St. Paul daily globe., 1891-09-01
NAMES MAGNET.
His Finger Tips Too Strong for
the Heavy Weights.
Auburn Gazette.

| Auburn Gazette.
| Perhaps it is not generally known, but
in the city of Lewiston lives man who
is possessed of magnetism or some
kind of wonderful power which is truly
miraculous. Oscar f. Whitman, the
man in question, is thirty-siX years old
| and lives with his wife and little
daughter in a cosy house at 76 College
street. A Gazette reporter called on
Mr.. Whitman and received a cordial re-
ception. Mr.. Whitman is a man above
the average height, with pair of broad
shoulders and deep chest. He is in
every way an athletic and healthy ap-
| pearing specimen of humanity, and his
face. though at times it appears stern.i
is in itself picture of benevolence and
Kindness.
After brief conversion the party ad
lourned to the kitchen, and Mr.. Whit
man proceeded to give an exhibition of
his power.
Seating himself at the head of large
table in the middle OF the room, Mr..
Whitman held his hands out at an angle
OF about forty-five degrees. In short
time convulsive expression seemed to
creep over his face, and, placing his fin
ger tips on the table, he raised it up and
held it in the air as if it were nothing
Mr.. Whitman't consent, then took seat
at the opposite end of the table and
tried to hold it, but the magic finger
tips were too much, and he was pulled
over, chair and all. Now, Mr.. Bradbury
prides himself on being pretty strong
man, so with smile ON his face he
changed his seat for the one at the end
of the table. Grasping the table legs
firmly, he braced his feet, and the look
that stole over his face plainly said:
Nov, friend spirits, or whatever you
are, I've got you" He did not have
them, though, and the 215 pounds of
human flesh. chair and table followed
the dlctation of the wonderful finger
tips over the room in a manner which
made every one laugh.
Mr.. LinScott during these proceedings
had been rubbing up his muscles and
preparing for grip with the supernat-
ural. He took the seat, calmly got
good hold and announced that he was
ready. He was ready, too, for his mus
cles stood out like whipcord, but still he
was not ''in it," and. like the others,
yielded to the inevitable. Messrs. Tarr
and Wood concluded it was no use to try
it, and so this part OF the proceedings
came to an end.
Now some think that Mr.. Whitman is
the case. for he placed pane of glass
on the table and, placing his fingers on
it lifted it just as if the non-conductor
was not there.
Mr.. Whitman does not claim to be
spirituaIist or an electrician. When he
wants to use his latent power he holds
his hands out as stated absve, at an
angle of 45 degrees, and the current
starts from his shoulders and runs to his
finger tips, and when he is done using
it he dips his fingers in cold water,
sprinkles few drops on his forehead,
and, holding both hands in the air.
allows it to run back to its receptacle in
his shoulders. ut seems" said Mr.,
Whitman, '.saS if there was hollow in
my bones through which this power is
transmitted
This power was noticed in Mr.. Whit
man when he was a small boy. Some
times, when playing with other chill
dren, he would place his fingers on
chair and, for his amusement, pull the
other children around the room hanging
to it. Mr.. Whitman grew up the same
as other boys, and. being of rather re-
served disposition, said little about his
powers. He has been working and is
| now employed as cutter with the firm
of Gay, Woodman & Co., although lately
he has not worked more than half the
tIme