St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-12
A Human Electric Battery.
LAGE-A GIRL CHARGED WITH ELEC-
TRiCITY.


iBouHou (Ont) Advertiser
t. We have been favored with the de-
tails OF one Of the strungcst cases OF
which we have ever heard, and one
which is sure to excite q good deal OF
interest among medical men. The par
ticlllars of the case are given below:
1t seems that about two years since Il
daughter of Mr.. Richard Glare, Caroline
by name, and then seventeen years OF
age, living on lot No. 25, on the second
concession Of Rodney, was taken i'll.
Her disease could not be correctly dag
nosed, and had many peculiar features.
Her appetite fell OIL, and she lost flesh
till from a strapping girl OF l30 pounds
weight she barely weighed eighty seven
pounds. There did not seem to be any
organic complaint. The bodily func
ti6ns we're not impaired, and although
she ate less than formerly, the falling
off in this repect was not such us III itself
would alarm her friends. After the
lapse Of few months she took to her
bed. Then il was that Il change oc-
cured in her mental condition. Form
ery she was noted rather for lack OF
conversational powers, but now Its OF
sDasins would come oyer her, on the
PASS, ,ng away Of which her eyes would
become set and glazed, her body almost
rigid, and while in that state she would
discourse eloquently and give vivid
descriptions of far off scenes, far ex-
ceeGiDg il their beauty anything which
she las ever seen o. presumably ever
read of. On the passing away Of this
state she exhibited 4 great degree OF
lassitude and indisposltIon to move,
and was faciturD and surly in reply to
any questions. This coutinHeQ until
about month since, when an eXtraor-
dinary e'ange occurred. The girl, al
though still not gaining flesh, appeared
to raI,,y She became light hearted, and
cav. and her friends anticipated an
early release for her from the room J."
which she had been confined so long.
Their expectations were IN vain, tor She
is now about the h0nse, apparent as
we'll bodily as ever. Hut a mQst re-
markable development has taken place:
She is constantly giving OFT electrical
discharges, and seems to be a perfecI
battery. A person, unless possessed OF
the very strongest nerves, cannot snake
hands with her, nor can any one place
his hand in pail OF water with hers.
BY joining hands she can send a sharp
shock through tifteen or twenty people
in a room, and she possesses all the
attraction of a magnet. 1t she attempts
to pick I'D a knife the blade will jump
into her hand, and Il paper OF needles
will hang suspended from one OF her
fingers. So strongly developed IS this
electrical power, that she can not re,
lease from her touch any article OF steel
which she may have taken up, The only
method yet found is a second party to
take hold of the article and pull while
the Girl strokes her own arm vigorously,
from the wrist upward. On her enter ing
q room a perceptible influence seizes
hold of all others, and while some are
effected to sleepiness, others are Ill and
fidgety till they leave, and even for a
considerable time afteEWara. A sleeping
babe will wake up with q start at her
approach, but with q stroke OF her
hand she can at once coax it to q SUM
Der again. Animals also are subject to
her influence, and pet dog OF the house.
hold will be for hours at her feet as mo.
tionless as in death. a curious part OF
the phenomena is the fact that the lectrl-
city can be impaired by her to any
article with which she habitually comes
i'm contact. The other day a younger
sister, while doing tho housewOrk, took
up a pair Of corsets belonging to Caro-
line, and on her hand touching the steel
She was compelled to drop them with
a loud cry an exclamation to the effect
that she had run aneedle into her finger.
Wooden spoons have had to be made for
her, as she cannot touch metal. Alto
getler the case is most remarkable
one, and attracts scores OF gisitGrs to
the house of Mr.. Glare. Medical men
are especially interesting themselves
and it has been stated that Dr. Tye, OF
Thamesville, will read paper on The
subject at the meeting of the Provincial
Medical Association, which is to be held
in London in the eoufse OF this summer.
Mr.. Glare is the father Of a family of
seven children, none of whom, except
Caroline, show any abnormal qualities.
A Yankee auctioneer lately INDUCED
In the following little bit of pathetic: :
eff my father and mother stood where
you do, and didn't buy these boots--these
elegant boots-when they were going for.
81. should feel it my duty as son to
tell both of 'em that they were false to