The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-29

II should be prescribed enough to kee p
IL out OF the possession of those who
would certainly make OF II an evil. II
there Is no real evil In the science itself
IL Is our special duty at present to pro-
tect our boys here at home from the dan
ger Of forming ideas that tn can be-
come hypnotic healers, thereby spending
their money for something that probably
very few OF them, II any. are fitted for.
and which would be a waste Of time as
well as substance"
When he took his seat Jason Howard
got up and expressed himself. He's one
OF the oldest old characters OF the town.
ani nobody was surprised to ar him
say that he thought the dissemination
OF the knowledge OF hypnotism was a
good thing for the community. Saye he:
MIR. Chairman. believe completely In
hypnotism. I've spent quite lot OF
mon y In trying TO master the mysteries
OF the science. and / can say that I'm
well paid for my investigation. I've found
out that / can hypnotize another man
and that same man can under other
circumstances turn and hypnotic me.
And not only can IL be don by men,
but II can be done with animals as we'll
Why the other day / was down In the
wood lot back OF the meadow. where it's
little boggy and when l got the team
loaded and tried TO start up, the wheels
had settled SO far down the horses
couldn't start IL foot. Well. sir. i just
squared Off and swung my hands and
arms In the air three times. and then
stood still and looked both OF those horses
In the eye for about a minute. Then 1
gave them the mental suggestion that
they were standing on something hot
What did they do? They snaked that
load OF wood out OF that bog as easy as
II IL had been load OF feathers. And
they didn't stop until they'd got to the
barn. nuther. Then they came out OF the
hypnotic state OF their own accord. Now
that's the kind of trick that this new
ter with that?'
Then he says, I've come 70 the con-
clusion that horses can hypnotic their
owners, IL you'll only gaze at them long
enough You can laugh all you have a
mind TO but it's a fact" Then he went
on TO explain:
why. last week. said he. towards
evening one day / went out to the barn
and filled a four quart measure with oats,
and then went up in front OF Old Ned.
one OF our work horses. and just looked
him square I'm the eye for three minutes.
Hes got an eye like an eagle. Well. sir, IL
you'll believe me, after the three minutes
we're up went over! Clean gone, hypno-
tisedl Yes. sir. couldn't help myself any
more'n q child"
Then Squire Morse spoke up and says.
How do you know you was hypnotized.
Jason? More likely you had fit"
WAL" says Jason, II calkerlate
know I was hypnotized because had the
cleanest case OF nightmare that you ever
heard tell on. Yes, sir, and couldn't get
out OF 1t nuther until poured them oats
into the manger. Then came to as easy
as nothing"
tn tba
had to laugh, but he kept right on
atallSin'.
'Moren all that" said he, when got
out into the henyard with quart meas
ure OF corn In my hand to feed the chick
ems with. a white duck came waddling
up TO me Just then I struck an attitude
that made the duck stop and look at me
kind OF worried and uncertain like. and
after ia looked three minutes-gone
agin'."
Now. see here Jason" saws Tolera-
ton. this meeting was called for the
purpose OF discussing this question from
common sense basis, and don't want
any more nonsense. II you want to talk
sense you can go on, but IL you can't you
can set DOWN.
There amt no nonsense about It. I
guess what Mrs. Howard sees with her
own eyes there can't nobody cheat her
out OF, and she says she found me quack-
ing round the hen-yard like a root doc
tor, and that couldn't stop until I'd
poured that corn on to the ground. Now
I calkerlate there amt no nonsense TO
that, for had witnessesi"
Then the folks had TO have another
spasm OF laughin', but he didn't stop.
for the more they laughed the more II
seemed to Encourage him
(To be continued.)