The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-10

turned partly down. General Lippitt
declares that from evening to evening,
for many successive days, he and his
companions saw appear at the circular
aperture above described numerous faces
many Of which spoke, and were recog-
nized through their appearance, and
through the voices by, spectators, and
some Of them by General Lippitt him
self, as images Of persons known to be
dead; and he AYERS that numerous hands,
unconnected with any body appeared at
the same aperture, and some ofthem
executed writings which he has in his
possession and qnotes in his article. The
FIRST appearance Of Katie Kings face he
thus describes
KATIE KINGS FIRSI APPEARANCE;
The first two faces were wholly dest-
tute of color. and mighthaye been taken
for heads Of plaster. The third one was
tiesh-like in color, but looked as if made
of wax. All the three had fixed look,
and with their unwinking eyes and stiff
movements appeared to me ikepuppets
But the next face was a perfect contrast
to these, and was greeted with an inyol-
utary buzz Of surprise and admiration.
i was that of lovely young girl, whom
u was impossible TO believe for one mo-
ment not 10 be living person Of flesh
and blood. Her complexion. was ex-
qpisitely delicate, though without much
color, Her eyes were large and gray,
her hair dark brown, covered with a
tasteful little white cap, from which it
tell,in ringlets. The face was round
rather than oval, suggesting plump but
graceful figure the features perfectly
regular, except that the nose had that
slightly abrupt termination we are apt to
associate with sauciness. The whole ex-
preston other face, especially when she
was speaking, was that of sprightly
young person, somewhat given to good
natured ridicule; and yet when she was
not speaking the face had slightly sad
or weared look. She spoke always in
whisper, which was distinctly audible
all over the room. When speaking her
lips moved naturally, disclosing occa-
sionally two rows Of pearls; and eyes, and
mouth, and every feature ofherface and
movement Of her head corresponded
to what she was saying, which was most
often something playfully satrcal. |
was then told by Rev. Dr. Child that
this was katie King" Whom had new
er heard Off that she had been and was
still showing herself to Professor Cookies
in a series of experiments he had been
making in London, with a certain me-
dlum named Florence Cook; that she was
the daughter Of famous pirate known
as King John, and had died over hun
dred years ago,a the age Of eighteen and
that this was the third sitting of the cir
Gle at which she had appeared. said to
her Katie, is it true you died hun
dred years ago p eyes, and more too, "
she answered. Mrs. Holmes asked her
to show her hands. She did so, and at
the same moment several other delicate
hands, one pair Of them at least being a
child's hands, appeared under hers.
Katie's were rather short, and perfectly
formed, Like all other faces that ap-
peared at these sittings, her appearance
at the window was not continuous, she
frequently Withdrawing her face for
few moments in order, it was said, to re-
new her naturalization, impaired by the
light. We rarely saw it, should guess,
formor than minute at any one tim-.
Most of the others were withdrawn every
ten or fifteen seconds. Once turning
her head round and taking one of her
ringlets in her fingers she said to Mrs,
Holmes: "You see my hair curls here. d"
DR.. Childs asked her il she would like
to have an orange. She said. "Ot course
| would, > and Immediately took in her
hand one that he offered her, and that
was the last seen of that orange Gen
eral Lippitt then gives details Of other
sittings at which Katie King and several
other apparitions' were witnessed. and
amongthem, one Of her father above de-
scribed, who appears to have been as
unpleasing in appearance as in charac-
ter, At one Of these sittings General
Lippitt had an opportunity to feel of her
hand. .. .,........... ,.,.'..