Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-02

flowers and the harmonious vibrations OF
heavenly music. Slowly the crowd dis
persed, the hail was deserted and the con-
vention was over.
During the convention several seances
were given at different places, at private
houses, at the Addison House and at the
Court House, by those two renowned
mediums for physical manifestations, Ho-
ratio G. Eddy of Chittendep, and Henry
B. Allen of Hydepark. In compliance
with the repeated, urgent solicitations of
multitudes of people the "Allen boy" gave
public seance in the hall Saturday even-
ing after the adjournment of the evening
session of the convention, at which there
were probably over 200 persons present.
The manager, DIR. Houghton, stated to
the audience the conditions on which
these manifestations are dependent. They
had never given seance before so large
an audience and should not be surprised
il they failed entirely to get any manifes-
tations.
A duicimer guitar, tamborine and bells
were shaded from the light by some
blankets thrown over some chairs. The
medium took q seat in front Of the instru-
ments. and with both his hands took hold
of the arm of one of the committee who
sat in a chair beside him. Fifteen, TWEEN
ty, thirty minutes passed without result.
The committee was changed and still
without producing the desired manifesto
tions The audience were getting i'm
patient and restless DIR. Houghton pro-
posed TO close the seance, call it failure
and refund the money, but large part
of the audience seemed di~ipclined to
give 1t up. At length it was proposed
that another change be made, and Mr.. r..
r. Wright take the place of the COM
mittee beside the medium. After good
deal of confusion .na tumult Mr.. Wright
took the chair and soon the instruments
began to play.
The guitar was played, lifted up by uu-
seen hands and let down in front of the
curtain. The tamborine WAS thrown over
the curtain. and at last the dulcimer was
lifted up and pitched over the chairs in
front of the medium
This closed the seance which, If we
consider the unfavorable conditions, was
decided succass And yet men and
women present were quite FREQ in de-
nouncing the whole thing as humbug.
AT o'clock, Sunday afternoon, Mr..
Horatio G. Eddy gave a seanoe at Mrs.
Cleveland's at which hands, large and
small. red. white and black were shown.
Mr.. N. f. Miller of Willistor, recognized
one az belonging to deaf mute he for
merly knew in the earth life. The hand
spelled name with the use of the manual
alphabet, and Mr.. Miller, knowing the a.
phabpt. understood the name, and thus
got test which was very satisfactory to
him. for it should be borne in mind that
the medium does not know the manual
alphabet, and could not, unaided, spell q
name by it's use. The manifestations
Were nlRuit ~atlSlANt'AE 49, %Sf'''|'S' t-AA@
quite confoundiug to skeptios,
But the greatest triumrh of the spirits
and their mediums was at saance held
at the Addison House after the conven-
ton adjourned Sunday evening. Mr..
Brooks, who am told is chief of police
in Middlebury, put on Mr.. Eddy's wrists
a pair of patent handouts, adjusting them
as closely ~ could be without injury to
the wrists. Ropes could be united or
knots slipped, but the handouts once on
and the keys in Mr.. Brooks pocket, Mr.
Eddy, of course, was his prisoner during
his own good pleasure. Mr.. Eddy stepped
into an adjoining room alone, and in less
than two minutes came out with his coat
off and the handouts still fast to his
wrists This caused sensation all
through the room, but greater yet was
to come.
It should bo observed here that Mr..
Eddy was good deal indisposed, as these
manifestations are exhausting to the phys
ical man, and he said that in the condition
he was then III he did not think the hand
cuffs could be taken off
DR.. Brown, highly impressible and
magnetic mudium of Middlebury, replied,
'They will be taken off, and they will
never be put on another persons wrists"
The medium now went into the dark
room alone, and it might have been fifteen
minutes possibly longer-when a hand
came up and quickly turned over the lit
tie window over the door and threw the
handouts out among the sstouished
crowd
Those who have ever been ia the Addi-
son House will remember that the sleep
ing rooms have small windows hung on
piyots over the doors, which serve for pur-
poses of light and ventilation II was
out Of this window the handouts were
thrown, but as the window turned over
quickly, it caught part of one of them,
which was broken in two, and held it fast
between the sash and window sill Had
it not been for this circumstance, skeptics
might have said it was broken by being
thrown upon the floor. As it was, there
was no chance for cavil in that direction.
The sensation was intense, but the fact
was before the eyes of all. Mr.. Brooks,
being called for, came forward manfully
and acknowledged himself "beat."
t. -.a.. E. B. HOLDEN, Sec.
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