St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-11

would have fought desperately rather
than have the thing exposed.
Colonel Olcott had given the i'm
preston that these materializations took
place in good light. | have shown that
they took place in comparative though
not absolute darkness kind of twi-
light wherein folms and shapes, and
not faces or features and colors, could
he seen by my perfect eyes"
Col. Olcutt WAS also discovered to he
il >piritualist by Beard instead of being
IL Sceptical investigator. He is descrh-
ed hy Beard as Il man of ahaatote sir
cerity in his belief in spirimalism, and
i'll his belief that the EddiEarFere ned-
ums and really had powers of raising
the dead into temporary life.
The able letter of DR.. Beaf& ok cited
Il number of angry replies and it's effect
was impaired 10y the, flippantly unjust
picture he drew of the inhabitants OF
Chittcndcn. The eXtravagaut attention
and respect that these "materializions''
won from journals of high character.
and the irrcconcilable disagreement be
tween br. Beard vision and the eyes of
plcott determined the writer of this ar
ticle to visit the Eddy family" and
er Doctor Beard WAS Il candid. or only
Il cen>orious and sensational critic
Dn Saturday morning last, i'll company
I with two friends. men of marked acute
ness and high intelligence. he went to
Rutland. and there took IL carriage for
| Chittendrn. arriving at the Eddy home
stead about 4:3O Z. VI.
| The brothers William and Horatio
| Eddy. and their youngest sister. Alice
| live III an old wooden farm mhouSc which
/ WAS the home of their parents before
/ them.
OF the visitors present nearly all were
| evidently. Judging from their couvcr-
/ >ati"u. crcdulouS. supplemented per
Snlr>. who coming hither with Il firm
/ belief in the theory and philosophy of
spirit matcrialilations. came not To in
/ vc>ti"atc. but to admire. and feed tlcii
morbid appetite for the marvellous. The
chief exception to this remark WAS II
| fine looking old gentleman from Penn
. >NlNania. whose natural credulitl how
/ ever WAS 50 great that he carried about
for exhibition some of Numbers spirit
/ photographs. :! fraud that was so clear
l. rNpo>cd several Years ago that Mum
/ Ter l. rcpudiatcd 10y all thoughtful spiI-
/ itllnli>t> throughout the country. This
cIrdulOu> old gentleman and 4 lady of
unusually handsome profile and fine rA
preston were the only exceptions to he.
general crowd of dreamy. ~rIpcr>titinus.
>uddru- faced fellows thai sat around
Mrs. -. and "rccdilv drank in cV-
! cry word ut her local ghost stories.
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