, 1875-12-16
TRUE SPIRITS OR FALSE
Why Cannot They Como when tile
Medium Is Tied2
An Evening will, Mcsars. Das!ian
aud Taylor.

An Evening will, Mcsars. Das.ian
aud Taylor.
1ur'RIng from tho large Andlorcaa vl,ieh every
evening III tho rpoms of l,astfan enA Taylor,
Hptritna,i,ts, at No. "a alcCunncli'a Moct cor
nos Adnn,a street and Fifth Avenue. thcrs car
ha ltsls abatement 10 tie Interest In these
manifestations. apd tho business must bo highly
lucrative. hit party of ait, three gentlemen.
aud tlrce ladies'. flied with tho spirit Of ,nvostt-
gatloa, won't thesn Wednesday evaning. btnt 1lp-
On scolng whit nvtenca thosa celebrated 3i,it,t-
uhissss. jnst returned from Europe, coull give
Of their power.
lnsering tho feanco.roouh, the circle was
fotnod. about twenty Ia al, the door locked. tho
tho Windows oloscd, DaAtiAn Aeatsd on chais in
The centre, vi Il = music box. In trumpet. and
guitar It his feet. Tho room was bare, and tbs
cabinet, nfser careful cxnulDat,ou. xeo,ucd u be
Icrfuctly pla Il aad n,nlplo. with m openings or
faTse aile3. Tho lamp having bceu e1t,uKuIahed,
Inylur starte'i FonE, In which nth+rs joined,
Ba4tian meanwhile keefing M Honolonnus
carpiug Of il,s La1ds. ii.cre waB All occaflonat
MOVING Df the mnsie.tox or muromcnt Of tho
guitar through tho nls and ovarY rnotnont or
two soH,a oue OF tlo cttts1nAnY wo1i1 fo toucl,sl
Upon tl,a faud ar kuna by o baud nAtAntly witL-
drawn, and hoarae, low voice cs,Iel
1.-THE FAMILIAR Hr1HIT."
but which tnluht just Nv we'll t,avs beer, Das-
tIaD'B yoico litslo tlEHuiHcd, Hrotc few ILLINOIS.
inlIB tlngniAhatlo words III. ougll tho trumpet.
which Taylor interntoted to thu ca,nFanr. Then,
addressing h.tnaeif to eonln one III tito c,rc'o.
1ayl0r wVnld suv thai spirit wcH ssal dug by
him or her, describing III a grneraL indefinite
way tue supposed erf1it n,atifcatad 1T M way.
however, to my oue e1cclt iarlGr; and IL ~as
tpcciRliy rcmatAed t.lat allAM,.ll carh ono OF
tue party waa iaso1e4 WITH " Ir.t not QUO OF
them was atle to recognize In the srit do"crheh
wad deacr.t,cd BY ray.or as a ponsIe1nau Of
~. who d'od In this city OF consumption. mt
tue gentleman Ellnm lhiH Bntrit visited, and
whose relative hg rla.naa to 10, EavA that no
one OF hy relatives ever lived III tllla city. and
noas ever died OF corBumt ttiun. Any questi,n4
aAxGd We1o either csaelvo!y answered or tic
medium would ta&c OCCASION to urn his nttau-
ton to son0 UilIer tGFaun. No 0nt Ut the uaftY
INV Or heard sing:e thing IN Any say rs,lura-
ale, aai ono Or tlum quietly runls1ILc Il
h0yer ie;t 80 much like fool IN my lsfo.''
TIER CAME TIVE L1anT sEANcE
and the cabinet tsst. f'on, which soretaiNg in-
trt toEtlng waa naturally expected, DAa,ian Rnu
Taylor haTins; made con5 .detabLs reputation,
anu claiming to 20 mediums of special influence.
IAG company wora seated IN thueo rows u least
II fcct truln the cabinet, tl,eu.ul caro- being
s.ken that nil Who hai man,teatcd t!oubtiug
spirit or dos!ro OF iaqulrv should have tho back
vents l3HAtinu than prounrod u euts1 tue cahi-
1es. at .ho question Of ty1aE n'ns VIZ raised.
tnonght that tho time thus lost would bo
yAuablr, aud tho noBo might disturb the q; irits,
Tvs gentlemen. however who bad entolod tho
cabinet insisted MIou tying him, md Nhen lie
took hia Hsnt ono Of them prdduced
aruUl Of SILK TIiRHAn,
aud, placing hs EandH behind tho clair in which
lie sat, room enveoted t,is hands, arms and legA
in a n,ass, Of threal. Dahs,an Ind renarKed t1L.t
II they tied him thay tnusL Aut OK 1ect t0 lin
uutted, ~ tho spis ts never united hln.
ihe guitar wns plaeed At hia side, the donr OF
the cabinet closed, tho light covered with
screeu, aud Taylor took lis position
in tho main room. muHic-bnx i'll hand.
which ho Kept continually playirg. 1n
pomant hand appeared at tho apcnInc, NTH
Instantly Withdrawn, aud never reappca'e1. At
long iutervh blight no.sa was IearI III tho
cabluot, or tic guitar would be played for An i'll
stanl, aud Two 0r shres tIulca what might have
boom d face. OF. equally vol. poeaat-handksr-
chief. appeared for , ,nolnont hack Ut tha opon
irg. al 10 o'clock Taylor culIod for the xov of
another room, nlich wxk At uuca thrown out oy
Dastian. Tle COMPANY became impatient, md
ono or Iwo aHked for tnanifustatious. Taylor
yaxel and worried+ replying that perhaps tho
soIti4s would aalAe After Wh,lo, but thai thoro
hsd been 70 many PERSONS III tho cahiuct
that tLsy had lost the!r power, and the fluid had
bosn absorbed.
AZ aoout Il Iuafter.pas. 10 Gsstia1,, FROM tho
cabinet. called fer Il pscct OF !a.cr. Then tho
hlgeing l,opps wero encouraged, and tho coln-
pany c1pecled HOMO vritiug. But Ia = moment
ur two tue paper N1s brown out with tho Hllk
thread wrapped around 1t. aud the Reance wns
declared closed. Tia Committee at oncs en-
tc.o1 tllo cabluet mud found Dastiau Bitsing in
the CHAR, .....
USr1KD. or corHaE
Notwithstanding wat he had said about the
rats ucYer uiLyia1 hlu), and both he and
Taylor csuss, poavlsIl. aud snrious aud tho lat-
ses paale MI vosa''on; but tsyns to snps'n
shss shss tSrsaa lire should I'D 10 s mon n'' til. M
paper and unbroken, and tho spirits
had 70 spend all their time catofuIiy untyipg
btu, vi. cl !. the .Sa.oa ,S why you dtd nut ase
fortunately for them. hat all tho thread was
thero unbrokou, aud the gonltemln Who Tia
him thinks that only pAKt Of 1t was handed out
ou tho paper.
TIE Hiols performance Wa. SO ,amont.b'y
Eotcn1 conclusion" that although thoIo weto
se,aial prasont who seemed quita indignant that
tho sprtts SHOULD havo basn haMpe.ed or d,s-
Disturbed, 10 muoh uas said abous +" = thrce
taer tnt III Il, T;ysF rss os as uto s M t.
yesat.on, oudeavor 10 explain sway hia nlhcr-
ablo latco, and to nccouht Tor tho teebsns,s Of
hts "srir1ta ~ closc roolu, nOlao IN entering
ths cabiuet time sppot IN tying BAst,au. and
the tulaEm0oou8 aplrit LII iha company, SoMo
wanting him tiaa, a,,l ol!letB not DC, 4c. but
when two or threo gcntolnen offered to hold an
othor seaucs some other evening to glyo thom
osery opportunity, to cUb!ina tito uLlnbof to ak
or eight, and have sofuo satisfactory ts4ts, Tay-
loE promptly, Indignantly, aid polntellv sofnaed.
savsn4 that hO wunld not hnvo anything 10 do
with the thing un cba hs coulI arrange things ~
tho HplsltA wanted, and that he would not g.ys
any one any tests ua!eas thsy wonll act In tho