Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-16

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has the following:
Fifteen persons, several OF them re-
portefs, met in Mrs. Youngs' parlors in
Twenty-seventh street last evening. and
found the medium in good spirits.
Across the end Of the room stood large,
| deep seven-and-a-hsf octave piano,
which appeared upon trial to weigh
about 600 rs. The reporter could not
lift one end Of it. The gas was burning
at full head the whole evening, and the
windows and doors were open. Among
the visitors we're Colonel O!cott and
Madame Blavatsky, who had come to
report what they saw to the ST. Peters
burg University; Mr.. Paul Juignet. Mr.
David Morrison. Of Washington. and
other well known persons. The per-
formances began with the lifting of the
piano by the invisible powers. three
times for YES, and once for :. No. in
answer to questions put by Mrs. ioungs,
she resting her hands lightly on top of
the music rack. She then sat down and
plsyed various airs, and the instrument
rose and fell and beat the time. She
then went TO one end Of the piano and
called up Colonel Olcott aud as many
others rs chose to make the experiment.
and, causing each to place his left hand
underneath the case, laid one of her
hands lightly under it: whereupon. at
her command, the end of the heavy ill.,
strumsnt was lifted of the floor without
the slightest effort on her part. The
Colonel here asked to be permitted to
make 3 single test. which should not in
jure the medium at all. Mrs. Youngs
conseD'iug, he produced a hens egg
from . box, and requested her to hold 1t
in her hand against the under side of
the piano, and then ask the apirits TO
raise it. The medium said tina: in the
course of her medIumship such test
had never been suggested. and she could
not say that it would be successful, but
she would try. She took the egg and
held il as desired, and then rapping on
the case with the other hand. asked the
spirits 10 see what they could do. In
stantly tie piano rose as before and was
held for q moment suspended in the air
The novel and striking experiment was
8 complete success.
Mrs. Younes then desired as many Of
the heaviest persons in the room as could
sit upon the instrument to monBt il, and,
the invitation being accepted by seven
gentlemen and ladies, she played a
march. and the instrument, persons and
all. were lifted easily. Colonel Olcctt
now brought out two English walnuts,
and asked the spirits to crack their
shells under the piano legs without
crushing the kernels, the idea being to
show that some other power than that
of the one woman herself, and a poser
governed by intelligence, WAS e.ertiDg
itself. The spirits we're willing. but, As
the piano legs rested upon rolling cas-
tiers, the test was abandoned. He then
asked to be permitted to hold en- egg in
his own hand against the under side Of
the piano, and have Mrs. Youngs lay
her hand beneath and against his, so that
he might have a perfect demonstration
Of the fact that no muscular force what |
ever Was exerted by her. This test was
also agreed to aud Immediately tried. |
The piano rose the same SIS before. The |
Of the evening were then |
brought to a close with the lifting Of the
without the medium S hands
touching it at all.