The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-12-26
SPIRIT NATURALIZATION.

SPIRIT NATURALIZATION
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Tho pbl.do,nh;a ,o.r,sosa.. 80 -,
pan" vi 'ho
w" ioiA 1rto""e furnishes that paper
with the following Spiritual data:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tbo S,,tonor+s Of poh,t
D,l. nu,an "a m. rLu1 49, tl ~.
eli, oon,,;aa ~, -, WV "'o
a"a'? ;,,,., .h"I .''o iiiI une"i"nis
49,, o. a.'i nc ID" "'sil
- 81, 49, t~ no, 80 I "ni'' ny
90 notL;,,1r H., a,,,,,,;,,-s,.;r Il'f p.p.'
-, S,,;,r;.,aI;st. ,nf-
they have been duped. Circles are still
held nightly at the Ilolmeses house, on
ien'h street. CHARMING Na'ie hlns
no iohser co'iieS oaI Vi inc CABINET 10 wave
iieI "hile arrhS III Il siios'iy way ana us
trloute MOWERS ana smiles among her adj
niiefS; pht suhdry othef spirits eNhimt
thelr mask IKE vlsaSes at the apeItureS, or
thrust their chalky hands from beneath the
black curtains. Inc show has degenorated
10 the ordinary 'caoinet ana dark
seance trlckery with which everybody
who has cared to investigate the "phe-
homena, is 1"fhiiiaf. on the night or the
l"h INSTANT All auuience OF ABOUT twenty
persons were present. Iethaps nan were
OLD Spiritualist VINO feit 1t their duty to
rai'y 10 the support OF the prosecuted
Mediums the rest belhS Skeptlcal people
VINO came rom curiosity and ahaif dozen
Journalists oent upon lhvestlgati"n' Inc
caoihet hau oeeh moved out from the wall
against WHICH 1t h''' Formerly A'"o"' ara
MOSQUITO netting had oeen tacked around
me oaek ana over al ADJOINING Wihuo"
which ioohed ouo iht" an area. ms pre-
caution was USELESS because iioth'ns mace
i'Sc,i nI",o vi see'i ''o'ii Tue ''oii'e' eHcePl
"nile Iioi.i5S was III u, anu ,he lheuiuhhs
WIZ . .a, "'' ~ u"uei '"Ne ""s 'i''"s
"'''e' ''s''
JOHN KING APPEARS AND KATIE SHOWS
HER HAND.
Tho acknowledgements. bao,n witch a,,,.
c;rclo r;tb ,ha c,Stnn,r1 str,,,,,,;n, NJ -
gnita, hsli- rinaine and tsu,hnmrine i;n,
inc Three nersons in snccess;nn hold MrS
Unlmes's hands and Wills in this nnsition
had RINGS slipne6 uron their arms and
experienced IN. d,liuh, ful sensation or hav-
inc their hair "tonsledr nv snirit hands
Then n din, Eobt was nrovided and Nr
uo1mos want ir+o +La o,h;,,ot So,.or.l
narsI,ns vere called in o,,n after sro.har r.,
helm him mognet;ze i, ri,allr be w,s ,.ft
alone. and then. after in, audience had
sung all the songs they knew. and a mu,ic-
box had been wopnd mn and nlavcd ont
t,vn or three times y White way lie r.c.
with Hack heard and mnstache anneared
and was hailed by the Sniri;ualists As John
King. and asked about K a,ie. John peered
ont three or four times. Inf never STAYED
at the opeuinr long enough for neorle to
take A GOOD look at him A female head
in n white turban was also shown. At
first this apparition was erected as Katie
but Mrs. Holmes and two or three others
declared il was a STRANGER "Ob if Katie
vor,.i ouIv clan ont of that dcnr ,r,;n ;,
said Mrs. Holmes. in , beseacbino tone.
..wout Won come AGAIN o., Katie Who was
supposed to be in the cabinet keepinp
company with the materialized John and
the upduestionably material Holmes. ran
ned IN s;gnirv that sbc uould show herself
haf,re lnn,r h.pd ,,,cored ,ro W. tIroo
times. hut that was ali AZ soon as the
nerformance closed Mr. Hnlmns csmc ont
q the cahiret. AMI. sar,n,. he waited a
drink of water went ONT of the room before
two gentlemen who had determined to
search him. couId mt their intention into
practice. The Spiritualists present were
delighted with the performance. The skep.
''os oei'efeu l,iaI iioi''ies i"u niashs CON
h,Iis nainte5 N ranresent f,nae Which nonId
be carried in his vest rocket and blown I'D
IN q minute. he - blenOIDena differed
entirely from those produced last Summer
and Fall in the house Oh Ninth street, when
K attic KING apneared Then there was no
dark circle. MIR. and Mrs. Holmes sat in
the audience and the pretended shirt sten-
ned ont from what had a moment before
been an empty cabinet. and talked with
the spectators. Since the exposure the
,oe6jnns ina ;e fallen hack On A., nia dian
tran business which the Dayenport Brothers
first introduced. Mr. Owen now believes
that the yonnc woman who saws she nor
sonated Katie was the only spirit there was
IN the cabinet at anv time. that in tho
Ninth street bonse She slinned in thronnh
the door leading to, a,;ron,r aoaiosi whi5i,
the cabinet stood. by removing one of the
boards in the side of the cabinet. and that
in the Tenth street house. where the
Ho)mcscs now live. she mauaped to get in
durino the dark circle. When asked to
eyplain tho annearanne of twa f,cas It
.onca ono tb.t+ 81 =. ob;lJ ,nd ~, nthar
Katia,s Mr. Owen said II w,s al mvs+arI,
and tho most siIilifnl n;aca IF ;n@alarv
ave-, nr.ct;cad
MRS. HOLMES DENoUNcEs MRS. WHITE
STORY AS ENTIRELY FALSE.
In conversation with the g,r,,yp4 oo,res.
nondent after the CIRCLE hroke mn Mrs
Holmes said that the story nC the woman
who n,eten5s to hava L.en ber onnf.9nra,,.
is a,t;r.lv f,,s. nd ;s , n.,+ 81 y oo,,
S,;r,.y to bra.l- M thai, ,arr,,r,,,no'' a,,l
~, IL o., WI. ~ ~ Sn;1
hnl;.vo i she l. A. lnSs - ,adarsta ,,lI
ar ,bey thonoht wa 1xero nractin;ul, y
fraud unon ,hcr, ;, she said s.whv d,5n,t
thav invasticsten,s Tnar Ea'; 49, at,an.a
in The world WHY didn.t ,hev seize the
snirit and hnld her whan she t,Itad to tha,o
and shoot, bandsp That wonld have shown
whether II was a living ne.Son W. ,,a,ar |
ohiacted RI INV tests II wos ~. Ch;la
vic a1r,rS oh;s.,ed IF W.. Lod ai,ioatad
i wor,,,i h,r., ,,,,.In ~, d;,,,rora. rha,
oo,,1a hara I,aid ~ t,,n,,.i ,.I,i.o i;.hs
N tbay 5;d,,'t dn th,,. ,h.v ,.srt N. and
,,ri,tad ,bim.,. ,Tainst nc j., t,a ,,n,ars. ;,
H. Hn,nns sa;d ,l,t 3D., ,as ",''. .,
stav in phil,dalnh;a al Wintar a,,a 9,,,at
as soo,, .s har hnstand,s ha,lt, ,,a NO, ~
stored and thew both recovered f'nn, the
Sill oooos;onod H., .,o d., ;,,, 81 NJ.