Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-20
box. mounted it. and drove the ex King

box. mounted il. and drove the ex King
ard Queen To 81. Cloud.
To return to Mr. Home, will add that
he ordered an arm chair 10 retreat fiom
: the middle of The Ionm TO the wall, dis
lance Of some len PAGES. and The arm
ch'ir obcyed. He NIX, wound up his
watch. and placed it upon liable. You
NAV think, said he, that NV watch was
pref ared for the experioient; wind up
yours and pu; it on the table. NJ. Dull.
fus wound nd his walch and it also con-
tinued to make noise like that produced
when watch is wound up. NJ. Dulfus
put his watch in his pocket. When you
last looked al your watch. said Mr. Home.
it had its crystal aud hands, hadn't ii?
See if ii still has then. NJ. Doliius pull
ed the watch cut of his pocket; it had
neither crystal nor hands, aud his waist
coat pocket was filled with fragments Of
the glass crystal, and the hands. which
were broken into five or six pieces.
Mr.. Home rarely appears. except in
Russian or Polish society. He is very
fond of both these nations. The first ex
hibiIiOn he gave was in Russian house;
the room WAS full OF increduious ladies
and gentlemen. Judge of their aston.
i;hment when the first thirg he did was
to make an immense table in The middle
of the floor rise perpendicularly on two
of lis feet (it had four legs until its slab
was almost perpendicular with the floor.
two large carved lamps were on the ta-
BILE, and in horizontal position but
they did not novel After one or two
experiments. quite as inexplicable as this,
had been made, several ladies asked him
/ to perform one of his wonders for them
in particular. He instantly complied
with their request. The Prime rs Obol-
en>ki tried in vain TO retain her fan 10 her
hauds-it was sraiched from her by in
visible hands, and thrown with violence
against The breast of Prince Toistoy.-
The Countess USchakof wore very tight
gluves-they were drawn off she knew
not how.
Princes Dolgoropky asked him TO give
her an evocstion. and left il to his cboise
TO select any person she had ever known
and WHO had departed this life. Ia an
instant the Princess bowed her head and
listened; II profound emotion SON sp-
peared on her face, tears rolled down
her cheeks, the voice that she heard was
that of ber brother, killed at Sebas,obol
Another lady. one of the most beau itu|
OF the Russian society--lost her husband
ahou. thre. years ago; S had married
him quite young; he had bequeaihed her
an enormous fortune. During the whole
evening she laughed a: Mr.. Homes feats
and showed that she prided herself on
being superior to the weakness of beiev-
ing in Mr.. Homes powers He sudden
ly said 10 her in an aulhori alive voice,
''Will you go into the next room.
m I'd. me?" Asionishpd to receive this
Invitation. she obeyed. In an ms ant
she returned. pale, trembling. frightened
half to death, woeping-she sank half
unconscious into an arm chair. She saw
her deceased husband standing in the
middle of The chamber, his arms folded,
and his eyes open and looking at her
Now these feats took placein public, before
end upon people who would not become
oonfederatss of professor of legerde-
main-there can be no suspicion over
them, but they reverse all our ideas of
the laws of gravitalion; and those laws
which separate the spirit and corpo,eal
world. What is the explanation to be
given OF it? l. it deceit Mr.. H1me is
abe by mere volition to put upon spec a
tors? Iii be so. il reveals strange met
aphysical phenomena as yet unknown.
Or is it something else-"I know not
what"--undreampt of BY philosophy?