River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-31

the mill on a shelf and went across the
room for something. AS she walked
away, the drawer, partly filled with
ground colt 0, came out of the mill and
followed about two feet behind her, car
ried by some agency to them invisible
One of them sprang forward to catch
the drawer, but it fell to the floor upside
down, distance Of several feet from its
starting place. Both Mr.. knight and
Mr. Coen, we are told, saw the drawer
distinctly as it moved slowly along in
mid-air, as some men 20 through the
world, without any visible means of
support" The first intimaton that
Mrs. Lynch had Of the movement of the
drawer was when she heard it strike
the floor and looking around saw it ly-
ing where it fell
Two weeks ago to-day, Mr.. A. b.
Finley, county school superintendent OF
Barron county, visited the house for
the purpose of investigating the subject
lie stayed all night That night, for
the first time, disturbances occurred in
the house after the family had retired
to rest. All slept in the same bed
room. --Mr. Lynch and wife, aud Rena,
a little two. ycar.old girl, occupied one
bed; Mr.. Finley, a bed across tho room;
aud the children, Mary, aged TO- and
George, aged Z. sleeping in a bed made
on the floor between the other beds
Soon after they had retired, George
complained of something pinchng and
scratching him. Mr. Finley then took
George into his own bed and still he
complained. Mr. L took both of the
boys hands in one Of his, and put his
other arm around him, so that it was
impossible for him to move muscle
without detection. When both were
perfectly quiet Mr.. Il could feel the
bed clothes stirring as if something was
moving under them. He would make
a sudden grab in that direction aud
catch nothing This was kept up tar
into the night aud bailled every effort
at detection.
OF course these manifestations have
attracted the attention OF spiritualsts
aud mediums have visited the house to
explain the mystery Their theory is
that these things are the work OF de-
parted spirits; and that some great rev
elation will be worked out in time.
4 clairvoyant named Mellon, from
Rock Elm, Pierce county, came there
one saturday afternoon. lie opened
his spiritual eyes but saw nothing.
The next day, Sunday, he had better
luck and announced to Mr.. Lynch with
much feeling that he had seen the spir-
it Of his first wife; that she and six
other spirits were the cause of all this
disturbance Mr.. Lynch asked why
things were destroyed as they had been.
aud he was told, among other reasons,
that it was to awaken their minds and
the minds of the community to the
truths Of spiritualism, and that they
must become believers, etc. 1t occurred
to Mr.. Lynch that breaking tie crock
cry, smashing the furniture, and rails.
ing the ID generally, was rather
questionable, not to say expensive way
to get up revival in that particular
faith and way not likely to convince
anyone that there was much good to be
derived from it. There was large
crowd in and around the house at the
time this was going on. The spirits
were asked if they could throw things
about as had been done. They could
Mr.. Lynch then asked them to bring a
cup that stood on a shelf down to the
/ floor. 1t did no: move. The spirit
said that it wa, alone, and it could not
do what was required without the assist
ance of the other spirits. Where were
the other spirits? was asked. They
had gone to Knapp Station (about IL
miles away to attend the campmeeting.
The spirit could not tell when they
would return and finally agreed TO so
after them. The medium then an-
uounced that the spirit had gone and
there was no telling when it would
come back That closed the scmcc,
leaving the crowd as much IN the dark
as ever.
A Mrs. Carlton, noted as a clairvoy-
ant, came over from River Falls to tell
all about it. She saw seven spirits,
also, and advised the family to form a
circle by themselves, keep away all Wis
itors, aud the whole mystery would be
explained through the mediumship Of
some one in the family Although
thoroughly skeptical in such matters,
yet Mr. Lynch gave it a trial, holding
a circle several evenings They could
get the table to move about, but all
attempt to get any light by questioning
proved abortiye, and they gave up the
spiritual business ia disgust
Last week the manifestations we're
more violent aud destructive than at
any previous period. One day while
Mrs Lynch aud Mary were alone in
the house, the table showed signs Of VI.
tally aud started across the room, theu
bounded 10 the ceiling and back TO the