The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-08-19
MIRACULOUS CURES.

teT'S 1n1t1tute-aeT ltal1eQIEGbte EEpe-
rience = Wonderful Gfes-" Mighty
Good Devil. g
Amongthe petsonalzitems in our last
issue weAnnouncedSthat Mrs. Soule,
wife of Postmaster NJ. B. Soule, had re-
turned from an extended visit to the
health institutions very much improv-
ed in health. Learning that Mrs. Soule
had visited the famous institution Of
Paul Caster, at Ottumwa, Iowa, con-
corning whose miraculous cures wehave
heard so much, we interviewed Mrs. S.
on the subject and received the consent
of both herself and husband to publish
the facts which we give below, the COM
ments being of course our own:
Mrs. Soule had been afflicted for some
months with complication of diseases
mainly of nature peculiar to her sex.
She had been under the treatment of
st. Paul and Worthington physicians Of
the Irregular" drug school, but found
herself steadily declining. She finally
determined to place her case in the
hands of a Chicago physician, but, as
she had heard much of the wonderful
cures of DR.. Caster, concluded that she
would stop at his Institute on the way
and interview him. Mrs. 5. confesses
that she had the ordinary prejudice a.
| gainst Esprit doctors" which exists in
''society" and which we long since dis
covered was due to the bigotry of the
churches and the Irregular" doctors and
to tho persistent ignorance and RE-
spectability" of their followers.
Accordingly, Mrs. S. stopped at o.
tumwa and interviewed the famous
Doctor. She found him ignorant as to
even ordinary branches of education
| but mighty and wise as to the work in
hand. He has amassed fortune from
his practice and has about his institute
wagon loads Of crutches, etc., left by
the cripples and diseased people whom
he has healed and sent out ''leaping and
shouting and praising God," as the
scriptures express it.
AS to the modus operandi of effect
ing the cures, DR.. Caster knows moth
ing. lie simply knows that he is 'heal-
ing medium" or has the gift Of heal
| ing" and that his cures are wrought
| by a band of spirits, or ''Angels," rs
he calls them, who impress him as to
what he is to do, and often commu-
nicate with him intelligently by ex-
terror methods. In short, DR.. Caster
is one of those dreadful "Spiritual-
lists" who are revolutionizing the learn
ing and the religion of the world,
undermining the churches and ire
spectable'' society and who, if we
are to believe the frightened clergy, will
destroy the race, hand US all over to the
''Devil'' and leave this planet bowling
wilderness, if they are allowed to 60 on.
| But to the cures of the dreadful Doc
tor. Mrs. 5. had been afflicted with
throat disease which!manifested itself
in constant cough which no ''regular'
remedies could reach. At the first in
terview, the old Doctor patted her
throat few times and made a few Of
his wizard passes over it, when the
cough left the lady and has not to this
day returned. We suppose the Doctor
has it IN his ''bone yard" as he calls the
place where he keeps the cast off crutcE-
es of his patients.
The second interview was still more
wonderful in it's results. This was in
the evening and in the parlor in the
presence Of a number of ladies and gen.
tlemen. Mrs. Soule was in great pain,
as she had been constantly for months,
the pain extending up and down over
one side of the body. DR.. Caster was
some distance from her, across the par
lor, when the lady who sat next to her
said:' doctor, can you relieve the Ia
dy next to me of her pain?" The Doc
tor raised his hands, and said: 'Will
the Good Angels relieve the lady of her
pain?" Instantly Mrs. Soule felt some
thing manipulating her side, while in
ternally there was f1uttering among
the tissues and a sense of something be-
ing separated and torn away. The pain
,cent with it, whatever it was, and she
was instantly relieved. ..
These two interviews induced Mrs. S.
! to remain under the doctors care and
she is now at home with a new lease of
life, virtually cured of an affection
which the drug doctors could not reach
and which they doubtless only aggravat-
ed by their drugs and their ignorance.
We have not space even to allude to
all the wonderful cures effected through
this dreadful Esprit doctor" who is do
ing the works of the devil'' at such a
benefcent and blessed rate. The DR..
no doubt makes the same appeal that
Christ made, viz: ''believe me for the
works sake" but the ''respectable'' ig-
noramus of modern Pharisee makes
the same reply that his ancient progeni-
tor made, viz: she does it through Beel-
zebub." However, we learn that the
Doctor is inclined to be amused at this
''Devil' theory and merely replies,
''mighty good Devil!''
| One or two remarkable cures and we
must close: A lady of Ottumwa, the
wife Of resident physician, had her hip
out of joint and the 'regulars'' could
not ''set' it. She had been in this con-
dition for several years. Her husband
finally took her to Caster to get relief
from some other difficulty, and said ''of
| o,uroo yvo do not ovnoot vo,, oon dC
anything for the hip" The dreadful
old Doctor relieved the lady of the min
or difficulty and then said, Lets see
about this hip" He then passed his
hand over the hip. when the hip bone
went back into the socket with a snap
| like pistol. The lady's husband
threw I'D his hat and began to cheer for