Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-25

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The ieats of Mr.. Homes spiritual families,
who suspended the law of gravitation for his
benefit and the astoaishmcnt of titled specta-
tors, have been outdOne in Portland, where the
spirits took in hand the medical and surgical
treatment of Mr. WoOdman, who was in Il
desperate condition from the consequences of
fall which had wrenchcd his ribs from their
place, twisted his spine and disarranged his in
testines SO that the passage from his stomach
was obStructed. The Portland papers say that
he remained in this condition until the 9th in
bed unable to move, and some of the time par
tally unconscious. That evening at 7 O'Clock,
in the presence Of DR.. Hopkins, healing me-
dunn, Mr.. Woodman raised himself upright in
bed and spoke through the shirt, which they
claim had been 10 controls "a am terribly in
iurcd, and something must he done. II must
be done within As hours, or you will see the ne
cessity lOrit.' On Wednesday following this
was repeated and the injuries described The
spirits, speaking through the controlling nau-
Cnce, said: Nov, friends, let the powers of
earth handle him." He was raised up and
poultiecd according to spirit direction. The
spirit said that the poultice must not remain ON
over one hour and ten minutes. The patient
fell asleep, In TWO hours his wife game into the
room, found the bed undisiurhed, the patient
sleeping, and the poutice ten feet distant, nicely
pinned up. The patient was examined through
the medium by Drs Wilbur, Il Prussian and
Lerow, Frenchman, The power in charge, it.
IS also claimed, was female relative named
Amanda. All Of these persons died long ago
In one week the spirits said the patient must be
got up and dressed lie was raised from the
bed, twir;ed in the air and stood upon
his feet. He was dressed in an incredible
space of time by the spirits, and walked about
the room. Two days after, after an examination
and exercises like that named the patient was
left standing at the foot of the bed with his back
to the fOOtb0ard, when he was seized by invisi-
bic hands, lifted horizontally over it and laid
upon the bed At another time the persons pres
ent were placed in communication with the
patient and medium, and there was heard angelic
music. Mrs. WOodman fastened down stairs
threw open the piano and played and sang Ita-
ian music, joining with the mysterious voices
above. She then returned to the room and re-
covered all at once her natural state, and had no
knowledge Of what she had done The spirits
said to the attendants that they gave him med-
cine every night and applied shower and steam
baths, and turned him in bed. Mr.. Woodman,
Ill MS normal state, could not move. On Sunday
at midday, goblet was seen let down from the
ceiling as il suspended by thread in answer to
the patients request for water The goblet
stopped al the sick mans m0alh, ANA its contents
were administered ny unseen hands. lie COM
piulned that It was bitter like tansy, and water
was given him several times to remove
NV H"p t'otSt ~ llODkllS4 llle medium,
ON one occasion was taken up and carried
three times AROUND the room, and on
another occasion eOOred lights were seen Geo.
Woodman was once taken up and thrown sever
al feet across the room One day, after the Gus
tomary exercise by the spirits, the sick man was
requested to cross the room and take his wfe's
hand She held it about two minutes when she
saw II form in full costume, with well defined
features, proving to be Mr., RS mother, There
was another iolig seen, tut not distinctly enough
Tor recognition. That evening IL manifestation
of spirits took place. The curtain fell down as
they were about to close out the strong light,
but it was replaced by an unseen power before
il could he picked up by any one The next day
the patient was taken into the hall by the spirits,
some sixteen in number One of them was Ja-
bez e. W0odman. lawyer of marked ability
and prominent spiritualist, WING died last year.
lie appeared with great distinctness and wrote
at table. lie sat by the side of G. w. Wood
man, and talked 10 him about matters known
only 10 them when Iabez was alive On sub
sequenl occasion the sick man was lifted into
The air in horizontal position and laid across
the ioolboard and balanced there several MN
utesi then be was turned oyer and the operation
repeated, This peculiar line of treatment Is de-
elared to have been successful, having resulted
~ the patients complete recovery,