The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-13
hasty exit from the store, and struck a
straight line for the Eastern railroad sta
ton.
Mysterious Experiences Of AN Engl'Ah
Lazy
TFum the New York Mercurv.1

whose history is certainly one of the
most remarkable. il not the most ineredi-
BILE on record 1t is thus related:
Some years since ship carpenter, at
Sunderland, England, turned lecturer!
HIS name was Anthony j. Oliver, and
the subject ofhis lecture was mesmerism.
He was great reader, and an extraordi.
nary mesmeric operator, and when he
made his first appear ance in public, his
manifestations of the odylic force aston
ished his audiences. His progress
through the towns If the north of Eng.
land was one continued harvest Of shek
els. Old and young of both sexes-doc-
tors. lawyers. Gle, gymen and SCIENTISTS
went to SCOT at, but were spell-bound by
his mesmeric power. Among others in
Newcastle, Miss Jennie Robson was pro-
found admirer of Mr.. Oliver. So great was
his influence over her, that by the force
of his will he could. at the distance Of a
mile or over, induce the mesmeric sleep,
and compel ner to proceed to him. This
extraordinary fact was demonstrated in
the presence Of committee of scientific
experts, when collision was out CT the
question. On one Of these occasions she
climbed garden wall seven feet in
height, and fell head.ioremost TO the
ground. She was taken up senseless, and
medical attendance was summoned, but
in vain. She lay for six weeks in con-
dition bordering upon death. Just here
it may be well 10 disress for moment.
Mr.. Oliver afterwards studied medicine in
the Newcastle College of Medicine. After
the war ended IN these United States, he,
with a number Of his English friends, set
tied in Virginia. Every newspaper reader
remembers his tragic end. He betrayed
an aristocratic Virginian daughter, and
her father shot Oliver in cold blood.
When Miss Robson recovered her consci-
BUSINESS she was blind and deaf,
and she continued so for five or SIX
weeks. The sense Of hearing returned
suddenly, but sight returned more grad
ually. bnt in the end perfectly. The
most extraordinary feature of the case,
however. was the fact that she had lost
all recollection Of her former life. She
did not know letter of the alphabet, and
she could not play an air on the piano
forte Her father and mother were
strangers to her. Her pet dog was angri-
ly thrust away. She was ignorant Of the
use Of knives and fork. She was simply
a newborn babe, with this difference,
that she could acquire knowledge rapid
lv. Her education was commenced anew.
Arithmetic, history, geography. French
and music were eagerly studied. and a
new circle Of friends was gradually
formed. Here. again, there was an ak-
normal fastidiousness The friends of
her former self were distateful, and .
young gentleman who had loved her, ar d
whom she had treated with cruel ridicule.
suddenly became her prime favorite-
1t soon became known that Mr..
George Henderson and Miss Jen,
ME Robson were engaged. The
young mans parents consulted DR.. Glib.
the doctor consulted DR.. Forbes Wins.
low, and the young people were urgently
advised to postpone the nuptials. Paren-
tai opposition precipititated the union.
A runaway match made them man and
wife, in May, 1876. At the birth of their
first son tae poor mother remained I'M
conscious for three weeks. Similar
symptoms folio ,cd the birth Of a
daughter, in 1850. One morning she
awoke in her former natural state, with
out any intination from memory or con-
seriousness that anything unusual had
happened. The four years Of her mar
ried life were to her as though they had
never been. She shrieked with rage
when her husband apr ached. She des-
ignated her children ''somebody $ little
brats." The house was strange to her.
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her own handwriting. She took u it
again at the precise point where she hac
left it when she fell into the mesmeric
slumbcr AMI tried to scale the gar.
len wall. Existence with her husband
was uncomfortable. and she was taken back
to her mother. Parental interference
resulted in judicial separation betwee:.
the husband and wife.
Miss Jennie Robson, as she again called
herself. Was annoyed by any reference
to her abnormal individuality, and her
parents yielded to her ensresties to leave
the town and reside in the South Of Eng
land. Near Dartmouth she gained all
her former health and spirits. Possess
ing q graceful form and pretty face. she
soon became the focus Of masculine ad-
miration. and finally q wealthy young
farmer offered his hand. Pere Robson,
n spite Of Jennie's tears and entreaties.
insisted that Frederick Hood should be
informed Of her previous mental derange-
ment and marriage. The poor fellow was
too deeply in love to fear tn. conse-
quences. Then a new obstacle lose il.
legal form. Her husband
heard of her intended marriage, AID
threatened Frederick Hood ana Jennie
With proceeding" if the match was
| consummated. Whercupcn Mr.. Hood
| With Jennie emi-rated to this country.
Soon after tine pair proceeded to South
ern Minnesota AMI esta blished themselves
On fruitful firm. Bat, alas misfor.
tune overlook them. In August last, Mr..
Hood was out driving with his wife IN q
buggy. when the horse ran away. the
| vehicle was upset, aad Mrs. Hood vas
thrown violently to the ground. receiving
severe confusion on the back Of the
head. she remained unconscious for two
weeks. When she recovered conscious
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