Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-09

honght there was a slight resemblance, but
should probably not have remarked it had the
writing been casually presented to him. Had
the signature been given, he could at once have
decided on the resemblance. lie proposed, if
the spirit of his son we're indeed present, as al
phabetcal communications received through the
sounds affirm him to be, that he should then and
there affirm his signature to the suspicious doc
ument.
In order to facilitate the operation Mt. s.,
placed the closed points of pair of scissors in
the hand of the medium and dropped his PEN
Gil through one of the rings or bows, the paper
being placed beneath. Her hand presently
began 10 tremble, and it was with difficult she
could retain her hold of the scissors Mr.. Sim.
mons then took them into his own baud. and
again dropped his pencil throegh sis- -'~s.,~I.
could not readily ba sustaihe5 in this position.
After few moment, however, it stood as if firm
y poised and perfectly still. IL then began
slotcly 10 m,ove. Mr. S. sa,o The letters Traced
beneotth his eyes. The words James D. Sim
mons" a0ere distinctly and deliberately writlen,
and The hand ,oriting ,Oas .facimite Of his sons
signature. But what Mr. s. regards as the most
astonishing part of this seeming miracle is yet
to be told.
Bending down to scrutnise the writing more
closely, he observed Just as the last word was
finished that the top Of the pencil leaned to the
right. He thought it was about to slip through
the ring, but, to his infinite astonlshment, he saw
the point slide slowly back along the word, Isl
mons" till it rested over the letter /, where it
deliberately imprinted dot. This was punctilio
utterly un,hought of by him !; he had not noticed
the omission, and was therefore enterely unpre-
pared for the amendment. He suggested the ex-
pertinent and hitherto it had kept pace only with
his will or desire but how will those who deny
the agency of disembodied spirits in these mar
ves, ascribing all to the unassised powers of the
human will, or to the blind action of electricity
how will they dispose of this last significant and
curious fact. The only peculiarly observable in
the writing was that the lines seemed sometimes
slightly broken as if the pencil had been lifted
and then set down again.
Another circumstance am permitted to relate
which is not readily to be accounted for on any
other theory than that Of spiritual agency Mr.
s. who had received no particulars of his sons
death until several months after his decease, pur-
posing to send for his remains, questioned the
spirit as to the manner in which the body had
been disposed Of, and received very minute and
circumstancial account of the means which had
been resorted to for its preservation, it being at
the time unburied.
Improbable as some of these statements seemed,
they were, after an interval of four months, con
firsneo as iiteraiy true, by gentleman, then re-
Gently returned from California who was with
Young Simmons at the period of his death. In
tending soon to return to San Francisco, he
called on Mr. Simmons to learn his wishes rela-
tive to the final disposition Of his sons remains.
took down these particulars in writing, by
permission of Mr.. S, during his relation of the
facts. have many other narratives of like
character from persons Of intelligence and We
racity, but they could add nothing to the weigh
of that which have Just reported to you"