his hnb,ur tinidity. which
inthisins,,ncc had gone with him into the mesmer.
ic sleep lie ls next urged quite strongly To take
the cars for short excursion which he also refuses
pcrmptorily to do, and aspo argument on the par
of the DE- could move hun to comply. i, was dcci.
drd by the d. ianl We oil agreed with HIM that
the subject had aiken it into his head Just then to be
contrary In the next place law book Is placed
in his hanl--,nd mndJiie dic,u! he absolutely told
It's ,iIle-stter reading il on "a. back When he
was asked to wha, state it belonged which fae,hap,
pcncd 10 be mentioned pi,hin the cover another
tit Of ob,insey suddenly took him, and he discour.
aged further experiments in ,ha, line by snying thai
he had been bothered enough, already. and dijn',
wish to he bothered any more. Thi, unfortunate,