Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-11

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Now for the benefit qf the cudiou
in these matters, will give yoa al
acc punt of some experiments made
J. lat this place On Friday evening
f the 4th inst, a number Of persons
!. met at the office of J. B. West, Esq,
i among whom were four mediums
A Stand, such as is used for ordina-
ry purposes in the house, being four
square, with four feet, was placed in
f the centre of the room, and the me-
diums placed themselves around it,
with heir hands on the top of the
stand, and soon they notified the as
sembly that the spirits were waiting
the intdrrog Rtories of persons wish
ing to cPnve rse, and upon questions
being asked, the answers were as
usual.given ini the affirmative, by the
stand rising towards the strongest
medium In order to ascertain what
the cause of these communications I
WIS, | caused the feet of the stand
to be placed upon flit pieces Of corR,
which is a non-conductor Of electrici-
ty, and on the top of the stand /
placed six fat pieces of cork, on the
top of which | placed two lights of
common window glass {another non
conducsor.) After having done this,
the mediums placed their hands on
the glass, and soon informed US that
The spirits were in waiting. | then
caused the hands Of the mediums to
be wrapped in silk, the better to des-
troy the communication between the
mediums and the stand l then
took piece Of copper wire, the one
end of which was fastened to a piece 5,
Of cork, and wrapped it around the t,
wrists of the mediums, and contin- n
ned from one to the other, and from lie
The last one a piece Of wrapped cop is
Der wire, connecting with the afore- p,
named copper wire, and extending 3
rom the mediums oct Of the window: W
he end of which was fastened to a CT
'ieHe of iron al ia placed below the |:
rnlhce of the earth. 50
AS soon as this was all done, the k.
lediums could no longer cause the III
tanl to rise, nor could answers be- hi
REQUIRED from the spirits to the fr,
uestions asked, altough several tri- If
IS were made. A number of ques- ed
ons were ask Jed, but no response sh
pull be had fl ON the spirits; they Pc
.emed to be operating in another
aection. That is, the spirits were
Sitting themselves away upon the ill.,
wig in, l presume, the same man H. :"
nerhat the electric fluid is being a.. e.
conNed by a lightning rod, or by - =
the tegraph The fact of the es- Z, +
capef electricity along the wires, !:
was pEen by the continued tremb- ~,
ling olhe wires us it seemed to pass -
away, semblinS the beating Of the +
pulse. also made another expert -
ment, afollows: ~
Aifetaking loft the glass, silks MO
and wire the mediu ns soon inform ~ ~
ed US hat the spirits would ~ ~
again ooerse. l t hen told per- e :
son preseuo wtite hny name on a
piece of Per, fad it up tightly and =: -
lay it on tfstand, and then request ~
ed the pers to leave the room, so '"'
that no PEN in the room could
know what ) written. The medi- Il
um5 inquired the spirits about the =
/ pntents OF paper, and elected
the iollowlnGnswer: "Tbat the rcp !,
person whose he was written there prin
iOn y, died at thge Of ten years, of s Sals
1T pc smallpox The paper was i'm 200
hcdiately open and Judge of the now
surprise of theediums, and also of sup sup
Ia number oil hons present who thes
were believers The spirit knock beal
iings, when theme of Sampson h t,lal
was found written the paper! sion
/ Now what gFeaRvidence can be 1 The
required of the ity Of the whole 7
Hhumbug, than thessgoinq ! xperi-
Hment proves IN" fead of spirits,
lit is electrlclF J cohnd by the viii
Hof either Of the mtns.' or some
lone present that eau the knock
aings. JACoDAFFER Z
1 We, the undersiglomm;ttep O0, 2
who were present, iantler whose ter
immediate notice and stsision the s5 S
Experiments of Jacob s above. note s
named, were conducted, ,ifv MI that
1.-the above statements ane and va "A
correct, and that the sams done it
fairly and impartially. inca me-.
liz. P. Rno.A IDS, VIScESfs sTov. i'' y
4 ROBERT SHIELD, A. }. Nc Gle
n J. D. GRAHAM, } b. WA s saIf
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