Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-12-22

pressive Of the sound Of horses hoofs, and the
word "quadrupedants' was given. Then cards
were taken, cut, held up, and the cards were
'teldape when peither the medium. NOR myself
saw The cSSdsS lhu centnd din that a1Ieea5
tion which has befn<eS6htly mad that I sni&
j. eepncs ten what is ~ been br hsowh BY %
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The other machines were descyjbed Nth the
same minuteness, and their remarkable results
illustrated by the narration Of series Of most
wonderful stories. He proceeded to describe
.szsssHzssaT TEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The violent manifestations, he said, where
tables are moved and things are tossed about,
come from the spirits of the lower sphere
They have more power On the physical swsy;
and less in the Intellectual. And they are mis-
chievous, some Of them; for people go to the
other world, carrying with them their virtues
and their faults, and indulge in their bad as
well as in their good propensities, according as
they have been in this world. 'spt ~
1T Is VULGAR SPIRITS WHO ARE VIOLENT.
a The graduation Of the spheres is like that OF
a great Normal-School Spirits 60 on from
good to better. They improve all the time
Early in the days Of Spiritualism, there were
violent demonstrations; but they were caused
by vulgar, uneducated spirits--not the spirits OF
just men .'made perfect" So at Rochester. al
Stratlord, and elsewhere. there were knoclrings
and overturnings.a As intellectual spirits be gan
to communicate, this violence ceased But
still violent spirits do attend, and do not always
do what is wanted. The purer and higher
spirits perched in other spheres, far above the
vulgar, do not find it always possible To- mar,
shall their forces. The violent in the spheres,
like the violent in the earhg do not profit any
experiment, but rather tend 10 mar it. A grea,
deal has been said in reference to the low orr.
gin of the spiritual manifestations, such re.
marks being based upon, and in part justified,
by theseindications of violence but persons
who make this objection are those who have
given the subject but little consideration. The
thing to be considered is the cause by which a
melton is produced the object through
which that motion is occasioned. $1,000 az,
..aa A TABLE IS A THING 10 BE CHERISHED. ofo,1
So the. object upon which spiritual effect,
were produced in the beginning, was a table
And what is better than table |? Can we helI
thinking cheerily Of table Is not table
an institution that forms part Of our daily life
Do we no. upon table transact all business
that needs documentary evidence We sign
deeds, draw contracts, write letters--allupon a
table. What, then, SO proper as table te
bring near to US the feeling of home, home
comforts and happiness 7 A table, gentlemen
occupies position most conspicuous in Trum,
bulls picture of the Signing Of the Declaraticr
Of independence. At table we sit three times
each day. Even if we have no appetite, we
love to draw near to it, and when drawn near
We there interchange the civilities Of social life
A freside is commonly pictured as symbol b
home comforts, but can easily conceive Of the
occurrence of circumstances where freside
could be dispensed with. In tropical climates
for instance, it can be wholly dispensed with
But table-neyer! (Great sens tion.) az
DOCTOR HARE DESCRIBES HIS SPIRITUAL MA.
-3iHi545 - 49, CHIMES. Saus7s .araf
1t was announced that the Doctor would ex.
hbit sundry machines invented by himself, in
order to exemplify the power of spirito forces.
There Were six of these inventions, very curl.
Gus, very scientific, and odd to look upon. The
Doctor described them in detail. u9d Esd sea.
No. was little table, with an upright disk
attached to one side, and with screen in the
centre, behind which it is intended TO seat the
medium in such position, that she Cor he
can't see the letters upon the disk. The al.
habat is terribly disarranged upon this disk
Iurposely-knecked, as printer says, into pi
This is to'prevent trickery by the medium. -
No. 2 is long table, with an outrigger, and
a network Of pulleys, ropes and casters, so thai
a pressure on the top Of the table produces mo-
tiol very easily. i..q s.tf ..tg-J e.,cgi ~.
No. 3 is a system OF brass balls and copper
engraving the balls resting on the "a bic
the plate on the balls, and the hands Of the me.
dunn on the plate. This is to prevent the me.
duln from cutting any didoes. a 8. o2'1oq .
No. A is see-saw, only the fulcrum is near.
er one end than the other. The larger end is
supported by spring balance. An iron frame.
work, disconnected with the machine, supports
at the lower end Of the board, glass vase, in
which is suspended in reverse position wire
dish-cover. In this wire cage, as the Docto,
calls it, the mediums hands are placed BY
exerting all his power, the medium caused de.
preston of the balance. fas' 'fs.''
No. S is the gem. 1t is Spiritoscope, q
small white disk, something like a clock face
with the letters Of the alphabet arranged il
regular order around the edge. like the star.
round an American coin. For the sake of con.
veniencing the spirits, the Doctor has inscribed
various phrases in common use Spiritually
upon the face Of the machine. An index
worked by lathe-motion and spring, point:
out the phrase that the spirit wishes TO use
The assortment is select. 1t reads as follows
1--WE cannot well tinker the types so as to pre-.
sent the order in which they appeared upon the
machine. a'ea i'lsmsF fre 3.aa g 800
a' Yrs @aa't ~ No. oa 20
+" Do,,f kno,c ,gsu .c,eU o,,.r 691tol
Think so. .Miytake
Reader, put your. finger over against these
phrases, to serve for the inder-and you have the
Spiritoscope. No. 6is an improvement, like a
small gridiron, intended to increase the medi.
um's power. and is laid over the platform Of
the Spiritoscope.