Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-09
WATER AND METAL OWNING
Some Remarkable Instances OF Fino'
ina Hidden Streams by Means OF
Rod.


In view of the fact that great
demonstration of this peculiar git Is
to take place in London at the begin
ming of April, it may be interesting 10
learn something beforehand concerning
it's mysteries from one who happens 10
possess in perhaps a somewhat unusu-
al degree the power of readily sens
ing" both water and metals.
Up to the present time comparatively
few of the public seem to be aware
that such power exists. Professors.
scientists and others who have never
witnessed a demonstration appear to
regard it, as a rule. as brought about
by legerdemain and trickery, but the
bald truth remains that it is nothing
|of the sort. Seeing is believing, and
II have had the pleasure of convincing
many skeptics that there is no fraud
at all about this divination, or "dows-
Ing" us it is sometimes termed. For
many years OWNERS have been doing
good work in various parts of the globe
in the discovery of metals. water and
oil. One firm, Mcssrs. Mullins x Sons,
have been water finding with the
greatest success all over the Kingdom
Tor more tndn 10 years.
1t is possible that the following re-
marks mag give some scientist clew
rs to the cause of the phenomena
which so far has never been satisfac-
torily explained Up till the summer
of 1903 ! mad not ever heard of its eN-
istence, which became known to me In
curious manner. While out i'll Il
large camp of exercise at Stobs, in the
Border country, | came across par
tridge's nest with 16 eggs in ii. Think
ing that the troops might trample on
ii or remove the eggs. | went to the
keeper of the estate, and advised him
to take them away and put them I'M
der a hen. The keeper, grateful for
the information, at once said; If you
will allow me. sir. | will come up TO
The camp tomorrow and show you
how to divine water and IRON On the
following afternoon he gave me my
first object lesson in the way of dows-
ing: but. to, his great disappointment,
was totally unable to sense water
at all with his twig, and could only
feel scarcely appreciable symptom OF
a pull when | held the tw1S over
wire fence. Two or three Subsequent
trials proved equally unsatisfactory.
am inclined to think that the reason
for this WAS that my vitality must
have been impaired at that time by
recent campaigning in South Africa.
Two or three years later, while staying
in Fife | cut one day a hawthorn
twig and tried, along with friend
who possessed the power in Slight
measure, to find water for farmer
who was short of that commodity.
Working independently. we both hit
upon a line of water running across the
field 1t turned out to be bricktile
drain; and though of no use as
source of supply to the farmer, 1t
proved TO me that | had at length ac-
uuired in some degree the gift of find
ing water.
My next essay was in the summer OF
1910. in Ireland. during prolonged
drought, when / went down from Lin
erick by request, to Lahinch golf
course to try to find water for the put
ting greens there. The green-keeper,
who hailed from Aberdeen, was most
skeptical, but said he would believe III
dowsing if my twig could locate an
old underground conduit leading from
a well 10 an old ruined castle, once a
of the O'Briens. | quickly |
struck the line close to the castle, ran |
it for some three hundred and fifty |
yards down to AN estuary, and here !
correctly located the WELL though II
was quite concealed under twelve feet
Of sand. Casting around. | happened
to hit upon second hidden well, and
showed the man where the two joined /
the old conduit. This satisfied him, as i
he had seen both wells exposed before ,
sand had slted up over them.
: Subsequently pointed out to him .