The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-07-04
A Strange Story.

n Durango story.
The lovers Of the marvellous will find,
in the following strange narrative from the
Cntreeil9e, Nd, OJserrer, of the 23d OF
June, as great marvel as anything con
tanned in the history of the Salem Witch
craft.
From Tie Ceaireriie, Ma. Observer, June IS.
THE TRANCE SENSATION REDIvIvus.
Miss Fannie Larrimour, the young lady
who created such sensation last winter by
her frequent visits to heaven, passed into
her last trance on Friday night, as she had
previous byprcdieted and remained until 10
O'Clock on Saturday. Quite company
assembled to see her make her last visit,
many persons coming from distance.
Many questions were asked her which she
answered, among them some very ridicu-
lous ones, as for example, she was asked
whether any Of the spirits of departed
shareholders were saved. To this she re-
piled that IT that question was ever an
swered it would be by God himself aud
not by her. Miss Larrimour is not to go
into any more frances. The incomplete
history of her life is to be written in the
future by her whilst in an unconcous state.
This history she has been writing for
sometime past whilst in her frances, and
when she passed out of the frances, she
would read TO the family what she had
written, but this she could do only once,
and if she undertook to read over any por-
ton of it second time she would fall
asleep before she had read the second word.
She has been assured that this history is
to be second only to the bible.
Last winter the belief spnng up among
some of her visitors that her flesh would
not burn while she was in her rigid con-
dition, and in order TO disproye this gen
tleman placed live coal of FIRE in her
hand which burned her severely. The
wound made by the burn is said to have
been a very terrible one and some alarm
was felt for her by her friends. In one
of her frances, however, she assured them
that on the next day she would pass into
spasm and that her hand would be sud
denly healed, aud stated further that she
was to have only twenty seven pains arising
from it. As each pain struck her she
would name u certain chapter in the bible,
and we are assured that to this day il any
of those chapters are read in her hearing
she will pass off into deep sleep before
two lines have been read, and remain so
until the book is laid aside, when she
suddenly awakes. On the morning of the
day her hand was healed the kind lady
with whom she resides dressed the wound,
aud she states that it was as deep as a
grain of corn is long. In the evening at
exactly the hour she named she was taken
with spasm which remained upon her
for exactly five minutes, and upon her
recovery she asked to have the bandage
removed from her hand, and when il was
done her hand was found to be entirely
healed, and new skin formed ovor the
wounded place, and she has not felt a
pain in that hand since Ga another oc-
casion her face and tongue swclled to
enormous proportions, SO large in fact that
her tongue came out of her mouth and she
was unable to utter an Ineligible word
and suffered great pain. That evening she
went into trance, and a gentleman OF
unquestionable veracity informs us that
five minutes after passing into the trance
her tongue was reduced to its usual size
spoke plainly and without effort, and has
not had any further trouble with it since.
On the first of June, whilst in trance,
she informed her friends that on the 18th
of that month she would have hard con-
test with the devil, and predicted the
exact hour. Promptly at that hour on
Thursday last she passed into an uncon-
scious state and in minute or two was in
a terrible rage and apparently crazy, and
actually attempted to commit suicide She
was seized, however, and tied into chair
the work requiring the strength of four
men. After while she informed those
near her that she had triumphed over the
devil and had conquered him, and in a
minute or two returned to consciousness.
In 1879 Miss Larrimour is to take the
pulpit and preach. Some time ago in one
of her frances she wrote upon paper her
first text and also where it could be found.
1t is as follows; 'In my fathers house
are many mansions: If il were not so, |
would have told you. | go to prepare a
place for you [John XIV. 81 She
will doubtless attract large audiences.
Thus closes the sensation connected with
the frances. The next episode will be the
appearance in print of the written life of
the young lady, which will doubtless first
appear in the OJserrer, as we are informed
the young lady desires the use of these
columns for its publication, and Of course
we shall cheerfully grant her request.