The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-10

with gown of silk of changeablc rod
and green, and with train she seemed
to play up and down, and to 20 in and
out behind the books, and as sho seem.
ed to 60 between, the books displayed
themselves and made way for her." This
| call spiritual manifestation Of the
most interesting and fascinating kind
Even the books felt the fascinating in
huence oftbs spiritual creature, for they
displayed themselves and madc way for
her Edward Kelly, an Irishman, who
witnessed this beautiful apparition, YER
ities the Doctors statement, therefore it
would be unreasonable to doubt a story
so we'll attestcd particularly when the
witness was m Irishman. (Laughter)
DR.. Lee was the distinguished favoritc
of Kings and Queens, proof that spir.
itual science was held in high rcputc in
the good old age Of Queen Elizabeth.
But of all the professors of occult sci.
cnce, hermetic philosophy or spiritual
ism, the Rosicrucians were the most ex.
olted and refined with them the posses.
sion of the philosophers Stone was to be
the means of health and happiness ah
instrument by which man could com
mand tho services of superior berge,
control the elements, defy the abstrac.
tions Of time and space, and acquire the
most intimate knowledge Of all the Sc
crcts of the universe. These were OBJ
jects worth struggling for. The refined
Roslcrucians were utterly disgusted with
the coarse, gross, sensual spirits, who
had been in communication with man
previous to their day, SO they dccricd
the annihilaton Of them all and substi.
tuted in their stead a raco of mild beau.
tiful, and benifcont beings The spirits
of tho olden time were Il malignant race,
and took especial delight in doing mis-
chief, but the new generation is mild and
benignant These spirits, as this petit
tion attcsts, indulge in the most inno-
cent amuscmcnts and harmless rccrea-
tons, such as sliding, raising and tipping
tables, producing pleasant sounds and
variegated lights, and sometimes curing
diseases which were previously consider
ell iucurable, and for tho existence Of
this simple and beDignant race our petit
TONERS are indebted to tho brethren Of
the rosy cross. Among tho modern pre-
fossors Of spiritualism, Caglostro was
tho most justly celebrated. In Paris
his saloons were thronged with tho rich
and the noble To old ladies he sold i'm.
and to young ones he sold
beauty that would endure for centuries,
and his charming Countess gained i'm
mense wealth by granting attending
sylphs to such ladies as were rich enough
to pay for the services. The" Biographe
des Contempores," n work which our
present mediums ought to consult with
care, says thcro was hardly q fine lady
in raris who would not sup with the
shade of Lucrctlus in the apartments Of
Cagliosiro. There was not n military
officer who would not discuss the art of
war with Alexander, Hannibal.or Caesar,
or an advocate or counsellor WHO would
not argue legal points with the ghost of
Cicero. These were spiritual manifesto,
tions worth paying for, and all our de-
mediums would have to hido
their diminished heads in the presence
Of Cagliostro. IT would be a curious
inquiry to follow this occult science
through all its phases Of mineral magnet
ism, animal mesmerism, Sc, until we
reach the present latest and lowest phase
Of all spiritual manifestations but I
have said enough to show the truth of
Burke's beautiful aphofism, The cred
ulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the
Of Rnaves"
This speech was listened to with much
attention, but frequently interrupted by
laughter.