The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-07

ing unmistakable signs of considerable
pain. The healer took the patient
hands, while the families of both men
together with the visitors from Brattle
boro, looked silently on In less thai
seconds, he let 60 his hand and pleas
antly said to his patient, ''Sit down. >
This he did with evident ease I'D
you feel any pain inquired the heal
or. Not near as much as | did :
was the reply, as he felt of his hip ant
side as though his old pain was diff
ficult to locate. Well" said Mr.
Newell, you please sit there until
talk with these men in the next room
and | will try it again before you go. .
| He then related TO us how he was
standing at the forge one day il
August last. when there came whis-
per in his ear, commanding him to &c
forth and heal. His first subject was
his wife, who had suffered for wears
with dreadful headaches, which com
PEELED her to bed for several days at a
time. He reasoned that If he could
cure disease. here was the place to be-
gin. He tried his power, and to their
great establishment she Immediately
got up free from her headache, and
they took journey together. Since
that hour he has been more deeply
impressed with the feeling that he
had been given this power for some
purpose unknown to him, possibly
from God. but he resolved to DO what
he could to relieve suffering humani-
ty, he has treated nearly 1000 cases,
all with more or less success, a fact
which is fully confirmed by scores of
people in Nottingham and adjoining
towns. Il can't attempt to epxlain
this power, he said. I have no par
ticular sensation when taking hold of
the hand of patient, nor do | know
why take hold of the hand simply,
] suppose. because something tells me
to do it that way, and | do it, | am
in Spiritualism, for | know little or
nothing about it. Some say it is
mesmerism. others that il is electrici-
ty: perhaps so, but / can't explain it.
for | know nothing about either |
am not an educated man, and have
read very little, only books that
treat on my particular business, that
of blacksmith. | love my trade
and intend to stick to il. and if /
can do anybody any good. if they will
come to me, | will do it. | have
charged nothing so far for treating my
though some have insisted
on paying little. want to stay
right here in my native town. which
| love, and | should be unwilling to
go about healing unless | was com
manded to do so.
Mr.. Newell returned to his patient,
who remarked that he had listened |
with much interest to the conversation !
and that he had not particle of |
pain during the hour or more he had |
been sitting there Il will Just take
hold of your hand once more" said |
Mr.. Newell, and he did so. The pa
sient Immediately raised his feet,
swung his hands. turned his body |
n different positions and declared
hat he could feel nothing like an
Iche or pain. His face. too. reflect
q his happiness, which was plainly
nioyed by his anxious wife. During
,ur visit we were all struck with the
vident honesty and unassuming man
Ter Of the healer. There is a simplici
\ and genuineness in his make. up
which conveyed conviction that the
nam was perfectly honest in his work.
nd that impression we brought away
With us. That there is something I'M
xplainablc in his treatment is not
My evident 10 the healer himself. but
o his family and friends of which he
las great many, who. strange Ia say.
cas-, g; 10 visit his shop for some time
Sc. they heard of his wonderful
ures. Some went SO far as 70 pro- '