Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-13
extent, Lord Adare thinks, of six inches

lgantlsmen present, and made him place
 his hand upon his waist, that he might feel how he became elongated and contracted.
 Mr. Holt said that he held his hand fiat
 against Homes side; that the lower edge
 of his hand was resting on his hip bone
 that he-felt Homes lower rib pass under
 his hand until it was some inches above it,
 the whole flesh apparently moving and stretching. On the contraction taking place, he felt the lower rib come down un. til 1t pressed against the upper edge of his hand, and moved into it's proper position. r. At the same seance young lady was d. so elongated about three inches. lf se
 At Ashley House, standing in front of Lord Adare, their arms stretched out, Homes were elongated four or five inches, the expansion being between the .shoul- ders, involving, of course, lengthening of the clavicles or their cartridges. Lord Adare says:- l :" He then placed himself against the wall, and extended their arms to tneIr rutt natural length. made pencil mark at the tip of his fingers. His left arm was then elongated. held the pencil against :, the wall, suffering it to be pushed along by his fingers, until he told me to make an other mark. His right arm was then elon- gated, and marked the movement in the same manner. The total elongation, as as- certained by this means, amounted to nine and half inches.o Nso ar | I may mention that the Master of.Lind- say stated before the dialectical committee that he had measured these elongations, placing one of his feet upon Home's, and also when he was lying upon the floor. In some instances his body was shortened as much below the natural standard as it was | 1onr rvkh ~lo "A sx-
 en has published 8 fac sinsiIe of three tra- cings he made of Hone's hand while it was lying on sheet of paper-one the natural size, one much smaller, one the hand of giant Lord Adare describes or mentions these elongations in ten places In this volume. come now to the ac- counts of series of phenomena more strange and terrible, if possible, than those already given; for nothing in all"the mar vels of spiritualism is more calculated to astonish and stagger all belief, than what has been called the 6re-test. Here we have again power displayed over matter, or 8 control of forces, of which all our sci ence can give no explanation-of which the utter lSnoramus knows just as much as the most learned professor. At the house of MT. Henninos. at Nor wood, in the presence of several persons whose names are given, says Lord Adare:- He (Mr. Home) went to the fire, poked up the coals, and putting his hand in, drew out hot burning ember, about twice the size of an orange; this he carried about the room as if to show it to the spirits (who, he said, were pressnt), and then put It back again in the fire and showed us his hands; they were not in the least blacken- ed or scorched, neither did they smell of fire, but on the contrary of a sweet scent which he threw off from his fingers at us across the table. Having apparently spo- ken to some spirits, he went back to the fire, and with his hand stirred the embers into flame; then kneelng down, he pla- moving 1t about as though bathing 1t in water. Then, getting up, he held his fin ger for some time in the flame of candle. Presently, he took the same lump of coal he had previously handled and came over to us, blowing upon it to make it brighter. He then walked slowly round the table, and said, l want to see which of you will be the best subject. Ahl Adare will be the easiest. because he has been most with Dan.' MT. Jencken held. out his hand, saying, Put itin mine Home said, No, no; touch 1t and see. He touched it with the tip of his finger and burned himself. Home then held it within four or five inch es of MT. Saul's and Mir. Hurts hands, and they could not endure the heat He came to me and said, Now, If you are not afraid, hold out your hand.' did so, and, having made too rapid passes over my hand, he placed the coal in it. I must have held 1t for half minute-long enough to have burned my hand fearfully; the coal felt scarcely warm. Home then took 1t away, laughed, and seemed much plea g. ed. As he was going back to the fre-. place, he suddenly turned round and said, Why, just fancy, some of them think that only one side of the ember Was. hot He told me to mako hollow of both my hands; did so, and he placed the coal in them and then put both his on the top of the coal, so that it was completely covered by our four hands, and we held it there for some time. Upon this occasion, scarcely any heat at all could be perceived"
 Again, at Ashley House, after the meas
 ured elongation of his arms, above descri- bed. Lord rAdare says s. -4 asa, sc 2 Walking over 10 the fireplace, Home took from thence with his hand a red-hot glowing ember, about the size of small orange. Mrs. G. Lthe names are given in full, but I omit those of person unknown to me, and who might object to publicity, became nervous, fearing that he would re- quest her to take 1t. He, however, went to Miss D., and said, Nov, if you have sufficient faith, let me place this coal in your hand. She repliel, I have faith. but l cannot overcome the physical dread; pray do not ask me to take it. Home then placed it on the Master of Lindsay's head, but immediately took it, crushed it in his hand and tLrewait away, because it had now become black. But presently he took another red-hot ember from the fire, and holding it in his hands, spoke few words to Miss D. on the subject of faith. She. held outshe hand, and he placed the coal in it. Miss D. was not in the least burned, and said it felt rather cold like marble. After allowing it to remain few seconds, Home took the coal and requested Miss D. to touch it; she placed her fingers near it, but withdrew them immediately, saying that it burned her. He then placed it in Mir. B's. hand.'' Earl Dunraven adds in 8, note: 9" am informed that Miss D. and the Master of Lindsay that Lord Adare has omitted to state that Mir. Home put this coal between his coat and shirt, under the arm, and that no mark of singing or burning was visible on the shirt"
 To these very wonderful statements of Lord Adare. I add two more, which are inl the appendix of this book. The CouN
 M de Pompar writes to Lord Dunras
 account of seance held at Lady