Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-01

10 mg EdttOf or me state journal -
Noar the city Of Lancaster, Pa, there
lives a family who have attracted some
attei ion in consequence of clsrvoyant
powers which some of them ssem 10
possess to remarkable degree. Whether
these powers are real or pretended I will
moi presume to say. The fumiy are well
TO do farmers ard b.lOng to the society
OF either DankaTls or Mrnn0nites. l Hin
not sure which. They arc not spir!ti4ts,
anc DO not resort 10 tile agency Of spirits
in their cinirvoyant ops ru.lous. The
family consists Of Mr.. H., bis wife, and
thEst or four children. Ms f.aud two
daughters are each clairvuyahts an can
place themselves 10 this statuvOlOus state,
rs they call II, st will. They exercise
this power In entire freedom and only wnen
they wish 10 do so. When IN tn It state THIS
are under the control Of their own wi.is
and are In nowise influenced by others.
They are also perfectly conscious every
eeuse if fully awake aud is, If anything,
keener thai. when in their natural coudi-
ton. Tne limits OF time and space 40
1ngur bird thcm; they nc thc'r ] i.ors
and rooms 1T viii in an instant ct Jinie,
To the tpas Of tie earth AMI throu-h
llaac;dry space 10 the words ut our .o...s
ay.t IN, where they hold converge with
he inha auts uf q de- worlss and par
ticipate In their Pleasures. They c-u read
what IS passing in ''c nluds OF others
AID have demonstrated this fact 10 dozens
of their ncigbbors. By exercise Of the
will they can remove feeling from any Of
their llmbs, 30 much 80 that one OF the
daughters having accidentally ruu nail
IN her foot. she deprived that part Of ler
foot Of feeling uniil the wound healed,
and she doclaras that any injured paris
o. the hOty viii recover more rapidly
when treated in this manner, thaI /! a.
lowed to take tho ordinary course.
Tie daughter lse. mentioned exercises
this power Cltener than the others, al
though her m0tlef indulges In 10 20 a
great extent. Tney all declare that the
elf ct Of the statIvOlus condition Is to
rAhilsrate rather ,hau to dcprrss, and IA
this resi- ect d.tier= from intercourse with
spirits which urOiuCe exnau-tiUn. IN
appearance this young lady Is Of medium
hight, well propOrll0ned. fair complexion,
Intelligent eye and has "a pleas ut lace.
While In the clairvOyant state her eyc.ids
droop, although she has the power to keep
thcm wide open, but when no attention is
given to them they incline downward
She will converse with any one while Sin
the spirit" and relates what she is Wit
Messing. She will tell what is passing ia
the minds Of others. On one occasion,
when number of friends wers at the
house, two young men desiring to test
her ability to read their thoughts. retired
to the kitchen, psOcurel Il lumber, nud
| filling II with water one Of them desc udtd
10 tie cellar where he placed tho glass on
a shelf. He then returned To the kitchen,
when both repaired to the room where
: the giri remained with the o. hers eutifc' y
| isuorant of what had transpred. TIE
young lady sci her inner vision at work,
| proceeded without hesitation t1 tue cellar
and brought up the glass, carrying II dt'
rectly 10 the one who had hidden it. Be
It remembered that her eyes ali this while
were closed. The young man tried 10
evade her by moving about through the
company, but she followed him ard per-
sisted IN designating hm as the one who
had concealed the glass.
! When in the clairvoyant state they
appear TO themselves tO b. possessed of
bodies as usual, and eau pass in "a mo-
ment from one plsca u another. AZ
already stated, theJ do not cOnlne their
operations 70 Our earth, but visit the
planets OF our solar system-among them
/
satellites. Mrs. II. and daughter seem
TO be much attracted to the largest Of the
moons of Saturn, finding here a con-
genial people whose language, though
strange, th6y understand, and who are
very musical. or course these people
know nothing Of the presence of their
visitors, who apparently sec what Is pass
ing in that sphere, not ~ mere dres IN,
but in a state of full wskefulness. Hence
things seen and heard by this interior
perception, arc remembered afterward.
as readily as II observed by tue natural
senses. As An evidence of this, Mrs. II,
recognized an air played at a neishbor't
house as the same she had heard in tht
moon Of saturn. 1t appears that Mrs,
H., whilc in this statavOius state, one day
paid visit TO the orb referred To, she
WAS seat at the piano, ami while listeu
ing to soma music in the far.on sphere
reproduced on the instrument before hel
an air which attracted her attention. A
young gentleman who was present hastil,
committed the notes to paper, afterwerd;
erranged them for the piano aud gav,
the music TO the young lady who acci
dentally played 1t iu Mrs. HIS Lc4riug.
People is the neighborhood OF lhi'
family arc faliliar win their w0ude.fu
performances, ana 30 mapy proof ar,
given { the geuuneress OF them that
no, est fo.as are puzzled. II they Veg
tricks 20 MAKE mOaty tn, performances
: mi nt he regard, with dogb. Bat tIciI
gIlts have never b. turned t5 aceJuut 10.
any such purpose.