The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-09
ANON, JANnARY 8.


AVON, JANUARY J.
The remarkable trance of the spiritual
medium, Miss Eleanor Bonncy, which has
given to this village so wide a notoriety
during the past month"; still attracts an un-
prcCcdpntcd number of visitors from all
parts of the courtrv. Spiritualists from
California. and sccptics from the East. the
South and the North have come here to
learn the facts relating to the extraordinary
case, and to obtain view if nossible of the
body of the medium.
If is now about one month since fine dis
coyerv was made that Miss Ronnnv hoJ
been iyinr for several weeks in a state of
trance nt the housc of her foster .fntbcr
Mr.. l.. o Preston. a mile and a half wcst
of this VILLAGE. The story was first told Inv
Mr. John RYAN. Miss Bonney's bro,hcr.in.
law. who resides inst opnositc Mr. prrston,s
house. and who. being an unhclieyer. had
taken the liberty to think that Miss Bonncv
was dead. It is expressly riyen out thar #
""9 rnt;9s'' ~ =" o". t"'' 1t
was tlie OBJECT Oh MISS bonney S friends
ana nIr own eSpeciai ueslre, that the punilc
shou'u h"o" hut'l.l's oi ier trance uhtli she
returned 10 Hc'N"S' n"I thiS premature
"n',ouhce'nt EN- co','pcileo eNpianatiohs,
"hlch sPeeuly set '''e 'o"i' t1e auJoihlmg
towns, inc poruerins counties, ana hnaily
.,ie "noic WI, " 'ne ''utt' mo " co'iiio-
tion unparaiIe'eu since inc uhe when the
iittie FOX girls: twenty-five years ago, hrst
rouseH the spirits ata town IN wayne Couh-
", a lew mileS northeast Oh this'
ne story toIu ny MISS bohhey lrlendS
VINO, let me remark, pear unplcmishen
repuinuohs io' serno.y va su'ic.en'y
s'".'inlS W sNV Hoou st1u, nv, io' u o''"I y,
"oiucri,eil' my e''u Niiss nonncy nav,
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soo', "'ii ~ ~ 100;
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3ne '''O w u" S' l.
"iu anu i'"ac n ot t'o diron,ior
op',,c i'"' , ,,i."s ,,o ion nnI;o,;or
Vi 'he spins. a'. ~, Il, .oiti,ad ohn,,
so''e cieue"1o Il. ~ ~ Jus 49,, o,,,,,,,,n
p.o'' ta. 49, 80, 90 ore of tLe
h'o'itns' any. "'' ru ;si-,m she most
s"pJsI'' O"e u ,'1uian residing in
cohnueu was inus Fl'.,6n. Miss Bonncv
"ocies'Vi' Niis - Jrmed her of what was
sei' iot nv "' Uia desired Mrs. Dutton TO
hhPenuihs' .hnly that she would meyer
promise .ssedside after her spirit had left the
ieaVe thitl its return-''not even if if sbould
Mrs. buttons faith in hnr friond'i u smnor
natural powers was not strong cnough 70
lead her to fear months of INN; sonwnsnt IN IN
the trance-chomber. and She without ,mrn Il,
hesitation promised ali that was asked
During the fall Miss Bonnev was norticu.
larly active about fine f,rn-boueo doi,,, a
great deal of the work That faIIs on $3.50 :,
wives and daughters and nrcsnryir% ,ho
while more than the povctv that baJ or al
narilv marked her denoymort s il''' a o,u"
little like one who had to nass thronnh Nv
ordeal so serious as that she had predcteJ
for herself. Those who believe in hnr tranca
and hone for her return 10 this sr6o r,'I o''
much stress unon his feo,nre Of hdr Lis, ,"3
AS YOU shall presently see m con,ha, tSo :,
yorite theory of the nnhcIievers Wv ~
She was at this time n Iorge hondsomo
woman oftwenty-fve. having dark hoir and
ewes Int hoyin1 li,tlc nf ',,s ',irh VIII "uu
preston that is nonulorlv npia'tue'ic eN.