The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-14
AN HOUR WITH A MEDIUM.
Whist Mr. Labouchero Didn't SEQ
at Dolmoni0o's with Forster and
Q Railway President.

From thu LONDON Truth
A few years ago ! Was in America.
A friend Of mine, . thoroughly prac-
teal man, for he Was then President Of
one Of the largest railroa.ls-sincs in
volved in ND end Of troubles To
tell me Of wonders ne hal seen per-
formed by medium by the name Of
Forster. "Let me BY all means see
Them" l said. AMI il was arranged
that I should; but. for one reason or
another, never came in contact with
Forster until the night previous to nv
leaving the country. l had invited
the railroad President and two or three
other friends to dine with me ut Del
monicO,s. n famous New York restau-
rant. We had private room. AMI
when dinner was nearly finished. ]
happened to say In the President that
after all sh"ui.i leave the country
without meeting Forster. "Shall !
SetNu IpG nun uc Sssbt DS III
means ] replied; AMI he wrote q
note tn invite him To come tn the res
taurant AMI smoke n cigar with Us.
Soon Forster appeared. tie was u
pleasant. gentlemanly man. Dessert
was on the table, and he sat down,
drank his wine. smoked his cigar and
joined in the general conversation.
After q little while this conversation
gravitate,i into discussion On Spirit
ualism. Forster asked me what |
thought of him. said. "Yon are
my guest, SAD i do not wish tn offend
you; but II you really want To kGow.
] regarl you rs clever conjurer." 81
have" he answered. ~ certain power.
Whether it d derived from spirits act
ing through me l do not know. but /
am certain have this power" As
he said this the chair upon which h.
was sitting hogan Ia crack portentous-
", as though it was going to fall to
pieces. "Give me the chair" | said,
AMI ! tried tn make it crack in the
same manner, but It was solid piece
Of furniture, and / utterly failed.
Then there were noises like explosions
in all parts Of the room. as that
conjuring he said. Probably" !
replied. "Can you do it?" he asked.
:.NO cannot" answered. At this
moment there were loud bangings on
the ceiling: / rang the hell and asked
the waiter in French who was in the
room above? He went tn see, and
came back with the information that
the room was vacant. GA cOnfeder-
ate," ! observed to Forster. but he de.
MED it. On this we sat down round
the table. Forster produced a card
with an alphabet in large letters ON it,
aud told us to ask questions, and
then to touch the letters, paus.
ing when we heard a rap. One
of my friends was a Scotsman. He
asked where an uncle had died
(naming HIM. A Scotch unpronounc-
able word was raped out. ''That
was the name Of his country house, and
he did die there" said the nephew. 1
then asked where an aunt of mine had
died! ''In the Isle Of Wight" was
raped out. Wonderful" he ohser.
we'd, which. indeed, it was. for the lady
happened tn have died in London. Sud
denly, Forster got up from the chair
and wriggled himself behind one. on
which another friend was sitting. land
hold of his arm, and gave him a mes
sage from his sister. who had died some
years previously. There seemed to
me nothing of the slightest importance
in the message. "GO into the next
room. said Foster to the brother. land
she will speak to YOU" He did, and
on his return said that he had spoken
to him. He looked pale and discompo-
sed. "Well, what did she say?" l
asked, but he would not tell me. Then
he wrote ON pieces Of paper and rolled
them up in balls. BY means Of the
alphabet Foster read them and with
out opening them. "Yoc are convin-
ced ?" he asked me. mot in the
least" I answered. then went into a
corner Of the room, turned my back on
Forster. aud, having written q worl on
a piece Of paper. folde.l it up and rang
the bell. When the waiter came. !
sent him for an envelope. and having
put the paper in the envelope. which l
closed. and put it before a candle to
see that the light could not shine
through it, handed it to Forster. and
asked him to read the word. He
pressed the envelope to his forehead.
and then correctly read it. "Does
this convince you I" he said. 1T con-
vinces me-" I replied. "that you have
some curious magnetic power, or that
YOU are q singularly clever conjurer. I"
I answered, "but II does not certainly
convince me Of Spiritualism. Show
me q spirit, or q ghost, or q head. or
a hand" To see these" he answered,
"yon must sit with me for hours in the
dark. evening after evening. and then
perhaps one Of these manifestations
may appear to you" That is to say"
I replied. "If I get thrown into
morbid, dreamy state, you will pur-
suatle me that. ] see something that
has No real existence. Thank you :"
and / handed him q cigar, which he lit
and relapsed from . medium into a
pleasant companion.
The 1fisfortuneo Of an Actor.
From thu New York Evening Mail.
Detective Haggerty, Of Newark,