Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-16
LFrom the Boston oourLer.l

THE C1RcLE2 11'''A 00U"NE
lFrOm the Boston oourter1
IL seems Mrs. Cora V. L. Hatch is aeain in
Boston, and again engaged in the disrcpntsble-
BUSINESS OF supporting the imposture of Spirit
u"!lsm. we were charitable enough once to
oeiieVe that she was Self-deluded in this matter.
ana sII that, after the thorough exposures of the
sallacy OF her prctensiOns-that spirit not her
own, dlsconrsed on subjects of science. philoso
| Phy, and theology-bOth IN Boston and in
Lynn, IN 1857, she would abandon the business
an" devote herself to some honest and useful
occupation. On her account it is to be regret
TED tnat she has not taken the wise mart and
aoandoned life of delusion and fraud For
sometime after these exposures, we noticed that
she had the caution to advertise her nnhlic
speeches as lectures" but it seems she has re-
turned to Boston, in free communion again with
the rogues of the Fountain House.
Such being the case, we call the readers at
tentlon to passage of Mr.. Yerrington's admi.
raoe report of what took place at a seance-as
the spirits are fond of calling the meetinr-in
Lynn. ut was published it the Bav State of
Nov. rs, 1879 The whole report is worth re-
pruning, put we have only room for single
passage-that to which Prof FELTON, alluded in
his recent letter on Spiritisu:
Alonzo Lewis-l wish to ask simply, if in
mathematics, there be possibility OF any two
lines continuing to approach each other with.
out the possibility of these two lines ever meet
| ing9
The Medium commenced what seemed 10 ho
an explanation or eucidation, but Mr. Lewis
interrupted, saying that all he wanted was
simple yes, or no.
mo, then," said the Medium.
Mr.. Lewis-t wish to ask whether, if give
You line across circle, directly through the
centre, you can tell me what the circumfercnce
would be? Or, to make it palmer, if the dame
ter of a water-bucket be one foot, can YOU tell
me how much it is round? 1t is very simple
thingi ladies' can understand it. (Laughter)
The Mcdlutn-YeS.
Mr.. Lewis-NOw, l wish the audience to
know she has answered both these questions
Incorrectly. daughter and applause) am
satisfied now. CRcnewed Iaughter.) ANY boy
who has been to good grammar school, who has
studied mathematics could have answered these
questions correctly; and this is all within the
Snhect presented by the Committee and which
the lady has not touched at all. 1t is we'll
known that Pythagoras was great astronomer
and mathematician, and put forth systems of
those aSclenCes which have come down to u.s.
ana are distinctly understood by almost every
school boy twelve years of age in our grammar
SchooIS. The question was put to the Medium
as the PythagoI can proposition. She under
stood 1t, in general terms, the Pythagorean sys-
tenn Why did she not tell us what that system
L is?
But DO not wish 10 take up the time OF the
audience. will simply say, thct there are two
|
approach each other without the possibility of
meeting l cannot stop to demonstrate it, but
SO it is. l have asked her if give her the
dimensions across water-bucket, she can give
me the circumference? She says she can. Now,
l wish she could do it, will warrant that the
| lady shall have, within one month, five thous-
and dollars, if she can answer that question,
i for the most scientific men Of all ages have en-
deavOrcd to ascertain rule by which to solve
this problem in vain. If she can do it, will
admit that the spirits know more than we do
The Medium-In one month from this time,
without the thousand dollars, you shall have
our rule.
Mr.. Lew is-Tt cannot be done. You have
answered them wrong
The Mcdium-We have answered them ac-
cording to our conceptions Of right. We wish
you to give us credit for that.
Mr.. Lewis--I wish to treat YOU with all re-
Spect There is no man who has higher re-
spcct for lady than have. cloud laughtcr.)
The gentleman who is her husband and protec-
tor, said the other evening that this lady would
teach the most learned philosophers of this age,
| Liebig, AgaSSiZ or any others, the very elements
philosophy. Now, | have asked two ques-
tons not requiring the profound philosophy of
Liebig or AgosSiz, but we'll known to every
school boy, and she has answered both wrong
The Medium-Wat until the month has
passed
Henry Moore-If spirits do not know more
than we do, what is all this humbuggery about
Spiritualisrn being the fountain of all human
progress, &C.?
NJ. Davis-If spirits do not know more than
we do as these spirits say, what becomes the
stories about their reading our thoughts and
all that9 l think enough has been said tonight
to show that they do not know more than we
mortas.
Mr. Olixer-I would ask the spirits if they
will state again their proposition with regard
to solving the problem that was given, IN one