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made of rough oak and weighed about
twenty-five pounds. To this frame
was attached the end Of the warp
At first she thought it accidentally up
set and resumed her work. A second
time the frame was upset The girl
was frightened, and the neighbors
were called in. She then again tosaCh
ed the warp, the frame was again az
itated, moved about and upset, and
then thrown violently back. The girl
was drawn Immediately after it, but
rs soon as she touched it, it moved
farther away.
These manifestations continued to
occur, few days after physician. NJ.
de Farepont. WAS summoned to ths
cottage. He verified the fact that the
frame was, at intervals, thrown back
from Angelique and with such force.
that, when he exerted his utmost
strength holding it with both hands, he
was unable to prevent its moving
He particularly observed that the girl
did not in any way touch the frame,
and that when it was repulsed she was
irresistably draw after it. stretching
out her hands, as if instinctively, to
wards 1t. 1t was Afterwards remark.
ed, that when piece Of furniture or
other object thus acted upon by An
gelique, was too heavy TO be moved.
she herself was thrown bsck, as if by
the reaction of the force upon her per-
son.. A chair on which the girl at
tempted to sit down, though held 10y
three strong men. was thrown of, in
spite Of their efforts, 10 the distance of
several wards. Shovel, tongs. lighted
firewood, brushes, books. were all set
in motion when the girl approached
them. Into the end Of a ponderous
wooden block, weighing upwards of
one hundred and fiftv pounds, a small
hook was driven. TO this Angelique
attached her silk glove warp As soon
as she sat down, and her frock touch.
ed the block, the latter was instantly
raised three or four inches from the
ground and this ,cas repeated as mucL
as forty times a minute. Three men
were placed upon the block and were
also raised.
Angeliquc was Obliged for several
days TO eat standing; she could not
sit down upon a chair. The moment
she touched the chair. it was project
ed from under her A chair which
was held firmly by man with both
hands, was forced back as soon as sh.
attempted TO sit down: a middle sized
dining table was displaced and repals-
Ell by the touch Of her dress.
Various phenomena of like charac.
ter were observed. Thousands Of per-
sons visited her and witnessed the
manifestations. Scientific and medical
men investigated the case 1t was
.""''ssns siiae these pnenomcna miph,
he due TO the electrical power possessetI
by the girl. Therefore they insulated
ler. the same As electrical apparatus
es are insulated to prevent any elec-
tricity from passing from them. This
is done by using some non-conducting
substance, as for instance glass. They
insulated, by means Of dry glass, tine
girls feet and the chair upon which
she sat. The chair then ceased to
! move, and while she remained thus all
| the manifestations ceased.
Thus it was shown that the same
means which are capable of interrupt
| ing the electrical current, were also
sufficient to interrupt tine action Of thi,
power of hers. This case did not oc-
cur among spiritualists, yet we see
| that the phenomena are identical with
the PHYSICAL manifestations Of spirit
ualism. And il identical, then have
they the same motive power concern
ed in their production? This case
certainly tends very strongly to dis
prove the idea that spirits Of any kind
are concerned in the production Of any
Of the so-called physical manifestations
of mouern spiritualism. 1t would be
quite ridiculous to suppose that pieces
Of glass possessed such magic power
as to thus hold either good or bad
spirits spell bound.
But We need not depend wholly up
on France to afford evidence IN the
solution of this mystery. We will now
refer to q case which occurred in our
own country, in the State of Massachu-
sets, In the town Of WOrcester.t-
Mary Carrick. an Irish girl, eighteen
years of age, was the person possessed
Of this remarkable power. She was
employed in a respectable family as q
servant. She Was ignorant, not know.
ing how to read and knowing nothing
OF spiritualism. She had lived in the
family about six weeks, when upon the
Sd Of July 1864, the bells hanging in
the ketchen, and communicating with
the outside door and chambers com.
menced ringing in an unaccountable
inanuer. This would occur at inter-
walls of half an hour or more during
the day and evening, but not during
the night. IT was at first attributed
to antics Of the rats upon the wires.
An examination showed this t0 be inn
POSSIBLE, though to put the matter be
yond doubt, the wires were detached
from the bells; but the ringing went
on as before. They we're seen and
heard TO rig when different members
OF the family were present in the room
With the Siri. A fsw days after the
bell ringing commenced. frequent loud
and startling raps we're heard, which
seemed TO be on the walls, doors or
windows of the room where the girl
might be At work. The girl had no
power to prevent these manifestations,
though they were . source Of great
alarm to her. The raps followed the
girl from room 70 room, and could be
heard in her room at night when she
was found 10 be in profound sleep.