The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-18
the MEDIATOR OF mAIWG
DEATH OF CHARACTED WHO CLAIMED TO ACT AS INTERMEpI.
AIRY BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
Banor. Me. Cor. New York Press.)

(Banor. Me. Cor. New York Press
When DR.. Trustrum II. Brown died
in a Bangor hospital the other day
at the g of 81 the superstitious
backwoods folk of northern Maine
lost a friend and protector. for the
mediator as Brown called himself.
was repu1ed to he the only person in
this part of the world who was m
powered to act as Intermediary be
tween God and man. who could hyp-
notize Wild animals, cure certain dis
will and lay" a ghost so II would
stay laid.
"Trustrum II Brown. Mediator Be-
tween God and Man. was the full
title claimed by this most remarkable
of all Names hermits, and his fame
extended all e the state and even
beyond. Not much is known of
Browns early life except he was We'll
educated and had for a Time practiced
medicine in some eastern city. The
old men of Piscataqlis county say he
was disappointed in love. and, en-
Filtered With the world. turned his
back upon civilization more than fifty
wears. and came to the plantation
of Elliotrsville. purchased a tract of
wild land on the slope of Boarstone
mountain and built there the log
it''pS ira MdN u a INV NttNS wv
his home.
Here i'm the wilderness of northern
Maine Brown buried himself COM
plehtelv from the world. with no near
~n"ishb"rs and only occasional woods
mon and Snortsmcn for callers. He
cleared a bit of land. wherein he
raised enough for his needs. He be-
came an expert fisherman and hunter.
so that. even if he had not a con-
l I - r1 AZ 900, g .,l, - la ~.i
n" never Was in danger of falling INTO
distress. When he first came 10 Soar
stone mountain he seemed mentally
sound. although morosc and silent,
nut as the Years Wore ON his whole
manner and aspect changed, and the
people Of the vicinity We're divided
IN opinion as to whether he was in
sane or was possessed of the super
natural powers he claimed so volu-
bly,.
He abandoned the garb of civiliza-
ton and went about clad in furs like
the Tarattnes of hid. and from gloomy
m"dltatlon in the solitude of his cabin
ne emerged to tour the region for
many miles about. delivering most
remarkable haraneues to the settlers.
the Woodsmen. the railroad builders
and all whom he could gather to lis
ten. He dWclt chiefly upon a new
theology which he had formulated,
and which he afterward. in most ella
horate form, reduced to writing. pro-
claiming himself to have received
dlNlne appointment as mediator be-
tween mankind and the throne Of
grace, He promised to all who be-
fflended mir certain and rich rewards.
and threatened With terrible curses
any who might injure or offend him.
TO n man who had treated him
kindly when he fell sick he promised
wealth, and it atterward was claimed
that this man did become rich through
gold mining in the west. Upon a hun
ter who had ansered him the media
TOR pronounce the most awful curse
of all his calendar-that the hunter
should not be able to kill or trap an
other bear for the period of 500 years.
Considering thar tho hunter was at
the time g. Years old, and his health
was not of the best, this edict of the
mediator seemed to wind up his bust
ness. 1t is related that when the
hunter hesought the mediator to lift
the curse. the latter. after some days
of meditation on the subject, con-
scented TO remit $50 Years of the pc
ROD. dating from the latter end This
was small comfort to the bear hunter.
but it was the best the mediator would
do.
When the mediator wanted to COM
ii"iii' I WIN Arol ne would go 10 the
top OF Boarstone mountain and there
remain for hours at a time. descend
ing then to distribute blessings or
curses as people deserved He claim
cd to have full control of 10. 900 spir-
its. some good. others evil. which he
dispatched far and wide on missions
OF revenge OF reward. OF disease he
professed to have no fear. declaring
himself to he immune by divine in
~dulgence. although as a matter Of fact
he often was sick. He made medi-
cines Of roots and harks. which the
surerstitious and ignorent believed to
possess great potency. but which IN
reality We're mere harmless messes.
on the weather.. too, he claimed to
have full control. and for Years he
went to Etna Spiritualist camp meet
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