The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-06
Challenge to AL Skeptics.

AS Dr. George NJ. Beard, has called the
Eddys "Liarsnd Frauds" | make TO that
gentleman the following proposition:
| will put 3d. 600 in the hands OF George
Francis Train, who isl skeptic to all forms
of spiritual manifestations or in those of
Elder Frederick Evans, who believes in
nearly every form of it, or IN the hands of
Peter Cooper, who believes IN the christian
phase of it, but not the other; or in the
hands Of any honest person who may he
agreed upon. He shall put 50, 900 into the
hands of the same person. jury Of six
gentlemen and six ladies shall be chosen to
test the medium, Mrs Mary Eddy Hun
toon, sister OF the Eddy Brothers. She
will exhibit in their presence many of the
different phases of spiritual manifestations,
including naturalization, and if majority
OF this committee decides that her manifes-
ta,iOns are produced by confederales, by
presentations of the medium by means OF
masks and secret wardrobes, showing her
IT, be fraud the money shall he his if
they do not, tho money shall be mine. |
ala willing to select for the gentlemen to
act uoon this jury, DR.. Lewis A. Sayre,
the surgeon, as foreman; Dr Austin Flint.
Jr., the Psychologist Professor Youmans,
the chemist Rev. John Hall, the clergy
man Mr.. Hastz, the magician; and Geo
i laANie liam, WHO uOer DOJ utllCNt III
soul spirit or God. | believe that none
of these gentlemen are believers in modern
spritualism DR.. Bearo may choose the
ladies and those who are sprituausNs ar
not as he pleases | only request him to
select those who are honest and well
known, and that one OF them shall be a
physician.
The mudium will 90 into sny pndlic hall
theatre, church, or pri'atr pa'loi II .hi9
city that the jury may designa.e' ohe VIII
furnish her own cabinet OF tneS may iurh-
ish it for her. All thaS hhe requires Is That
il shall be SO cons.ructed as to make it per-
fectly dark, aad large enough for three or
four persors to sit in at once, and to have
a GoorWsy . GS6 over which can be hung
n connie of darkened curtains Inside the
cabinet shall be nothing but char and
such musical Instruments as are required.
She will give rom one to half dozen more
seances, as the jury may require to test her
Satisfactorily.
spirit hands, faces and forms appear
While this medium is in plain sight of the
audience sometimes two or three are seen
1T once A violin is tuned and played upon
while the medium is outside of the cabinet,
and whole band play when she is in the
cabinet. Spirit forms appear who are
Identified by persons investigating as their
a
what variety of things are done through
this medium.
If this challenge is not accepted by DR..
Beard, or something equivalent, or he does
not publicly admit that he was mistaken in
calling the Eddys liars and frauds, then he
virtually admits that he is liar and
fraud, and we shall 30 publish him 10 the
world. | wait his reply.
AS design to have the question settled
as to whom the ''asses and ignoramuses"
are on this subject of spiritualism m, would
say that if this offer is not accepted by DR..
Beard, i is open to the editor of the New
ork Wortd, who calls me an sass, for
announcing my belief, or to the editor of
the Times, who said | had been made a
''stool pigeon for skillful iugglers," or to
the editor of the Commercial AdUertiser,
who thought it more important to inform
his readers that there was a mispelled word
IN manuscript which ! sent him on the
subject than it was to lay before them one
Of the grandest scientific truths the,world
has ever discovered
If none of these gentleman accent this
challenge II is open to any atheist, infdel.
magician, doctor, lawyer, clergyman, edit
or, or any other skeptic on the face of the
globe. The money shall be deposited four
weeks in advance of the time of submitting
tle tests
II the parties accepting this challenge
should desire TO risk anything further on
Inc honesty of this medium, | will put up
Two dollars to their one, to the extent Of
my entire fortune The reader will notice
mat DO not ask TO haye u unanimous YER
dict of this jury, but that only majority
shall decide that this medium is a fraud.
and to show how this fraud IS produced
before the question is decided rs TO who
gets the money.
The losing party is TO pay all expenses of
the investigation, and any receipts for the
admission of spectators shall 90 TO the me
dium. T.. p. MILLER. NJ ID.
No. 80 West Twenty sixth street, n. Y. !