A LADY CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 118, 26 March 1879, Page 2

A LADY CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY.

X Nevada City lady, of highsocial standing, presents a singular case for the consideration of scientist?. For many years past she has been afflicted with acute neuralgic pains in various parts of the body, and soino lime since, hoping to find relief, resorted to the use of an electrical battery. She used the apparatus for six months, but found no relief. At the time nothing was noted of unusual character as the result, and although a period of several months has since elapsed it was only lately, since the recent cold weather commenced that any extraordinary symptoms followed. One night last week the lady had occasions to enter a dark room, and pick up a woollen coat jtliat was lying there. As she did so she was both 'surprised and frightened to i observe'a'bright light surrounding the hand that held the garment. At the same time the electic currents passed along the aim, shocking her quite severely. When her husband was informed of the fact he discredited its reality, thinking there was 1 more imagination than anything else in it. So the next evening, to convince the incredulous better half, she turned the gas out in the room where .they were sitting, and letting her hair down be«an sombing it, A remakable display of light was tho result. The sparks flew in every direction, and there was a sharp cracking sound as the teeth of tho comb passed between the hairs. In laying her hands upon iron the lady doea not obaorve the peculiarities rererred to; but the instant she touches woollen cloth'the fire'tiegins' to fly, and the follow one onother in rapid succession.