The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-12-05
WHOLE No. 2a4,
Rernarkahlei Manifestations.

.ii9Wiuod yTat9s5e2 20 sEogsI. OH O..
Remarkable Manifestations c
Another aaadstRi,g2a aafaa csg. arsd by spiritaal
ri ag1 ,5d9b 81 fMe3urnsyfaYaa cit rot
FRqgm tps GinSinpatf M sgq5E Esrgp5irEers no 4sorai
.s.SThere, are more things in heaven
and earth than are, dreamt Of in our
philosophy" hiust premise, II have
ever ,teeif isKep#icat 3 respecting the
spirithaf1plaiiosophy,s sdeemipgorit ean
abspraitylthatr the rsp15itt or soul Of
mortal ffie and departs at death, can
be recalled TO earth aby che 9inagnetic
inf aenee8Df fcertaiRt media,sandetfus
prod nuqiHgr " hate theyoclaim to be the
phenopena, Of writing, seeing and and
speaking media, denofninated seers,
spirit mediums and elaifSoy ants. Up
OH Yesterday; h0wesef,I certain faets
eamenn1deg Hly gebseryationE s0oconr
Yincing Of the truth of these pheno3lmr-- p :
email mani ifestations Connected with so
perfect ar inteiHg Hgenee thsr Il believe
tito be IN duty TO make known what
4witnesseths1q lid odt s1ovaf ef ted1
s9I WAS present al, ., social gathering
Of. four persons, myself included,
Where Charles III. Foster, the test me-
dunn ffoffis New X o4ff, was present.
Aftef we had tdined, qthel elronxeRsaIion
EArnedisRsp SpiritYaiisqlSl 4 expressed
ny desire atQri4yestigate, 70 as 4 had no
doubt Of being able to 'detect.if there
Were any 4PfSkefy?1 Mf Foster ex-
bfessedt hiBswiiliiig ness forgive then
and 4hereg sittlng,1 riWe placed tonr-
selxes, AROUND p table, and as soon as
we got quiet heard slight, but dis
tfnct orappiiig ggp upon tho Chair, the
floor, ean3 the itabls, iw,hichfsoohi in
creasedbin SQUAD l,Mr.v Eester then
sdesiEed q, s,gentieman present and my
self to write q number of names upon
a Slip of paper-ainong those silsIIIes
10 write tllep ffffll name dof airy lone
sdeade fFom lWhomeweo dhsired TO bear.
This requisitiep being complied with
by Us both, Mr.. Foster tore them (the
-Pabsrs5 eabaf4,m ana pfoldiag dopIaced
Bthesg ilD a pile iapOn the fable,ihe then
-teek Up fteBthe pthers0f the pa
.peEs, asking the, spirit present if that
was his. or her name. TO each of these
7questions came reply in d adistinet sue
-cessi6B- of ffapsor < nocks, one fsignify-
ing sanegative; Two, indefinite, and
-d Piled aYes. Who are youEan.
uncle ?" Yes" "Is this really your
name ?'aiosaYes.i' b 'saWiir you impress
me- with it?Yl nAgain5 the auswer was
Is es,3SiaHd owithqutf a moment's hesi-
tatiop Mr., Foster repeated the name
OF d. dear relative of mine, and gave
ME froiR him S6infn Ghicatioh referf-
ing tpsflIs condition. and intentionto
YlIel pine. AL this, sclsile. the paper had
replqined .stllfolded; but he then open
ed it,, and 10! it was the same .identi-
cal name he had just spoken. Iii this
instance, fraud ortricksrylof anyssort
was impossible. sIiwas am 5ntters stran-
ser TO lEimi my, dead relative had
never left Europe. Mr.. Foster an-
nounced to me the presence Of enuner-
GUS other relatives, among them a
young. sister many years, deceased.
His tests to the friend present were
even more startling Altei. going
the same formluls as / had of
folding Hpe papers, uson which he had
written names, and di,cays invariably
giving correct answers he placed a
paper aid pencil beneath the table
ono, e,instaht olly--and theil brought it
forth, ,e with the name of, his father
Written thereon. an. his OsUls lbdndtcyi-
ting; he also placed number of slips
of paper, wrapped into ebalis-upon
which were written, miscellaneousiy,
d these of a. deceased rel
his hand, beneath the table,
requesting. the gentleman. TO hold his
hat Che sat some distance from him)
and Also Desiring all te1Ook, as he
wished efoproVel that there was no de-
ceptiop, and the pame was to be placed
in the hat. !. All, looked eagerly, but
saw nothing. The hat was looked
lii' o, and there was the bit ct erunpfed,
Paper.g which, being opened,
the same, name as Mr. Eos
ter. bad, just 4 uttered ,by. impression!
maa, cotii6g with Considerable pow
ef9 we were teld, he would raiseeiIis
name Yinu blood upon the naetiiau.'s
hand ;escarcely, an instant intervened
we all looking Misunderstanding
every movement broad daylight
within the room, and sachI one saw,
faiinly 1t first, the large capital letters
2. ,WrEaised gpensthe back of the me-
dlun,s hand. which then came out
clearly in bfood-red characters; this
also in the handwriting OF the person
deceased., Now cam any one give me
The e,tsxplanati0n Of gthis,2oi j othipk1if
they can they are bound in candor to
do So, 1t. will not satisfy me to say |
thaEt the medium had his hand chenli- |
Ealiy prepared, and at the fitting mo-
meAt the letters sh0ret forth forYwere |
LhisIsoa all the, same il would remain |
hotC he could. by any |
species OF devination, excepting what !
hel claimseipet6 be- Ca manifestation |
froruA theispifit fworld). know the very |
letters required, when he had never |
seen or heard OF the gentleman to
W nom he gaye The test R0so then could |
ne cdf1g pi ePafed with the irregular
" yritteni antogEa phsiu uporiI his hand |
1f that persons grsndfatherI25 A mum
Der of other tests, and names of friends T
Iong deceased, were given to us, One,
! lady; received q beautiful conirnuhi-
cation from her. mother, giving her
under trial.. aud intorma-
Ion respecting family affairs. Another
friend Of mine, known and loved by
ne childhood, residing in Germany
-ewhere she dietl.-5aAnounceda. her
presence by. name aud a charming
'tanza of poetry. This was exactly as
knew her--a sensitive, poeticaI tenn
,eranieIt. Now, am l in face of all
mis- evidence (Which canl be we'll at
ested by those presents all persons
IF intelligence and cufture,) am L to
loubt the witness of my senses Be-
ieve all these marvcls to be sheer
gotten up to- impose?
But how, then,' can we ever rely upon
,ur Senses If at noonday they thus
,lay us false l love the truth for the
ruth's sake, and feel certain that yes
erday was notimposed upon. There
1re lnanY persons who believe, or dis
,el1eYe, Just as tho thing strikes their
ceilings, or fancies. / am not one of
hose. / have ever been unwilling to
relieve In tile possibility of spirits
Who have passed from this world
with friends here