Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02

TIE GIIusT BUSINESS ENrOSEp.-Says
the Leavenworth Iimcs Professor Bald
win has told all about the spiritual mystic
ries including that of Katie King. At an
exhibition be turned water into wine by
simply turning it from pitcher into II
glass This was done 10y Chemicals Then
the pilory WAS brought forward and Mrs
Baldwin was firmly secured therein. The
lock was sealed and the doors Of the cabi-
net We're closed. In a few seconds the
doors were thrown open and the lady
walked forth free The explanation is
simple, The lady has small wire with
which she picks tl,4 looi, ft.r first re-
moving the WAX, and then libcrAtcs her
self
There is enough room allowed her arms
to reach the lock, though it is seemingly
impossible to do so. The seal is easily
put over the keynote Of the lock again
without being broken. The spirit tie y
WAS then exposed. Mediums profess that
the spirits tie and unite ,hem, but the pro-
fc~~or explained how, by 4 clever manipu
lation of tn" ropes these apostles tied and
united Themselves. The professor also
~ai,. ,ha; the spirit tie" was much more
secure than any committee tie he ever
knew He then related a little incident
regarding the great humbu@gery practiced
by the great Eddy brothers,
lie WAS walking in Il garden with Will
liam EDDY, and hi, attention WAS attract
cl toward piece of white paper which
Was being tossed around bv the wind.
William said by simply waving his hand
lc could ret enough electricity from the
clouds to set the paper on fire. II" then
turned to IIor,to and told him to place :;
stone on the paper. IIoratio did 50, aud
he turned his eye on the paper and in 4
MON, MT it WAS burnt up. I'hc brother
IIor;ttio, o,cxplained to the profe~sor,when he
placed Il stone on the paper. poured drop
or so of a mixture of phosphorus and car
bon upon the said paper, This. as soon aS
it heclm" dry, iynit"d and the medium
called upon baldwin TO view the WONDER
ful spiritual manifestation.
pAr!l; COLLAR, but there is even :,
-r;1ver accusation to be brought against
the paper collars. The man who once be-
gins to wear them continues to she'd them
daily They are furnished with Il tough
spinal column OF muslin, and are thus
rendered nearly indcS,ructible. The result
is that the wcarcrS of paper collars are
gradually covering the surface of tn.
earth with new geological stratum which
every wear grows deeper and broader
The discarded paper collar turks in the
closets and corners of boarding houses,
where it mocks the honest servant girl
Who hastily picks it up under the delu>lon
that She has found an available article OF
portable property. 1t eddies around the
back ward. dancing before the breeze; and
Turin. the passing cat to pause and notice
eligible platforms for nortur al concerts
which She might otherwise never have
Observed 1t lies in wait on the sidewalk
and taking surreptitious passage beneath
the skirts of passing beauty, energies to
view upon crowded corners to the confa-
sion of the innocent victim. If thrown
into drains. the discarded paper co,al
iovfullv braces itself to the work of chok-
ins the pipe. If tossed into the fire. Its
muslin Internal structure burns slowly
irving off vast quantities Of olorous smoke.
In the upper part Of the city it nourishes
the predatory goat, who having thus
formed a taste for clothing. proceeds te
crafty it by lunching on the skirts o
unwary children, and by dining with 6
select party of invited guests off accessi
Die clothes lines. Cast into the river, The
paper collar refuses to sink, but float:
with the tide until it is stranded on some
otherwise romantic shore which it straight
way makes vulgar by its presence. 1t is :
repulsive falsehood while it is worn, bu
it is :, vast and imperishable nuisance
when il is thrown away.--N. J. Times.