Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-06-16
The SPIRITS.
ErrsIauaus 81 b Ysry EiHg Of the ne.
dturna- - u. Hom~-AU stb~rs
we're P~rptrudsH-He Alone
Is TFughfut and
Honest.

ia. .M. .l. published. seems % reg-r1
sI other living MEDIUM. than hims
.ursrar. -0mswaa. moons en..g
,a ,1i. position however he tz~ n1
the history of miracle working dir.na-
ti1u. -0o'tss ying, etc, and pl0Ees that
the word ~ a.vavs teen full u spirit.
va. me9uTs One of the frat star.e o.
tae MARIE. ogs which be tells il uana-
tive " -~wffsnb9fg, cited from . letter
u! Kent, The philosopher
Mms H4rteT..is, the v.d9w u the
Dutch envoy in Stockholm sometime
atsr The death Of her hu.baId received
z demand from the goldsmith Groom igf
payment u A silver zrTice which her
hg,tz11 had ordered from bin The
widow wss confidently pef.uaded ,a4,
Aaf husband had been much To- orderly
~ allow he debt 10 remain unpaid. bot
abe could C..lJYer no receipt. II ra..
trouble and .iuce the amount vas con
acerabic she legged Baron ~EedeEb9iP
~ give her q call A!ter sJae
aplgYies sac vcntgred u .ag 70
him that, II he hal the *.
lfaoriinary gift, "A all men affirmed ~
conversation With departed 49ue. .ae
hored tha. be would fave the g9l1ne.
N ~i1ggiye ~ her husband hgg Il s,gl1
with ,he demand for the slyer seygicr
-~ue1enbsrg made m difficulty in meet.
!rg her wishes. Three days after this
the lady had q company offnend4 taking
coffee with her; Baron SwedcuJoV
entered. and, in his mat,er-oEfact-way
informed her that he had sr1ken with
her husband and that the debt had been
discharged ZONE months before his death,
and that the receipt wa in a certain
cabinet which she would find in an
upper room. The ladY replied tina, ,Hi-
cabinet had been completely emp,.el
and among the whole Of the papers this
receipt could not he found. ~EwedeHiaw
raid that her husband had described 70
him that, iith.y drew forth a drawer On
the left side, they would zee a board.
which, being pushed aide, they would
find q concealed drawer ia which VA,
kept ha secfe. corre.poudence with IIol.
land and there this receipt would h.
found on this representation the lady
betDOk Acr.elf with all the COMPANY, IL
the upper room. The cabinet wa.
opened; they found the secfet drawer
described, Of which ,hc bad hitherto
known nothing, and in It the required
paper, N the intense amazemcnt Of all
present"
When we come 10 that portion or the
book in which the author speak Of
things within his own knowledge, and Of
the frauds and decisions Of modern gpir-
itual!.m, we strike upon much that il
interesting. In introducing it, he say..
For year, / have seen with pain
sbuge after abu.e attach it-nlf to a cause
in the scryicc Of which my life has been
pa.sed. and with which such lGulDe4.es
have nothing in common. 50 wonder.
fully have these paragraphs incr.afcd
aud multiplied that, like a pearl cru-ted
with .pots Of dirt, the purity and beauty
Of the original seem at present almost
hidden. An experience e.
.ceedinply varied and extending over a
period Of five and twenty wears. Give.
me 10 NV " mind. and will rive 10
the minds Of the r~easoninp portion d,
humanity sufficient title to be hear"
In support Of bis view Of the subject
he adduces letter. from Mr.. and Mrs.
<. g. Hall. Katy Fox. now Nrs
Jcncken, and Hud-o futile. On the
other hand, he finds himself opposed by
William Crookes and others, wh94e
names he suppressep who are Of the
opinion that an exposure Of the trick. Of
the trade will do harm rather than good
Some Of those who take this eide even Q,
80 far IA 70 threaten him with violence 4
10 persists in bis puryoge But he
clare that be ia not 10 be thus terri
and viii tei the truth at wi
hazard.
Tho atst yiCtims of Mr Home pen
are MessYB Scott and Harris, who. about
twenty.seyen years ago, he sayg. set np
for inspired prophets, and gathered
around them a little band Of di.ciulcy
whom they led 10 a place called Noun.
tain Cove Virginia. and there ATTEMPTED
10 organize into a community. The ex.
pertinent failed, Of course, but not until
the two leaders Of it had, according t,
Mr.. Home, exhausted in its behalf the
resources of ch~arlatanry and blasphe.
nous assumption. A similar de-
fusion found favor about the same
time in Geneva, Switzerland, and by it a
worthy old couple were induced to spend
their entire fortune nsupportingarabbl
Of enthusiasts whom the supposed spirits
gathered around. Next, Mr., Home
tells the story Of Rev. John NJ. Spears
medicine Tor producing perpetual motion,
and its lamentablc failure. The yariou.
lancicsot the French sp%iritualiat, Allan
Kardeck, are also recounted. and the
doings Of the New York Iheosophic
society are dwelt npon with ridicvle.
The book Of tho president Of this latter
institution, People from the other
World" comes in:for especial dcnuncia
ton, and it is plainly said that Its author
is a fool.
After this Mr.. Home enters Mt great
length into a discussion Of the trickery
involved in the naturalization of spirits,
the production of flowers, fruits and
similar articles, bysupposed spiritagency
and the photographing OF spirits. lie
cites the testimony of Sergeant Cox, con.
corning naturalization
"But ] have learned how the trick Il
done. | have seen the description Of il
given by a medium to another medium
who desired Instructions. The letter was
in her own handwriting, and the whole
style OF IL showed IL 10 be genuine.
"ane niorms her friends that she
comes 10 the Seance prepared with a dres,