The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28
EFFIeAcY 81 Two eIo roEs.
A Vermont iian Cures sprains 10 nas
..,d Animal p.~,tl,rt,.

Vermont uan Cares epraina n Man
and Animal Peculiarly.
The little town OF jacksonville. VI.
Is receiving a great deal Of attention
at present because Of the wonderful
healing powers which one Of its inhabi.
tantn Is said 10 possess. but II the testi
mony 81 well known and reliable people
Is worth anything at all. Jacksonville
will not be allowed 10 enjoy this fame /
any longer without a rival. says the
| Springfield Union. Williamsiown has /
also a man who claims to have been |
given a gift Of healing. but be does not
ask any one TO take his word for Il
he refers 10 many people. whom he
says be has cured. for subsiantiati0n
OF what he claims he can do. He d0ei
not pretend 10 accomplish so many off
fercnt wonderful cures as the Jackson
VILE Newell. but confines his powers &c
healing sprains In human beings aud
horses He does assert, however that
he stand unriyaled In curing these
things. and he Is backed up By several
people In town whose testimonials can.
not be disregarded
The name Of this man u Alfred Seney
and he resides at willlamstown sta
ton. that part OF the village In which
the depot Of the Fitchburg railroad
company is located. lie uses no 10.
strumenis In eiieeting his cures. gives
no medicine and asks no questions
further than the pointing out Of the
afflicted part. The secrets Of his sue
cess are his two big toes and three
words which he utters In prayer. and
which he refuses TO make public. since
, his POWER would be taken away II he
Z did 80. Tie rubs these toes on the az
illcted spot. repeats the short prayer
, and the cure Is accomplished. He does
/, not claim the power OF making the
blind see. the deaf hear and everybody
that Is afflicted well but he does make
the assertion that he can affect within
!. q day or two a cure upon al sprains. nc
matter In what part Of the body they
may be. His two wonderful big toes
appear 10 have strange powers. Should
be meet with a railroad accident and
lose both Of bis feet. or even one Of
them. he would be compelled TO With
draw his assertion. for without thes'
. big toes he could do nothing
This power. Mr. Seney says. has beer
evident for a long time. but he did no
put Il to use for several years after h
" became aware that he was endowe'
= with il. He Is a Frenchman by birth
= having been born In Canada. thirty
, six niles east OF Montreal. llfty-nin
= years ago. he lived there until twen
q ty-seven years ago. when he came 4
, North Adams. where he lived min
y years. He then came 10 this tow
q where he has resided ever since. liz
" ing at present on Elm street. or In VIVA
s. "a better known as French row" Wall
'e In North Adams he effected a cure ur
le on a prominent merchant there OF "a
Is name OF Smith. who had sustained
G. bad sprain by falling while rcturnin
. from his store. Mr.. Seney was one {
OF his customers at the time aud the ncl
Is chant happened 20 hear Of the gre'
Il powers which the toes o. hts ca
Is toners foot contained. so be sent 4
IN him and asked him TO manifest VIII
r. he could DO. The merchant sat In
chair at the time. with his aprain'
OF ankle on another chair. suffering gre
M pain. and though he had no faith In q
ey cure. he knew It could do no harm
TO allow the Frcnchman TO 40 throul
les with the treatment Great was b
q surprise 10 End a decided relief Wit
OF the big toe Of seney touched his ank
M The next day be put on his boots al
re- walked TO the store. distance u
tic quarter Of a mile.