The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery - Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
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"Salem Gazette," Nov. 24, 1812. GALVANISM. It has been found by Dr. NAUCHE, at Paris, that a person perfectly blind may be made to see very lively and numerous flashes of light, by bringing one extremity of the voltaic pile into communication with the hand or foot, and the other with the face, skin of the head, or even the neck. In like manner, a person in the gloom of poverty may be made to perceive very lively and numerous flashes (say 20,000) of good fortune by bringing one extremity of a ragged bank bill into communication with the Book-Store and the other with the Lottery-Office, one door west of Central Building. N.B.--Two grand piles are now offered to the public--Harvard College, where the process is now in active operation, and Plymouth Beach which is in a state of preparation. * * * * * "Salem Gazette." _Writing_ _Taught in One Lesson!!_ PERSONS of any age, sex, or capacity, _let their Chirography |
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