The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-07

had been wounded on the thumb and after
ward killed In battle. The same hand ap-
peared ct another time bearing sword.
There Is no theory Of magnetism or cleo
trlcity, said the speaker, which explains
the necessity of having the arm bare. You
try the experiment at home and you will
find you cannot tell whether there are two
hands or one upon your arm, but | would |
defy you to play upon five or six instru-
ments at the same time.
/ have heard concerted piece played up |
on six different, instruments simultaneously, |
and have set that down as worthy of being |
thought of. A Russian lady came there |
perfectly incapable of conspiracy. The |
first night after her arrival she recognized
Georgian boy among the spirits.
A hand was thrust out with a string of
amber beads which she recognized as be-
longing to the boy who had been servant
of an invalid nephew of hers. ] said to
her, in French, ask him to play familiar
air. She then said in French, play Les Kinkd,
and Immediately the all was played upon
the guitar on the opposite wall beyond the
mediums reach. 1t was perfectly impos-
slble for Horatio Eddy to understand what
she said. There is the producing of
chd's hand which was laid fiat upon my
back and patted me on the face. At my
request IL Cdlnc DUCK LOT NE W HISS IL, anu
claimed to be the hand of child OF mine.
This is something well ascertained and
worthy to be laid aside.
The speaker then described 11oratio's
dark circle The windows arc curtained
to exclude all light and lamps are turned
| down. The persons on the front seat take
hold OF hands.
A committee is appointed to tie the me-
diums hands tightly. | have served on
the committee and know it to be fact that
the hands are tied tightly. Immediately a
hubbub ensues, then voice is heard claim
ing to be George Dix, a sailor, who was
lost nj sea. The voice was here described
| by the speaker Then child's was heard,
/ said to 10 that of Mayllower, who has bcen
/ in the spirit world about one hundred years.
| George Dix then says he VIII give The
| Storm at Sea, and Immediately the band
strikes up you hear the ships bell, the
wind whis,ing through the cordagc, the
washing Of the waves. and the crcaking of
the vessel. The striking Of the waves
against the vessel is initiated by slamming
Il table on the floor, the whole giving an
excellent idea of storm at sea. have
! been in the habit Of attending the
opera and thcatcr all my life (;
have an ear for music. and can
distinguish the sounds of different instru-
mcnis. in this case have heard the sounds
81 seven different instruments-the conccr-
tina, tamborine, dumb bells. flute, triangle,
and wo or three small bells. 1t was i'm
possible for less than four or five perform
crs to play these instruments A music
teacher, who visited them, picked out the
different instruments from which ! made
my report of this part of the programme
This performance set down to the credit
Of the medium. The playing of Horatio
Eddy is something to be remembered and
has memory of two or three hundred
songs There is also an Indian dance, in
which it seems there must be eight or ten
people engaged. You hear the beating of
the drums, the yell of the Indian, and .
terrific noise generally 1t is impos.
sible for Horaio Eddy 10 do it, even
if he went on all-fouls and had
shoes on his hands. Then there are instrul.
ments floating in the air, which, however
might possibly be done in the dark by
swinging a guitar over the heads of the
audience. The Indians sometimes touch
you, and also make you presents. They
have made me several presents. lock OF
hair, a piece of crystal and piece Of Can.
adan seal stone. An Indian girl braided
me a wreath &C ribbon, ornamentod with
sea shells. One evening after the Russian
lady came, she complained that no person
| appeared whom she knew. That same
night her uncle appeared in William
circle, and held in his hand a buckle wtrr
by her father This was identified by her
This placed to the credit of the medium
as being among those things worthy of in
vestigaton.
We now come to Williams materalizin!
, circle. William comes IN in his ordinary
working suit and goes into the cabinet
When / went to the Eddys' first, there wa
a window opening out of the cabinet .!
r feet from the ground, since that time
shed has been moved up under the window
| and from the fact that some people though
T the confederates used this as mode o
, communication, l tackled some mosquito
+ netting over the window which has re
, NAMED untouched until this time. Their
| is therefore, no access to the cabinet from
the outside except through the door bacl
! of the audience this Dir. Beard acknowl
: edged. William enters the cabinet ant
i after few moments, during which sing
, ing and playing is heard, the curtain i
} drawn and out steps woman. When
+ first witnessed these materializatOns
thought all were of the same hight and
3 afterwards tackled a scale against the doc
, where they came out, by which / ascer
tanned the difference in their hight. Thi
woman is about feet 3 inches high sh
? goes through n variety of performances
None of her movements are like VIM. Ed
| dys. Her shoulders are different, her hal
4 very long and could not be IA wig. On
night she made sign that she wished t,
f smoke. handed her my pipe and by it
light the dark copper color of hcr ski
A could be seen.
Inxr t,tft, 'p.1 Il;
( forms issue from the cabinet. white, blacl
r and red, American. German, English Cir
cassian and Russian, and once, curiou
|. figure with four horns on his head on til
: tips of which were gilt and brass balls A
s another time man appeared some six fee
3 tall, dressed as Circassian cavelier. whor
It the Russian lady recognized as a man VIII
was her escort in the army. As he came OF
=. he made the curious gesture of welcome pt
d culiar to the Tartar tribes. He carried
O weapon of curious design on which was
II bunch of ostrich plumes, which were mad
o instantly before my eyes Another figure
d that of Santum, red giant, six feet, thre
n inches tall another. Wahoo, weighn
e. some 250 pounds, | have seen cightee
N different spirits in one evening ! strik
" out al those appearances that look Ink
C VIM. Eddy but have yet to find that he ca
]. MANI hihiooit u oaDy, giant, Ol IN lnulal
Is or change himself to one of these in a M
ment.
IS The purpose of my three months wor
has been to find all this a fraud and | hay
c, failed. There is so much that is not frau
that believe it to be important that
thorough investigation should be made. !
he the midst of the antagonisms of scienC
rs and religion now going on among the be-
I'd minds of Europe and America, YOU al
I'd aware that enemies are advancing to unde
he mine our christian religion. The paper ,
at Huxley, the works of Herbert Spence
I'd and other writers, all show the agressi,
IN condition Of the materalistic school, The
IN demand of us proof of the immortality
IN the soul and the question for the church
he decide is, whether it is possible that spiri
IS can clothe themselves with their natur
is bodies or whether they will pass the que
N tim nv Time ia nrpcious anJ tho ,,a,t