Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-09
BLETONISM.

dicatlng subterranean springs and
currents by sensation so called from
one Bleton, Of France, who was sup
posed to possess this faculty. Vide
Dr. Webster, in loco.
BLEToNIsT, One who has the fac
ulty Of perceiving subterranean
springs by sensation. Vide DR..
Worcester.
As acknowledged that there are
more things in heaven and earth
than our philosophy has hitherto
dreamed Of the probable presump-
ton arises thar the idea involved in
the above terms and definitions Is not
mere chimera, but a fixed fact
which may be rendered subservieni
to the general good.
Let certain persons take fork"
of Cherry, Peach, Halle, Willow, or
the like, Of one or two years growth,
full Of sap, and so hold the exireml-
ties, firmly grasped in the hands, lha,
the fork will be upward; when they
come into the vicinity of spring or
stream of living water, the fork will
bend toward il, and when the person
stands Immediately over the water,
the fork will point directly downward.
In the hands OF others, this fork,
or :. divining rod" prepared for the
purpose, will turn from instead Of 10
the water, vet will indicate its local
iiy with nearly equal exac,ness
A good Bletonist will also discover
silver, iron, and other ores, by means
Of the rod, and persons often amuse
themselves by hiding a halfdolllr"
in prescribed circuit, in the ground,
and the "diviner" finding it with al
most absolute certainty.
As minated there are onl, GER
tain persons in whose hands the rod
will work, and in some of these, no,
al all times it therefore becomes an
important question, If these things
are so, in whose hands it will work,
and why not at all times?
Electrically, the race is classified,
males are positive, females negative.
This is nature and by this general
law Of relation of the sexes, mach,
that is now considered by many, as
inexplIcablc, may be satisfactorily ex-
planned.
Many males are negatively eectri-
fed and it is found by experiment
that such have this power or faculty
of perceiving and indicating subter-
ranean springs ores, &c, by sensa-
ton, and that generally any one who
is "A good mesmeric, biologn or
spirii-rapping" medium, is good
Bletonist.
Living mot sap water, iron, sill
yer and the like being relatively pos
itiue electrically, to such persons, The
rod, in their hands, by the unernng
law of electric attraction, is drawn
toward and when immediately over
any of these substances, will point in
direct line TO it, and thereby lndi-
cate its exact location.
In the hands of those who are
positively electrified, the rod is re-
PEELED, or turns in an opposite dlrec-
ton, which is also in perfect accord-
ance with the well-known electric
law that likes repel each other
1t has also been ascertained, that
the physiological changes which are
constantly going on in our bodies,
change temporarily, if not sometimes
permanently, their electrical states,
from negative to positive, and the
opposite and hence the well known
fact, that not at all times, even in the
same persons hands, will the rod OPP
crate a circumstance which proba
bly, has led more to believe the whole
thing TO be humbug, than any 9th
or, but which, If the above suggestion
has any weight, must obviously be
expected TO occur. The rule by
which the depth of the water is as
certsned, is to measure from the
point where the rod begins to bend
to,odrd the water, 10 where it points
directly to it, perpendicularly. This
will give the depth nearly, and il
will be seen that the sphere of at
traction begins at about an angle Of
45o. As there are persons in every
community who can thus operate, il
seems hardly necessary to point gu,
the value Of this science to the Agri.
culturist and others. By it much
money and time may be saved, and