National Republican., 1876-01-22
INVISIBLE SCULPTURE.
Hsnd-shskisg With the Dead in Etsrnit,

Hand-shaking With the Dead in Eternity.
Last evening at the residence Of DR.. Wright,
lois l street, Mrs. Hardy, o lady whose face
beams with the beauty and freshness OF June
morning, endowed with an intellect even, quick
and aggressive; refined in manner and of ex-
quisite taste in dress, cat down with brilliant
company Of ladies and gentlemen as the medium,
to borrow an idea from Milton, Of
"Thinss not revealed, which the invisible King,
Only Omniscient, hath suppressed in night
To none communicable in earth or heaven"
The ccnditien of darkness was not dema1ded.
IL the full glare Of the gaslight she TOOK her
sor The truth Of The doctrine Of immortality, and
gave her evidence in the form of the Invisible
sculpture of hands, long since folded over breasts
the performance OF human work. The apparatus
required for all this was SIMPLY wooden frame
about four feet square, over which was thrown
only, in the centre. Underneath this was
placed pail Of warm water, into WnIen
was poured quantity OF melted Rarat,ne; Be Be;
water. With her hands in complete view all the
time Of her audience, apparently making no
physical eh0Ft Pu snss IN sS0f IN tSo other
world she welcomed from "the gates on golden
hinges turning" some Proxitiles or Paidias or
would mold cut Of the swimming parafine the
hands of invisible models present. What art,
what skill, what power was at work none could
heard, and in less than twenty minutes a hand
was laid in the dish of cold water beside the pail
1t was of mans size, and notable for the absence
of the third finger. 1t has been Tom Jones' busi-
ness for forty years to model hands and cut them
in marble. In their anatomy he is perfectly
skilled. Ills educated cunning in the art was In
voked for decision in regard to this and other
similar molds, and after patient Investigation
he said they were the fine work OF some great
sculptor, and true to nature in every respect.
Who is the invisible sculptor, and nov does ne
execute, IN the presence Of mortals, supernatu.
raj work? Revelation and science, ministers and
sapdHs, to the rescue! The fact OF vha. was ssen
is stated and left without comment. II trick 1t
was hey ond the ken Of those present; II miracle
beyond their ability TO explain. The sculptor re-
turned to his studio In some fsr-of star, and then
the company drew around the medium, and In
few moments hands, different in size and form,
protruded themselves from the aperture in the
cloth. A bell was placed within It. and it did not
fall TO the floor: the law Of gravitation was sus-
pended; some unseen, hidden power held 1t up,
and ringing 1t once for and three times for yes
intelligently answered questions. After this
nearly all present placed their hands within the
aperture and felt them clasped by the dead man
who had been ringing the bell II was wonier-
fuI, most wonderful, and that Is all that can be
said about II. The people present wero men and
women in the full possession of all their senses:
for the most part skeptics; some Of them good
deal GermaniZed, but all of them dumofounded.
Mrs. Hardy remains in this city for some days.
Sunday evening, (to-morrow,) at Lyceum hall,
1lOS street, she gives public seance, for which
the general admissiou will be IS cents: reserved
seats 30 cents. All should be seated by o'clock.