Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-23

days wonder in the village. The doc
tor said:
"You see before you what no other
sane man has seen, the result of the
labor and investigation of a lifetime.
My discovery is simply this-that as in
a composite photograph the features of
many people are blended in one, so it
is possible to combine in one the brain
power of twenty with magnificent re-
suits.
Look! These were and are all help
less lunatics, yet each had his strong
point, which by electrical excitement
of the corresponding portion of the
brain has in the course of years been
enormously developed. By placing all
these in electrical connection and I'M
der hypnotic influence the most ex-
traordinary results have been OBJ
tanned"
AS he spoke he placed a pencil in the
hand of one and rapidly connected q
wire to different spot on the head Of
each.
"See," he said "My machine Is
thinking now" And indeed every face
fairly glowed with intelligence. The
Transformation was wonderful.
"Give it the most difficult problem
you have met with in mathematics"
said the DOCTOR did so. 1t was solved
instantly,
"Give 1t the plot of a story" L obey
al ora nc oc+ &c +ho ,a ,A fo1ld write
the story was written in excellent Eng
lish and beautiful chirography. A love
letter, poem, an grafton, sermon,
an essay, followed in quick succession
each almost perfect Of its kind. Here
then, was the secret of the doctors
fame as an author and mathemati-
clan. But when asked to tell how to
remedy a defect in a we'll known ma
chine the pencil stopped
''You have found the weak point"
said the doctor. "These men are not of
sound mind; therefore not one is an
original thinker. In lines of thought
already worked out the machine is in
comparable But the world needs new
thought, invention. Think of the thou
sands of dollars lost daily by the waste
full use Of steam and the inability of
the ordinary human mind to find
remedy! Think of the urgent need for
invention in the automobile, the flying
machine, the solar engine, the typeset-
ting machine, the wireless telegraph
and in numerous electrical appliances!
Think of the political problems, the
social problems, the religious problems
which have worried the minds of men
for ages, causing more than one bloody
war! They would here find quick and
easy solution.
81 know your record in college.
know you are noted for originality.
know your speciality is mechanics. For
the benefit of humanity, for the adj
vancement of the human race, l ask
you to give up your individuality, to
multiply your power twentyfold by be-
coming a part of this machine"
Is it any wonder that 1 hesitated at
first? I realized at once that greater
opportunity for usefulness had never
been offered to mortal man. Yet the
SACRIFICE WAS DIS great do TIC OppOl luu1-
ty. All dreams of love, of wealth, of
personal glory, must be given up for
ever, for my very existence would be
merged and lost in this most eXtraordi-
nary combination.
"Wait," said the doctor. LET my
machine plead it's own cause"
Then ensued the most wonderful rev.
elation of ALL The writer laid down his
pencil, and the spokesman of the COM
pany began to talk. And his words
showed that this phenomenon, this
nameless combination, this thinking Of
twenty souls with but a single thought,
was more enthusiastically devoted to
Dr. Easton than any of his other pa
tients. 1t showed that in the exercise
of their combined power of thought
each one took as keen pleasure as if
the effort were all his own. The doctor
had not only brought back to their
darkened minds the light of reason,
but had increased it's power twenty
fold, and, individually and collectively.
they all gloried and rejoiced in it. The