The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-09
what Press Reporter Knows aso"t
Mind.oeading.

Mind-Reading.
From the st. Paul Press. D -
In Sunday mornings Presappeared
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 YsIe College. Tosay
the least. it is somewhat remarkable to
see profess ,rs of Yale College unduly'
surprised by the performances OF Brown
when the performance of the very same
somewhat miraculous feats lays within
the power Of any person. Mind-readlng
as performed by Mr. Brown is but simple
parlor amusement, which can be shown
any evening when the proper conditions,
which are simple, are complied with.
Illustrative of this fact, II 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 per-
formed upon his first experiment shown.
A young lady of the party was blindfold-
ed. One of the party then took small
table mat and carried into another room,
placing il upon stand. Returning the
lady blindfoldcd 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 hand for few mo
mcnts upon her companions forehead.
After standing in thi, position for few
moment. the right hand WIS removed
from the forehead and raising the left
hand of her companion, still holding it in
her own, to her forehead, she went dl-
rectly through Intricate passagc-ways to
the very article.
After this experiment the same was re-
pcated with other member, of the party,
the article each time being different, and
placed in place unknown to the person
blindfoldcd. The reporter was one OF
the number who took the character Of
the "blind goddess" for the performance
of two experiments. After being blind
folded and the article hidden, he began
the search for it, going directly to it at
first, and uncOnSciou, of his relative pO-
sition in the house, and believing he was
still going forward in straight line, he
suddenly came to pause and cxpericn-
| ccd the strangc.t feeling he had ever
known IN his life. 1t is hard to explain
it, but i, was more like cndeavoring to
fv without knowing how to bcgin-a
seeming effort to so up after something
This sensation is explained by the fact
! that the article Sc"retcd had been placed
some distance above his reach. Instead
Of going directly forward, as he had sup
posed. he was told he had continued to
walk by the article without stepping, go
ing from it for short time but immcdi-
atcly returning. The experience during
the second experiment was much the
same. He is told that he passed the ar
ticlc dozen times. then pausing before
it. The article was placed below his
head, and he only rcmcmcmbers feeling
a sensation similar to some one pressing
gently on the back of the head, and real
zcd that his head was pressed upon Il
book-thc article of which he was in
scarch--safely deposited in the lap Of ii
young lady.
The only conditions necessary are that
the person whom the then blindfolded
person leads should keep the mind i'll
tcntly ON the object and where it is hid
den, The " Mind-Rcadcr" must rs well
keep his mind intent on the fact that he
searches for something. The experiment
is II decidedly amusing one, which does
admirably to while away I'M evening.
While the reporter has never seen the
other experiments detailed in the article
in SUNDAYS issue tried, he has no doubt
that they can be performed by almost
any one rs well lis Mr.. Brown.