Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-11-29
Ssiri.ual Rappinrs.

Fox, should they visit Tifin, and give our
opinion Of their performances, for we deem
their humbugging nothing more. but we are
sorry to say that we arrived in Tiffin the day
before they commenced their exhibitions, and
circumstances compelled us to forego our Gu
Iriosity. However, that our readers may not
be entirely disappointed, we publish the fol-
lowing extract of their dongs, from the Sem
eca Whig, which probably contains more in
formation than we could have given
But what. readers, do you suppose, was
our astonishment, when these ladies appeared
in the room. Instead of bearing the impress
OF morality and religion, of godly and godIike
messengers, we beheld couple of coquetish-
looking young girls, vain, giddy, proud, aud
even naughty in their demeanor and as their
! actions proved subsequently, not possessing
even government enough over their angry
passions to abstain from indignites 10 their
: visitors
Well, we were told by Mr. N. who seemed
to know all about the workings Of these spir-
its that We had 'to wait awhile, as the spirits,
sometimes, did not manifest themselves i'm.
: mcdiately.' Very soon, however, the rappine
commenced under the table and upon the
floor, directly where the ladies set This Mr..
n. stated was an indication that the spirits
were ready to communicate which he as
certaned by asking verbal question, to which
they responded in the affirmative by giving
three raps under the table that sounded simi-
Isr TO light and nimble rap of the knuckle
upon the door,
2 Our first question was-Is there a spirit
: who qUiShes or ,UM communicate with me, an.
swer yes by three raps. viii the spirit tel
: me whether Mr.. Fl. is living or dead Ans
] living, by three raps This man has beer
/, dead some fifteen years. We then asked i
the spirit would tell the company, whether We
were a single or married man. The spirit an
swered by three raps, that we were single
This knocked US, and we offered to show
S them the documents to the contrary, but they
!. contenGed that they were right They alsc
. declared our parents dead, and yet they ar,
: both living. They declared we had 30 broth
S ers dead, and yet we have two in the Spiri
e land. We then caied mentally upon til,
spirit of Charles Nobody, and wanted to know
. if his spirit was present He answered b.
three raps that he was. We asked him wher
he died, and he stated in Pennsylvania; O
chronic Diarrhoea. We asked what state b.
t. now enjoyed, and said happiness. This wa
70 an individual of whom we had never hear
of and yet according TO these humbugs, h
: lived and died, and is now in happiness. W
II then called upon the spirit of our own chic
which responded that it was present Afte
few questions, the AIpha6et was called, an
we was told that the spirit of our child had lei
= US and gone into an Irishman who sat mex
. by our side This was the crowning ston
! which drove to the winds all Of our faith, an
. we left them disguised and ashamed that W
: had been seen bowling to the shrine of the s
: liest of all invented humbugs.
e The following report of an investigate
made by number OF learned men, belongin
to Tifin City, was published in cOnnectio
y with the remarks of the editor
Ie Mr. LAUBAcH:-
2 In compliance with the notice that appear
d ed in the columns of your own and other cit
;r papers, we were on Monday the 9th inst, ia
= vored with visit by the persons misses Fo
- & Coy who purport to be the mediums of th
e SO called 'Rapping Spirits
re Being influenced by what has at sundr
times appeared in print. for and against tn
'Rappings,' we at first felt liEtle desire to Wis
the mediums but finding some of our neigh
:; bors becoming excited, and others receivin
10 from the pretended spirits of departed friend.
many wonderful strange TRUTHS as one ma
remarked to US, that they had told him a
Sc about his deceased father, and 'even NOR
T. than he knew himself we found ourself be
r coming infected with the contagion; and al
r. cordingly on the evening of the 18th inst, W
. almost instinctively. repaired to the Shawha
House and procured ticket; which howeve
in consequence of the room being already fu
ID did not admit us on that evening; and W
IN were obliged to leave without being any MOI
: spiritual than we were when we went
' On the following-Thursday evening, til
18th inst, by a special invitation we atiende
Il the sitting of the Spiritual Mediums in con
ct pany with Professors Gerhart, ]. H. Good,
20 S. Rickley and Rev. F. Wahl
tis not our intention here to give any re-
P sons for or against the possibility, probabi
or necessity of Spiritual communications b.
simply to announce the fact of our having Ia
an interview with the Spirits and give you
~ statement of the questions and answers give
q" and received during this interview. You al
We doubtless aware that the questions may
w asked either mentally, by writing upon pape
e. or verbally
Professor J. H. Good was the first of Il
company to engage in the solemn proceedir
% of summoning to our presence and inhabita
les of the spirit land; and calling up the spirit
lts Jerome Good. ITO our knowledge there h
We never such person existed as jerome Goo
:. was told that he had lived, died and W
'n buried in N. York, that he departed this i
OF in the year 1927, has at this time six brothe
and four sisters in the Spirit Land and f
brothers yet living. So much for imagina
-. Jerome Good.
-" Next in order to converse with the spir
was our self, and calling up the spirit o.
young friend who died an accidental death
lys the age of %, in the year As, in the town
the Mercersburgh, Pa had told us that he died
~ the year AS at the age of "a, in the town
~ Harrisburgh. Pa and that he died of the d
'e' ease called the Mysteries.
DIS We next inquired into the present state
Ter condition of the spirit, and writing the wor
happiness. misery, in the mud, were distin
l,oAf fl1al