The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-11-19
How Mind-Readins Is Accomplished.

IL Sunday mornings Pres appeared a
long article giving an account OF the ex-
periments Of J. r. Brown, the so-called
mind-reader," before several of the
learned faculty Of Yale College. To say
The least. it is somewhat remarkable 10
see professors IF Yale College unduly
surprised by the performances Of Brown,
when the performances Of the very same
somewhat miraculous feats lie within
the power Of almost any person. Mind.
reading, a. performed BY Mr. Brown. il
but simple parlor amusement, which
can be shown any evening, when the
proper conditions, which are simple, are
complied with
Illustrative Of this fact, little per
sonal experience may be detailed
More than three months ago Press
reporter, spending the evening with a
party Of young ladies and gentlemen,
first saw the same principle exhibited,
and the very same feat which Mr. Brown
performed upon his first experiment
shown 4 young lady Of the party was
blindfoldcd. One Of the party then
took small table mat and carried II
into another room, placing ii upon a
stand. Returning, the lady blindfolded
took with her left hand the right hand
OF the person who had placed the mat In
the other room, and she placed her right
n f.a---
panion's forehead. After standing in
this position for very short time the
night hand was removed from the fore
head, and raising the left hand Of her
companion, still holding it in her own, to
her forehead, she went directly through
intricate passage-ways TO the very ar
ticle
After this experiment the same was
repeated with other members OF the
party, the articles each time being differ
ent and placed in place unknown TO the
person blindfolded. The reporter was
one Of the number who took the charac-
ter OF the blind goddess for the per-
Torrance Of two experiments. After
being blindfolded and the articles hid
den, he began 10 search for it, going d.
rectly TO ii at first, and unconscious of
hi relative position in the house, and
believing he was still going forward in a
straight line, lie suddenly came to
pause and experienced the strangest
feeling he had ever known in his life. Il
Is hard to explain it, but it was more
ike endeavoring to fly without knowing
how to begin-a seeming effort to 90 up
after something. This sensation is ex-
planned by the fact that the articles Sc
creted had been placed some distance
above his reach. Instead Of going di
rectly forward, as he had supposed, he
was told he had continued to walk by the
article without stopping, going from it
for short time but Immediately return
ing The experience during the second
experiment was much the same. He
n told that he passed the article more
han dozen times, then pausing before
It. The article was placed below his
head, and he only remembers feeling |
sensation similar to some one press |
ne gently on the back of the head, and |
-ealizcd that his head was pressed upon
| book-the article Of which he was in /
earch-safely deposited in the lap Of a |
Toung lady.
The only conditions necessary are that
he person whom the then blindfolded |
'erson leads should keep the mind in
emily on the object and where it is hid
len. The mind-readerp must as well
,eep his mind intent on the fact that he
earches for something. The expert
nent is decidedly amusing one which
loes admirably to while away an even
ne. While the reporter has never seen
ne other experiments detailed in the
rticle in Sundays issue tried, he has no
oubt they can be performed by almost
ny one as well as Mr. Brown.-St. Paul
Ninn.) Press.