Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-04
MR. AYERSS STRANGE POWER.
Another AileRed.Cure by the LAYING On OF
Hands.

Hands.
A PbllndelDhia special savs. A specia
dispatch to the Times from York. penn.
says: The publication last week of M ne
count OF the remarkable restoration OF eX
sherin feeiinR IRON condition OF help
iessness 10 apparent strength and yjgor by
Edmund u. Myers, OF this clty. has nj.
irscted the attention of a large number oI
persons who have suffered from variOu.
causes which have baiiled the skill OF the
legitimate physicians. As consequence
Mr. Myers has been overwhelmed with
applications Tor relief. Among the
number whose attention wa, directed
10 The potency OF Mr.. Myers's touch
was Mr.. James Kennedy, whose home Is AT
NO. 1874 north Eighteenth street, Phlla-
delphla. Mr.. Kennedy arrived In this city
IRON Philadelphia last evening. When
nrst seen his condition was so mtiable rs
70 provoke the sympathy OF every beholder.
WIN heavy cane in each hand he hob
bled along in painful manner that could
hardly be called walking. Immediately
upon his arrival he inquired for the resi-
dence Of ex-Sheriff Peeling. and sought n
confirmation OF the report published.
For more than nine years Mr.. Kennedy
has been crippled by what eminent physi.
cidns OF Philadelphia pronounced seiatica,
and for which they had applied all the
known remedies without avail. Find.
ing that the treatment OF the doctors
afforded him no substantial relief. Mr..
Kennedy tried, in turn, everything
which appeared t. present n promise OF
alleviating his suffering, not forgetting
Hot Springs. Ark, at which place he re-
Gently spent three months. during which
time he gave the far-famed baths the most
thorough test. The effect was dishearten-
ing. and the sufferer returned to his home,
in Philadelphia. Upon reaching this city
and assuring himself by careful invcstiga-
ton that the published account Of Mr..
Feelings cure had contained no msstate-
ment Of the facts. he summoned Mr.. Myers
to his hotel. That nysteriOusy gifted gen.
tleman arrived at a late hour last evening,
but stated that he was so completely ex.
hausted from the effects Of a full DAVIS
hard travel 10 visit patients in various parts
OF the country that he could not then give
Mr.. kennedy's case the attention il re-
quired, but made an appointment for Z
O'Clock this morning.
At the hour named Mr.. Myers visited Mr..
Kennedy at his room in the Central Hotel.
BY invitation your correspondent was pre-
sent. Mr.. Myers began by making a num-
ber OF inquiries OF his patient. After satl.-
lying himself in regard TO the nature OF the
trouble Mr.. Myers began his treatment,
which is remarkable only for IFS simplicity.
After making q few delicate passes, or
more properly speaking rubs, over the
afflicted parts, the operator placed one
hand upon the patients forehead
aud the other upon the back OF
bis head. This was continued for 4
few minutes. and then the opera
tor said. jocularly. but with an assurance
which was indicative OF his own confidence
~ must now say, In the language Of the
Scripture, Take up thy bed and walk"
Mr.. Kennedy obeyed. heSitatingly at first.
but more boldly when he discovered that
the task was moi difficult. Marvelou. as it
may appear. ii is nevertheless fact that 4
man who was yesterday and has been for
years helpless cripple. who labored pain
fully along with half.paralyzed and useless
limbs, to-day walked the street and prom
enaded the office Of the Central Hotel with
the yigor and buOyancy Of youth and with
out psrcepiibIe halt in his gait. Whether
the result will be permanent or the
result Of excitement, or mes
meric influence, time will tell. Mr.. Ken
nedy iubilantly relates the details OF his
case to every inquirer. Taking his two
canes he hobbled along, saving: "This Is
how / walked yesterday with two canes"
Then, putting down one OF the sticks. he
demonstrates with the other how difficult
locOmotion was with that slight help. Then
he strides firmly up and down the long
room, kicking playiuly at different objects
and swinging his cane in the air az though
that article was purely an ornamental part
Of his makeup.