, 1874-12-12
Sl'INITUALfSTIC MUSIC.
a1r. sinttr's Experiences iii tho Bank
EsaNlts

MIR. Sinttll's Experiences iii tho Bank
Vault.
It soenB singular thing to say Of q city
which Inns always hud tho reputation Of bolng
intensely practical nnd businesB-lko. but 1t ia
nevertheless true, that Spirituaism is fast gain
lug a footlloll in Chicago. Whether this is duo
10 the occasional lectures of the Woodruff, or to
tho qnicter workings Of Judge Know1ton, or tho
effect produced ly the visit Of Golald Massey.
The latest convert to splrtualiam Of any account,
It liz hard to say, but uhen tho fact stands tint
tho cdltor OF ono Of tho local morning ncws-
papers will not employ my persou on lis
stall who docs not believe III tho religion Of
npirit-rappings, floating guitars, tablo-tnrnings
pnd mcdia, lilo extent to which tho doctrine IL
gaining ground in Chicago will DO we'll Under
Stood OF course, thoto aro 1na,,y unbelieyors
who pooh.pooh tic irrefutable facts that tho
spirits do rap, that tho guitar oea iloat, tim! tho
table actually danccu, and TINT for fair rem,t-
,avntion u medium wll1 got into tranco mud
nntion tho Hpisits Of tho Observation-Disclosures
who HUT that these phenomena Aro but tho
tricks Of Rkilltnl jugg!os. Il,oro nro too lnany
such nnbeevlng TlunascB in tho world but u
is sAfo to sny that their number will DO Mntcrt-
a]Iy reduced when tho relation Of tho following
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE
Inns been rcaa and thoroughly. dtSceted. Thoro
ia Il banli in this city which il known rs
icp' Dank, and tho noolskcorcr thereof
il young man named Smith, Since an early
aEo A{r. Smith Inns boon devont believer IN the
spirits. How largo llis experience with them
strangely repeated occurrence Mr. Smith only
ktows, but If it was Of kind That gase room,
no mattor how alight, fordoubt, the doubts have
now been cleared away for ever.
ln Lis capacsty oi bookkeeper oil tue bank,
Mr.. Smith is obliged to take out d weekly bal
n1,co Of accounts, which occasionally dclhys him
In tho Office after tho other clolks have taken
their departure. Whetlor iii his solitary book,
keeping Alr. Smith inyokes tho mid Of departed
buokkoepeIs Of his acquaintance to check tho
additions of his long columns OF figures, or to ro
.uind him Of tho carrying figure when ho has
forgotton it-a thing which oven the most OF
pcrieuced ledscr-kocpcrs will do-is private
n,attcr betwecn him mud tho spirits which it i'll
Ioco r,cs nlly ono to intr,1de upon. Do this az it
mny. Ole day. the weoll before last, Oh the book-
keeper, having finished his work, WAS placing la
pontleronB tones upon tho es'olf in tho VAULT,
lls ready car caught, hreaking t!!o aolemn nj
lence OF tho banll-vau!t, WHICH ut about o'clock
in Abont NJ solemn aud complete ~ cau anywhere
be found,
a BOUND OF SWEET MUs1c-
Of auch spiritual, etbercnl. heavenly melody as
had never before fnilen upon Ills delighted gar.
Had ho not bcctl SpirituallHt Ito might have
boen frightened. but the tlatuto Of tho swoot
sounds had nothing Of tho earth earthly about
it, and OH listening moro carefully tho delighted
youth recognized tho air NJ Tint Of - Down
! among lilo aend mon" tho worry tune with which
lis long since doceascd grandmother Ind boon
| won't to lull him ablccp when child. In
very ecstacy he listoue1 the t''ne through, and
when its Inst note t'iod softly array among tho
! In tile vault. q prolonged sigh showed how tho
| air had entyaneed hinl. an soon ns lie rccoy-
crod from his surprise tho bookkeepor said
softly,
mi, In ,ritf rtf Il, fuaQ ~ No
| and tho youth was nhout to repeat tho question:
! aud actually begun to think that tic inrnie Wa5
but IN illusion al the brain, when again the
spiritualistic music sounded forth soft, Sweet
| weird and uneartlI1ilke as before. Tho alr WaB
| unknown to him, and consequently it failed to
remind him Of any WHO hal gone before. At last
| it TOO died awny, nnd was Succeeded by sllonco,
| which was. brokon subsequently, by th.ld.
yals ~ before. Then camo a long si-
leuco, and then the. bnnii-clocL struck
6. which, being the bookkcepcr's dinner
time, he prndcntly locftedsup tho safo-toor and
ssrango revelation he Ind experienced, md woa-
deriug il it would occur agail. AL next usy tho
! remembrance Of tho strange occurrence occu-
| pied niH thoughts and III the midst Of long atl-
tlition tho bookkecper would stop to hs1m to
l,n,self 4 bar Of Down among tho dead ncn. y
| or to try aud call to mlnd note or two Of tho
/ other i've tunes. Evening canlo Rnd again tho
booklcoper Ind tho oflico to hlmselt. At about
tho same llsuo hn had first hoard the music on
the previous evening ho entered the vault anu
| sat down, IND hardy Ind he collected his facul-
tics for full enjoyment Of tho u'ssc, should It
again arrive, tlan tho tones Of
| his aEAEDaIoT1IEn's LULLABY
fled tho MR. Agaiu lle called upon her to COM
! municato with hin, and again tho spirit Of tho
old lady declined. Then, aa before. followed
sllenco uud nluslo in regular alternatons. ~ on
tho previous evening. being more collected on
tho second OCCASION, Mr. Smith was able to dis
] 1eHI ,a{ ri
uy waH clearly and parslstently somewhere abore
Tic vault in which t,a sat. and he determined
upon making an investigation, NJ tie failure to
respond oil THO part Of the Erand maternal etAe-
tho spiritual natnre Of tho melody. III tho room
Immediately above the bank ho found tic otlice
Ut Dr.. Ellis, ana, making cont1daut OF thai
gontlemai, ho Informed him OF tho singular oo.
surprise at tho oyent, and Hail that, while
sprltualism, still IT ho could hear tito music he
would pccomo convert ut ONCE, soarch ol
tlln Doctors promises was tnada ut tho bookkeep'
er's request tue vault OF l'B room immediately
over that OF the bunk waB searched, but contail
cd nothing but somo medical works and largisl
box, which tho Doetor did not open. bua which
| I,e hail, contained medicines. Further search
failod to provide anything like the source OF tue
myatosy. and tho apirltuaiisto booikeoper, aftel
making NJ, appointment with tho Doctort to intro
tluce Linn into tho banli-yault at hnlf-paHt ths
next oyonillg, wont home to dinner.
THE DOCTOR wAH puSuruAr.
next day, and togotlser they awaited tho othoroa
stratus Ut tho moment ut which they woro won
to arrive. They woro disappointed, aud, will
many joke Oh tho part Of the Doctor
Which called forth tho most olgquen
assurances on tho pnrt OF tho bookkeopor, llo de-
purtel. The lntter wated ut lis post, howoyor,
aud in fow mIn1tos after tho Doctor had taAet
l.ls lenyo tho music begun and played as usual
TIC same thing has occurred or0r and oyel
again. anl the ntraugest Thing abaut it IL th'
taot TINT as long as tic Doctor, WHO is az unho
lcyor, Remains IN tho vault, tho strains roiuse It
ariBo but invaslnbly coma Il few minutes after l,e
tuGeH Ills departure. Not natis1lett, c,thnr, witl
tho evidence Of LIS own ears, tho lookkonpor hui
o, ONO or two occasionB introduced HpirituallBti'
friends into tho yanlt, md thoy, too, hayo hoart
tho 1ntsic .whicl. thoy proclaim to be tho Maoa
perfect 'thoy llayo ovsr 41atenud to. It il
tho intention OF tho bookhoepor, ho hAvinl
obtained tho loayo Of tho President of tho l'anl
for the purpose, to intsaa"co QUO or two u ths
most urUmlnunt media Of tho city into tho yanl
this oyoMine, wlou tllero Ii no doubt that scl
communications wilt be Ind with tho aepartst
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