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ligent person. however, well understands
that insanity Is the result Of disease, usually
of physical as well as mental. There /.
much about the manifestations of many in
sane persons that seems inexplicable, yet
no one Is left in doubt as to the moving
cause of the insanity to wit, disease.
Some twelve years ago, by invitation,
called at the house of a friend to witness p
spiritual circle or sitting There was
gentleman present who was known and
claimed to he pcrsonatng" medium.
There were some twelve other persons pre-
sent and perhaps half Of them firm be-
levers in spiritualism. When the time ar
rived to form the circle the medium invited
those, and those only, who were believers.
or ut least not opposers, 10 sit in the circle,
when himself and five or six others were
seated around a centre table. After Ill.
recting those In the circle 10 keep their
minds steadily on the subject by him
named, and the spectators to keep still,
those In the circle each placed their hands
upon tho table a. the medium directed.
Before sitting down the medium had been
requested to personate well known gen
tleman a short time previously deceased
The circle had not sat over two minutes
before ii became evident 10 me that
they were developing a power Of some
sort. The medium soon closed his eyes,
and seemingly became unconscious. His
hroa Ia, Ino al l.
so that the motion was seen from his cloth
ing. One of the circle lost control Of Iii,
hands, and they struck the table violently
and as rapidly as drum sticks in the hands
ola skillful drummer would drum. All
the circle with enc exception we're more or
less affected, and apparently each in a1~
cordance with his or her physical and mem
tai organism. After sitting some Il teen
minutes (less or more,) the medium seemed
involuntarly to raise both hand AMI strike
the table with great force, and INN ediately
thereupon seemed raised from the chair
to his feet, without effort Of his own. Thus
ended the circle, and then commenced tho
porsonation. The medium stood there for
fifteen or twenty minutes, personating as he
claimed, the deceased, and did indeed close
~ initiate the voice and manner of the de-
ceased when in life. During this trial the
medium was evidently in an abnormal con
dition. The electric force or power which
the circle had developed together with the
influence of his Imagination upon his ner-
vous system, had produced the eflect-the
manifestations. W lie personating the
deceased he talked ali the time, and while
the voice and manner were n good imta
ton, there was no point or sense 10 what
he said. a strictly temperate man always.
he appeared at the time more like man
intoxicated than anything else But it
was not rum that affected him.
Not long after witnessed the foregoing
a lady then residing in Rutland county was
announced to speak in a certain town in the
county at the time named. She was known
asa trance speaker" At the time APP
pointed she was present in commodous
church which was filed to its utmost capa-
city. was fortunate 10 get scat near the
desk that sho occupied, which gave me
good opportunity for observation. Soon af-
ter she was seated, she apparently subsidized
into kind Of stupor, and in this condition
should judge she remained for nearly
half hour. All at once she opened her
eyes, rose to her feet and commenced speak.
ing her eyes, voice, manner, the full views.
all showing intense excitement. She oc
cupied an hour or more in speaking, and
said to friend after she left the desk tina,
she had been under the control of the spirits
and did not herself know what she had said.
am quite sure nobody else knew what she
said, as the words rolled out from beginning
to end without regard to order, meaning or
construction OF sentences, and from her en-
tire speech not an idea could have been
gathered. The almost universal opinion of
those who heard her was that she feigned
those appearances-'m manifestations but
had this opinion that she had the power
to throw herself into that abnormal cOndi-
ton which believe to have been lit q less
than temporary insanity. I believe tina.
ganism enabled herto do this; certain it is,
| If there are any spirits that will cause NOR
tails to utter such Rihbcrish as she did for
an hour, would say, from such. Good
Lord deliver us.
The last communication in regard 10 the
Eddy family, appeared in the GLoBE Of
Oct. 10, over the signature OF j C. VIII
lams, from which it appears that Mr. VIII
lams has visited the + dy's and gives in
detail Of what he saw and heard. Mr. Will
lams intelligence and character are well
known, and shall not dispute what he
states as facts. shall only deny what
might be inferred as his conclusions.
He says, "the circle was then formed con
sisting OF sixteen persons by joining hands.
The light was then ex,ingnished, and I'M
mediately the musical instrument began 10
play" 1t appears that the musical instru-
ments consisting of a violin. guitar tambour-
inc, bells. &C., were upon table, at which
Horatio Eddy, the medium in that circle sat
This of itself in my judgment furnishes the
explanation. The medium with the circle
of 10 persons developed or collected the
electric force which produced the sounds
from the instruments
There are many instances of the Kind
on record in which musical instruments
have been made 10 give forth musical
sounds. A man in Vermont once thought
that he had succeeded in an invention to
play pianos and organs by means Of cleo.
tricity, and heard parlor organ OF
mellodcon for an hour sending forth sweet