The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-13
Remarkable Spirituaiistic Revelations.


markablc narrative:
When Foster. the ~piritualstic medium,
first came 10 this city and hung out his
single al The Grand Hotel. he was an OBJ
icct OF much curiosity. Among those who
Went To witness the marvellous manifesto
lions whichit was claimed were daily made.
was Well-known gentleman, whose name
we are not authorized 10 give. The gem
tleman had heard of the slip-of-Daper trick
and believing that he knew a thing or two
more than Foster did. lac resolved To play
A sharp game with him. Before going to
the mediums room. lac wrote "A name on
slip of paper. which he wrapped and folded
tightly in a piece OF tin-foil. When lac got
there, in company with several other
friends, he handed the little roll of tIn-fOil
TO Foster and awaited events.
THE GENTLEMAN's HAIR on END.
The little paper inside the tin-foil con-
tanned merely the full name of the gentle
mans mother-her maiden and married
name. Foster took il, pressed it 10 his
forehead in that dreamy, listless way he
has. and then laid il on the table. Pre-
>ently he said. Yes. sir. have message
for you. There is spirit OF lady here
who wishes me to writeyo this message
Here Foster took up pencil, and with
DO not remove the remains of your father and
myself. Let us rest where we are. Your heart
Is right but our judgment is wrong.
The message was signed by both the
maiden name and the married name of the
gentleman mother. The gentleman
turned rs white As "A sheet. for he nj once
recognized the message a. having been
written in the name OF his deceased mother.
He had long been intending To re-
move her remains and those OF his
father from AN Eastern cemetery 10 his
vault at Lone Mountain. lie had not
thought of the matter AT all that day. Eos
ter had never seen him before. Neither
Foster nor any one clse-nOt even the gem
teman's wiie-knew what the mothers
maiden name had been. hence the clear
ness, the strange outline of the mess Are.
and above all. the aptneSs with which il
referred to his project with regard To the
remains of his parents. gave the astonishcd
gentleman something 10 think about for
days 10 come.
He did not wait for an answer 10 his tim
foil puzzle. bat started away. very much
in the condition OF the young man who
went To church 10 ScOii. but finally con-
cludcd TO remain and pray.
WHAT THE SPIRITS TOLD MIR. DE LONG.
Next day the gentleman met his friend.
the Hon. Chas. +. DE Long. who had just
then returned from Japan. To him he
told his remarkable experience of the day
before. De Long laughed az him for his
apparent credulity. and secuted the idea
that spirits had anything to do with the
message. Netted at this. the gentleman
invited Mr.. DE Long To 90 with him and
see Foster and judge for himself. That
night they both. in company with How
ard Colt. called at the Grand Hotel. and
were shown into Fosters rooms. Mr.. DE
Long was wholly unknown TO Foster.
They all sat down at the table. and after
Foster had smoked awhile al his cigar. he
said can only get one message tonight.
and that i for person named lda. DO
either Of you know who Ida is?
Mr.. De Long looked at Foster with
rather startled look. and said: .'Wcll.
yes. rather think do. My wiie's name
i Lila"
= Wen, said Foster. ''thcn this message
is for her. and it j. important. But she
will have 10 come here and receive it.
WHAT THE SPIRITS TOLD MRS. DE long.
This was Just enough 10 excite DE
Longs curiosity. and after endeavoring in
vain to get Foster to reveal the message
10 him. he consented TO bring his wife the
next night To receive the important COM
munication in person. Accordingly the
next evening the same two. accompanied
by Mrs. DE Long. were ushcrcd into FOs-
tiers parlor. They were soon seated
around the table waiting for the spirits To
arrive After Foster had smoked for sew
eral minutes in silence he suddenly said
The same message comes 10 me. IL j.
for Ida. This is the lady. j. it," he asked.
a. of the spirit. ''Oh. you will write the
message. will your Wen. all right and
with this he took up pen and dashed OF
the following:
To Ny DAUoHrER INA: Ten years ago !
trusted large sum OF money 10 Thomas Madden
10 invest for me In certain lands After my death
he failed to account for the investment To my eN
ecufors. The money was invested and twelve
hundred ard iity acres of land Were bought, and
one-half OF this land now belongs 70 you. paid
Madden on account oi my share Of the purchase
$50. Ne must be maze 10 make settlement.
Your father, VINEYARD.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. DE Long sat AMI
heard this communication read with aston
shed faces. Mrs. DE Long knew that in
his life her father had had business deal
ingS with Mr.. Madden. but TO what extent.
or even the nature OF them She did not
know. She was terribly frightened az the
denovelae,sf for she knew that Foster did
not know who she was. nor who her father
lnl-Ul ndNt nrtii. anu With tn' tbinillilii-
cation came in so remarkable way. the
effect upon the whole party way be better
imagined than described.
MIR. MADDEN CONES DOWN.
Mr. belong had just enough faith in
the correctness of Mrs belongs commu-
nication to want TO see what there was i'm
IL. any way. SO the next day he called on
Mr.. Madden at The Occidental Hotel.
Without saying what especial reason he
had for asking the question. he asked MIR.
Madden III there was not yet some unset
tied business between himself and the es-
tate of the late Mr.. Vineyard. Mr.. Mad
den thought for moment, and then he
said there was lie said several years ago
he and Mr.. Vineyard had bought a tract
of land together. and their interest was
vet undivided. The land had increased
and was increasing enormously in value,