Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-16
THE DAY OF MIRACLES.

A STRANGE SERIES OF CURES IN THE
PHYSICAL BENEFIT-sUPERNATU
EFFECTs-INT STORIES,
&C., &C., &c.
This seems to be the day Of miracles. A
few days since two prominent citizens OF
Richmond, Va one member of the City
Council, returned from Europe, and pub
lished the fact that they had witnessed two
miracles, which were p rformed through
the mediumship of Catholic clergymen.
The publication gave rise to a sharp news
paper discussion between what the writers
called "faith" on one side, and ''unbellef"
on the other. But it seems that these
miracles are shared by our Protestant as
we'll as Catholic brethren. On Saturday
last Mr.. james Davis, a former citizen of
Augusta, but now of Iowa, who is on visit
to his friends II Staunton, handed us the
Saline Go. (Mo.) Demo rat" containing
the following letter from VIM. D. Bush, one
of the most prom nent lawyers in that State,
remarkiug that he knew Mr.. Bush as a
man of high standing, and that he was
also aware of the il ness of Mrs. B., she
| not having been expected to live when our
| informant left M ssouri 1t is a very
strange case:s
OTTUMwA, Iowa, Sept. Is, 1874.
Mr.. FRAZEE: Dear Sir:-This date tinds
J me here, at the Caster House. When |
| left Marshall / expected To have returned
before this, but my wife was so bad could
not leave her-her physicians informed me
a few days ago that she could not live but
a few days: She was evidently in the last
stages of consumption. A Mrs. Chapman
of Fairmont, Mo-, had been up to this
place to be treated by the celebrated Mag
netic Faith Doctor, PAUL CASTER, for q
valvular disease of the heart, of which she
was cured by one treatment, to the aston
ishment of her physician and the neighbor-
hood where she resided. These reports OF
| marvellous cures. SO strangely performed,
coming to the ears OF my wife, she was
anxious to come and see if she, too, could
not be cured. About three weeks ago
| brought her here in a spring wagon. Oh
| bed, as she was unable to be brought any
other way, accompanied by her relatives
and physician.s None of us expected she
would live to get here. She was almost
| insensible when we carried her to her room.
After she was treated, by
SIMPLY PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HER
| HEAD
and over her lungs, she slept well all night.
and awoke in the morning relieved. She
| could lie upon her left side with ease, which
she could not have done for eighteen
months past, at no time, and the swelling
I was entirely gone from her feet, which had
been swollen for the past eight months.
| Words would fail to express our JOY over
so happy a change in a few hours, and,
astonishing as 1t may appear, she was able
togo down to meals the third day, anu she
continues to improve. The Doctor says III
three months her lungs will be healed up
sound and well. Indeed, this is q strange
of the many strange things that are going
on in this bewlldering world around us.
DIR. PAUL CASTER IS AN ILLTTERATE
MAN;
he can neither read nor write, yet he is
man of fine natural sen se and by the force
Of his mind, intuition, OF inspiration, he
has, think, utilized Magnetic Power 50
that when he examines patient he can
tell whether he can cure OF not: and sup
pose he understands it's power and the
laws and rules governing it's application
better than any man in the world. sup
pose his cures are performed by Magnet
ism, but ne says he does not know whether
it is done by the power of God, by Galvan-
ism, by Mesmerism, or by what power, but
that he knows how to do it himself to
cause it to act and produce effects; how to
put it on, take it Off, and the rule by which
it acts, but he does not know what to call
it except the great unknown that guides
and controls him. which he believes to be
the power of God.
He has within eight years risen from
enough IrUid rneshi4fiHiIiffY and has realized
lars per month for each patient treatettfl q 81
! hpa fn11 " tod t7soon Of
ground and erect tbereoa large four
story brick house for the accommodation
OF patients, and is now building a large
addition to it, which will be insufficient.
but he is not willing to go beyond his
meals.
By whatever power these cures are ac-
complished, the like of some of them has
not been seen
SINCE THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES
have been told py persons, who claimed
to ne present, that a Mr.. Emory, a citizen
Of this place, who had cut his leg between
the knee and ankle with foot adze, cut
| ting cash four inches long and severing a
number of leaders, rendering his foot use
less; the wound got worse for over four
months, and he applied to Dir. PAUL CAS-
TER; bis leg was terribly swollen and sup
purating badly: PAUL brought his hands
down over it three times, and then took
hold of the leg with one hand, squeezing 1t
as he rubbed it down, both swelling and
corruption coming out in advance of his
hand! He then rubbed his fingers a few
times over the wound and set it down on
the floor and said, ''Sir, you are WELL and
the leg was healed up and the severed mus
cles knit together! This looks too mere
dible for belief, but seems to be fully sub
stantiated by witnesses present. I met
| Mr.. Emory and asked him about it. He
says it is true. He sat down and showed
me his leg, showing an ugly scar, and de-
clared that
| I'm FIFTEEN MINUTES
| from the time PAUL CASTER touched his
| leg the swelling and matter went out, the
muscles knit together, and the sore healed
up as you see it now," and that he could
use his foot as well as he ever could! Mr.
| Emory appears to be truthful, reliable
| gentleman. Now this is but one case out
! OF many. He has about a wagon load of
| crutches lett here 10y cripples he has healed
One lady came here for treatment who
| had been paralyzed and mad no use IF her
lower limbs Or back; her parents were
wealthy. and after exha,;sting medical
Skill they had u frame work Of steel. nicely
padded and fitted to support her limbs and
back. which cost three hundred dollars.
| The Doctor treated her, and she cot uu
| and walked through the house, praising
J God, and herrelatiyes following her around
crying with joy. She is cured and gone
home, but the Doctor has the steel work
| hanging up in his Office with a lot of
others. There is a poor girl here, aged IS
years, and she could not set UP for tea
years without steel jacket to support her
breast. They sent her to the Poor House
and some benevolent persons, at her re-
quest, got her railroad ticket and senf
her here to PAUL CASTER for treatment
He treated her free of charge, and at his
ouch the paralyzed limbs and back re-