The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-02
CURED BY THE SPIRITS.
ANALLEcED sPIRITuALIsTc MIRACLE.
A Deaf and Dumb Girls Hearing Said to
Have Been Restored Through the In
strumentality of Parties from
the Other World.
Tcbester dll., Cor. Chicago Tribune l

ties has come to the knowledge OF your cor
respondent within the last few days, and
is as follows: Nearly twenty-three years
ago there was born to Mr.. and Mrs. James
McNabney at their home near Diamond
Cross, in this county, and some ten miles
from this place, a daughter, being one Of
FIVE children. When about one year old,
his daughter was affected with spinal
fever, and when the disease left her she
was found to be both deaf and dumb.
When she attained young womanhood she
was sent to the institution for the deaf and
dumb at Jacksonville, and after an at
tendance of eight years returned to her
home with good education. Her health
was generally good, and she has always
t,een a bright and intelligent child. How
ever, some time ago she became troubled
with disease somewhat resembling dropsy
for which she was treated by local physi-
clans, but without effect. Her parents,
becoming apprehensive that the disease
might result fatally TO their otherwise
afflicted girl, took her to st. Louis, where
consultation Of two eminent physicians
was held, and they decided that tumor
had formed internally, and to save the
girls life a surgical operation to remove it
was necessary. The mother protested,
fearing that death would be the inevitable
result, and said that IL her daughter had
to die she would take her home to her own
tender care and treatment that she might
supply her wants while living.
Mrs. McNabne,', the girls mother, in
forms your correspondent that her daugh-
ter has been thus sadly afflicted during the
last four years.
"At the first symptoms" she says, 81
was not much alarmed; but as time wore
on l noticed that she gradually grew
worse. asked her as well as l could
concerning her feelings. She being
deaf mute, and l not having learned the
sign language perfectly, made 1t more
difficult for me TO understand her atiiic.
tion than IL she could have talked with her
tongue ,At first she complained of pains
in het right shoulder and side, then a
bloating OF the abdomen for three or four
days, with very little appetite, and q
tired, weary feeling of the body. Then
again she would be better for week or
Two, but the incessant pains would return,
month, returning with increased vigor till
they were almost past endurance. Our
family physician thought, he said, 1t must
be dropsy, and he treated her, but without
effect. He finally advised us to take her to
st. Louis for treatment, and accompanied
us there. We went TO as skilled a physi.
clan as there Is in that city, who, on first
examination, said he was not satisfied as
to the disease. He said it was something
new to him, and he wished to consult an.
other physician, which he did. After a
second examination the two physicians
thought it best to try medical treatment to
ascertain whether or not she had an inter-
nal tumor, but the treatment appeared to
aggravate instead Of relieve. Rather than
submit to use of the knife, Emma was re.
turned home"
Upon the etu<n Mrs. McNabney's sister
suggested that the case be submitted to
Mr.. Joseph Beare, merchant of this place
and one Of Chester's oldest citizens, who is
an avowed Spiritualist and what is known
as a healing medium. The lady said she
believed Mr.. Beare could cure the girl
Mrs. McNabney readily consented to her
sisters proposition, and the sister at once
wrote TO Mr.. Beare informing him Of the
condition OF the girl, and asked II he could
relieve her. Accordingly Mr.. Beare and
his wife held ''circle" at their own home
at once, and Mr.. Beare nfter thus commu-
nicating with his spirit friends, informed
the family that IL It was their desire, the
spirit friends would undertake treatment
of their daughter. 1t should be known
here that nothing was said to Mr.. Beare Of
the condition Of the girls natural faculties; /;
nothing was reported but the physical con.
dition OF the child.
Accordingly the girl was taken TO the
residence OF Mr.. Beare for treatment on
several occasions, and relief was soon ex.
pericnced. After time the girl secured a
boarding-place in Chester, that treatment
might be more frequent. This treatment
consisted solely OF laying on of hands by
the medium, and always In tho presence
Of Mrs. Beare, and Mrs. McNabney. No
medicine was used after the spiritualistic
treatment began in November last, and
none has been used since. Mrs. McNabney
informs your correspondent that her
daughters bodily ailments are much Inn
proved, and thinks she will be entirely
cured In the course of time and without
medicine-solely by the spirit band,
through the agency Of Mr.. Beare.
But the most remarkable thing in this
connection is the restoration to the girl Of
her sense Of hearing. She had been treated
for her still unknown disease but three
weeks when she made known the fact that
she could hear common conversation, and
with each application Of the mediums
hands the sense increased the more until
now she converses, not huently, but sufll.
GENTLY to be understood, and at the same
time she understands the usual converse.
tion Of others. The first time she attempted
10 utter words was on Christmas morning,
whe she surprised her father and mother
by saying TO them so as TO be understood,
but still with imperfect articulation, ~
wish you a merry Christmas" And In
deed II was merry Christmas to the fam
ily, made so by hearing, after nearly
twenty.three years, their daughters first
successful effort to speak.
Miss McNabney has been provided with
l.books-Arst o primer, and from that
10 the higher grades as she became pro-
acient In their use.
In conclusion, Mr.. Beare makes no claim
that the girls improved physical condition
- L. Al. H.