The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-05-30
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Aan Cures sp-ain. In Ma,

A'An Cures sprains IN ~,
ana Animal fecut,,r,x
Inc little town OF J.,L.,
=, s great deal or attention
ss.,,N snt because Of the wonderful
As powers which one a, Ne ,rh.h.
sAn's Is said to possess, but n N. tss,,-
.1ony OF wen known and reliable ,soH,.
y worth anything at all Jactsonv,1,s
vii vii not De allowed to enjoy this fame
ionger without a rival. says the
springfield Union. Williamstovn h.s
ESQ q man who claims to have hen
given gift Of healing, but he does mt
ASA any one to take his word tor q,
e 'eiers 10 many people, whom he
says ne mas cured, for substantiation
OF what ne claims he can do. He does
uot pretend to accomplish so MANY d,f-
terent wonderful cures as the Jactson-
vile Newell, but confines his mowers 70
neaiing sprains in human beings ana
HORSES. de does assert, however, that
he stand unrivaled in curing these
things and he is backed I'D by several
people In town whose testimonials Can.
not be disregarded.
The name Of this man Is Alfred senav
and he resides at WiIliamstown Sta.
ton. that part Of the village in which
the depot Of the Fitchburg railroad
company Is located. He uses no in
Etruments In eftecting his cures. give,
no medicine and asks no questions
further than the pointing out of tho
sfiicted 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 w lid be taken away II he
did so. He abs these toes on the az.
aicted spot, repeats the short praye,
and the cure is accomplished. He does
not claim the power Of making the
blind see, the deaf hear and everybod,
that is afflicted well but he does make
the assertion that he can affect withiI
day or two cure upon all sprains, no
matter In what part Of the body they
may be. His two wonderful big toes
appear to have strange powers. Should
he meet with a railroad accident and
lose both Of his feet, or even one OF
them, he would be compelled to with
draw his assertion, for without these
big toes he could do nothing.
This power, Mr.. Seney says, has been
evident for long time, but he did no.
put 1t to use for several years after no
became aware that he was endowed
with II. He is Frenchman by birth,
having been born in Canada, thiI ty-
six miles east of Montreal, fifty-nine
years ago. He lived there until twen-
ty-seven years ago, when he came to
North Adams, where he lived nine
years. He then came to this town,
where he has resided ever since, liv-
Ing ut present on Elm street, or In what
Is better known as French row." While
In North Adams he effected a cure up
On a prominent merchant there OF the
name Of Smith, who had sustained a
bad sprain by falling. while returning
his customers at the time and the mer-
chant happened to hear of the great
powers which the toes of his Gus
toners foot contained, so he sent for
him and asked him to manifest what
be could do. The merchant sat In q
chair at the time, with his sprained
ankle on another chair, suffering great
pain, and though he had no faith in the
cure, he knew 1t could do no harm to
allow the Frenchman to go through
with the treatment. Great was his
surprise to find a decided relief when
the big toe of Seney touched his ankle.
The next day he put on his boots and
walked to the store, a distance Of
quarter Of a mile.