Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-06-11
THE POWER OF MIND.
Mr.. J. r. Brown, the Thought
Reader-A Wonderful Exi
bition Of Second Sight-How
il is done.

, bition Of Second Sight How
it is done.
The Toledo Blade gives an account
of a Mr.. j. r. Brown, of Council Bluffs
Iowa, whose power ofreading the mind
is as wonderful and startling as it is un-
accountable. Mr.. Brown is a young
man ofpleasing appearance, with moth
ing Of the necromancer in his looks, but
his exhibition is so extraordinary as to
excuse one for fancying-at times he was
in league with Zamiel, the arch fiend.
He has recently been IN Chicago,
where his manifestations of power as a
mind reader have caused the wise to
wonder, and the vile in purpose to trem-
bic, for apparently nsthing in the mind
of man is too deep for his scrutiny, and
he reads with an accuracy that is unerr-
ing. Band lock combinations would
have to be changed nightly or would be
of no account whatever, did he incline
to the thoughts of the cashier. Grim
inals would be made to confess their
guilt, in the face of all the facts which
could be arrayed against them, were
Mr.. Brown but an officer of the law or
one of Pinkerton's specials, instead of a
young man on his way to London, to
demonstrate to the Savans the power of
mind ovar m q r for
This forenoon he gave an exhibition
of his power, in private room in the
Blade building, before dozen or more
gentlemen who had assembled by invi-
tation to witness it.
The first experiment was the hiding
of pencil. While Mr.. Brown with his
audience remained in the Office, the gen.
tleman chosen to hide the pencil was to
retire from the room and to go to what
ever portion of the building he chose,
and select place in which to secrete it.
He passed to the rear stairway of the
Blade building, and going to the second
floor passed down the front stairs, hid
ing the pencil in his shoe, on the way.
Returning to the office and announcing
himself as ready, MIR. Brown proceeded
to find out where tine hidden article |
was. He blindfolded himself, and di-
recting his subject to fix his mind in
tently on the article and where located,
proceeded by first taking Mr.. C's left |
hand and placing his (Brswn's) right
hand upon his (C's) forehead. After
a moment in this position he
placed Mr.C,'s hand upon his (Brown's)
forehead. Remaining thus for moment
longer, he started (still blindfolded and
in locality entirely unknown to him)
at a rapid pace for the door. Passing
through this he was soon on the stair
way with his subject in tow and his
hand still held his forehead. Reaching
the second floor he passed through into
the job room, following the route taken
by the person who hid the pencil.
Here he seemed for time nonplussed,
but soon stopped, remarking that the
pencil was on Mr.. C.'s person, and in a
moment more, that it was in his shoe.
In the next experiment, Mr.. Brown
retired from the office and during his
lbsence brass check was passed
through the hands of four gentlemen,
md the last one hiding it under box.
When recalled Mr.. Brown was again
and selling the left hand (
VI the person nearest him, and in the
manner above described, proceeded to I
ind the person who first held the check. I
This was speedily done, and with the 1
rst man the second was found, and |
With the second the third, and with the I
.hird the fourth, and with the fourth S
he went directly to the box, and lifting {
t he secured the check. t
The third test was as follows: Mr.. I
dsore was directed to so to any part of a
he building he saw fit, and in his tour 1
etermine upon some object, however n
bscure or small. He passed to the T.
bird floor of the Blade building (the "
indery) and going through he noticed o
bundle of Oliver Optic Magazines, Il
rafting to be bound. There were SINH b
lr bundles lying around the one select Il
d. He then wrote the object chosen d
pom slip of paper, and upon his re- 81
lrn to the room placed it folded in a e'
ocket of one of the gentlemen present.
[r. Brown was again blindfolded, and.
liking Mr.. Ms hand, as in the other in
ances,proeeeded, by the route taken by
lr. NJ, directly to the binder, and to p
lie pile of magazines named. The pa u
er being opened certified to the sue a
sss of the experiment, IA bundle of 81
liver Optics Magazines" being writ n
IN thereon. b,
The last experiment was to pass brass al
lbe through five hands, the fifth to hide ol
, all being done during the absence of u
r.. Brown. The tpbo was lootod in al
ne of the inner compartments of the Oh
ldde safe, and found there as readily nj
! were any of the other articles in the 81
revious experiment, and each man th
und in the order in which he had 70
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Mr.. Brown is believer in animal '"
agnetisn. He denies or doubts the %
,wer of spiritulistic mediums, and =, ~
tributes his singular power to the ~ ~
ind alone. BY putting himselfin COM 's
unication directly with the mind of
e person with whom he is acting he
able to read their thoughts, if concen-
at ed upon single object and held =,
ere. p
de
His performance is certainly one of co
e great wonders, and if he could be IN
evalled upon to appear in public dur nj
g his brief stay here, he would un- of
lestionable excite the astonishment of va
'iedoans, as he has that of the people tir
other cities. of
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An unpleasant sort of arithmetic pa
vision among families. EN-
is the thing in the world ap'
ought to trust the least. ui'
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