The New York herald., 1877-12-03
FLOWERS FROM EDEN.

THE NEWEST THING IN spIRrTuALIsM-A SWEET
SMELLING DECEPTION PER-
FoRMANcE.
AT aprivate house up town, last evening" q party
OF men and women assembled in the parlors to
witness exhibition OF the very latest development
in Sprituasm-lhe naturalization OF flowers. Per-
haps materiazaon Is the wrong term, for the flowers
produced natural and could be handled and their
fragrance perceived, just the the products Of
the garden. whereas the hands, ngures that
mediums have heretofore been in the habit OF "ma.
teriazlng" were shadowy counterfeis that vanished
at the touch into thin air. How profoundly, indeed.
the world Of Spirtualism will be stirred by the
nouncement that flowers grown on the garden slopes
OF The summer land can be brought to this mundane
sphere In the short space Of OF an hour
with all the and heavenly odors thick upon them
Florists will have to give up business Tor II dozen
flowers can be 30 transferred why not whole
gardenf Perchancs few big trees, maybe the tree
OF knowledge and delightful to think Of, full grown
peach orchard right in the middle OF winter. Ardent
believers in Spirtuaiism hold that overy thing aud
every occupation this earth has It's counterpart in
the summer land, and, believing SO and having i'm.
plict iath In the mysterious power Of spirit agency,
1t will be easy enough TO convince most Of them that
these natural flowers are really brought into their
presence by an unseen hand.
sEANCB THE MEDIUM
OF those VINO gathered ut the seance q majority
loss believers In SpiriIuasm; but there
were certainly three most unmitgated sceptcs.
In room oil the front parior canopy
OF red cloth suspended from the chandelor,
the cloth falling TO the uoor. making thus sort OF
tent y small scale Tor the medium. tho ins side OF
this was, OF course, thoroughly explored by the
beievers but 1t was very evident nothing could pos
sibly be hidden away within it. About nine O'Clock
the medium entered the parlor, and wns introduced 10
those present. He was low sized, slight and pale.
with close cropped black side wnskers aud mustache
n a
mild and unassuming. His dress Was poor and
seedy aud his linen peeped iurtveiy above .
broad black scarf Everything Ocing III readiness
o committee OF three-Mr. Edmund Price lstern un-
beieverh Mr. L. Lewis lbeIlevep and Mr.. con-
medium. The ladies' anu the rest retired 10 the back
parlor, where Tho canopy was suspended and ranged
OF his coat vest ana suspenders and the members OF
tue committee proceeded 70 feel him all over IRON his
shoes TO his shirt collar The search was sufficient TO
last OF summer was secrced anywhere In or un-
dor his clothes II would have only poor show Tor
recognition II produced TINS being over, the me.
dium passed into the adjoining room aud entered
me canopy, which was again searched by the
when ne sat down, and then drew tns
folds OF the canopy around him. The circlo eighteen
or twenty persons joined hands and sang the 'Swoei
BY By" "rhere Is . Land OF Pure Delight" and
other hymns. Presently u voice in the accents oil an
Indian endeavoring 70 speak English was heard IRON
cried long bearded member OF the circle, who was
evidently prominent Spirualist and en- rapport with
Mongo, speaking through the medium, who was maxi
ing desperate effort to disguise his voice to The
utmost "wnat do you want, MongoY" queried tn .
friend and believer. 'Me want melee much 10 bring
| flowers 70 upkce." .Al right, Mongo, bring 'em
along, answered tho friend believer, with cool
a voice and as II he ordering bushel OF
| coal The medium was silent for wniie ana then
burst into wild rhapsody oil prayer, mixed up with
all sorts Of perpiexing conunaiums IN theology, de-
hvered in tone becoming The heavy villain IN Bow.
melodrama. Alter ths muilled voice was heard
from within aud the bearded believer on the outside
hat Mnatku Nm VIVA in 4 n
Affirmative s'You must Us IN the red iight next
| time, Mesika" Yah, Yah. Nc soon see you again,
ana bring the flower that never die. Houp-lal By
| by" aud Mssika appeared TO vanish
"He belonged 10 Pompeii," observed the believer 10
his next door nsighDor-his face solemn and long as
string OF Bologna sausagcs.
THE END OF THE rARcR
Quite time had now elapsed since tho medium
went IN, and with u lew unnatural or supernatural
grunys he announced that ali over, so The curtain
drawn aside aud out he stepped In the presence
OF the committee. Tho light winch had been partly
Iurned down during inc performance was now turned
iu and disclosed on the carpet beneath the canopy
about a dozen different flowers with cluster
The believers handed them around reverenty
and the benever tho big beard on being ASKED the
name that there was nothing on eartn ike , and
that It's SOIL WAS IN the sunmer land "What do you
inos plos psS Ssa ssoqousy
"But you were on the committee Of examination ~
eyes," resumed Ned, "ana we examined hm pretty
can felch along here nowers like them. Why ddn's
| they bring halt dozen geranium pots all
| rugged outr Why didn't tney bring them flowers
| III bouquet In place oil being scattered about
| the way tney areY" Net went along 70 say that
| while he coudn't imagine how the medium brought
| the flowers with him and produced them Win All
their leaves and petals intact he would noid that
contrary all laws That the thing could be done
| by spiritualistic agency.
OF sLEIGHT o. HAND.
A careful examination oil the leaves or several o
the flowers showed plainly that they had been folded
up, aud that being opened out the operator or me
dunn mad used his wet thumb and lorennger. The
perfection OF the flowers, especially OF the chns
rose and chrysantnenums, was little aston
shing, II they mad been, as they must have Dceu
secreted somewhere around his person that the com
mittee failed 10 touCn. Not petal appeared TO b,
disturbed, and they we're as fresh as II just pucke
from the sod The believers appeared satisfied tina
the whole thing was genuine, aud went nome con
tented, while the sceptcs were only willing TO ADM
that II was tolerably smart trick OF juggling.