The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
VERMONT has A HEALER
Bradley Newell Cures BY Laying
on Hands.
HIS WIFE HIS FIRST PATIENT
A village Blacksmith Who Is Endowed
with the Mysterious Power TO
Heal Discasc-wilI Take No
Pay for Treatment.

| Jacksonville. VT. Feb. 6.-About half
mile from the center of this village
| which means half mile from the hotel
stands the village blacksmith shop.
the proprietor of which is Bradley
| Newell Newell works at his forge all
the day long. stopping only when
| someone drives up to he healed. 1t
| does not make any particular differ
| ence what the visitor may happen to
| want to be healed of. AS long as he
wants to be healed he will find Brad
| ley Newell willing to accommodate
him. Newell makes no pretensions to
miracles. He says that miracles are
not for such as he. In his rough. black
smith apron. he looks what he says.
1t was not until last August that
Newell suspected that he possessed the
power to heal bodily ailments. He had
been reading great deal about Schlat.
ter the Denver wonder worker. and
one day, he says. he thought he heard
voice say to him that he should go
out and heal people of their ills. For
few days the simple blacksmith pegged
away at his forge. and then his wire
was taken with a severe headache, an
ailment to which she had been SupJect
for many years.
Neweli's First Patient.
Newell thought that he would try
ache left Mrs. Newell within u minute
after he had laid his hands upon her,
he made up his mind that he couid
heal.
Since that hour he has been deeply
impressed with the feeling that he has
been given the power for some purpose
unknown to him, possibly from Goo;
but he resolved to do what he could
to relieve suffering humanity, and ne
l.. ,,t,, al clx' y UlM cases. all
with more or less success. fact fuliy
confirmed by scores of people In WHIT
ingham and adjoining towns
II can't attempt to explain the power
at olI." he said the other day. Il have
no particular sensation when taking
hold of the hand of a patient. nor DO
know why | take hold or the mana,
simply. ] suppose, because something
tells me to do II that way and do II.
! am not a. disbeliever, nor am l a be-
lever I'm spiritualism, for | know little
or nothing about it. Some say II Is
mesmerism, others that 1t Is electricity;
perhaps so, but | can't explain 1t, for
/ know nothing about either. | am not
an educated man, and have read very
little. and only books that treat on my
particular business-that of a black
smith.
NOT Anxious for NotOricty.
II love my trade. and intend to stick
to it, and If l can do anybody good,
If they will come to me l will do it. l
have charged nothing so far for treat
ing my neighbors, but though some have
insisted on paying a little, ! want to
stay right here i'm my native town.
which love, and I should be unwilling
to go about healing unless | was COM
manded to do So
Newell has treated many people in
this section for all sorts of troubles
from earache to rheumatism. One case
in the village of Jacksonville that IS
especially worthy Of mention is that
of little Fordyce Hagar, the son of
Freeman Hagar. He had been left
practically helpless from an attack Of
scarlet fever. The little fellow could
not move his legs or his hips. Newell
was called in by the boys father. The
healer took hold OF his hands. and in
five minutes the boy moved his feet.
Newell treated the lad four times, and
the last time he got up and went to
playing as well, apparently as ever
His complaint has never returned.