New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
DEAL PERSONALITY.
, STORY TOLD BY PROFESSOR JAMES

From Tho Boston Herald a., s.,o.
meeting of tie American bancn oi 'he oo'i Iet
FOR Isychical Researctne hrst of the
society," of Natural History. Professor VIII If
lam Jane, described case Of double Pei tti If
the sp.clllcd ambulat0ry yPo' "'o
which he has Just conc Iuucu, + efvtv wears OF age
The subject i man no" d2 pnu,n u, n IRIS
ner,"n was carpenter until 1857 When oy a ot'a ny
visitation Of Providence he waI q bad been an atheist
gcthcr different habits Of life lie hdu Dvn S tIourbt
One dty While walking in the open country ~ O''19''
he heard , EcC cSa ,syip 70 TO the chapel"
40 " What chapcll7 he inquired Of his inV'''oe
r" the Christian chapel" was The reply, with
Noy the carpenter was unfrendy ternS WIZ, vii
the minister of The Christian chapel ana "e oA'''''U
'lO"i Before 90 to that place hope God may strike
me deaf dumb and blind" ,o, T., darkness
Instantly he fell to the earth ehVcIopou IL ~
and silence and without the power OF speech os s,d
The events which followed. as Ptolc,S h ~ Generally
In telling , part Of the story. were Such a. 'o"nnn,
in religion, history suffice IT to- say tn % sense. in
eliminated I'm the mans restoration 10 ms ,In ~
hi, conversion and in his adoption Oh INC N0''"'" -
d" Fnr thIrty years he followed thi, calling doing
great deal Of missionary work, and becoming He.i
known over large area Of Ncw-fork sta'e Anu "0''
er' EarIy in iSs7 he had abandoned his preachin
being advanced in years and DESTROYS Vi IA tide Of
gga1 G.H f a his healt was still good and he
worked twelve or thirteen hours day 'h preference
In what follows IT Is we'll to remember Professor
Jamcs's Of his conviction tat s'e r menn
question IS sincere liee iiVm u,cTpvn
one day while living at Greene r. L. nc naHc 10
disappeared from hmne Eyery ei nmrnnIcteIy lost
Two months later In NorrstOw,, I'LL ,roke nm
named Brown who kept little candy sVFo, IN 10,
IN the middle Of the m,Snt ara ranre the room in
.trtnp p@cc' NE + p1 and he shop into which
which h, liY va sll'"'-e au iii,r III, ne became
i' tI"p,T nj od re.rirr he wouh he taken for
,h2 grr h,' rrcd for ' hcp rhc Tcsbor rushed
out in the night ana diN,o'rr'a Ero""' ''' '"''''
merchant in an harr 'untau'n 9'd WI arc conf he
/ Where am VIZ, an j WEI az
! cried. lu 2~2t pcrluit4,,,1,n, . 10 erddcnv gone
'y YnG I'D XIX hat hi. n9c wa, brown he denied
- rae WV" ~ r,uc maj ~ the ers; while preacher
IT, ana cave ~ ~ j HiGc r rI a INV
f'% Ii,. doctnr VA, called upon for advice.
IT.. Saw I'm he case something different from ordinary
J 'i''' ., ,t,, ,yi,i proyn,s alleged relatives i'm
Wr., I.p,rd and f. De surc browns assertions
,iis@i r had n" r"roIlecti6n n his cx-
,..... 10, .hc candy store, nor did he know how
he ~. tlcr, or how he lct Rhode Island. .-,
DC ,,c,r ,.' p 'i bat With no results.
N t Tn~ ho"n wa, mat the man man Is' v Prc
H. ,, mon, a., %.rri-.o,yn but tho remaining fort
,I.,t Ca, blank 10 hi!n and could be explained by
~, ,,,,r.o NJ time tho circumstances reached the
not '. ~ professor James Tho man was now again
a. a., nr ,i,,rl kim. and found him 70 be a hard
,he '',,,.rnf t,r, YANKEE After considerable per.
..,p'1 rr Was persuaded TO come to Cambridge and
,' ID" I'D - 49,, ,.i, ,i..l, rerner1l, er his Brown
NV pl.- .,. And 60 he DID, This 6, me most vain
al' phase ~ u" phenomenon i'" P'' a. r'''
"i H,'". ,.-, readily hvpnotleh and a. soon as
Pee ih>''' l1,1 '.e tr ,i.o cynlalned those two
,,. .h,, lad "en ur 10 his time a mystery n
"'"r'h@}. VIM" pto''' ,ri 9'.", rsyed notion
l'.''u' '''.,l ,,, in s,ore to- him Al home
i.s . If A r