Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-28
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THE STORY On A MAIR SWITCH


THE STORY ON A MAI1 SWITCH.
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Says an exchange: Mrs. Almy Is
a rcspectablen lady, well-know in
Council Bluffs, and her reputation
for truth and veracity is the best
She is married, and matter-Of-fact,
and never was imaginative, or fool
ish, or Eighty. She was never at
spiritual seance or lecture in her life,
and has no sympathy, whatever, with
what are called spiritual manifesto
tons. Yet she AYERS upon her honor
as an unbeliever in the visitation of
spiritual essences or cmbodiments on
this mundane sphere, that she has
seen spirit-and one and the same
spirit eleven times. 1t is woman
in full dress, excepting the back hair.
Mrs. Amy says she first feels a chilli
ness creep over her, and then an cleo
trical excitement, and then the form
of the strange woman gradually en-
folds itself to her vision. 1t comes in
broad daylight, and when all her five
senses are about her. She has tried to
make her husband and others see it
but they seem to have no spiritual dis
ccrnment. To her the figure is just as
plain as pumpin open day. Itcan-
not talk, but once it took her by the
hand and went for q pencil and paper
and tried to write message, yet could
make no ineligible communication.
Mrs Almy grew very tired Of this
troublesome ghost, and finally told il
to go and come no more, which
aroused the female spirit and made it
angry. At least it scowled a sentiment
of irritation. Another phenomenon
of this marvel is narrated. Some time
ago Mrs. Almy bought large, CLOS
sy, and beautiful hair switch of a lady
who said it made her sick to wear it.
Mrs. Almy made several attempts to
wear it, and it gave her the headache
every time she put it on. One day
when she was examining the switch
and wondering what could be in it
that put her in pain, she was first
seized with the GOODNESS and other un-
pleasant sensations. Then the afore-
said appearance unfOlded its outlines
and fullness of form, very much as a
daguerreotypc is developed under the
action of chemicals. The woman
which appeared to stand before her,
had no back hair, but the lack of this
suggested to Mrs. Almy, no connec-
ton between the spiritual presence
and the beautiful switch ofhair which
she held in her hand. On another oc-
casion, soon after Mrs. Almy was
again holding and admiring the
switch, and thinking of its painful in
fluence, again the cold and the spirit
came, and with the thought that the
switch of hair itself was charged with
some potent influence. The next
time Mrs. Almy tried it as an expert
ment, and the handling of the hair
produced the spiritual result prompt
ly and potently. So she called up
this spirit from the unknown world
IL times in all, and then becoming
weary of experimenting with won
ders,she put the hair away in q draw
err and locked it up. Since its bureau
Punishment, she has looked at it sew
eral times, and it seems to be wasting
away, q hair at time. But the ghost
does not trouble Mrs. Almy any
more. Now there are two profess
ional spiritual mediums in Council
Bluffs, both women and men, and it
appears that the spirit betook herself
to these women to make communion
ton. The story goes that each medi-
UNI got the same message for Mrs.
Almy, and that there was no collision
between the two. The message was !;
81 and certain man, who is still
living, murdered your father in San
Francisco for his money. That man
soon afterwards killed me and threw
my body into the river. There is a
considerable sum Of money in Cali
fornia bank which belonged to your
father, and which / desire that you
may get. Write two letters to two
certain persons, (the names and adj
dresses were here given by the spiriD
and you will find out something, and
know what to do. The hair switch
you hold in your hand once hung in
natural profusion from my head. l
wish to atone as far rs l can do so,
for the crime which l committed. /
can find no rest until / make whatev-
er restitution lies in my power. If
you refuse to do as direct, will
spirit that hair all away and give it
to some other person through whom
can communicate"
Mrs. Almy says that her father died
suddenly some years ago in his bed
in San Francisco hotel, and if he
left any money, she never heard of it
before. No one was with him when
he died, SO far as known. Mrs. Al
my has SO far yielded her unbelief
and prejudice, that she is going to
write the letters and sec what the re-
suit will be. The marvel-mongers of
Council Bluffs wait further develop
ments with interest.