Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-03-03
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On 1as ~ Il Eaoiag walef ~ azsas e lhe
oIFlniag f9e--s process which .e do @g1 Of
len aesr ~ 81 ta1oeFu t.-les. s11 - .l-ea s1lea-
ttlc fDen SHC philosophers nave pronounced Z
decision Iae psger aa.-czc - = z coal.-gt.-
lcstloa from AIffe5 Brgnsea, ~ pEslr.s d.
Calea. - aseonsia. lie stales lsat 81 I~.z
hs settled - sprlng 'ess tarss b OHIO. *
pecfing = g5-elE - ter ~ 1sggsae = veil
a asigbtgr ~Ag hsc- - ~ - alf.ls- z1rta-
o1tsinso = sod water cHIY fs1reeu fsst fscra
ths surface " tie gz9g1o ty means = B.etoa-
isn. fshlrh Is defined ~ WEBSTER - ge .ftae
faculty u peFrelFstg end llczllrg slolsf-
rsneV.s springs euI cLrselts ~ se1ssatlgts--
a. called ffusa csc Been II france. -la pos
asssec this iecllfy. 1sgeo aaal 81 ~ tie
same means
H. Bfgasoa did net believe in a.. and de-
cliaeS. lie speaI fae greater rsu # tares
years 10 digging fyf ~zlefs au1 srtgut sue
cess. i5s lhea fgf motives Y curiosity. H.
YItse ~sw1Eer philosopher - 50 tie saIil.
The ulza- ~ mere ACCIDENT. lad sscertagfs5
fsf1t - possessed me power ~ Gafiag uzter-
~ sxpefIoaeniiug ~ discovered Size fact Ia1I
tie I'd @gglc BE ellrsctgc q - angle n lyc-
fy-6se degrees, and ina. ffonl &c ppIai 81
Which tie attraction commenced - where TIE
attraction = - pefpsza. le-.af, would indicate
go depth - . Z u reach Sic usfes TIE d.
gBl1g rod. and is Use. ere t1gs described
LIZ AAA1eA tsf-tat1t ..ts- aeF- Il
fork, II peach. Eezel. " aIlaoa, II Tire last
year, growth. 50 IS s. te small. sllla aid fell
" cap. The Up ends ere placed horizontal
y Ia the hands. the palms f which are up
wards tais 5rIrgs ere fork -pHarcs in sic
shape u al iurerte5 Y--lhas. ard in the
hands u hose lfA when d MI y.sa--fgr
Il DOES rot 4ofE NlEa every oas-the tsfa md
l. attracted ~ iae water, lf living spring 49,
~, under gf,-u6-tlt rot b j dead, ~ stand
iHg. stzgnzat water. nor By unsi j. called
e,ep ~slsf. Ii is ais. attracted bF silver. iron.
q otAer metals which attract tae electric fa-
ID, for electricity is sac sscfet " s4s matter
after al"
Having, As Defg;e stated, procured tie ser
vices II professor II this-saet ia .loea
times azs onsitereL-5iecs ar. Ac. Bflu-
son thus describes tls result.
"Ali this howeYere-hls hIgL character and
HE ezel4ustlg1--d.d not remove my doubts.
lie prepared MS geaca-tWIy fofk. and ! plse-
Cd hinl over well which ] asd 1lg, End
which wzs - lhIs tiu.e faIi II surface - ceep-
watef-5slshIaR, II possible. rot - lose tae
labor thus expended. BIT tHis creD-UaleT
had 10 effect y hzteyef 81 lie ROD. ] IT. oyef-
stor then Travelled slowly ! Keeping ms eye
upon the rod ssd bis hands - see IL the ggFa-
lng Il the rcd vas lsl lson tie a-rl.gs. " bis
own hands. A. iehga tie y4a " l,fas1 end
u A&@E fS4 = '-44- -.sf A.t@ tfcar- Aa.ta-r
ing his hsnds pou tie fg1 80 lsaly - pre-
vent is slipping, shat lHey TONED purple. and
! could plainly see thar iEe taI2 ends II gre
rod did moi silP gr tern round ll ills hagc,
bal that TIE .~Igs actually twisted, 81 tIai
tie bark broke and gave Nay. " hen ! szH
this | gave Up. Hbag saE Wlta ny own
eyes, aud that TOO, against strong pIr5l1lees.
could not doubt. iie selected the spot
where the dip If tie rod VAS the strongest.
AID measured tie depth ~ ias 40 rule, ana
/ stuck tie stake - ! Z -. il las ensuing
autumn, when ail vas dry, dug and found
the depth quantity aHs quality q tie water
Ius' a. hs had t.id me-
This i remarkable, bus IS i came within
the winters D"H experience al1 observation
aud as Ne presume he Is known a. tie Patent
offlces perhaps 80 ought u.i - question tAe
accuracy u ths statement. The writer fur
thsr says that short time after be saw .
statement 81 the public prints, taken, as be
thinks ffora lae TuHtsa'1y ~ Sew B ark, over
tie signature II q respectable Quaker, that
water lad been obtained by ;ae same iuslrly
mentality il that State. L. thai ease tie va
ter philosopher fixed upon spot near tue
corner u the house u bis employer aud lH-
formed him that water would BE- found there
. tic depth 0f twenty feet Tie mans d.
slnzllous were 4calea al, fss tile reason tHat
tihiu a fen feet u tie place fixed upon,
ori! had been dug - ninety feet without End
Ing water On digging, however, water
found pred ietel, and t.e Quaker
pot ham - select 4eVegal ether sites 90 tAe
farm for wells for stock, and published his
discovery fof tic belelt % hIs fellow men
The arr q discovering water ~ means d
the dtslniug rod, although secuted by many
intelligent aud philosophical observers 40
se.i-dslusion ~ intentional deception, IS, new
theiess, BY oshefa believed % be ''Iesl glit,
which may be Hncoasciously possessed by
many persons Facts e. r. show that ihls
power Of dIyInatIeu las been exercised with
success ~ all ages and "a various countries.
The practice 81 this g.it ls called rh0JdgnaH-
CO. Ii was known even 10 the aHcieuts. hei-
ser, German writer, says, ftUm the most re-
mote periods. suoff3 Steheson, a Swedish
~fIirr, Ia work publ. shed 10 1857, relates
that Odin knew whefe gold aud silver
fay hidden under the surface 81 tae earth
.iauta De- RIO ia las SIX Books u Mag
lea. DisquiaIlsous,' polished al Cologne Ia
IGiI, relates that there were some ~pauiards,
sailed ZAhufIs, who saw things concealed
under the surface Of the earth. such as veins
Of water, aud ores, dead bodies, &r.
In The south III rance and Switzerland, it
is said that even down % the present time
this art Is fryqueuty made use ii under tie
name Of Kaleidoscope, tthe arr II feeling %
discovering meials,l and IL hydFoscgqe, (iiie
art IT feeling oT discovering Watef-l
Campetsi, au italian. made quite stir lH
the early part Of the essnt century, by pre-
tending 20 be capable sc aaceTaluinE, by his
feelings, the places where metals and water
existed under ground. The King ~ Bavaria
sent f9r ban Ia 1906, aud his experiments al
Munich were successful lis apparatus y as
a pendulum If suiphupus pyflcs.
but perhaps the most direct aud authentic
evidence favor 81 tAe reality 10 this giit Is
that Of the celebrated Adam Clarke, who, ~
d little pamphlet pGhi Bred some thirty years
ago, stated that when stationed Do has capaci-
" Of preacher in the Guernsey Isiauas, be
found among has flock man Is h5 pretended
10, or rather did, tell tie people wbrf, 10 dig
for and obtain good water. DR. Clarke be.
liered il 20 be deception, and cited tue man
to trial for attempting 70 impose on The PEG
pie.
Upon the trial the accused proved by sew
eral respectable witnesses tha9 he had tol,
them where to dig; that they had done 50
and found water IS he predicted Sui Oh.
doctor thought there was some mistake or a.