The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-01
ppTr,-o,T PHENOMENON.
Extraordinary Powers 81 Sensation III
Medium-sber n,iica@o.

derful devalo-rnent and powers OF MIS-.
| Miller ,-a'.ls,~ married woman who Tor
soma nao1tba 5occupied with her hus-
hand anartroarts in the Gayoso house.
We related the story OF her advent
into sniritnol;sn,. and recited her pro-
gress under The advice and manlpula.
ton, as she and her husband claims, OF
the spirits and of the singular mani
festations unexplaInable, upon any
scientific bvpothesis which we WIT
messed and youched for as plainly Vlsl-
bic to us. =.
A few weets since, much to the dis
appointment Of the Spirltuallsts OF
! Memphis. who are large and 1nhuen-
tial class, many of them notable Tor
their culture. Intelligence ana high
standing in the community, Mrs. NIL
Ter left Memphis for the nortn' ana IS
at present soiourning IN ChlcaSo, "here
she has at once taken high rank as the
ablest and best of all the physical me-
diums of the country. Inc 4lLnes'
most impartial authority, tens the stOfy
of her progress and trlumphs III that
city in this way
mind-reading lemon dry, more tHa "a
year ago, and given accounts OF the
phenomenon 70 the world through the
Times, New York has just captured the
younp man Brown, and is making
groat ado over him. Columns are
printed in the papers, learned Swans
report on his>.onderful abnormal devel-
opment, anslsthe wiseacres generally
shake theirs ASious heads. Chicago
is ready to tlf+-,GgfSogn is quite
e-riosft "a 49, - Is covered him,
a 49, IS =, Iss:= ~
= SseE On / "a Ss.sss i'e is 20 longer a
marvel IN tni ght of later discoveries.
He may stINsSis the eighth wonder of
the world for slow-going Gotham, but
Chicago is prepared to do better
in fact, discount him. For several
weeks past reople of all sorts, in
Guiding skeptics, physicians, scien-
fists, professional aud business men
have been astonished, not to say edited,
by the mediumistic exhibition given
through the organism of young mar
ried lady, Mrs. Miller, of Memphis,
Tenn, now holding seances at the
rooms of the Religjo- Philosophical
Journal, corner of Adams street and
Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Miller is lady about twenty
years old, of slight form, with express
/ sive, winsome features, is perfect gen
| tlewoman IN department, and so far as
| certain phases of the phenomenon are
| concerned, that are exhibited in her
/ presence, fraud is simply out OF the
| question, for the whole experiment is,
! so TO speak, locked II the visitors own
mind. In the case of the young man
1 Brown, hidden objects were discovered
/ by taking tile hand of the party having
secreted it, placing it over his eyes,
! Il hind fnl1a1 1,l 4anr, laaI-
! ing the party TO the object. But in his
/ case il was necessary that the person
/ with whom he was thus placed en- rap
port should place his mind intently and
/ undeviatingly on the object or the ex-
/ pertinent did not succeed. In the case
/ Of Mrs. Miller this prerequisite is not
| called for. On the contrary, she allows
: the visitor to think of two objects at the
same time-or, rather, take two objects
in the mind, and, having decided on
them, may dismiss them again-and
/ she will find them, and at the same time
/ give q test through this very operation.
| Thus the visitor 10 requested 10 ask a
mental question -one involving test
and take in his mind two objects, the
one 70 stand for mo- and the other fol
/ yes Taking the visitors hand she
( viii proceed to one of these objects,
| never failing to give the test. To illus
trate A gentleman thought of the
head of his cane 'for yes, distant OBJ
iect in the room for no, and asked the
mental question Have 1 a brother
/ living in Chicago? The lady took hin
to his cane in trice, and the gentle
man, explaining his question and The
objects he had taken in mind, confirmed
49, he lassA "a N-tfa- Ii--i.ss---e tlsis ~ y
~
such experiments are made, and so fal
rs the writer's observatiaSs go, they
never fail. 80
So much for Mrs. Miller ental ex
Periments. He physical Experiment.
are even more wonderful and just a
much above suspicion. Having magnet
lied a small table by passing he
hands over the top and along the legs
she turns it on its face, and then re
quests any gentleman present to turn i
back, to stand it upon its legs, simply
allowing her to place the tip of her I'm
ger npon any part of it. Scores Of stall
wart men have pitted their full strength
against the little finger of this littl,
woman, but have ANONYMOUSLY failed
Even four men, when the "power" ha'
been strong, have combined theil
strength, and failed as we'll, though
generally the table is broken in the eff
fort. 1t is very interesting expert
ment. While the stalwart man is try
ing to set it on its legs, the table vii
absolutely float all over the room-tha
is to say, it is continually trying to ge
away from the lady's antagonist, anC
will carry him abont, now here and nov
there. and will generally sustain a posi-
ton over his head. The moment the
sensitive removes her hands the table
becomes docile, and allows itself to bC
set properly on its feet, the same as any
other well regulated piece of family
furniture.
Another phrase of Mrs. Miller's me
diumship is slate writing. The visitor
is allowed to bring his own slate
double-locked slate if he chooses-anC
when the medium has held it under
table, intelligent answers to questions Oh
other tests are invariably found writer
on the inside of the locked slate. But hel
piece dc resistance is her materializine
phase. For scientific and text expert
ments this lady is the best medium tina
las ever been seen in Chicago. WheI
hands we're securely tied, seweC
and sealed together, iron rings
chairs, coats and vests are put on hel
person so quickly that absolutely ne
time is Consumed. Conceding that she
was not tied atall, but was free to dc
with her hands as she chose, she could
not manipulate three large chairs as
they are mlnisulated in her pre- ence
Take all for 81 Mrs. Miller in the va
riety of ler Uses, stands, probably a
IL - s gasa,sA R gsia ,qHpos g
Isalmost tr1ons. Memphis DIP
) peal.
The Child Il mapped in Philadelphia
1t is known everywhere that a little
four-year-old boy, the son OF Mr.. Q; r.
Ross, of Germantown, has been g kid
mapped. That occurred on last Wed.
nesday two weeks ago. DULY y. The
little fellow was playing with brother
year or two older, on Washington
lane, Germantown, when two men, who
were driving in wagon along the lane,
stopped to talk to the children and of
fered them some candy. TIE missing
child, understanding that he could get
a ride in the wagon, childlike. took al
vantage of the opportunity, and with
his older brother, got into the wagon.
The men then drove off with both.
Some hours later, the wagon having IN
the meantime been driven into the
. | fha older