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

children on earth? Yes. Is your wife dead? ?
NO answer Have you forgotten hel? Yes.
Was your profession in life source Of bliss ?
(mentaly) No. Was your profession in life
a source of bliss? (verbally) Yes. Do you
regret your Srth? No. Do you regret your
death? No.
Professor R. Good then called upon the
spiri. Of the Apostle Paul, which being pres
ent and willing TO communicate, was asked as
follows:
Did be die at Rome, Jerusalem or Antioch ?
Ans Antioch. At what age did he die 6l
Can a spirit manifest itself to mankind? Yes
Can a spirit appear before the eyes. of man ?
Yes. Can spirit use matter in its manifes-
tations? Yes.
The spirit of departed friend, who was
born in Switzerland. and died in America in
1884, having nine children in eternity and
seven in time, was next called upon by and
!, responded to Professor Rickley, with the fol-
lowing results:
4 Where were you born Answer England.
Where did you die? Switzerland. In what
lIyear did you die? 1888. How many children
have you in the spirit land? 8 How many
living? 8.
The spirit of the Apostle Paul was next
called upon by Professor J. H. Good, and an
SRGTSQ as IOllOWS 10 the IOLOWlng QueSLlODS.
In what Heaven is the spirit Of Paul? Ans
) End Heaven Is there hierarchy in Heaven
(asked mentality No. Same question ask
ed verbally. Yes What is the first letter of
the name by which he is known in Heaven q
Refused Is be the author of the epistle TO
, the Hebrews? Yes. Is he the author of the
lepistle to Timothy? Yes. Is he the author
+ Iof Matthew? No. Which of the denomina-
tious of Christians upon the earth most closely
4 follow his doctrines? asked mentality Ans.
Methodists. When the above question vas
D asked verbally. Swedenborgian. Will all
+ men be finally saved? Yes Will Satan be
saved (asked mentality Yes. Same question
: asked verbally. No. In what language was
the epistie TO the Corinthians written? Ans
' English, What language is spoken in the
2 spirit tand When asked mentally 1st time,
Q French. Same question asked verbally, I'd
. time, ALL What kind Of spirits are here to-
: night9 1st time answer, Good and bad. Same
il question I'd time, Bad Dothey ever deceive? !?
e Yes. Are the mediums here present impos-
v tors? Yes, Yes!
r After the last of the above questions, the
e spirit expressed desire to place weigh. up
# on the table around which we sat; which at
e tempt proved a signal failure; for sure. the ta
IS blewould and did not assume more than its
d natural weight
e In the course of the evening we noticed
e rappings of two different characters, thus, op-
4 Eposite the elder of the two professed medi-
,r ums, there was always deep, grave sounding
d Trap. while the raps that occurred opposite the
# younger, was of a quicker, sharper character.
# We observed that the grave rap never APP
e lpeared opposite the younger medium, neither
a did the sharp rap ever change its place to
q opposite the older of the ladies. Again we
J. lobserved that when one of the ladies left the
room, that there was produced bnt one of the
two sounds spoken of. Thus, if the elder of
;" the ladies left the room we had only the quick
g sharp rap. and vice versa
IN From these circumstances together with
the peculiar character of the sound, we, with
Others supposed it to be produced By an cleo
trical movement and requested the mediums
to place themselves upon insulating stools; to
y which the ladies readily acquiesced but the
= gentleman most obstinately refused, asserting
\ \ that it was not necessary, inasmuch as he was
u not medium.
We again asked if the spirits would rap,
. provided all the mediums were placed upon
:, insulating stools and then made to form a
= part of galvanic circle To this proposition
= The ladies again feigned most cheerfully to
s, assent, but the gentleman as before, not only
:, refused, assigning the reasons Just alledged
n but even became insolent in his language and
~ manner, and in the face of his having extend
ed special invitation to an impartial and fair
: investigation, replied, The experiments are
: satisfactory to us, and we do not care if they
= are to you or not Upon the reception of this
= impertinent reply. we ceased from further
n lcommunication and left the house, not only
- - without being edited and instructed; but alsc
- without being persuaded of our having had
any spiritual communications
ne Rev. J. H. Good, in brief note to the ed
I'd itor, says:
n we only wonder that any person of SOUND
o Judgment should for moment be deceived
by these rappings There is nothing serious
"a either in the demeanor of the Fox girls, or il
ty the exercises connected with the so callet
ut Spiritual manifestations; but everything is un
ad diguited, juiune, and we may even say child
ish, so that we could not help feeling greatly
en- ashamed as we found ourselves seated 1ount
re a table ready to converse with tie Spirit
be We are convinced, from our experience, tina
err there is not the slightest spiritual manifesto
ton in their knockings. The leEity of the s
be called mediums at once indicates this. Whel
ng Questions are asked aloud they manifest con
mt siderable skill and tact in replying correctly
OF but when they are merely pointed out on pa
las per $50 that the performers do not hear them
~ they make all kinds of mistakes
,as Another gentleman made some enquire
lfe on paper, of the spirit of Buonaparte, and t
ers his astonishment, learned that Buonaparte ha
i've had several important battles since his deaf
'ry that he ruled a large army both in the abode
of bliss and woe, DC.
-Its As to how the sounds are produced W
a pretend not to have an opinion. They ar
at clear and distinct, sometimes in the table an
OF sometimes on the tloor Yet We saw enoug
IN to be convinced that they depended entirel
OF upon the voItions of the girls The SOUND
lis have two distinct characters, were general
opposite the girls, and from numerous lit
or actions and movements it was evident thi
rds sometimes one would rap and sometimes Il
ct- other
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