The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-06-19

% >ciehce-fzlsely >O-called-Once
sent 10! lhe doctor u set his dislOeat-
ed elbow. The old man Went and
iOuli ii- patent apparently in great
palm with AI- Uaudaged arm in a
sing he scarcely touched the limit.
however, before he discovered the
trIck ami left- Doctor JOb WIS.,. how
ever, oEertaken on MS way home by
a messenger who impiOred him Il re-
turh AID restore the young mans el-
bow joint, which mad been really dis
iOca!ed 10y the touch Of the doctors
hand As i punishment for deceit.
On another occasion, il Is said, he
was shown through All anatOmiCa al
haIl III Boston by ! city doctor. In
looking AZ human specimen the old
man remarked that he had never seen
4 tommy before, bat that there was
little bone put in wrong side up in
the foot of the one before him. This
was fOr a tLne contrOverted bv his
learned friend, but he was ultimately
forced to admit the correctness of the
natural bOne-setter's" assertion.
BenOni, a son of JOO, born October
IL, l162, removed - Lebanon, in Con-
nectlcut, where until his death, he
was very celebrated - a natural bone
setter.
Jonathan, another son of Job, born
Sept. 9Th, l76j, settled at Sugar-L. L.Oaf
Hill, near Wakefield, in Rhode Island,
where he continued to reside until his
death, about the year ls30. knew
Jonathan well, and have been present
IN Instances when he restored disIO-
Gated and broken bones in members
or employees OF my fathers family.
once on occasion of his setting the
thigh bone of cOlOIed boy ia my
/ presence, / asked him To tell me how
/ he did II He answered that lie did
no. know himself, but that he was
just As certain of the position of all the
/ bones he operated upon as II h. Sdtr
! them rith his R0ksd ege.
| The Spiritualist Will readily recog-
HiZe this as clairvOyance, "a GIFT that
dOubtlessly the Sweet family haye
been endowed with for many genera
tiOns without knowing it.
Gideon, an elder brother, used Oc-
caSiOnally To set bOne- when Jona-
than was out OF the way, but not 9TH
erwise.
job, sou OF Jonathan, commenced
setting bones on Che death of his faith
er, and acquired great renOWn. Both
were blacksmiths, and it used To be-
said tnat when called from their
work, as they often We're, 10 restore
shattered and dislOcated limbs-the
healing of some of which would have
conferred 4 worldwide fame on any
regular bred surgeOn-all either of
them asked for the hiHtirdHce was
just change enough to pay them for
the time lost IN shOelug a hoIse or
other work in the S.up.
| remember well when young
lawyer by the name of Warner, u
friend 0f Daniel Webster, who had
suffered much at the hands OF tile
first surgeons in America without
avail, was brought 10 South Kings
ton, Ia try, "a u fuTlOrn hope, the un-
learned au'i unrretentiOus Job Sweet
| DO not know Lut this gentleman
may now he living in Boston
think his ailment was of cOmplicat-
ed nature, located in the leg, which
had been aggravated by maltreat-
ment and become so chronic that il
could only be overcome by very
slow and gradual process Of treatment.
For this reason he boarded some
months IN or near Sweets family, and
occasionally visited my fathers house
who lived at that time within a mile,
on which occasion he always dwelt
with great enthusiasm upon the re-
markable powers POSSESSED by Sweet,
as evinced not only in the gradual but
sure process of restoring his own limb
To sOundn. -, but also as exempli-
fled in his successful treatment Of
other patients who were brought To
him. Among Others he spoke of
the case of a boy, i think 10y the name |
of Day, who came from some point |
OH the North river. As he described
ii, this boys leg was void of flesh and
as straight and hard as "his walking
stick" the joints being completely
Ossified. Sweet examined the boys
leg in the presence of Warner, and the
latter remarked: You certdiiliJ can do
nothing tcith that leg, for there are 10
joints IN It. Then, replied the doctor,
] HlIIst nlHEe some. And sure enough
by application of certain emollients
and linlmentS-Iu tire CUIupOuu,lius
of which the Sweets seemed 10 be in
tuitively directed-and frequent ma
nipulation of his hands, the ossifica-
tiOn was gradually lOOsened and ex-
PEELED, so that the joints assumed
their natural play, and the leg be-
came again clothed in flesh.
Mr. Warner evinced much graft
tude for the restoration OF his own
limb to health, and persuaded the
doctor To remove 10 Boston, where
there was an unlimited field for the
exercise OF his wonderful gift. But,
owing probably u his mode of living,
Job did not long survive the chan e,
and died in that city about the year
1877.
On tine removal of job to Boston,
William, his brother, born Oct. 2Sth,
lS12, who has always resided where
lie now does, at the homestead at Su-
gar-LDaf Hill, commenced in the
bone setting line, but in accordance
with the usage of the family, where
by one only of its members practice
in the same ueighbOrhOOd ut the same
time, he gave way To his cousin John,
son of Gideon, who had given up
farming that he might deYOte his
whole time t. the business of bone
setting. After time John removed
To New Bedford, and William re-
sumed bone setting in South Kings
ton, and has probably been a. SUCCESS
full in his calling as any one OF the
name Like all of his ancestors, he
has reared large family Oi children.
Job, his eldest son, II now skillful
bOne-setter, practicing in View Bed
ford and it5 vicinity. George a
Younger son, lives with job, and sets
bones when his brother is away. Will
liam y. Sweet, another son Of Will
liam, lives with Job, but practices
mostly in Boston, Fall River, and
their vicinities. He, too, is said to
be successful in his calling. Jona-
than, another son lives in Providence
where he practices bOne-setting with I
great success. Thomas, another son,
also practiced in Providence for ten T.
wears, until his death i'm 1867. Ed /
ward, youngest son of William, lives I
at the homestead at Sugar-LOaf, and Z
occasionally sets bones when his IA I
ther is absent.
John II. Sweet, sou Of the last nam /
ed JOB, and grandson Of William /
practices with his father and il very
successful in his calling. James, also /
a son of the first named Job, and /.
Samuel, son of Gideon, now both liv-
ing in South Kingston, inherit the
gift, and occasionally, in eases Of ne
cessity, replace dislocated and broken
bones.
/ have known Doctor William /
Sweet, from whom I have obtained Z
most Of the foregoing statistics, from I
boyhOOd, and have bee present in 4
several instances where he has re-
stored broken and dislOcated bones 1
for Employees or members Of my own |
family, AMI although some Of these |
were very complicated and bad, he Al /
ways treated them successfully, aud I
in no instance had to repeat an opera I.
alton. He has been called during his /.