The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-02

0lre1ratdIiQflpter:
SPIRITUAL COMMUNICATIONS.
An Interview with Foster, the So
Called Medium...A ScriptuTal Exc
PLANTATION of Phenomena.
A Communication in the Presbyterian-pul
li,hed in the Inteligencer by request

Ia communication IN INC FtesDyteElAn-PuDs
li;hed in the IntelugenCer by request
SALT LAKE Cry, Dec. Is, 1878. (
Dear FreSbyteriGn:-Gharles 81. Foster,
the great medium Of the epiritualists, has
just departed from our city. He was
warmly welcomed by many Of our cili-
Zens; we have here hot,bed OF Spiritual.
ism; most OF those who apostatize from
MOrmonism ore entrapped by the delusive
manifestations and pretensiOns Of this in
sidious error. We lre compelled 10 meet
it here on Gll occasions. This ia my iusti.
ilcation for visiting Foster. Inever had
seen any Of the manifestations of Spiritual.
ism before. ! went with u friend, and
had seance, by Fosters aid, with the
spirits. We seated ourselves around u
small table, it being broad open daylight,
window of the room being raised. i
sat opposite Foster, my friend TO my lett,
at Fosters right, and a young man who
travels with Foster at my right, opposite
my friend. br- +
Foster told us TO write the names of
our nearest deceased friends on sins Of
paper, told them all alike, and throw
them into pile on the middle OF the
table. We did. My friend wrote five Of
six, and three. We mixed the slips all
together In u little while he said, "Thc
spirit of James Maxwell is present who
called for James MAXWELL" answered
Il did" Foster said, "He Is not near
relation Of yours" ] answered "He was
arelation; can't you tell me whatg" Ho
picks up q pencil and says, Esprit, write
what relationship yohs hold 10 Mr..
Kelch," and wrote cousin, which was
correct. Then he says, spirit, indicate
your name, and picked up one slip after
another from the table saying, is 1t this I?
isit thisY'" When rap on the table in
Dictated, he threw me a Slip, which on
opening, fonDdito be the one on which
had written James Maxwell. He didn't
see me write the name; he didn't unfold
nor look at the name, nor was tho name
James Maxwell whispered until he pro.
nounced 1t. He says again, "There are
two Janieses observation-disclosures
WEIGH. Did you ask for James
WEIGH :" I answered. eyes. l said
would like him 10 tell this
party when he died. Foster told me
to write several names, among them the
one at whichhe died. wrotesix, folded
them separately, and threw them on the
table. Foster began picking them up one
after another, saying, SIS 1t this? is II
thisP The fourth or fifth one, q rap in
diCated as'theon which he tossed to me
to open; said, Wrong" he replied, "Let
me Sec" He went over them again the
same way, and gave the correct slip.
asked, "Why did he not answer correctly
1t tlrst" Foster answered, 1.-THE spirit
is not intallible more than you are."
said, u would be iniallible in my answer
forty years after this, II l kept my reason
aud memory, should be asked whether
had ever had an interview with Foster
or not" He shifted his ground then, say.
ing, u may not be perfect medium. l
am liable TO mistakes the same as q tele-
grapher is" My next question was,
james, how has 1t been with you since
your death" Answer-"My opinions
have undergone q radical change. l have
suffered great deal, but am now happys"
asked, why had you to suffer ?" An.
swer-"Because there is no such thing as
G'one1nent for sin. We must be punished
IoT what sins VIC commit. have been,
and am now happy" -
he then pronounced the name OF nv
sister, who diedin infancy, whose name /
had written on one Of the Sins. Said he
got the impression Of purity and snotIoss.
ness in connection with her. He said
some one was with her, and smoke the
name ofmy mother, whom he described
as consumptive. l answered, "The
nameis correct, but my mother Is not, and
never was q consumptive, nor is she In
the spirit world" To this he made no
reply. Now, these names were all cor
reclIy spoken by Foster. The three slips
with tho names written, James Maxwell
James WEIGH and Margaret WEIGH, were
all picked out Of the pile and given to me
correctly, He wrote the relationship oil
James Maxwellto myself, and told at the
second trial when my brother died. The
answers given to my friend were lust
ABOUT asstriking as those given to myself,
only he received a long message from Ms
moIher, who Ia still alive in Oregon. All.
Ter little while, he told Foster that bis
Motner y still alive, and received the an.
swes, 1.-THE message comes to w Won inf from ON
your mother, through the spirit O. your
iatneti showing thatthis so called science
IS exceeding flexible, to say the least.
but with the plumbers made, there ia
sui needed an explanation 10 account
ior The phenomena. am well satisfied
1nere was no deception practised on ,is
am further satisfied there was mn COLI"
ueluslon on my part II ever nv senses
T + seO acute they were during that hour.
ms = seemed S.a absurd to mo to explain il on
eN e superstition Of ARCHAEOLOGICAL in.
nus nSuen aS as 10 sometimes done; that Il.
S STu Spet .a eompels the patient, biolo.
S W., .s nun 70 see. l, am further y sstiS-