The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-11-25

apparently human hands, though they pass
ed away from his grasp. ,,s-
| omit mentioning other phenomena; al
account of which has already been rendered
elsewhere.
Il The next part Of the Sedncc was per
formed in :he dark. One of ;he Messrs
Davenport aud MIR. Fay seated themselves
amongst us. Two ropes we'e thrown =,
their feet, and IN two minutes and hal
they were found tied hand and foot, THEN
hands behind their backs bound tightly t,
their chairs, ard their chairs bound to al
adjacent table. While this process wa,
going on the guitar rose from the table and
swaug OF foatel round the room and over
the heads of the party, aud slightly touch
ing some. Now phosphorc light shot
from side to side over our heads; the laps
and hands and shoulders Of several were
simultaneously touched, struck or paved by
hands, the guitar meanwhile sailing round
the room, bow near the ceiling, and then
Scuffling ON the head and shoulders of some
!uekless wight. The bells whisked here and
there, aud light thrnm'niug was main
taDed on the violin. The two tamborincs
seemed to roll hither and lhlher on the
floor, now shaking it violently, and now
visiting the knees and hands of our circle
all these foregoing actions audible or tangi
bic, being simultaneous Mr.. R,deout, hold
ing tamborine, requested it might be
plucked from bis hand; it was almost in.
simultaneously taken from him. At the
same time Lord Bury made similar re.
quest, and fo,cible attempt to pluck
tamborine from his grasp was made, which
be resisted.
MIR. Fay then asked that his coa; should
be removed. We heard instantly violent
twitch; and here OCCURRED the most remark.
able fact. A light was struck before the
coat had quite left Mr. Fay's person, aud il
was seen quitting him, pluaheJ OF him up
wards. 1t flew mp to the chandelier, where
1t hung fora moment, and then fell to the
ground. Mr.. Fsy was seen meanwhile
bound hand and foot as before. One ofl
our party now divested himself of his coat
and it was placed on tue table. The light
was exlinguished. and this coat was rushed
on to Mr.. Fay's back with equal lapidity
During the above occurrences IN the dark
we placed sheet Of paper under The feet
of these two operators, and drew with a
pencil an outline around them, to the end
that if they moved it might be detected
They. of their own accord, offered to have
their hands filled with flour, or any other
SIMILAR substance, TO prove they made no
use Of them, but this. precaution was deemed
unnecessary We required them, however,,
to count fom to IL repeatedly, that thelr
voices, constantly heard, might certify to us
that they were in The PLACES where they
were tied. Each of our own party held his
neighbor firmly, so that no one could move
without two adj jacent neighbors being aware
,f it.
at the termination of this seance gen
sral conversation took place on the sulject
)f what we had heard and witnessed. Lord
Bury suggested that the general opinion
seemed to be that we Should assure the
Brothers Davenport and Mr.. w. Fay that
after avery stringent trial and strict scrutiny
# their proceedings, the gentlemen present
could arrive at no other conclusion than
hat there was no tiace Of tliclIery in any
form, and certainly there were neither con.
ederates nor machinery, and that all those
who had witnessed the results would freely
tate, in the society 10 which they moved
hat so far as their Investigations enable
hem to foim an opihion, the phenomena
Which had taken place in their presence
we're not the product of legerdemain. This
uggestion was promptly acceded to by all |
present. {
Before leaving this question, in which my
anne has accidentally become mixed up. ] f
nay be permitted TO observe that | have no S
elief in what is called spirItuallsm, and p
othing have seen incInes me to believe h
q it--indeed, the puerility aienales such a n
heory: but do believe that We have not Il
ute explored the realms Of natural philo- o
this enterprise of thought has
late years been confined to useful inyen
ons, and we are content at least to think
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