Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-04
SPIRITUALISK.
Another Seanca at Mr.. LuxmOre's. in
LOndOn-Miss Cook and the
Scientists Again.


to be very well. A few days previously
! she had cut her finger accidentally, and
the manned digit was strapped up with
court-plaster. Before she took her seat
in the chair, the lamp somewhat shad-
ed was placed on a table close to the
curtain. Mr.. Luxmoore took his usual
seat by the sliding door, having the F.
r. 5. on his left, and removed but a few
feet from where tie medium was seated.
The apparition came this time wearing
thin white vail reaching down to the
waist; no one had ever before seen her
similarly arrayed. Having talked for
some time on a variety of subjects, she
disappeared, and presently we heard
her moving the furniture about. She
then appeared again, rolling before her,
in perambulstor fashion, heavy chair
with high back that stood in the re-
cess of the back drawing-rOom. This
she pushed into the room, and having
fetched a cushion for her feet, sat down
amongst US. The f. r. S. watched her
very narrowly, as it was his duty to do;
and having asked to be allowed to touch
her hand, she at once consented, and
he held it in his own for a seeond or
two. He then examined the fiugers to
see whether one of them was cut like
that OF the medium, but said he was un-
able to trace any sign of the cut, nor
could We see the strapping. Having
asked the apparitiOn whether he might
come to Miss Cook g seances, she replied,
"Hes, whenever you like, except to de-
veloping circles.n Presently she asked
for pencil and paper, and having rapid
ly written an order to admit the apDli-
cant, laughingly threw it to him.
then reminded her of the uncomfortable
position In which the medium had been
placed few nights before, and asked
her what became of her (the aparition)
when l entered the room to place Miss
Cook in an easier position. The answer
she gave me was that she could become
invisible and intangible at will. "Then
how long do you take to materialize
yourself?'' l asked. "That,n she re-
piled, depends upon circumstances
sometimes five minutes; sometimes ten
minutes" The Z. r. s. was, l think,
agTeeably surprised on this occasion,
and appeared gratified at the prospect of
investigating the phenomena further.
Another seance of q somewhat similar
character was held at Hackney on the
second of December. The apparition
was however, observed to be much taller
than the medium. She wore a veil as
to examine its texture and also to feel
her hands and feet. For this purpose
she came out into the center of the room,
seating herself in chair close to where
Lady g. and myself were sitting.
Happening to observe that l had been
informed that muslin was so plentiful
that a celebrated draper in WestbOuTne
Grove was selling it at three farthings
a yard, she resented the remark by Civ
ing me sharp blow on the chest. /
pleaded that meant nothing personal
in the observation; but she declined to
take any notice of my explanation. She !
did not, however, nurse her wrath, as
soon afterward she gave me a playful
pat on the cheek, and examined a gold !
coin affixed to ny watch-guard A re-
peater carried by Mr.. LuXmOore seemed |
TO afford her unbounded amusement. /
Suddenly she inquired what had become |
of Miss Cooks watch. Mrs. Cook said |
it was in little box in her bedroom, /
but it was broken. The apparitiOn then |
disappeared behind the curtain, but re- |
turned in g couple of minutes with the |
broken watch in her hand. al have /
been to get it," she said; "tbe box was
not locked, although she has two keys
for it-but of what use are they! Don't !
angry.n l then offered her my watch
to put in the box in lieu of that of Miss
Cooks, but she replied, "Oh, l can't go
back again" She then handed Miss
Cooks watch to Mr.. LuXmOere. The
aparit;on is often questioned as to her
condition when in earth life. She states
that she died when twenty-o and that
her life was by no means happy. She
lived, she said, in part of the reign of
Charles the First, through the period of
the commonwealth, and after the reStO.
ration. THESE, she says, were trouble
some times, when there was blOOdshed,
and civil war prevailed. On one Occa-
sion she said that she remembers men |
with steeple-hats, who prayed a great !
deal, but who were, notwithstanding,
very wicked. This is by no means i'm /
probable-men without steeple-hats Oc-
casiOnally do the same in our own day. |
The possibility Of retaining the appari- !
tion in a solidfied form has been tested. |
Mr.. William CrOOkes, f. r. S., states |
that he has grasped a hand with the |
firm intention of holding it, but that it 1
seemed to dissolve under his pressure. |
Although / myself have repeatedly 4
touched the hands of "Ksttie" and of |
other forms, have never attempted to |
retain them. On Thursday, the ninth |
of December last (the first day of the |
memorable fogs), had, however, some /
involuntary experience of an attempt /
to grasp and retain the appaTition of /
Katie King at Mr.. Cooks. There was
3 sednce that night, at which the earl
and countess of Cathness, Count de Po-
mar, Mr.. Luxmoore, Mr.. Blackburn of
Manchester, myself and others were
present. | was seated between Lady
Cathness and Mr.. Blackburn, holding
u hand of each. The apparitiOn appear
ed several times and came out into the
center of the room. 1t was arrayed
in long white dress, with double skirt,
had naked feet, and wore a vail over
the head and falling down below the
waist. Count de POmar asked whether
he might approach it; and, having OBJ
tanned permission, left the circle and
walked straight up to it. Katie held
out her hand, which he took, and sub
returned to his seat. The APP
partition then advanced to the portion
of the room farthest from the cabinet,
when person, who to me was perfect
stranger, jumped up, caught the figure
round the waist and held it, exclaiming,
at is the medium!p Two or three gem
tlemen present rushed forward and /
Cduknl AlAA1J HhtA q obAAtesAC CAGACAs L
watched the result with considerable in
terest, and observed that the figure ap-
peared to lose its feet and legs and to /
elude the grasp, making for that purpose
q movement somewhat similar to that Il
of a seal in the water. 1t eventually dis
appeared behind the curtain. No par
ticle of the vail was found in the room.
The medium was subsequently observed /
to be tied by the waist and sealed as
when we left, and on being afterward
by the ladies of the party, who
never lost sight of her, no white gar
ment or vail were discovered. The me-
dunn appeared, however, to have sus-
tained a nervous shock, and complained, I
when first released from the tapes, of /
burning sensation in the throat. She l
was not, she said, aware of anything /
that had passed. If the object ofseizing /
the figure was to detect imposture and /
discredit the medium, it signally failed, /
as, although the person who made the 4
attempt was apparently we'll able to 1
hold on to anything he might happen I
to clutch, the apparation glided out of I
his grip, leaving no trace of corporeaI 1
existence, or surroundings in the shape /
of clothing.
The Helena (Ark.) Independent of 1
March 29th says: "Uncle Johnny Pat /
terson, who was born in 1900 within !
twenty-five miles Of Helena, when Ar |
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