Ellsworth American., 1874-07-23
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Spiritualism Outdone.
A STRANGE POWER .

I ago. lie Is young man, twenty
two years of age, and was born in st
Louis, Mo. Mr.. Brown can, certain
conditions complied with, read YOU
thoughts, however much you may en-
deavor to conceal them. DR.. Cocker
of the Michigan University, where til,
young man allowed himself to be sub
of him: at an individual will in
tensely fix his attention upon con
crete object, located in a particular
/ place. and not abstract his attention
Mr.. Brown, while blindfolded. vii
/ lead him to the object. After stating
that the young man was of good char.
/ acter, and well known TO many in til,
/ university before the general public
| knew aught of his peculiar power. Dr
I Cocker SAYS: "All the cases he gives
are instances of imayinal representa-.
tions of concrete objects in space. -
On Monday Mr.. Brown gave a private
exhibition 10 a select company, includ,
ing several representatives, of the
press. The place chosen for the ex-
periments was a large parlpr and bed
room in the Sturtevant House. lie
explained beforehand that he was OBJ
liged 10 use certain amount of ma.
chlnery. This latter consisted of the
letters Of the alphabet printed on a
piece Of pastcboarl, and long piece
of brass wire He did not have the
wire, the utility of which will he ex-
planned hereinafter, but he exhibited
the printed letters. The latter were
strung around the walls OF the parlor,
and Mr.. Brown commenced his inter.
estlng exhibition. lie stated, in the
first place, that any individual in the
room might hide an article anywhere
IN the house, and that, if certain con
ditionS were complied with, he would
surely point ont where it was hidden
by reading his thoughts. \ gentle.
man IN the company left the room.
and returned IN few minutes. Mr..
Brown then blindfoided himself with 4
linen handkerchief, took hold OF tie
gentlcman's left hand with his own
right hand, and after few eccentric
movements, namely, passing his hand
several times over the gcntleman's
arm AMI across his forehead, thn two
left the parlor. followed by the com
pany, and proceeded TO search for the
hidden article. The gentleman sub
hitting 10 the cXpcrIm Mt was led. or
rather pulled, by Mr.. Brown through
the corridors of the hotel and into a
half dozen chambers until one was
reached where Brown stopped before
and. pointing TO one particular draw
er. said: You will find it there.
The hidden article, pocket knife. was
found in the drawer. The gentleman
said that he had followed the course
which Brown had taken before lac hld
the knife. and expressed himself az
much astonished. The next test was
made by gentleman who went into
an adjoining apartment and selected
rosettc in one OF three damask cur
talns. as an object upon which 10 con-
centrate his thoughts. Mr.. Brown.
prepared himself As before, led the
gentleman 10 the window-curtaln, and
after minutes hesitation over a tas-
sci. placed his hand upon the rosettc.
The gentleman stated that he had AT
first thought of the tassel, but had
finally concluded to choose the rosette.
Mr.. Lewis Leland of the hotel asked
Mr.. Brown 10 tell him the name OF hiS
birthplace. The latter, bllnitolded
himself and taking the hand OF Mr.. Lc-
land in the manner before described,
led him around the room, and pointing
to the printed letters Of the alphabet
suspended on the walls. spelled out
the name "Langrove.' This is a
small town in Vermont and the birth
place of Mr.. Leland. In the same
manner Mr.. brown picked out the let
tiers of the alphabet spelling "George,
the Christian name OF George /.
Rowe. a reporter Of the Times, drown
ed some time ago, on the request ol
his brother, who was present, ana al
SO the name of a town IN Turkey, de-
nominated "Abeth,' where one of
that company was horn. Ia the lat
ter test Mr.. Brown missed the letter
e. which the gentleman making the
test stated was probably owing to the
fact that he had himself hesitated over
it while mentally spelling the word.
Another test to which MIR. Brown was
subjected was made by a gentleman
who fixed his thoughts upon watch
seal worn by Mr.. Leland, which was
quickly pointed out as tue object Sc
lected. Mr.. Brown volunteered TO read
the thoughts of another without coming
in direct contact with him, but through
the medium of third person. To do
this he blindfolded himself as before,
and while taking the hand of third
party-the latter placing his Land on
his (Brown's) forehead, the man
whose thoughts were to be read took
hold of the wrist of the medium of
communication, and SO the three pro-
ceeded around the room until the OBJ.
iect was pointed out, OF the letters
spelling the word thought of, were
spelled out from the alphabet. A re.
porter desirous of making this test did
so, together with Mr.. Leland. The
metallic tag hanging to key in the
door was the object selected for a
concentration of thought. After his
usual preparation. Brown Immediately
led the way to the door. When ht
reached it he felt around it for few
minutes the reporter believing the
scent was lost, allowed his thoughts u
be directed to other objects AS thess
objects presented themselves to hii
mind, Brown would Immediately leat
him and his companion to them. A
last violent effort was made to con
centrate attention exclusively on tn
key-tag, and Brown at once led tn
wav TO it. This test satisfied the re
porter that the workings of his min'
had been implicitly followed by Brow
and that every deviation from direc