The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-08
An ASTONISHING FEAT
New York Sun, Aug n,

| AN ASTONISHING FEAT. r
New York Sun, Aug q.
Fifteen persons, several of them report.
ers, met in Mrs. Young's 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-hAf.octave piano, which
appeared upon trial to weigh about
1000 pounds. The reporter could not
lift one end of it. The gas was burning at
full head the whole evening, and the win
dows and door were open. Among the
visitors were Col. Olcott and Madame
Blayatsky, who had come to report what
they saw to the St. Petersburg University;
Mr.: Paul Julgent, Mr.. David Morrison
of Washington, and other well.known
persons. The performances began with
the lifting of the piano by the invisible
powers, three times for s. es'' and once
no, IN answer to questions put by Mrs.
Youngs, she resting her hands lightly on
the top of the music rack. She then sat
down and played various airs, and the in
strumeut rose and fell and beat the time.
She then went to one end of the piano
and called up Col. Olcott and as many
as chose to make the experiment, and,
causing each to place his left hand I'M
derneath the case, laid one of her hands
lightly under it; whereupon, at her de-
mand. the end Of the heavy instrument
was Lifted off the floor without the slight
est effort on her part. The Colonel here
asked to be permitted to make single
test which should not injure the medium
at all. Mrs. Youngs consenting, he pro-
duced hens egg from box, and reques-
ted her to hold it in her hand against the
under side Of the piano, and then ask
the spirits to raise it. The medium said
that in tho course of her mediumship
such test had never been suggested, and
she could not say that it would be sue
cessful, but she would try. She took the
egg and held it as desired, and then rap
ping upon the case with her other hand,
asked the spirits to see what they could
do. Instantly the piano rose as before
and was held for moment suspended in
the ar. The novel and striking expert
ment was complete success.
Mrs. Youngs then desired as many of tho
heaviest persons in the room as could sit
upon the instrument to mount it, and the
invitation being accepted by seven gen
tlemen and ladies, she played = march,
and the instrument, persons and all, were
lifted easily. Col. Olcott now brought
out two English walnuts, and asked the
spirits to crack their shells under the nj
ane legs without crushing the kernels,
the idea being to show that some other
power than that Of one woman herself,
and power governed by intelligence. WAS
exerting itself: The spirits were willing,
but as the piano legs rested upon rolling
castors, the test was abandoned. He
then asked to be permitted to hold an 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 perfect demonstration of
the fact that no muscular force whatever
was exerted by her. This test was also
agreed to and Immediately tried. The
piano rose the same as before. The
manifestations Of the evening were then
brought to close with the lifting of the
instrument without the mediums hands
touching it at all.
GOING TO HEAVEN BAREF00TED.
During the pioneer days of Iona, the
town had All editor who was patient and
long suffering. Some of the members of
the church got him to give twenty dol
lars toward securing minister; then
they wanted five dellars for the heather
then they wanted their religious notices
inserted free; then he was asked for
twenty-five dollars toward helping to
build parsonage, and he finally found
he was giving the church more than he
gave his family. He nevertheless chung
on for time longer, or until one evening
he went to prayer meeting and was asked
to leave his Office for week, and 20 and
help, and clear the grounds for camp
meeting. That was the last straw, and
he rose up and said:
''Gentlemen, I'd like to 90 to heaven.
| know you all. You are clever and
obliging, and kind and tender, and il
would be nice for all Of US, as conere-
cation, to go together, but I've concluded
to leave you, and dodge in along
with somebody from Detroit, Grand Rap.
ids or Lapeer. It's money, money,
money, all the time, and if my wife
should die she'd have to 60 to heaven
barefooted."
The congregation seemed to realize that
a free horse was being rode to death.
They let up on the editor and pacified
him. He even had special tent assign
ed him at the camp meeting, and all was
! we'll.
CHOKED CATTLE.
During the past winter we have fed
our COWS and young cattle MANY bushels
| OF apples, and during the time have had