The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-02-12
VTarvels Of ssspirifuaIism "a
Man who Tread the Air and
Gengtasens and ShOrtens Him
= self nE viii. HA' h~F tT& .-.' 4'S.

Viscount Adare has written a remark
able book for circulation only, entitled
Experiences IN Spritualism with Mr.
D. ID. Home The introduction il
written by the Earl of Dunaven. A
london correspondent Of the New York
| Times thus, writes Of the more extraor
dinary g experiences" .r.o .....,Ia.,.
One of these is the elevation of Mr.
Homes body. in the air. At Ashly
House in the presence Of Lord Adare
and the Master Of Lindsay, Home was
seen to rise in the air four Or five feet
| Then be was raised to the back Of Lord
| Adare's chair, who says: .. .. ,....,.g...
! 81 took both his feet in my hands,
and away he went up. into the air So
high that l wasb obliged to let 20 bis
feet heg was carried along the wall
brushing past the pictures Of the oppo.
site side Of the room; he then called
me over to him. I took his hand and
felt him alight upon the floor At
Adare Manor, Ireland. all present saw
him rise off the ground, in the open air,
and floating past then, at a height which
carried him clear over a wall, by move
ment quite horizontal and uniform. a
distance If ten or twelve yards. At No.
7 Brickin CHAM Gate he was raised in
the air. and his head became quite lu-
minous at the top, giving him the ap-
pearallces of having a halo around it
when he was raised be waved his arms
about, an d in each / d there cam,1 q
little glol's of6re H. my eyes blus,) the
effect was very pretty" "an.osh Il .v] @aft
At Ashley House, as l have formerly
mentioned, Home was carried that is be
went, out Of one window and came in at
another, at an elevation of forty.five
feet, from the, ground, ; Lord 1 Adare
Gays: /: We heard Home 90 In the next
roon,a heard the window thrown up, and
presently Home appeared standing out
side one, Window.stH He opened the win
dow ard walked in quit eoolly." Lord
Adare then went into the other room,
and finding the window. raised only
about . foot high, he wondered how
Home could get through 50 narrow a
space eout Home was Immediately car,
ried out horizontally and brought back
again The Master ot Lindsay, who
was present. has given AZ account Of the
same m anifestations TO- the Committee
Of the DialecticL Society. z+f' r 5,, ,'',, n.
~ More astonishing yet are the accounts
given Of the shortcomings and elongatiens
Of Homes body We can immagins a
body r4isedtin the air by a sufficient
foree, but how csn it be- made longer on
shorter? Any one who has examined
| a human skeleton can see the difficulty
The facts, as clearly stated and vouchrd
for by men whose words cannot be ques
toned or their judgment in such pure
lily mechanical matter distrusted, tare
Of the, highest interest and signifcances
At Mr.. jenken's,a at Norwood, Lore
Adare saw Mr.. Homes body lengther
six inches He says, '.<' ,,,.,'~ ',,',1 ~>S
L." .Mr. Jencksn, who is a taller mar
| than Home stood beside him 50 there
could be no mistake about it.,s Homes
natural height is. bslievs, Eve feet ter
iuehes.4qI should say that he grew to sis
feet four in hss, OF ak feet SIX inches
placed my hands on bis feet and saw
thai they were fairly level on the ground
He had slippers on. and he unbottopee
his coat. H. was elongated from ,hi,
waist upward, and there was q Il space
of, I suppose, four inches between hi
waistcoat and the waist band Of Bill
trowser. He appeared TO grow also il
breadth and size all over, but ther'
was no way Of testing that, He di
minished down to his natural size. ant
then. grew. tall eagaia, Walking about anc
stamping his feet, to oAshuwithat e shs,
were on the ground and again returust
to his natural size.n Il sal 81 \ aaA
ssI come now to! the accounts Of e. ne
ries of phenomena more strange ant
terrible, If possible, than those alrea,y
given for nothing iln1s all the marvel
Of spiritualism is more calculated to as
topish and ,stagger all belief than lwha
is called, the ffe-test overi' matter, 80
control of forces, 7ofbs which all sau
seisnceahcan give ne aexplanation--o
(which tkc utter ignoramus knows JUS
as much as the most learned ; professor
~. At the house Of Mrs, Hennings, q
Norwood, in the presence sofs sssverra
persons y hose names are given, say
Lord Adare II .y&4eatt Do s9a=raaqqa sdi
"He (Mr. Hems) went sesthea fir
pokeo s:up che Goals, and putting hi
hand In, drew a hot burning ernbt
, about twice the size Of an orange thi
! | be carried about the room as il to she's
Lit TO the spirits lwho he said were pres
! snt), and then brought tfta us ;,we, 10
/ examined it, He put isesback in tn
. fire aud showed us his hands they wer
, not In the leasto blackened or scofched
; neither did they smell Of FIRE, but, b
Ptbee contrary, Of q sweet scent, which b
! threw of. from, his fingers at! Us acr.,s
!, like table. Having apparently spoke
, | to some spirits hs wenttback u the fr.
Rand with his hands, stirred the senbss
!. Iintos d aame, then, kresliag down, b
, placed his face eTgtit among the burnin
! / Goals, moving Il about' IS though batt
I tipg,.iit in water Then, getting ap,' ,
held. his finger for some ttima Iin u
!. fame ef q, candle. Presently he.rtoo
J Ifhe same lamp Of eoalhe'had preyionsl
{ lhandlsd aaud came over TO sus,1 biawin
. lupon ittos make 1t brighter He the
! walked slowly round the table. an
: said :s'I want to see which Of you wi
J make the, best subject. Ah, ,.Adare, vi
! be the easiest because hs3 has been mo
!. with Dan. Mr.. .Jackson held ontE b
/ hand, saying Put il in miner Hon
said, No, no touch it and see. 80 u
touched II with she'tip of his finger an