The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-15
THE SPIRITS.
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Mfr. d. d. Home, in his BOOK Oh splriI,
w. inst published, seems to regard
ual, 1h, living mediums than himself as
all o.no, Somewhat inconsistency
lhipo3 tb;s position, however, he takes up
wien h;.tory of miracle.working, dlvina-
y aootbsaying, etc, and proves that
uol, cid Ias always been full OF spirit,
th1 "ad;ums, One of the first stories OF
ual morvelous which he tells is a nara
tio Of Swedenberg, cited from a letter
of Kent, the philosopher;
Mime. Harteville, the widow OF the
n.,cb envoy in Stockholm, sometime
a,tor tbe death of her husband, received
Jomand from the goldsmith Groom for
invent of a silver service which her
p"sshand had ordered from him.. Inc
m;Jow was confidently persuaded that
w. husband had been much too orderly
nei Low, the debt To- remain unpaid; but
she could discover no receipt Al snno
trouble, and since the amount was ton
siderable, she begged Baron Sweaeneolg
to give her a call Ai'ei son to
apologies she ventured TO say 10
him that, if he had the eH
traordinary gift, as all men alhrmeo, ol
conversation with departed sous, sue
boned that he would have the goodhes
to ~inquire OF her husband how 1t $1,000
with the demand for the silver service
Swedenberg made no difficulty IN meet
inc her wishes. Three days after this
The lady had a company of friends taking
cogae with her; Baron Swedenborg
entered, and, in his matter-of-iacI-"ay'
informed her that he had spoken with
her husband and that the debt had been
d;acha rped some months before his deatn,
and that the receipt was in a certain
cahinet which she would find IN an
inner room. The lady replied that tins
cabinet had been completely emptled'
and among the whole of the papers TINS
recent could not be found. Swedenb0rg
said that her husband had described to
him that, if they drew forth a drawer on
The left side, they would see a board;
which, being pushed aside, they would
end a concealed drawer in which was
kept his secret correspondence with Hol-
land, and there this receipt would be
found. On this representation the lazy
betook herself, with all the company, 10
the upper room. The cabinet was
onened they found the secret drawer
described, of which she had hitherto
known nothing, and in it the required
paper. to the intense amazement OF AL
present" A.,
When we come to that portion OF the
hook in which the author speaks o
things within his own knowledge, ana o
the frauds and decisions OF modern splfi
itualism, we strike upon much ina Il
interesting. In introducing 1t, ne says
"For years ! have seen with par
abuse after abuse attach itself to a caus'
in the service of which my life has beef
nassed. and with which such toulnesse
have nothing in common. SO wonder
fully have these paragraphs increase
and multiplied that, like a pearl cruste'
with spots of dirt, the purity and beaut,
of the original seem at present almoS
hidden. 4 4 4 An experience eX
ceedingly varied, and extending over
period of five and twenty years, give
me IN NV own mind, and will give
the minds of the reasoning portion {
humanity, sufficient title to DC heafo'
In sunport of his view of the subJet
be adJnces letters from Mr.. and Mr.
S. G. Hall, Katy Fox now WI ~
.Jencken, and Hudson futile. On u
ether hand, he finds himself opposed b
William Crookes and othefs' w = "
names he suppresses, VINO are oi VI
opinion that an exposure OF Tue tr'cNs
the trade will do harm rather WA goo'
Some OF those who AXE TINS sloe even
80 far asso threaten him Win VlolGlice
he persists in hia purpose. But ne u
clares that he is not to be thus terrile
and will tell the truth at WhateV
hazard. ~
The first victims of Mr.. Homes PIT
are Messrs. Scott and Harris, VINO, apo
t~wenty-seven years ago, he says, SET
for inspired prophets, and gather
around them a little band OF dlsclp
whom they led to a place called Mou
tain Cove, Virginia, and there attempt
to organize into a community. Tue
pertinent failed, of course, but not un
The two leaders of it had, according
Mr.. Home, exhausted in its behalt
resources of charlatanry and blaspl
nous assumption. A similar
lusion found favor about the sa
time in Geneva, Switzerland, and by
worthy old couple were induced to sp,e
their entire fortune disappearing rap
of enthusiasts whom the supposed spl
gathered around. Next, Mr.. tic
Tells the story of Rev. John Nj. Spe'
medicine for producing perpetual mott
and its lamentable failure. The varl
fancies of the French ~spiritualist, A
Kardeck. are also recounted. and
doinps of the New York TheosoE
society are dwelt npon with ridicl
The book of the president of this la
institution, "People from the OF
World" comes in for especial denun
ton, and it is plainly said that its aut
is a fool.
After this Mr.. Home enters at g
length into a discussion OF the trici
involved in the naturalization OF spl
the production of flowers, fruits
similar articles, b%ysupposed splrltage
and the photographing OF spirits
cites the testimony of Sergeant Cox,
corning naturalization
"But | have learned how the trio
done. I have seen the description
given by a medium to another med
Who desired instructions. The letter
in her own handwriting, and the W
style of it showed it to be genuine.
aShe informs her friends that
comes to the seance prepared with a
that is easily taken off with a
practice. She says it may be lone In
or three minutes, She wears two 8
(probably for warmth). She brln
muslin veil Of thin material (she
its name, which / forget). 1t is ca
in her drawers 1t can be compressed
small space, although when spread it c.
the whole person. A pocket handker
n;nned roundthe head keeps back the
she states that she takes off all
clothes except the two shifts, al