Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-07
DAYLIGHT ON SPIRITUAL
ISM.
Another Stunning Exposure.
Boston Globe. ]

Boston Globe.
A Young man lives within five
miles of the State house, who has
made study of all the tricks and il
lusions of modern legerdemain, and
is an accomplished performer therein,
whose interest has been excited upon
this subject. Some of his friends
had become devout believers in Spir-
itualism, and he, feeling assured in
his own mind that they were the vic
tins of fraud, went to work to inves-
tigate and expose what had been to
them the strongest evidence of spirit
ual presence. After three visits to
the seances of Mrs. Hardy, in this
city, he became Convinced that he
was master of the whole subject, at
least so far as the dark circle mani
festations were concerned, and could
give a successful seance of his own
without the help of spirits. Accord
ingly he arranged for the sitting at
his own home, and it took place last
evening. The same representative of
the Globe who made visit to Airs.
Hardy and gave an account of what
he saw, as it appeared to him. was
among the persons Invited.
A company of seventeen persons,
all specially invited to see an expose
of the dark circle manifestations,
gathered at this house. When they
had all come together, they were TAX
en- to a room in which chairs were
arranged in the usual way for cir
Gle. They took their places, the
chairs being drawn close together,
making ring about ten or twelve
feet in diameter. The amateur "me-
dium" took Il chair in the middle of
the circle, simply imposing the same
conditions upon the company as are
exacted by the professionals. The
feet of one of the visitors. were placed
upon his to make sure that he did
not move from his place, and he pat
ted his hands together with dis
tinctly audible sound all the time to
show that they were not occupied in
producing the manifestations. The
hands of the persons in the circle
were clasped together III the usual
way. The light was then turned out,
and, and after the momentary pause
usual in such cases, the raps were
heard which announced the presence
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The patting of hands continued
without intermission, and presently
a fan was seized from one Of the par
ty, and famed the faces of the sitters
all around the circle. Hands were
shaken and patted, knees were
slapped and faces touched by invisi
BILE beings. A watch was taken
from one person and given to another
on the opposite side of the circle.
One mans cravat was taken off and
given to another, and afterwards
placed on the head of the owner. A
music box, which had been placed
in the hands of one person and the
KEY in that of another, was taken
away and given to another in another
part of the circle. The key was tax
en- and the box wound up, and then
it could be. heard tinkling through
the air all around the circle. A spark
of light circled about in the air above
the heads of the performer, and all
the other demonstrations usual in
these circles were produced with all
the effect Of the genuine spiritual
seance. Finally, there was a cessa-
tion for a moment; raps were heard,
indicating that the performance was
over for the time being; a light was
struck, and our amateur medium
was discovered in precisely the posi-
ton he occupied when the gas was
turned out, quietly clapping his
hands, and the person who held his
feet testified that he had not moved.
After a little rest, he took new po-
sition, with different person hold
ing his feet, and substantially the
same performance was repeated. All
the persons present, several of whom
had been believers in Spiritualism,
declared that the manifestations were
every way. as perfect and satisfactory
as any that they had experienced.
STILL MORE WONDERFUL THINGS.
The young man then tried an ex-
pertinent, with perfect success, which
he said he had seen Mrs. Hardy try
three times, but without success, be-
cause, as she claimed, the conditions
were not right for a perfect working
of the spirits. He was tied to his
chair with cord, both the lower and
upper parts of his body, and had his
wrists tied together with a handker-
chief in such way that one would
suppose that he. would be unable to
do anything. His feet were secured,
as usual, a glass Of water placed on
the foorsom feet. from his chair, aud