The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-02

That, IA on the preceding evening, they would
nave oo,nmcnrcd the se'nce quarter OF IN
than probable tn this misgiving was not pc
culiarly my own, for Of all the largo party that
N a been refused dmissiOn TO the circle tho
night hetOre, not one was IN attenuhnoo except
MIR. Iownlcy ana myself. host OF them had
nupbtc-l. by former experience, said Mt
once that they were not coming.
fur sn small sum Hs two dollars, but I'm .lly he
con sen cd, and We were conducted into a uack
room whote the senccs are h.ld. Many OF tho
bondeis came ~ and all the Eddy connrcl ip1e,
wei IA MI Is cler and MS while haired and
cnrrworn. hut thusastic vie. Mrs. Jacob,
TOO, was present. her n tr freshly parted at the
sine. and AN expression In her Cuuntcnance
winch might very wei serve % waning either
to spi its or nuinan beings that she was not to |
be uined with. Inc most OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF the group was one Of William Eddy's sis crs.
a pale, delcat O. looking woman, of rather re- |
fined appearance dressed In the planest possible |
manner. ana wearing her glossy brown hair |
short and parted at the side. Tho room was |
rather larger than Is usual In country houses, |
ana at one end was capacious cab-
net with black curtain before It. Inc
Elimmer Of daylight from outside, but siight as
Il was II was soon taken exception TO. MI
Ed ward brown sat MT QUE extrenity 81 the arc.
lie IA n keen. sharp man, aud looks not unlike
the agent of a travelling show. lie was wen
Inc day IN the Post once he soomed rather
shabhy attired. Before him was small table
on winch was placed musica, box Mh cure re,
sat at the other end Of tle arc, his mouth half
open and his owes twinkling win expectancy.
impostur, It VS. hardly possible 10 LOOK III the
ol farmers face ana accuse him OF deceit or
uiCkery.
srERtrs INFECTED.
"I shouldn't wonder" he said. as he ground
his great knotty hands slowly together " II we
wa, to see some pretty good sperits TINS mora,
ing / feel Rs N somothin was a-comin'.'
Twelve hours earlier should have pla ed some
confidence In this representation, ut my ihth
had been DESTROYED 10y the mornings expert
For when | uMUkN at three CLOCK my
room mate, the medium Iownlev, assured mo
we wore rotnpro nave some good manifestations,
"a conclusion which he drew from tue sleepess
manner IN which he passed the night Yet,
suirit lights, no absolute being IRON tue other
world nad made It's presen' Known, other than
by strduehng back Mr. Cnew's vocal melodies,
aud tmpre-siug believer with the conviction
that IL was standing beside his char. resolved,
therefore, not to be unduly ciated by Mr.
reason, too, for feeling anxious. Mr.. Towniey
had told me OF an occasion when hc had Naihiy
argued with non-ueliever, VINO not ony
scohed az Spritna,isn, nut save a hcutl'us
name. md deceived my friend with rcgrd to
hi profession, But at the seance which they
both attended the suirils routed the skepu s
psychology right. left and centre, EXPOSED his
b real name nd business. and lett hun without "a
Lee To- stind upon. "A pcni ent believer. had no
oesire 90 Toe eiit with In tuis way, for mad
sand Inv d In \ albany, where ! earned pfecari-
Gus h,eihood In the tobacco tfade.
Inc ~,ml-Circlc WAS formed, Mr. Iownley
holding nue OF Wy hands, ana the o'het unked
m that ~ Mrs Jaroo; that scientific lady, now
/ siroug. dectded acuOn she laid my hand, palm
/ down. % IUu NY knee ana rested my myers upon
b %. VS. disggr, eahly remindeu Of the onereucc
/ between tht- mode oi unitlhs Tue uchDels 81
I the CIRCLE. ana tine social way IN which we neu
/ all claspcd hands AT MIS- Aodrev = 80 nee.
I Onl, " ice US tue circle broken. the htsi TINE
Wnen MIR. JACOB went tOwud too cabinet 10
/ speak "a few wori- To tue IN de ~ her nrother'
| ana again when she raised nor hanu 90 scratch
, her nose. Tue last ta-iun only occuiied lew
/ seconds. and douDte-s did not offend ur as
/ tutb the 81 irits. lndced. / was told that the
. nTHCt1rt OF glu-uiug uuuuS was IN IRE a. an ~
I surance to each person thit his uetghUor had
not left his 81 1 to play the part ~ ghost IN n
| As haV ng any inf ience over the spirit manifes-
tstions II this was the case II was not necessary
! attne 50 uce am describing To- JOIN hands al All
/ fora Lamp on Air. Browns table was burning all
| the time. and shed sufficient light in the room
to render every one visible, though, being turned
| one To- examine the features OF persons at tine
further end of the apartment with any degree
} OF mnuteness. Inc faces, however. were tot
! erabiy distinct. but the CIRCLE was formed so far
| from the cabinet that II was az once evident
the room II would be Impossible 10 ciuich hnN
OF tnriL. mucu less to insert sharp instruments
into their l!mos before tncy could beat retreat
MUSIC HATH CHARMS"
We did not examine the cabinet before the
se nee commenced; tnIe-d. TINS proceeding Is
said to ue exceedingly offensive TO the sensitive
spiut-, vino prefer that all 4ucn inspecti ,ns
should he made Hter"ard Mr.. Eldl w'u1 DE
musical box was wound up aud stated and
ms. jacob began to sing song about Nieode-
lard away ia a hollow tree. Her voice less
loud than that 81 Mr. Chew, oat il was not ANY
sWccier; however, the spirits seemed t. think
better Il IT,, and the singer was not cnuked of
Mr.. brown wound 40 the musical box again be
fore the curtain IN front Of the cabinet wa.
gentiN shaken. The singers. for all had uni ed
To laud Nlcodemus, redouOled their efforts, aud
a small white form glided out. Mr.. IOwniei
squeezed INV hand W rniug TO prepare foi
action, hut the little ngure came no further. II
Es S' sad APT 4. sseS s ana
ley asked, " Ia IL for me p but the pgufe made
no sign. is II for meI' | asked but II evi
IDENTITY wasn't, anu the same question was put
ty every one In the circle, EXCEPT MIR. Brown
who seemed TO taAe u for granted th@t II was
not fOr him. when Mr.. Keller asked " Is 1t TOT
me = three raps intimAted tnatit was. l. II
one Of my brothers little girlsr' asked Mr.
Keelrr. " TO had no family Of his own. Rap. rap
rap went he spirit. Is 1t little nannahT' Rap
rap. rap. lhaLk you very mucn,' said r
keeier, politely. am greatly pleased TO see
you," aud the spirit form glided back into the
cabinet.
Ex-Gov sIIAs WRIGHT.
Again the siugers sang Of Nicodemus and IN,
musical box was wound M Again the curtains
were sh iken, and IA spifit form stepped out
TWAS tuin man, mecium heilnt. dressed, AZ
parentlv, IN a rusty single breasted frock CO At
1t kept one hand on tue curtain and could have
Disappeared into the cabinet in second. Ii
was not there for tue special qualification OF any
one in particular, for the eulncatipn OF All, anu
when 1t asked who II was It s4id Sas
I Wright, formerly Governor oi the state The
Governor remained with US but a few minutes
and orr next N-iiant WAS tail man who nm
swerrd Ar. JacoDs inquiry, Are you my
brother p with 'hree alnruafve raps. How
many brothers have YOU In spirit hand p asked
Mr.. brown, he prepared to wind up the
musical box. Mrs. JACOB said she h4d three
bur TINS one was not particular to Say
which Of the three he was May me I,
your asked his sister md three ran assured
her that she might. She went over 10 the cab
| inet-ior TINS irit. like the others, refused T.
cone far into the rOOm-and told her brother
how pleased she was to see MIN. Tie cOnNcr-a
ton W 5 altogether one sided, and the spirit re-
| entered the caOiuct without spedklnl. Mrs
Jacob resumed her seat, and said " IL WAS my
brutner. / could not see MN very plainly from
here. hut whcn was beside MIN | recognized
! him 10 tucr,'
The next spirt WAS that OF an Indian brave
sparsely Dire sed In " ,rlike costume. lie
seemed to be "A large, powerful man, and the
/ timtrIus manner ~ whicn he kept his mana
upon bee CURTIN Of he cabinet was In the nigh
/ est degree TcprenensiDle. lie siluted the
/ a.sefnl IS I'm an unknown tongue, and
/ nstrued attcnuyelV to all that was
. SAID to hun; but he seemed restless
and soon distp cared Into the e. lbinet. lie was
/ succcedld uy his brother, 50 like himself that
| IL would be Impossible 10 tell them apart, and
there Is reason f0l believing that they never
! mAtoiidliXe TO- ether. some OF .o,e present
sad he WAS not quite 50 large as his relative
/ hut 80 f4T ats could discern, the same spirit
| might very well have done uuty for both. Iht
! preceding night, vas tol1, hi shade hal come
out of the c.tlnet and danced around tnt
room" waited around the piano. n was al
/ le.ed. lie did nothing 80 rash TINS nj sht, and
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