St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
A .HORSEn SHOW.
What DIR. Mclean. the Notorious
Knows About M esmerism.

What DIR. Mclean. the Notorious
Knows About Mesnerism.
A free show at Harrison hall Sunday even
ing is certain to draw full house and Charles
Mclean, ex-miniSter, doctor, meSmerlst, or
whatever he chooses to call himself, who
lectured last evening upon, What IS Mes
merism? did not suffer from an exception to
this rule. At 7:15 o'clock the hall was
quite well filed, and as the crowd had be-
gan to manifest impotence by stamping on
the floor, to the imminent danger Of the
ceiling below, the doctor mounted the ros-
trurn. He announced that he was there to
redeem promises. and then went into an eX-
PLANTATION touching upon his expulsion
from the church by the presbytery of st.
Paul. He declared he cared nothing for
the press-reputatioD is one thing. and what
one is really, is another. As for the pres
byterv he could take an appeal to the
synod and general assembly. but didn't care
to do that either. The statement in this
connection that any church in ST. Paul or
Minneapolis will accept any one who has
money drew out the first applause OF the
evening. The speaker then inconslstently
proceeded to devote about half hour to
abusing the newspapers. He was partlcu-
farly bitter against the GLOBE, saying it
had charged him with being in jail in Chi
cago and falling to retract the statement.
A certain newspaper man had also fled
rather than to face him with revolver,
etc. As far as the charge of forgery was
concerned, he had simply produced copy
of a letter of recommendation which had
Inadvertently been destroyed.
CONCERNING MESMERIsM,
he said, This is psychology, or soul heal
II = ho1
too much with the body. No one ever had a
feel. It's the mind, the brain, which does
the feeling through its nerves. Hereafter
he meant to teach think, think" instead
of faith. faith" and was going to en-
deavor to keep hell out of people, instead
of keeping people from hell, as the church
teaches.
The doctor continued in this strain for
some time, speaking with a monotonous
drawl that became exceedingly tiresOme.
Finally he came to the subject of his chal-
Ienge to Prof. Kennedy to meet
him there. He didn't wish to be
unjust to Kennedy, but objected to
the latter advertising himself as the great
est living meSmerist." If this is true, he,
Charles Mclean. must be considered only a
mesmerist of the second water, and he
wanted the matter tested, Kennedy to take
twenty-five subjects and he the same num-
Der. the one controlling the greater number
to be considered the greater mesmerist
He then called for Kennedy, who did not
appear, the speaker thought, owing to short
notice. DR.. Mclean next called for sub
jectS, and in response about twenty boys
and young men came forward. Out of
this number the doctor claimed he in
fiuenced about half and called them on the
stage. Several proved to be
wELL-KNowN HORSES
who have appeared at Prof. Kennedy's ex-
hibitiOns at the COmique, and with Prof
johnson at the dime museum recently. 1t
was noticeable that it was with these the
doctor had the most striking success. After
having them perform numerous monkey
shines" while in a presumably hypnotic
state, the doctor called for representatives
of the press and medical profession. He
especially asked that a representative Of the
Minneapolis Tribune, or some good temper
ance paper. should come up to the platform.
No one showed up for the papers, but a
couple of doctors finally volunteered. A
young fellow who gave his name as Frank
johnson, 304 Nicollet avenue, was
then selected. This was one of
Kennedy's fayorite horses" who has
also assisted Prof. johnson to some extent.
He submitted to having his ear pierced
with needle without fiinching. The doc
tor then placed the boys head on the back
of one chair. his feet on another, and at
tempted to stand upon his rigid body. The
attempt was failure, although this expert
ment has been done nightly with the same
subject by Prof. Kennedy at the Theatre
Comique.
The lecturer then continued his talk,
made a few more experiments with indif-
ferent success, took up collection, and the
s.teSt OF meSmeriSm', was over.