The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-01

got upon mans arm, under such circum.
stances holding his hands firmly all the
whle--is conundrum which 1 shall have
to give up. can swear that 1t was actually
done.
Still MORE ASTONISHING MANIFESTATIONS.
There came, next, hand--over my
shoulder and then plying Its fingers be.
tween me and the medium, who sat side Of
me-the web Of cloth being behind us. The
cloth, fastened to the chimney, jamb, ex-
tended to the end Of the room, being pinned
up temporarily, and hanging in line that
was near the back Of the room. 1t did not
touch the floor, anywhere; we could see
all that nobody was In the narrow space be-
hind 1t. held up (by leaning one shoul.
der against 1t and the chimney jamb) one
end of q shawl. which passed over my
breast and Eddy's, and was fastened just
beyond him-leaving our necks and faces
abo' it; while close behind us, so near,
that our backs touched it, was the web of
cloth, coming down to point about two or
three feet above the floor. Even had I not
held his hands all the while, Eddy could
not have put either of his hands back of us,
and back of that screen, and up over the
top and front of it, SO that II would show it.
self on the top and front Of 1t, without per-
ceptibly disturbing or moving the cloth
screen.
BELsilAzlAE REDIviyrs.
But hand did so appear; and. moreover,
one of its fingcrs--thc little-finger-had
been cut oil, leaving stump. This hand
came ont from the screen, and, resting be-
tween Eddy and myself, made motions APP
parcntiy for writing materials, and card
and pencil being handed up by gentleman
present, the hand wrotc-within foot of
my face, so that | could see il thoroughly
this line on the card -
''flic compliment. OF Grorgc Dix"
Then the hand threw the card on the foor
This hand, which saw very distinctly, was
longer and much winter than Eddy's, and
had delicate hesh-tint. Nothing is
known of any man by the name of George
Dix beyond his own statement that he
was lost on the President.
ANOTHER HAND.
this time, plainly that Of lady, (thc right
hand, )came out between myself and Eddy
and in plain sight 1t had just been patting
me heartily on the back--whcrc no person
in the body could he, under the crcum-
stanccS--and then it came in front of me
and playfnlly pulled my beard, not violent
Is, hut ahcctionatCly. There was no ply
steal arm or body connected with it, 1t
then made II sign for II pencil. and gen
tlcman in the circle handed up Il pencil, a
card, and a cardboard. The hand took il,
few inches nearer to the screen, and then
wrote an afiectionatc iucs-agc, signed with
my sisters name.
MYSTERIOUS Music NEAR ~.
\ guitar, laying mostly ON my knees the
head being held by the medium under the
table, his hand being mufiled so he could
not Use his fingers, if so disposed, played
quite u lumber of lively airs. The strings
vibratcd clear and strong: and sparklcs of
electric light flew from the strings, ut the
right hand. As these things were done in
the light and under the closest scrutiny of
all present, / will leave the matter to the
investigation of those people who declare
the whole thing to be the work of trickstcrs.
PROPER QuEsrI y.
why doesn't tho medium give scances
in the day-timc?"
A proper questions and in answer | will
state that the Eddy's though they are hard
working laboring men, who have no spare
hours from their exacting toll, on the i'm
poverished little farm (they are ''poorer
than poverty"), are nevertheless willing to
give daytime seances to those who demand
it but they had rather not, as they would
make not cent out of the circles, and pre-
fer to crafty the curiosity of their visitors
in the evening, after the days labors are
over. They do not advertise their peculiar
powers, and do not desire people to come :,
hut people will come. The charge is five
dollars $50 week, for hoard; and 30
cents for a circle or scancc. 1t doesn't
'pay" them, in n worldly sense.
''BiG mum
l have not told one-half of the things |
saw and hcard-nor. perhaps, the most
wonderful but time and space cry "Stop."
| will only add that lady who lives in the
noighborhood assured me the half has never
been told, and that she saw, while figure af-
ter figure was coming forth from the closet,
one distinctly defined and palpablc figure
of an Indian chief, feathers, wampum and
all, stalk proudly in from out of doors,
march silently through the room and dis
appear in that closet, from which he never
emerged! His walk across the floor pro-
duced no sound. ;. ". l..
Hartford, Sept. Is, 1873.