The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-14
from the Chicago Times, l1te.l
A Medium

A Medium
ryaps rYorLE's MINDS, FLOATS TAbLkS IN IN.
ayr PASSES SOLID BODIES THROUGH SOLID
nnn,rs. ASp xAYts YOUR nAiR STAND on END
GENERALLY.
After Chicsgo had sucked the "Ga'nd-resu,
.ne,, lemon drv. more titan year ago, anu
oiSen accounts of the phenomenon 10 tnt
TorId through the Jtnes, New ork has NV ~
int cap,urcd the young man BroWp, ~" 20
making great ado over blu. 1otue"", "t
nrjnted in the papers. learned sa'ans 49,
On his wonderful abnormal deVe'ot"s.hht,'
nnd he wiseseres generally shake tue'i o0o'
Chicsoo g ready to confess that bro"n IS
,,I,n . c,,r,osity. Having dtscoVeFea "i'nI
Iu ~ sr..ak il would hardly be lar 70 20
81 ~, him bu, he Is no longer marTe' IN
80 iioht of later discoveries. Ae may stin
-" ,nc e;yhth wonder of the word iof Sow
oo;no {; otba,p, tut Chicago Is prepared 10
do better. in fact, discount nan:
Eor several weeks past people Oh Ell sorts,
including ScepticS, physicians, sciensaS, pro-
<cssional and business men have eee1 aston
;shed. no, TO say edited. by the tRediumlstic
nybi,n,ious given through the organism OF
Young married lady named Mrs. Miller, OF
Mempbi., Tenn, now holding Scanccs az the
room, Of the Reigio. Phtiosopa journal,
corner of Adams street aud Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Milcr,is i lady about twenty years OF
age. OF slight form, with expressive ahd VIII
ming features, is a perfect Gentie"oiiah III
dcrortment. aud, so far as certain phaSes o'
the phenomena are concerned tiiaI ar eA
hjbi,ed in her presence, fraud Is Simply OUT
of the question, for the whole experiment
is. so 10 speak, locked in tue VISITORS own
mind. ~,
In The case Of the Young man Brown, hid
den objects we're discovered by tak'pg !pe
hand OF the party having secretcd II, pacing
il over his eyes, previously olihuio,oeo. uuu
then leading the party TO Tie oh)ecl. but III n,s
case it vas necessary lbat the person WIN
whom he was thus placed in rapport should
Mace hi, mind intcDlly and undeyiatlugly on
the olj.ct, or The experiment did not sue
coed.
IA the case of Mrs. Miller this prerequi.
site is moi called for. On the contrary she
allows the visitor 10 think Of two objects at
the same time-or, rather, take two objects
in the mid. and. having decided on them,
may dismiss ,htm again, and she will find
them. and at the same time give test
through this very operation.
Thus the visitor is requested to ask men
tai uues.iou--C one involying q teSt-and take
IN his mind two objects, the one to stand for
ono" and the other for Eyes" Taking the
visitors hand she will proceed TO one OF
these objects, never falling 10 give the test.
To illustrate: A gentleman thought OF the
bead OF his cane for "yeS,"a distant object
i'm the ioom for g no" and asked the mental
question, - fave ! brother living in Chi
cayo:" The lady took him to his cane in q
three, ana the gentleman, explaining his
question and the objects he had taken in
mind, confirmed that he had brother living
III this city. In the course OF an evening
scores of such experiments are made, and so
fir as tie writer's observations 60 they never
fail, So much for Mrs. Miller's mental eXpe.
JimentS.
Her physical experiments are even more
wonderful, and just as much above suspl-
cion. Having magnetiZed q small table by
passing her hands over the top and along the
legs, she turns 1t on its face, and then re-
guess any gentleman present to turn it back
to stand upon its legs, simply allowing her
to place the tip Of her finger upon any part
of it. Scores OF stall Wart men have pitled
their full strength against the little tioser of
this little woman, but bave ANONYMOUSLY
failed. Even tour men, when the power "
has been strong. have combined their
strength, and filled as well. though gener-
ally the table is broken in the effort.
Ii is a Very interesting experiment. While
the stalwart man is trying TO set it on its
legs, the table will absolutely float all over
the room. That is TO say it is continually
try ing to get away from the lady's antago.
mist, and will carry him about, now here,
now there, and will generally sustain posi-
ton over his head. The moment the senSi-
tive removes her hands, the table becomes
docilc, and allows itself to be set properly OIL
its feet The same rs any other well regulated
piece of family furniture.
Another phase of Mrs. Millel's medium
ship is s.ate-Wriiug. The visitor is allowed
to bring bis own sIute-a double-locked slate
if he chooses and when the medium has
held it under a table, intelligent answers TO
questions, or other tests, are invariably
found written on the inside of the locked
slate.
But her piece DE resistance is her materi-
alZug pha>e. For scientific and test expert
mentS this lady is the best medium that has
ever been seen 10 Chicago. When her
hands are securely tied, sewed, and sealed
together, iron rings, chairs, coats, aud vests
are put on her per- on so quickly that abso
lutely no lime is consumed. ConcedinS
that she was not tied at all, but was free to
do with her hands rs she chose she could
not manipulate three large chairs Us they are
manipulated 10 her presence. Taken all for
all, Mrs. Miller, in the variety of her phases,
stands probably at the head of the physical
mediums 0! the country, the more so rs she
imposes almost no conditions.