Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-03
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m..merism Exfrasrdiiary-Au Edl.
tor MauIcd By q Female Lecturer.
Tho London Morning Herald says:
An extraordinary scene took place on Fri
day evening, January 26.h, at a mesmeric
entertainment in the town Of Carmarthen,
where the editor Of one Of the local papers
was brought to feel the powers Of mes
merism in q way he little expected. Miss
Poole, q we'll known lecturer on electro.
biology and mesmerism, had been lectur-
ing to crowded audiences during the
week. and on Friday, being the day the
local papers are issued, one Of them con-
tanned the following paragraph:
MEsNERIsM.-This science ia too dry to
60 down the throats ever Of the lower
classes without q bit Of fat in the shape of
gifts and prizes. Miss Poole has been ex-
perimenting here this week with good pc.
cuniary success, the bait taking remark
ably well. The lady, for aught we know,
may be on accomplished electro. biologist ;
but we have no hesitation in saying that
her subjects were wide awake when they
were supposed to be in the embrace Of q
god more powerful than Somnus and Nor
pheus combined. If Miss Poole denies
this, will she allow the writer to apply q
very simple test to her subjects : after
she has them under control This would
be the means of convincing or of unde-
ceiving the public.
On that evening Miss Poole commented
upon the above critique, and took a copy
of the Reporter from her pocket and tore
it into shreds before the audience. She
then had several young men Of the town
upon the platform, who volunteered to be
mesmerized I; and the whole Of them, with
few exceptions, were experimental upon
with success, and appeared to be COM
ple,ely at her bidding. While this was
going on the editor Of the above news
paper entered the room, and being Iecog-
nized by the doorkeeper, was ordered out,
but he refused to leave. The d~oorkeeper
then appealed to Miss Poole II he should
send for a policeman to turn him out, and
she replied ; "Let him alone ; l have
policemen of my own. We will have some
fun directly" And addressing about
eight of the young men on whom she had
been operating. but who were then ap-
psrently awake, che said : " There is a
person in this audience whom I want you
to bring upon this platform /; 80 and fetch
him."
At this command the whole OF them
| bounded of the platform and ran toward
the individual referred to, who was point
ed out TO them by the door.keeper, and
| they laid hold Of him and carried him by
main force to the platform, the audience
cheering and laughing heartily, little an
,icipating what would follow. But mat
ters soon took a serious turn (; for as soon
rs he was brought near the platform Miss
Poole, whose GOODNESS and self-possession
had evidently deserted her, seized him by
the hair and dragged him uRn the plat
form, the young men still keeping fast
hold of him, and there he lay for a few
moments, with the enraged lady pulling
his hair in a furious manner, the audience
yelling and hooting at her but their yells
and boots she needed not
The editor at length gained his feet, but
his revenger still chung tenaciously to him
until some persons in the audience came
to his rescue. The confusion was now
intense, and amidst the Kissing and the
hoo,ings Of the audience, Miss Poole pro-
ceedcd with her performance.
Summonses have been issued agains,
Miss Poole and her coadjutors who joined
in the ARRAY. The affair has created quite
a sensation throughout the town, the gen.
tleman attacked being highly respected by
| all classes.