Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-01-08

will repay careful reading-is as follows ::
Providence, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1859.
Horace GREELEY, Esq.-Dear Sir T.:
have had no conversation with Mr.. Sim
: mons on the subject of your note until TO-
day. | took an early opportunity Of ac-
quainting him with its contents, and this
morning he called on me to say that he
was perfectly willing to impart TO you the
particulars OF his experience in relation to
the mysterious writing performed under his
very eyes in broad dug light, by an inuisiJie
ges were telegraphed TO Mrs. Simmons,
through the electric sounds, purporting to
come from her step-son, James D. Sim
mons, who died some weeks before in Ca
iiornia. The messages were calculated TO
stimulate curiosity and lead to an attentive
observation OF the phenomena. Mrs. S.,
having heard that messages in the hand
writing OF deceased persons were sometimes
written through the same medium, asked if
her son would give her this evidence Of his
identity. She was Informed Through the
soundS( that the attempt should be made,
and was directed TO place a slip of paper in
dium, aud to lay beside it her own pencil,
which had been given her by the deceased.
Weeks passed, and although frequent inqui-
rles were made, no writing was found on
the paper Mrs. Summons, happening TO
call at the house one day, accompanied bv
her husband, made the usual inquiry and
received the usual answer. The drawer
bad been opened not two hours before, and
nothing was seen in it but the pencil lying
on the blank paper. AT the suggestion of
Mrs. ). however, another investigation was
made, and on the paper was now found
lew pencled lines resembling the hand
writing Of the deceased, but not so closely
as to satisfy the mothers doubts Mrs S.
handed the paper to her husband He
thought there was 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. He
proposed, if the spirit of his son were in
deed present, as alphabetical communica-
tlonS received through the sounds affirmed
hin to be, that he should then and there
alx his signature 10 the suspicious docu-
ment.
In order to facilitate the operation, Mr..
). placed the closed points OF pair ofscis-
SoTs in the hands of the medium and drop
ped MS pencil through one OF the rings or
boughS, the paper being placed beneath
Her hand presently began to tremble and
1t was with difficulty she could retain her
mold OF the scissors. Mr. Simmons then
took them into his own hand, and again
dropped bIs pencil through the ring. 1t
could not readily be sustained in this posi-
tion. Alter few moments, however, it
stood as If tlrmI y poised and perfectly still.
IL men begun stowly to more. Mr. y. Soc
me letters traced leneath ms eyes. Ihe
WoTdS JAMES u. SIMMONS Were d'St'nCIy
ana de''O&"te'y wrufen, and the hand1cr'-
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bending down to scrut'n'ze the writing
more c'oSeiy, ne OBSERVED just as the iaS
woto was llnlsneu 'ia' me 'oP OF ,he pen
Gu 'eaheu 10 'ne ''9". he 'houSnt II was
aoout 10 sup 'ntouSh tne ring, out, 10 nis
'nhhlte as'oh'Sh'hent, ne SdW me Po'ht Sftut
StoW1y Oac" 0to"3 me 'rora SIMMONS l"'
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tricitv-how will they dispose of this las
significant and curious fact. The only pc
cularity observable in the writing was tina
the lines seemed sometimes slightly broker
as if the pencil had been lifted and .hel
set down again.
Another crcuns,apc. am nernitted f.
reIate which Is not readily 70 be acconnte
for On onv other Ibsorv ,Ion that IF . en-;
rit,oi aasrcv Mr. who bod re,e;yo
no ',N n,r,;cnlarS orbis sons dea,b nn,il seys,
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