Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-11

ciotnlng was peffectiv saturated through
out. with perspiration. Then prescrib-
ing a hot, soothing bath, (she still in a
mesmeric condition,) he had her con
veyed again to bed. In the
morning when she awoke she com
planned of great fatigue and weakness.
but the rheumatism had entirely left her.
n when | met her, three wears after
ward, at Bawton, (Yorkshire), she de-
clared that never from that day had she
suffered from her old complaint.
Inc other was a case Of lady we'll
known In the literary world. and a val
ued contributor to Household Words.
For some months she had been unable to
write, owing to a peculiar cramping of
both hands. AT this time she was in
Farls, when it struck me that perhaps
Bovee Dod's idea of the transmission OF
electrlc power or magnetism to inani-
mate objects contained some truth. At
least, there would be no harm in trying
It; SO, taking to him a pair of white, soft
Angola gloves, l asked him to wear them
Tor two or three nights when he went to.
bed, and keep them on all night. He
it, but promised to do as wished. At
the end Of the time I went for
them, refusing to disclose my pur-
pose, I sent them to Paris, with
the almost command that the lady wear
day and night until she found benefit
from them. Knowing that l would not
have written SO earnestly as / had done
had there been no object to be attained
by 80 doing, the lady did SO, and by the
next mai she informed me that immed-
lately the gloves were put on she felt a
most peculiar sensation tingling over the
whole of her hands. In a few days the
gloves lost that power, and, according to
my request, they were returned, with
full particulars ofthe Improvement, ifany,
of the patient. Seeing that the letter
was written by the lady herself, although
previously unable to hold a zen for some
months, the benefit received was de-
cided. Taking the gloves again to Dick
ems, / asked him to give them another
dose to please me. He did so, and this
second application completely perfected
the cure. don't argue at all with those
who refuse to believe what 1 tell them
on this matter, because they can't I'M
derstand it: I simply say it is a fact,
and leave it.
Eight years after Dickens death / was
telling a young medical student of these
cases. when he laughed at me, and de-
clared that never could get him to be-
lieve such nonsense. A few weeks
afterward he returned to his home in
Lincolnshire, l had then in my possess
sion q large number Of sheets of paper
that had been magnetized by Dickens in
shirts and sewed three or four sheets in
his bosom, where the extra stiffness was
not Objectionable to him. After the
shirts had done duty one day (for he
changed every day., the paper was taken
out and put into the shirt he would
wear the following day. l thus had 9
large quantity of note-paper magnetized.
In order that none might be lost in re-
celvlng. my crest, | engaged Mr.. Salmon
IAN eminent die-sinker, ETC., in London)
to bring a die and machine to my house,
and there emboss and stamp in colored
relief my crest upon the paper. And,
although it had been in my room ten
years from the time Dickens had
anything to do with it had not lost its
P RGws,. i I aFogss e g let ct these Is tb bes young < 3
skeptic upon it, asking him to reply at
once, and tell me if he had any peculiar
ceiling upon its receipt. In two days I
had q reply, stating that Immediately
he took the letter from his groom a pc
culiar thrill wa felt almost all over his
body; that he could not account for it,
until, in turning over the letters, he
came upon the one addressed inmy
handwriting, when the thought struck
him that this was the way I had proved
to him Dickens mesmeric power, and
he asked if it were not so. l replied,
stating the fact; and / have since heard
from him that he has further proved the
matter, by handing the letter to others
unconscious Of its nature, and they have
all with n or two exceptions) spoken
Of the peculiar sensations Immediately
felt.