Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-23
MR.. NEWELL'S SECOND DAY.
THE JACKSONVILLE BLACKSMITH
CONTINUES HIS TREATMENT.
More Successful Yesterday Than on Tues.
day. Although Scores of People Re
coIve No Bencfit-Somc of tho Cures
Elected During Ills Stay.

Healer Newell is still at The Van Ness |
House and continues to treat patients by |
the laying on of hands, some coming from
considerable distance and several who
were treated on Tuesday returning for |
further treatment. Mr.. Newell was APP |
parently in perfect health and said he did
not feel any bad effects from his labor
of the day before.
The first patient was H. Eugene Siblcy, !
who was treated for the third time. Mr.
Newell called on him again last evening
and after the healer had left Mr.. Sibley
told a Free Press man that he felt a lit
! tie better. On returning to the hotel Mr..
! Newell found the reception room well
| filled with patients and began little be-
fore 10 o'clock to treat them. During the
morning, as Tuesday, thc.f we're no
cases which could be called ,h,,acles al
though many of the patieats went away
helped and several cases were particularly
interesting ones.
During the morning a prominent ply
stefan of the city called and talked with
the healer about his power, also wit
Messing several treatments, TO him Mr.
Newell said: II believe that you could
do this Just as well as /. l do not believe
in miracles and do not know what this
power is" a telegram was received by
the healer during the morning, which
was dated at Boston and said: You are
! UNANIMOUSLY elected 10 membership III
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery"
This organization Is one of the oldest and
most aristocratc bodies in Boston and
while there they invited Mr., Newell to
accompany them on their trip to Europe,
which Is to be made upon a chartered
steamer this summer. Several invitations
and offers have been made the healer TO
go to Europe. one man Offering him 100000
to be allowed to manage him upon such
trio.
! About so cases We're treated yesterday
forenoon, the largest number being of
rheumatism, the same being true the day
before. The cases were, rheumatism, lG;
deafness. IA: nervous diseases, 8; diseases
of the throat and lungs, 81 spinal menin-
gifts, Q; heart disease, q. neuralgia, /;
headache and ear2che, |, weak eyes !;
palsy, /; AID one case in which fall r"-
suited in the injury of the knee. OF these
10 were patients who had been treated the
first day and who returned for another
treatment.
Several of the morning cases were es-
peclally Interesting ones and although Mr..
Newell frankly tells tho patients that he
has helped only about so out Of 2rO persons
affected with deafness several We're no.
| ticeaby better in their hearing before
leaving the room. One of these was the
seventh patient, bright little girl from
East Georgia, whose neighbors had club
bed together and sent here. She was able
to hear much more distinctly and went
away happy. Another, a lady who was
treated for deafness was particularly sus-
ceptible to the power and experienced
decidedly unpleasant swapping of the head
for few moments. She also was bene-
fitted. A young man was treated Tuesday
for nervous troubles and rheumatism.
which had drawn his heel up so that he
had not stepped up 1t for Is years. came
in walking upon both feet with ease. An
elderly lady who Is not able to work be-
cause of a spinal disease and who is cared
for by church in this city, came for
treatment and as she left, Mr. Newell,
who knew her situation, Slipped the fee
she had paid into her hand again, at
which he was overwhelmed with thanks
and blessings,
SOME OF THE CURES,
Several patients who We're treated by
Mr.. Newell Tuesday were seen yesterday
and were enthusiastic over the healer's
power. Michael Gleason, who was treated
for rheumatism, said IL had about left him
and that only once in great while did he
feel any pain. 4 second scance with Mr.
Newell completely cured him yesterday
Peter Bruso of Westport, who had been
treated for a rheumatic left leg, was as
gay and clipper as could be yesterday
one of the most remarkable cures was
= that experienced by Mrs. Cherrier OF 81
Battery Place, she nau petH tte"t''
! Tuesday for q hand which she had not
been able to shut for year. Yesterday
? Mr.. Newell received a letter from her stat
ing that she could open and shut her hand
with the greatest of ease Later in the
day she visited the healer In person ana
congratulated him on the benehcient eXer-
else of his power and was most profuse
) in her thanks.
The variety of complaints that were
treated yesterday seemed infinite, although
rheumatism seemed to be the most popular
with heart disease close second. one
woman walked in complaining of sick
liver another of scrofula, another of q
game leg" and IA sprightly young woman
said that she was full of nerves.
A large portly woman walked in and
said she wished TO be treated for rheuma-
t tlsm in tie left knee. The healer laid on
her knee his hand, over which she placed
Q her own in a most feeling manner, she
said she felt better and went out, but after
the lapse of n couple of minutes appeared
again the trouble this time being deafness.
2 Mr.. Newell placed his fingers in her ears
e and called forth ALI his power, The wo-
g man was visibly affected and when he re-
moved his fingers. she uttered scream
of surprise.
Q One woman enumerated list of her
/. ailments which included about everything
4 in the calendar. She started off with par
4 alysis. stomach ache and heart disease.
$ and ended up with deafness, She surely
= must have received relief from something
g An old man walked In and said that he
/, had been dead for seven years. 1t came
: out in the course of conversation that
4 about that number of years ago he had
suffered a stroke OF paralysis which had
completely broken him up. He said his
head felt like a piece of cold liver shaking
. around, and that II he was ever cured he
would be dangerous man. Mr. Newell
treated him but said that he had doubts as
= to his recovery.
= A woman said that she was troubled
with fearful headaches ana had vomiting
1 spells which sometimes lasted three days
e at a time. When Mr.. Newell touched her
she said that she felt as If she were going