The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-20

u jacksonville lie had In the few
months previous gained a reputation
N few towns as a person who healed
disease by the laying on Of hands. but
beyond a radius Of twenty miles he
was unknown. jacksonville is In tho
Town Of Nottingham. and today New
~ Is the most noted parsonage that
own ever produced. with one exccp-
.lon-Brlgham Young. lie has visited
thirty or more New England cities as
healer. and his fame g. such that
hundreds OF letters are received By him
Every day. Not only b. Bis fame
'prcading. but d golden stream g. run
ninng into his Golfers Since Dc went
To braiilchoro. In January last. I've has
resolved s25.OOO from persons he
treated. His income this year will be
many thousands Of dollarn larger than
The salary Of President Cleveland.
The man himself has changed. In
Keeping with his improved financial
iaiion. when he first appeared In
The new role be was q striking person
axe. In spite Of bis lll-ntting clothes
and long ~ kept beard Today be- ap-
pears IN a tailor made suit and his
whiskers have been trimmed 20 a be-.
coming length With a figure more
than six feet in height. and proportions
which trlnr his weight up 10 25G
bounds. full beard. which. like his
hair, 81 iet black and a face which
% lighted hy laree lusirous black eyec
Dc o. such a strong. handsome speci-
men Of physical manhood and 70 in
diFidual IN character that be- would at
tract attention anywhere.
The story OF how whispering voices
told Newell that he could cure his
wiie's headache and. later. that Il wac
his mission 10 heal. has been told be-
lore. but bis real power was not re-
vealed for publication until few
evenings ago. when he gave an exhlbl-
lion before six well known bus.uess
men Of Bratileboro. by whom I was In
tited 20 De- present
T The company arsi sat around a table.
upon which an placed their hands. In
short time one Of the party vas Wis
IDLY affected hy sone strange pswcr
IT'S arms trcmbled violently. Two or
three Of the others said they expert
enced a prioking sensation. which vas
more marked when an the hands were
olaspcd. forming complete circle
around the table One other person
besides myalf could feel no effect
whatever even though holding New
ellis hand.
Hands were placed on the table
Eain. and. iu q short time that 90 D
prominent banker was cramped and
ugid. A pencil placed In bis hand
wrote ont a short mclaagc and several
disconnected words
one 90 the persons was put into a
trance by Newell The healer fixed hlr
eyes inteutly upon bis ubicct and
novcd about him VITA slnuous notion
all The time using DIE forcfnror afrr
ihc style Of an orchestra leader wiCd-
ing a baton BE talked continuously.
repeating. You've got 90 DO iti You'v.
Got 10 90 it' So siccpy. TO sleepy. 80
sleepy" The subject soon began 10 ex-
hiblt symptoms Of drowsiaoss. then
closed bis eyes. hreaihed heavily. and
In a few minutes was completely un-
conscious. Then bis appearance
changed completely. anl d appeared
almost as if another spirit had taken
possession % the body. The subjcc.
Ugched ont his hand. pattcl a YOUNG
man ON the head aud made great
"nori TO speak 20 him. ha, although tho
lirs moved the sound was not audible
So great wen, the oncris 20 speak that
The Young man who held the hand 81
The subject feared some harm might
result. and asked Newell 10 bring The