The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-29

want obe an angel
And with the angel. stand.
A crown upon my forehead,
\ harp within my hand.
an this
have a father in the spirit land.
have father in the spirit land,
have u father in the spirit land;
Ny father calls and must go,
over to the spirit land
IN away.
I'll away
I'll away.
To the spirit land
are tien sung to solemn tunes, Mrs. Hollis
occahonally joining. 1t may bs Ihs,
while tho darkness-enshrouded circle 10
unsteady but dolefully chanting
"My father calls and | must GO
Over to the split land,
q whisper is heard Papa" or "Jamesl'
or " Mother" or Jane! and the song
stops; silence profound prevails hesrts
peat faster superstition 10 getting the
possible tina. father has come back from
the spirit lsnd-thst the immortal par. Of
q denr one is present? The room becomes
place as solemn as a sspulcher--s, sacred
t. some OF tbs ten as the grave Of a !oy 81
one. The whisper 10 indisunct, aud being
in the darkness, no One can tell from whs,
part Of the room it comes, for the ear can
be easily deceived in such a place. 81, that
you, Mary soms anxious heart d ,cu-
lates, and the whisper answers ''yes for
Mrs Hollis has studied human nature and
knows when human heart, longing for
communion with the loved one gone DO.
fore. has asked II question. Then Mrs
Hollis rises from Der rocking chair, OF
rocks it forwsrd-shs uses a rocking chair
.rumpe. 10 hcr hand. She is q lady OF
womsnly vanity and wears upon hei
fingers diamond rings. As che
grasps the trumpet thu
persons in the circle, acute of hearing anc
no. frightened, hear the noise made BY
the metal of the rings and the metal oI
the trumpet. as they come together. Their
Mrs Hollis puts the trumpet to bel
mouth. aud speaks through it in whispers
a. ars.. Mrs. Hollis has observed ths
Jones site on the right and Mrs Jones on
the left. She has arranged 1t thut. Sc
she directs the horn towards Mrs. Jones
and says Mother, am Jane Tn,
whisper in the darkness seems to be neal
Mrs. Jones. Then she turns the trumpet
towards Jones, and says: Papa Thu
whisper seems TO be near Jones. MIR. and
Mr.. Jones have been slate writing. Jenei
has let GU. some facts about Jane, and o.
course Mrs. Jones has 10. out moro
SO all the facts that Mrs, Hollis ha
learned about Jane, she relate Mr.
and Mrs. j 10 the darkness. w hen sh,
mas exhausted these facts, and MIR. ant
Mrs. Jones anxiously ask for more, Jan,
whispers IL am weak; | must 20
good night" Then Mrs. Hollis change
her voice and announces that Nolan, he
familiar, is present. In this character sh
talks with A loud voice,
REMARKS.
We have no doub, this "a the manner
in which the vocal Communications mr.,
made With our tin trumpet We too car
make the dead of Cairo talk, and with u
as the medium, they will give informa
tion tha. would astonish the dead Of thi
village represented by Mr'. Hollis. Gu
faniliars are knowing ghosts, and tall
like books through tin trumpets, We d,
not intend TO cay that Mrs. Hollis doe
not give information except that which sh,
receives in the manner indicated. We b !
lieve there are certain psychological law
that enable one mind to read another
and the lady, If she does not know this a.
ready, might be convinced, il in her ear
while Nolan is speaking, she should heal
whispered the words: Katrina, know
you
MATERIALIZATIoN.
"But, how can this woman, II she ia or
impostor, produce the form of my los
child ?" cries the fond mother, who be-
lieves she has seen the spirit of her dear
angel boy. well, good madame, if she
were not an impostor, you would not be
lieve that your child had como back and
become, as the cant of spiritualIsm has IT,
mstsrialiaed." Why, this is the easiest OF
the tricks Of Mira. Hollis, and If we had
the skill of Winter as an artist VIC could
make each particular pair to stand on end
upon the head of the credulous of this CITY
who have dead friends "gone before
them and are not bald.
HOW 1T DONE.
Scene.-Room dimly lighted tho coun-
ell of ten present, seated in row shaped
like u horseshoe, facing extemporized
cabinet manufactured in this way dark
blanket hung, say across corner, with
hole cut in it about five feet from tho
hoor hole about sixteen inches square on
the inside of hole hangs black curtain;
Mrs, Hollis uses blaci velvst). Mrs. Hollis
retires within the cabinet All things
being in readiness, the copncll of ten
strke.up, may be,