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SMALL BOY 1 TfiEOSOpHiST.It --* • . ^ *Distinguished “Cor/trols” of• •Jodsoo Lester Brown.THOUGHT to BE fl . PROPHET.’* * . .*He’s the Reincarnation of a Noted Massachusetts Orator—fl lad of Great Expectation?. -■*(Special CorrcBpondonce or the Sunday World.)Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., May 15.rnf- irriuri ld-fa shionedI ill I1 a- 'uDllI sp'-rltualism at theI '«||i 11'^ I Onset Bay camp-meeting grounds Is an effete cult. Ther osophy has taken Its place, and a five-year old boy—Judson Lester Brown—Is itschief expounder.Iiittle Judson, so the followers of Blavatsky assert, Is the reincarnation of Ed.” Wheeler, the greatest cxhorter— greatest in fervor and volume of sound —Onset Bay has ever known. This inexpected to increase and develop until ho surpasses the uncanny abilities accredited to Zoroaster. Zanoni , and all the high priests of the Roslcrucians.Devout believers are asserting that the shades have’ordained that he shall• I . •be another Nazarene leading the world Into the ranks’.of.theosophy. Ordinary folks look upon this statement as rather blasphemous, . but Onset Bay theosophists appear to,believe it thoroughly. .Not that..they will discuss the mattermuch with unbelievers, however. Onthe contrary, they are as reticent about Judson’s fu-tuf-e as its importance to them deserves....A TRIFLE. PROFANE.In'spite of being: a good and devouttheosophlst, Judson Is very profane.Good judges, able to appreciate thefine' points of strong and expressive rhetoric, agree that the little chap can swear faster and more picturesquely than Ed” Wheeler in his most fervent exhortations.; DISTINGUISHED CONTROLS.”. His “controls” in the spirit world are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Webster, h;s friends assert, and they claim that this remarkable aggregation of national talent is the cause of the lad’s wonderful astuteness.Judson has a slight impediment In his speech.“What does it signify?” was asked.“It is provided by the shades to prevent his profanity and h s utterances while yet a boy from being taken at their full significance,” replied a theosophlst. If it were not so the lad would be In no end of trouble from his evil tongue and his dlsposit on to make life m'serable for others—boys In particular. The impediment will wear away soon, when the time' comes for him to enter into the life work which ‘Ed’ Wheeler laid down.”AN INTERESTING HISTORY.* . ,Judson has lived at the camp-ground settlement here, within view of President Cleveland’s summer cottage, two winters. His history, as theosophists tell it, is Interesting.In the beginn.ng, they say, a spiritual^Jddson Jester lt;f)rou?r, ^Jtfeo^optiist.BELIEVED TTO BE UNDER 'T'BE “CONTROL OJ*1 WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN AND WEBSTER.leresting fact was communicated to the theosophists more than a year 'ago by a special prepaid message from the land of theosophlc shades.The tiny leader sees things.” Pie has had visions and communications with other worlds ever since he was born, he says, add he understands perfectly what they all mean.;Wonderful . things are expected ' of Judson by the Onset Theosophists.: As he grows older his peculiar powers areunion between “Ed” Wheeler and the mother of this boy was ordained by the shades. After Wheeler died Miss Lester that was married a Mr. Brown. Judson was their olispring, as the shades ordained. Mr. Brown went to Europe, while Mrs. Brown went to Washington, where she acquired a fame among the Theosophists and Spiritualists as a psychic reader, with a particular aptitude for detecting counterfeit money through the aid of spirits whose bidding she has so carefully followed.Judson was sent to Onset camp-ground to develop under the care of his grandmother. ■ ;
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New York, New York, US
Sun, May 17, 1896
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