The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-22


lIrltion of Independence, and think IL
time TO s'pp. and with this remark he
at down.
fiiosE sHkNks-HIaABi DICTti
Mn. EpTroR under the in.-
preston that ain the recipient Of too
many thanks from the Spiritualists for
my lecture recently delivered in this city
and Niucenu,s. I take this opportunity,
with your permission. to give a short
synopsis Of that l,cture in order that
your readers may - whether yindiCat-
Il SpiriyUdl.sm Or not. and thus became
entitled 10 their eNtravagaut culogies. Ii
strikes oac s. q lit,le singu-
lar th@t Ii "unques.ionably
proved Spiri.usli.m 20 - true" that il
toJS he >piritttlli..s of Cairo nearly too
months 20 ;iul !. CG.. 1ud still more sin
sl'ar. ,ha. Hon. W~-ucn Chase should 20
into tn Fr.~ ReN-.pai,t'> hall pt this
city. aui spend an evening In coutrOvert-
Ing &C.. singular thu; D. should write To
thc Bnttr % L.glL published IN Bos-
ton. aud after acknowledging what b.
did in reference 10 the lecture. tell the
readers Of that paper that b. completely
coHtroycrtsd IT,. Ii the lecture
proved SpirituaHsm To BE- true.
what was Mr.. Chase doing for an
hour or more "c5Euoverting it," But to
to the lecture.
first showed what Splri,uall,m was
sixteen year. ago few silly tricks. long
sine" exposed. but considered then just as
wonderful a. naturalization i notc. or
rras a short time ago. for since my lecture
was written naturalization has been thor
oughly exposed. showed from the pub
lished testimony OF tn. sJ-cllled spirits
themselves, that neither table-mo,ing or
slste-writing i upernatusral-Lot the
work Of spirits at all. | then showed how
the trickery of the Fox girls, Davenport
and Eddy brother, had been exposed 10
the world and to their shame. First in.
s,allmcnt of thank-.J
The next point ! made and proved
clearly, was that spiritualism was neither
a science. system or revelation. More
thanks
then demonstrated at lcnCth that the
,o-callcd spirit performances could De
and were all produced by trickery land
that is The main feature in the whole
thing. or by Mc-,neri,lu, Psychology,
Chiryoyancc. NcmtrIlOqui,M. somnam-
buli,m. Miud-Ecadiug. Mind-Telegraph-
Ing. Mental Hallucinaiiou or Mental Ger
ebra,ion. These could do and had done,
either siagly or combined, all that va,
ever claimed Tor the spirits. Additional
thanksJ
nowhere said in my lecture that Spir-
ilu.iism va, equal TO. OF superior to Mo
merisn or ClairyOyance. 1t is lar le.,
than either, for it i. mol anything that
eau stand the test OF examination.
Following this CONES a sufficiently fun
and Illuminating expose of the Cairo tin
trumpet and chrome humJug, an expose
Of Mott. Of Foster Of New York. and a
review Of Robert Dale Owens artiIe on
spirituali,m in the December number Of
tie A'lonf!s M9ah!y-an article he wa,
ashamed Of and would have gladly sup
pressed. More ,hanks.J
| then showed what the spirits told the
people Of Cairo, yiz:-ihat Mr.. Holli,
was fraud and gave the statement Of a
distinguished Spirituali-t Of Philadelphia.
viz that 'all naturalization was hum
/ bug--a thing that could not De and wa,
/ not done | made an exhibit Of the
| RIGHTEOUSNESS Of dark scances-the fraud.
prac,iced, the simple, foolish contradict
DRY character Of the communication. and
the shameful trick, imposed by eminent
| physical mediums"
The above, Mr.. Editor, i. very brief
synopsis OF that lecture.
Suffice it to say that occupied one
hour and half in showing the weakness.
fraud, unreliability, iJDli,hne,, and
untruthfulnes. Of that prince OF humbug,
-Spiritualism: when 10 and behold. the
Spirituali-ts gather In solemn cDnclaye
tand extend me a vote Of thank, for
proving spirituali,m to be true" I,
that the latest AMI easiest way Of getting
out Of difficulty: There isn't one word
in that lecture Of S. pages that favor.
spiritualism in any conceivable WAY
How then does it receive this blessing
do not know, Mr.. Editor, but that .hal
be driven TO your conclusion, viz
that everything proves Spirit
ualism and take it all down,
tin-trumpcts-false-faccs, cheap pic
lures, slight-ofhand, slate-writinl
with finger-nail pencils, table-knocking,
and naturalization O. through a hole in
blanket.
Such profusion OF thanks quite over
come me as subscribe myself,
Yours, truly, II. b. TmAyER.