The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02
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q PHENOMENA OF VISIONS.
GraphIc and Interesting sketches.---!
d ii MAN who had a Concert I'm HAS Brain.

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Graphic and interesting sketches.---A
i All Man who had a Concert In HAS Brain.
a A. Boston correspondent writes: AT
the time Of his death DIR. Edward a.
Clarke, Of this city, whose essays entitled
| 'ssex in Education and The Building Of
a Brain provoked more or less sharp an
tagonism, left unfinished an essay entitled
sVisions: A Study OF False Sight
(pseudopia) !" His nearest friend, DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, to whom DR..
/ Clarke left the manuscript and its dis
position, had no hesitation in deciding
/ that, imperfect as 1t was, 1t should be
given to the public, Ingenious and in
tcresting as are the speculative portions
/ of the essay, the numerous hitherto un-
| recorded cases will be found Its most per-
manently valuable contribution to science
and herein may possibly be found an
explanation of the visions of the enthusi-
asts and seers of all nations and ages, as
we'll as. those of modern spiritualism,
whenever the latter are not the result OF
sleight- of-hand or other deception.
| TIE sixth case cited by DR.. Clarke is
an extraordinary account of the abnormal
action Of two senses pseudopia ana
pseud ultaneously, which finalfg
! proved fatal
'sThe subject was Mr.. "A, over eighty
years Of age. He was retired merchant.
Possessing an ample fortune, hey devoted
more time to intellectual aesthetic pur,-
suits than to business. He was passion
ately fond of music, was familiar with
the works Of the great composers, and in
Europe listened to artists who interpreted
them. He was also endowded with the
| rare gift Of good common sense. Few
persons could be found less likely than
he to be led astray by their imagination
or superstition. Armed with an active
temperament, good habits and strong
! physical organization, he had good health
until q year or two after he became an
octogenarian. Towards the close Of life
he was troubled with severe cerebral dis
ease. Its precise character, however, was
not ascerlained by post mortem exami-
nation, The account, as given below, is
in his own language, with the exception
Of changing the first to the third person
ole had retired, on the night renter
red to, at his usual hour and in his usual
health. Nothing had occurred for the
day previous or for several days previous.
to disturb him in any way 50 far as he
could reccollect. He had partaken Of
his usual Diet and followed his Gus
tomary mode Of life. Soon after retiring
he feel asleep, and slept we'll until about
2 A. NJ, when he was awakened by the
sound of music, which seemed to come
from the street near the house. Thinking
a serenade was going on, he got up to. as
certain where it was, but discovered moth
ing. The sound ceased when he arose
On returning to bed, he heard the sound
Of music again, and was at the same time
surprised at the appearance Of three
persons standing near each other in his
cham Der, opposite the foot of his bed
It was his habit to SLEEP, with the gas
light burning feeEly near Tie head of his
bed He turned the gas on to its full
power and inspected the intruders. They
appeared to be y q u "a ayho were hum
ming and singlng preparation
for q musical perd He rang {
bell which SUNNI onaflN lls man servant
John soon arrived and was ordered tc
put the strangers out 5
''There is nobody here, sir, was Johns
reply to this order. For moment Mr.
4 A. was not only amazed, but alarmed
E'WhatH he exclaimed, do you see no one
theres' NO one, said John. Go where
those chairs are, and move them, was
Mr.. IS next direction. John did so. The
strangers stepped aside. but did not &c
out. BY this time Mr.. A. had gathered
his wits about him, and was satisfied tina;
he was the victim Of q hallucination; and
he determined to observe its phenomena
carefully Accordingly he bade his sery.
ant depart, and prepared to watch Ills
visitors But they were so Life like and
human that he was again staggered, and
recalling John told aim to go to the
housekeeper. She soon came, and on be.
ing Intercepted, confirmed Johns state
ment, that there were no strangers III the
chambe and no sounds to be heard
Convinced by the testimony Of two wit.
nesseses, Mr.. A. yielded to the decision
Of his reason, AMI again resolved to 90
on with the investigation Of the strange
phenomena, The musicians had now ne.
sumea their position near the window
and opposite the foot of the bed.
Mr.. A. turned the light of the gas fullup.
on them. He looked at his watch, which
marked the hour of ha)f-past-two. He
then arranged his pillows, so as to sill
| almost upright in bed, and waited for the
next scene of the play. He was able to
note the size, form, dress, and faces Of the
performers, One was large an, who bore
some resemblance to Brignoll The two
others were of less size and shorter statue
than their companions. All were habiteG
in dresscoats, and white waistcoats, and
wore white craVats and white gloves
After . little time spent in coughing and
clearing out their threats, they began tx
sing. They sang at first few simple
airs, Sweet Home among others. THEY
then attempted more difficult music, anG
gave selections from Beethoven and No.
Fart. Between the pieces they chatte6
with each other in foreign language
which Mr.A. took to be Italian, but they
did not address him. OCCASIONAL,
they changed their position, turned ii
various directions and part OF the tim,
sat down, .55 ii. Il. g..5 .S
Mr.. A said the singing was excellent
!. lie had rarely heard better. After Til
! | first FEELING Of s,1rnrisa and ayn a1a,,, ~,