The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-10

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dunn (or something to that effect on sun
day last and the contrary to-day. do
not envy you your state Of indecsion.
And now, begging your pardon for inter-
rupting your demonstrations, Will
again Join In the encores, while yon wave
your triumphant banners over the ghosts
OF vandui.hcd mposturcs and cheats.
Suhsdcdly.
LUCINDA JASr.
rnE REPLY.
oar fair correspondent opens with n
| flourish that she intended to be sarcastic.
Probably IT is. No doubt il satisfied her,
and we shall not therefore disturb her
pleasure in the Bassoon Child of her Spir-
itualstic mind, by attempting to point out
to her evidences that it i, Just n little
silly.
We pass 10 notice the points" she
| make, against rs, and We wish her at
| tcntion We do no, believe anything we
may say will convince her. If she were
one OF the strong minded in fact a. well
rs theory. we might hope 10 convince
her by argument and the presentation Of
facts, but being u womanly woman.
devoted to home, husband and children
being that weakest and set most a,trac.
tive of human beings, very woman.
who dlscards logic running counter 10
the emotions. we cannot hope to per-
suadc her 10 abandon any position she
has taken on a question like Spirtuallsm,
that appeals with almost irresistible force
to the sympathies. stealing from the
heart OF its dupe the horror Of the grave
and giving back TO crcdulity the angel
forms of loved ones gone before. Shall
we argue with Mary at the cross With
Rachel weeping for her children. refus.
| Ing 10 be comlortcd because they are not.
who would discuss the question of life
and death?
l. It's denied that any of the Spiritun.
lists of Cairo are informed with the spirit
Of prescription th1t would burn at the
stake those who deny the truth of Spirit
ualism. Our fair correspon dent has lit
tie knowledge OF her own religious asso-
ciates, or else she would not deny this.
II she we're close observer. Of facts, she
would have seen long ago, that the de-
voices OF Spirituallsm are of the class
who made up the first Christians, wo-
men and womonlv men. They ara
persfitious beings who near voices and
see signs--emUtional creatures, who, firm
| rs a rock in thcr own belief, are intolerant
and proscriptive. Take. for in
stance. the Cairo followers Of
Mrs. Hollis. They resented ali
question of her powers, became indig-
nant at expressions of inlldelity In her
mediumship, and TO this day some of
them refuse TO speak to, and have socially
prescribed, former friends who were anti
IIollsites. These dare nor, but il they
did dare, they would stake" the people
who have no faith in this most palpablc
impostor. determination should. but
will not, convince our correspondent that
this is the truth. She assumes that per-
sons who at first said Mrs. Hollis gave them
communications containing truths,
aftcrwarI l.. without further investigation.
denounced her as fraud. Who Informed
our correspondent that those persons
made no further Investigations? We know
that some OF them did; and that their
Investigations convinced them that Mrs.
ii. obtained her knowledge of facts other
wise than through the spirits. Lucinda
Jane must not assert so many things:
for, in this way, she furnishes proof that
she is given to absolute knowledge, and
all such people are of the proscriptive
kind, that, in the oldcn times. dealt in the
faggot aud the rack.
:, Ii Is said Mott did not vanish from
the city because OF our suggestions. Our
correspondent knows so much we are at
loss to reply to her but we still believe
Mott did leave Cairo in consequence of
our suggestions, Evidence lie intended
to remain longer than he did; the morn.
ing on which our suggestions were pub
llshed two Spiritualists waited
upon Mott; they proposal
test seancc, anu named prom
inent citizens Mott refused all the citi-
zens then one Of the gentlemen pro-
posed that Mott should give the two q
seance, the result Of which would be pub
lished under their signatures if satlsf.c-
tory and nothing be said about it if the re-
suit were unsatisfactory, TO this Mott
agreed, fixing that night for the test, but
he left III the afternoon, the, same day on
which our suggestions to ties, the matter
by striking Blcdsoc a blow were made.
Dut OF course our correspondent is mn
convinced.
D. 1t is said We have misrepresentcd
Mrs. Hollis, IN saying She was unable to
| produce writing after her method had
been exposed. The correspondent is a
witness to prove this charge against us.
she says Mrs. Hollis obtained writing in
her presence after the exposure. We have
ITO uonDt OF this. Our correspondent be-
lhs believer, not an investigator, Mrs.
Hollis continued to impose upon her.
bnt hear our evidence. We called on
Mrs Hollis after the--let us call it-"so.
called exposure she having consented
| 70 give us test. We remained with her