Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-03-19

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ears, after which they speak OF snappint
in the head, then of clearing up feeling
followed BY sharper sense Of hearing
he had great success in helping peOpl,
with this affection. Grin Chamberlain
after being treated, heard clock tick fol
the first time in six years. Mr.. Henry
instantly benefited, while Miss Faneuf Of
South Royalton, Mr.. Slack OF Springfield
and many others claimed to have had
their ears unsealed. There were those, how
ever, whom he could not help. He says
himself that he does not heal them all, but
that he Opcps the ears OF greater number
than he did at first.
In exerting his power over rheumatism,
he takes the patient by one hand and
places his other hand on the shoulder,
back OF the neck or wherever pain is felt
a prickly warmth at once steals through
the sufferer and remains with him long
after the treatment is over. The pain il
Immediately .quieted and, in many in
stances, remains SO, but occasionally 1t re-
returns. Not all are healed but the ma
jority appear to be helped.
The most wonderful thing, perhaps, that
happened here was the case Of Mabel Dew
ey, the ten-year-old daughter of Harrison
Dewey OF South Royalton. Nine years
ago, the childish was paralyzed as the
result OF an attack OF tOnsilitis and she
had never been able to articulate since.
When brought into the room she made a
babbling noise but did not speak so that
one could understand her. MIR. Newell
placed his hand on her throat and after a
few moments asked her how old she was.
The child said ten distinctly, She then
told him her name, Mabel, and the place
from which she came, South Royalton, ar
ticulating distinctly after the word had
her new-fOund accomplishment was a
pleasant thing to see, and it seemed prob
able that her conversational gifts would
not be allowed to lapse into disuse through
lack OF exercise. When the treatment had
been continued longer than usual, she
pushed the healer's hand from her throat
and rubbed her own fingers as though
they hurt her. When brought back the
next morning for second treatment, she
was talking nineteen to the dozen and
anxious to join a debating club. Mr..
Newell had similar case in Greenfield,
Mass, where young man of twenty, who
had not spoken since he was seven years
old, was brought to him and made to talk.
When the persons were suffering from
shaking palsy, the effect was peculiar. The
first time the healer clasped their hands.
they shook more violently than ever, but
The second time the nerves gradually stead
led until the shaking almost ceased for
Mr.. Edwin Lane of Montpelier
was OF the opinion that he had received no
benefit. Mr.. Newell said he had noticed
that in this disease the influence was never
felt, and spoke OF Luther Dodge
in auckland, Mass, whom he had treated,
without success, for shaking
palsy of ten years standing. Lately he
had received letter from Mr.. Dodge, say
ing that he had been gradually gaining
,ver since, and asking Newell to help him
)nce again.
Mrs. A. A. Smith, who.has not been able
% close her left hand for some time, APP
,eared at first to be entirely unaffected BY
magnetic influence, but after space Of
perhaps ten minutes, she reached our her
lrm with the fist tightly closed.
Rev. J. R. Robin Of Burlington, subject
% attacks that have prevented his useful
less in his chosen field of labor, was one
II the many to seek relief at the healer's
lands.
Professor Trask thought his sight seemed
omewhat clearer after the treatment, and
)oestie Faneuf, blacksmith Of South
2oyalton, disabled by rheumatic Shout
Ter, was SO much helped that he could in
lulge in the pump-handle style OF hand
baking without pain.
roubled with deafness and sciatic rheu-
natism both, found that, even after the
he could not take handspring
yer five barred gate with any kind OF
ase. Still he claimed that his lame back
nd limbs felt better, and that he was able
D get up and down out of chair with |
reater degree OF comfort.
Mr.. Newell, who evidently understands |
is own strange gift as little as any one,
aid that he had had poor success SO far in
rying to help people upon whom surgical
perations had been previously performed.
fe had also learned by experience that |
hort treatments are better than long ones,
nd that one treatment in q day is as good
3 half a dozen. He said that II he were
nable to relieve q person the first time
rying, he could never help him after
ards.
He listens patiently and sympathetic
ally to every recital of aches and pains
ut evidently isn't particular about a
,ngthy diagnosis of each case.
After one has received this electrical
nergy, he can impart it to q second per-
IN, and the second person has been known
} give it, as less intense shock, to the
bird. During his stay here, he treated
nee, as an experiment, by proxy, laying
is hands on well person, a woman, who,
i turn, placed her hands on sick friend
18th satisfactory results.
As the day wore on, signs Of WEAKNESS
opeared in the healer's face and, on be-
ig questioned, he said, "They take my
rength from me-" With the patient
ear at hand he doesn't feel the influence
assing from him, but with the patient at
distance he says that he feels as though
eedles were flying from the ends OF his
myers. He has lost twenty-one pounds
seven weeks; and should he continue
Is career as healer, frequent renderings
the anvil chorus at the shop in jack
,nville will be necessary to preserve his
lperabundant vigor unimpaired.
1t is estimated that somewhere IN the
cinity OF 200 people, many Of them from
oyalton and Bethel, visited him while in
andolph. A large number OF poor were
snerously treated free of charge.
His manager, l.. A. Butterfield OF Brat
eboro, thought that Mr.. Newell might
,me III 8 way again later.
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