The Portland daily press., 1891-03-25
MIRACULOUS CURES.
me seventh Son of Seventh Son
@s'onlshes Bangor People.

lodngor Commercial.
iaise number Of leading citizens are just
now considerably exercised, and even as
'ounueu. over the works of a man seemingly
snuoWea with wonderoDs gift for healing
neary all diseases. He arrived in Bangor
lass week accompanied by Houlton gentle.
man IL was his first visit TO the city in
'hifty-nve years. A stranger to all upon
ARRIVAL ne has made warm friends with
Judges, lawyers, merchants. commercial
travellers. capitalists and at least two Maine
central conductors. all of whom frankly say
tney nave been healed of disease, yet cannot
tell now. Creeping paralysis, dyspepsia, en-
iarged joints, cancers and ulcers have disap-
peared before this wonderous power, and In
one pleasant home, Sunday afternoon, boy
VINO mas been crippled from his birth, and who
mas useu Two clutches nearly all the past
year, eIter fifteen minutes, threw them aside
walked the length of room several times
and then up flight of stairs, feat impos ST.
pie i0r MIN an hour before. A Maine Central
CONJUNCTION on that same day, one of the
greatest iayoIites on the line, who has spent
thousands OF dollars in trying to regain
health, told the Commercial, land his face
Deamed with pleasure as he said. IT'D that in
three half hours with the strange subject Of
this sketch he had been lifted from the valley
OF despair and prayed to God IL might be
permanent
Another conductor usually seen on the
faster trains on the road, who Is sadly Grip
pea Dy rheumatism, says pain has been
driven from his system, his joints limbered
tenn which leads him to think he Is good for
many years of railroad life. A we'll known
Judge. after being under manipulation ten
minutes was asked how he felt, and for an
swer drew forth ten dollar bill which he
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benefited more than he deemed he could be-
But here Is sketch Of the worker of all
these wonders
William Brown was born at place known
as Eagle Lake, two miles FROM Auburn. Me-,
seventy-four years ago. He was the seventh
son Of family Of eleven boys and four girls I
His father, John Brown, was a seventh son
In family of twelve children, and his grand
Iatner was seventh son in a family Of
twenty-one children. Thus 1t will be seen
the subject OF this sketch is a seventh son,
OF a seventh son, of seventh son, three gem
erations: lie Is man somewhat bent by
age, having a stoop seen in aged pack ped
dlers, and old time woodsmeD, who, before
the days OF railroads, journeyed long dis
tances to the lumber camps on foot, carry
ing packs on their backs. He is of medium
height but sturdy of frame. While his long
beard Is quite gray, his hair Is as thick and
black as 1t was fifty years ago. When he
was young man, his father joined the army
tury William Brown has been a woodsman,
river-driyer, farmer and hunter along the
river st. John, boy with the boys, having
reputation OF being the best all-around fight
er in all that region. Of him it is said he
was never whipped In his life. The marvel
GUS power Of healing has ever been present
with him; he has been famous for this
among his rough companions on the border
all his life there, but he does not pretend to
explain It. de knows nothing about relig-
moi hn hno 1rx.A lOA.
ualism nor thought of the furture life. The
fact Is seventh son of three generations
was unknown to him until past middle life.
he has no power over disease in any blood
relation, but there are Aroostook people of
wealth and high position who say from
actual experience, in their opinion, he must
be classed as one of the wonders of the age.
AS matter OF fact he was induced to come
to this city by leading wealthy citizen of
HoultoD, Mr.. PhllbrOok, for twenty years
proprietor of the famous Smell House, in
Houlton. but now retired from actual bust
ness life,
A Commercial representative enjoyed a
long conversation with Mr. Philbrook Sun
house Of one of the best known citizens,
Wnere ne witnessed most remarkable scene
IL appears the old saying wherein it declared
"A prophet is without honor in his own
country has held good for many years with
Brown, for outside the river st. John, few
took stock" in him. Men heard of him from
time to time and all through the country he
was known In general way. But General
Samuel Veazie knew him more than forty
years ago, and thirty-six years ago Brown
came to Bangor and treated Veazie for
catarrh, and has not been out Of the wilds of
northern Aroost0ok since that time until the
present visit. Railroads, steamboats,, tele-
graphs, city life and city rights are strange
TO him; his manners are those Of men who
have always ''r0ughed it." he smokes a
pipe most OF the time but is all the while as
calm and as self possessed as though he
were one of Mr.. McAllister's four hundred,
Mr.. Philbrook bad relatives who travelled
extensively, seeking lmedical aid, but with
out success, and as a last resort Brown was
employed, the result being a cure. Hearing
OF this, travelling salesman widely know
in Aroostook, Mr.. A. A. P. Burleigh, affiict-
ed with creeping paralysis, employed Brown
and was healed. Later tumors and cancer
were taken off the bodies of well known
Aroostook men and women and by most
strange process. Brown used the spittle
from his mouth and it Is said this has healed
bad humors in five days. Others were healed
among them being another commercial
traveller named Whitney, widely known In
Ar0osto0k.
People in Bangor heard Of Brown but he
could not be induced by them to leave his
Fort Kent home. Later Mr.. Philbrook in
duced him to come. He appears not to care
for money, has no price for services, and
Saturday night hearing of crippled Stable
boy working for his board, who had a swol.
len knee, sent Tor him, Diminishing him
ten minutes later. The boy danced In the
ofhce Of the fenoDscot Exchange in the pres
ence OF twenty people who knew him, appar-
emily cured Brown and Mr. Philbrook
came here last week and since then several
capitalists, lawyers, at least one Judge. two
we'll known Maine Central conductors and
others have visited aim, and are loud in
their praise Of him, and of the powers of
the man. 1t may here be said Brown knows
absolutely nothing OF medicine, using none.
having only such information reSardinr
barks, herbs and roots, as might be obtained
In any lumber camp. Mr.. Philbrook said
the most sensitive rlcerated tooth and the
magnetism within, or whatever You choose
to term it, will cause the pain to cease in.
stantly. have seen the experiment tried
many times and never knew it to fail.
All day Sunday there was a steady flow of
people DESTROYS Of seeing Brown. he at
tended to their needs as best he cOuld. lint in
the afternoon he repaired to the house of a
we'll known citizen, aud as has been implied
so treated boy using crntohes simply BY
present pain In the leg bones ceased. the lad
walked without the aid of crutches. and in
answer to the question said the feeling of
Browns hand was funny" and unlike any,
thing he ever before experienced.
Many odd stories are told of Brown nv
those who know him best. Hon. A. A. Bur-
leigh, of Houltop, brother of Gov. Burleish
once employed Brown. and later offered him
$50, which was refused. be taking $40 later.
This about paid the car fare from and back
to Fort Kent and hotel bills, Brown saying
he was afraid in case he took so much money
for slight exertion, he might lose the power.
He was bitterly opposed to being written up
for the press, as was also Mr.. Philbrook,
fearing an article of that nature might be
misconstrued. Save for this Discrimination
to talk, very much more interesting matter
ular party whom Brown came to see In Ban
gor being healed, he will return to his Fort
Kent home this week, where he says he had
rather live working man than be Million
aire and be obliged to endure city life.