The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-15

eff had thought / could fo,.l him by
putting chunk Of phosphorus on my
my arm, as had done the night bcfore?"
All our communications at home had
been by rappingg--onc being No; three
Yes two and. a rub, probably Yes ; one
and rub. probably No; with many de-
grecs Of comparison, making their Ian
suase fully as Ineligible as thai Of the
generality of takers. a5a
Say in September last our Irish girl
left US, after which we sat some time
and got no manifestations, when all Of d
sudden they broke out with more power
tban ever. little Henry (seven years old }
being, as the Spirits said the medium.
Everything in the room would be play
ed upon, persons sitting in the circle
would be moved-chairs and all, as il
they were erfea.hers-eut of the way !;
dancing would 90 on with the power of a
horse the child would be carried into
the air--be excessively pleased, clapping
his hands and shou ing, "Go it, old
King, I'm not afraid" The little fellow
said they would touch his head to the
ceiling, which is nearly eleven feet high,
and finally woild finish by handing my
boy to me on his chair, as / would hand
an apple on plate, pa,
They said. il I would get horn they
would speak through i,-would play an
|sccordeon, banjo and French harp,
or mouth organ all of which l procur-
/ ed and they used them, more in the way
of keeping time than by playing the air,
except occasionally the air would be play
ed on the ACCORDION and the French
harp. -.t...
The horn was taken up, and after a
blowing sound, we were distinctly bid,
Good evening, friends" when little
Henry was Influenced (going into a
trance condition. to speak to US. The
first few remarks would be made by the
Spirits only using the holn, and then
little Henry would be influenced and talk
for hours. And such talk, such fun
and frolic, we never conceive Of much
less heard Of. We could not discover
that he would be particle tired, and he
would not believe that he had been speak
ing, untild "Old King" assured him SO
himself. a.s ra zr@s a4J9r
The, Spirit. hand' was also shown 10
US, it t'king up piece of phosphorus
out Of 4 saucer OF water, and passing
around to tie faces of the com pany.-
Nothing was seen but the hand, with
something like white ruffle around
the wrist, l demonstrated with the
Spirits about influencing little Henry
They said it would not hurt him in the
least; and I must own tha. believe
this to be so. They said that by influ-
enciny him, his mcdium power was vast.
lly increased; bat that if his mother
and desired them not to Influence him,
they would leave him in his normal CO. :
dition, but that it would be long while
before one development would be such
as to enable them to give us good mani
festa.ions. We told them we would
rather wait, than have our boy placed
in trance condition. .<@ .
p After this, we sa! in our parlor, say
Two months, with very slight manifesto
tions--only transient lights-some.imes
in the form Of brilliant stars, sometimes
large faint globular lights, sometimes
tleecy light clouds, and sometimes the
light would be such that we could rec
oynizo one another. During this period i,
however, the French harp was PLAYED
in the daytime, when mob boIy was in the
room. ard two young ladies (yisitors)
were walked from their sleep. and scre-
nadcd { being awfully frightened) by
music, upon q number of instruments,
which were in the bed broom, adjoining
our parlor.
l would also generally be put to sleep,
and very often my wife. by the sound OF
music, reminding me of kind mothers
gentle lullaby. This music would sound
like a full band at great distance. but
when would 90 out Of doors l could
not hear it. This continued more than
/ a month. f y<tl giaaag5 sgjf
| In the fall I finished roomfin sep
ara.e building, and arranged it on pur-
pose for spiritual communion. We sal
there with occasional manifestations, be-
ing good deal perplexed at times, ow
ing to my boy being influenced, and the
children sometimes thinking that we
would be deserted by our friends, for
such we had all learned to consider them.
| The night Of this day week, however,
we took our usual seats with the conclu.
sion that if We never got any more mu-
sic, yet that the assurance VIC had, that
the beautiful lights which we Witnessed
were produced by our departed friends,
and the serious and moral effect produc-
ed thereby, would amply compensate us
for our trouble in warming our room,
and that We would prove faithful and
/ give the allotted time to spiritual com
munion. We were most agrecably sur
lprised by our angelic visitors who gave
us an interesting musical entertain.
mcnt.
IT, The manifestations which we had du.
ring this comparative interregnum, were
only to be considered trivial by compa.
rison with what we had had, both before
the Irish girl left us, and with The per.
iormance which took place when Mr..
4 Pos.on's circle would join us. Since
last Saturday they have played for my
circle every t;afo weeaye sat.
We w<fo at sisters in town, on New
Yea's cvenight-that is. Josephine. lit.
ne Charley, and Henry and myself, -
( Renoai went out aud borrowed a tenor
4 drum and a tambourine, which. with q
tea bell and the old guitar that you well
remember, were placed upon the table
in the sitting-room, and one drumstick
. also. A few good neighbors were calr