Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-26
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Mysterious Sounds.

Mysterious Sounds.
rcrhap. the most familiar of mysterious
e,..ud- are those produced by the vcntrio-
.l--t. familiar, because almost every cOun-
NV fair i, visited by one or more of these
\I5bit0r-; mysterious, because the real
..rr,. Of sound does not correspond with
.I. apparent 1t lies within the PROV
.... pi the anatomist or Psychologist to cX-
,n how it is that some men can speak
tthr sound proceeded from the slom-
... instead of from the throat. and with
amy perccptiblO movement of the lips :;
:I,. person who can do this the vcntril-
-, may make himself 4 most b4wil-
-.n., dcctivcr of those who listen to him
d. power Of determining the exact di-
.-..n from whence n sound comes, is less
..,n 5yr usually mag inc. 1t is said that
~.tI.I,. Carey. who could we'll initiate the
sling of the wind. would sometimes
9-, himself by exercising this art in a
J.. cot}cr-hou>e; some of the guests at
.e rl~r To see whether the windows
...,. ruitr closed. while others would but
. up ,hrir coats. rs if cold. Sir William
I,.s--er notices a ventrloqust of cx-
..l skill. ". st .Gille. who one day en-
. 80 church where some monks were
u'Iu-r tilt tt:lIll Oh Il DFOtIlcf. sud-
,lu-v heard Il voice, rs if from over
A-.td~ bcwalling the condition of the
..u.rd in purgatory, and reproachng
.....1 for their want of zeal not suspecting
. trick. they fell on their faces ard
.tt.l he Dt Irotundjs. n committee
.,.o.utcd by the Academic dies Sciences
report on the phenomena Of vcntrilo-
...-ui went with VI. st. Gille to the house
II ,..,1
...v had come to investigate a case of
.....aI q" spirits - somewhere in The neigh
.4.Auul During the interview she heard
.,.1t -hr termed Esprit voices > above
..r Lvtd underneath the floor, and in dis
...t paris Of the room, and was with diff
,r convinced that the only spirit pres
,.. WIS the ventriloquistc voice of NJ. St.
Brewster tell, of another master Of
..-ait. Loui, Brabant, valet de chambre
p. Francis l.. whose suit was rejected by
..- Irrcnts Of a beautiful and wcll-dowtr-
Pc grI with whom he was in love. He
.ucd on the mother after the death of
.. ftther again to urge his suit, and
A ..,. he was present she heard the voice
. .-. decreased husband. expressing re-
.i ..-e fnr having rejected Louis Brabant.
.., suujurin- her To give her Immediate
..-ehf to the bctrOthal. Frightened and
...urI She consented. Br.lbAnt deem
... J., desirable to behave literally in the
..pr..--r arrangements, but having not
.. j. ..D-h in command. resolved to trv
..,tHr his ventrilOquism would be Is ct-
@.l.oI~ with a money lending banker aS
. q l.-.u with the widow. Calling on
b. u... u~urfr At Lyons, he managed that
conversation should turn upon the sub
ot demons, spcctrcs and purT;ttOrv.
.li,u'v WAS heard the voice OF the usur
tCLor, complaining of the horrible
.iIiug> he was enduring in purgatOry,
uI saying that there was no way OF OBJ
r., ing :dlrvialion except by the u,urer adj
>aucu- money to the visitor for the sake
~ .u-oming Christians from the hands of
'.. Iuk- The Usurer was terrified. but
t.. much in love with his gold to Weld at
ou.r. Br;,bant went next day and resum-
.a the conversation, when shortly We're
:..lrl the voices of a host of dead rcla-
..,l,, all telling the same terrible story.
..od all pointing to the same way OF obtain
~ relief. The u>urcr could resist no
.onger; he placed 10000 crowns in the
hand, of the un,uSpected ventriloqui>t,
who Of course forgot To pay it over for the
ransom of the Christians either in Turkey
ur any where else Wien the usurcr
..1Ined afterwaId how he had been duped
t. died of veXation. OF all producers of
~p-callcd mysterious sounds, DIR. TyndaII's
-,u~itivr or vowel fltmc is one of the
0.'-t curious. Cat Of a particular Kind Of
lis, with a burner of peculiar cOnstruc-
d. the learned Professor produces 4
-uttd Jet of flame nearly two feet in
-ht, extremely narrow. and 50 cN4ul>-
.., sensitive to sounds that it sings and
..lu.e> UP and down in response to every
H.uL that is sung or said with different
-r.c, Of sen>ibiitv for different vowel
.u..s. The slightest tap on a distant
..F. reduces its height to seven inches.
Wunu Il bunch of keys is shaken the flame
IS s.p.,ut'y agitated and admits loud
he dropping of a sixpence into Il
...i already containing cOln,at u distance
H.. .lsruty wards knocks the flame down.
mot possible to walk across the floor
|.u1Jt agitat.ng the flame. The creak-
a- ot boots sets it in violent commotiOn.
.rorumpIinL or tearing of paper, or the
ing OF It silk dress, does the same. 1t
.--'l let by the pltter of raindrops,
. . q watch near the Il tme nobody hears
ri H.: : hut YOU will zee lis effect on the
...r: a. cvrrv tick it falls and roarS. The
a..aL mp ot the watch also produces tu
a,.,. Iu. twittcrng of Il distant sparrow
e- in the tllme; the note of u cricket
ao..I ,Io tire same. \ chirrup from Il
-.ettn Of thirty wards causes it to fall and
In reference to the power of the
L. .... 10 respond to poetry the Professor
-t-- Ihc hlmc selects from the
,...~ those IT, which it can respond 1T no.
some hy the slightest nod. to others
Ns more distinctly, to some its obei
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