The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-06-14

possible in the dim light which is religi-
Ously preserved.
eft the spirit form displayed be
masculine, some hair on the face is, of
course, desirable. And whiskers and
mustaches may be cunningly concealed.
One person confessed to me that he had
carried them fastened in the hollow
under his arm. So with other parapher-
MALTA of naturalization The exceed
ingly fine India-rubber masks EMPLOYED
when it is desired to exhibit a variety of
faces, females may hide in the gathers of
their dresses, or even in their hair. In
deed, should the audience be sufficiently
enthusiastic, and cOuntenancesO nIy on the
programme, those countenances may be
furnished by so simple means as a few
engravings. Though the likeness held
up to the cabinet aperture be that OF
wellington, one excited beholder will
recognize in it his much-loved grand.
mother, and another dispute the claim
by pronOuncing it the face of her equally
veneTated aunt. l have witnessed these
sad exhibitions, and know, therefore, of
what 1 speak"
Concerning the bringing Of fruits and
flowers, he narrates these experiences:
recall an instance in which about
half pint of gOOseberries were thrown
on the table in the dark. There = cried
the medium, is not that beautiful
manifestation p A burst of indignation
ensued when the other two persons pres
emf could find nothing astonishing in
it. 'Whatp said the wonder, you
think had the berries in my pocket, do
you p And to prove the honesty of all
this wrath, the said pocket was turned
inside out. Alas for the result! The
medium had forgotten those little
caDes me) which adhere to the gOOseberry.
At least a dozen of these were entOmbed
from the depths of that pocket"
GA gentleman known to me arrived
one evening too late for admittance to the
mystic chamber, where wall or windows
were being dematerialized to allow of
the passage of flowers and leaves. The
circle terminated-the floral trophies
were triumphantly exhibited-and the
| dear medium was cOmplimented in
most honeyed terms. An aunt of the
gentleman l have mentioned gave him
one of the little spirit brought
branches to examine. Just at that mo-
ment the dear medium turned to some
one AS she did so the attention of the
gentleman was drawn to leaf hanging
| from the lower part of the red opera
/ cloak she wore. 1t cOrrespOnded exactly
with the leaves on the twig he held In
! his hand. He caught at it, held up the
/ cloak, and showed to all present that the
/ spirit productions had been concealed
| in the lining. 1t was then remembered
! that the medium (nO longer dear y
had, after being well searched, com
planned of feeling chilly, and had re-
/ quested permission to put on the red OPP
era-cloak which she had left quite pro
miscuously of course, in the hall"
The paraffine moldsl of hands was fab
ricated by similar device. Mr.. Home
quotes from the report of an investi
eating committee of spiritualists these
facts:
" A packet of parafine designed fol
use at the evenings seanCe was received
by Mr.. M. Taking it to an apothe
cary near by, he had it accurately
weighed, and the weight, which wa,
eleven pounds four ounces, avoidupois
marked on the wrapper. Mr.. NJ
and Mrs. s. kept this packet
it was shaved up in their pres
ence, and before them Mr.. M
and Others, was placed in pail and hot
water poured upon it. The
lights were rendered so low as to be of nc
avail In the back parlOr, at the extreme
rear of which sat the medium facing heI
/ audience. No one was allowed within
a semi-cirCle of five or six feet from the
table. The mold was soon declared fin
isned, and on being quickly examined
/ (by a novice, as 1t happened), another
bit of dry cotton wool was found within
the orifice of the wrist, which Mr.. A
has, with the first, in his possession.
Thirty-five people were present.
The paraffine in the pail was care
fully collected. Mr. NJ took the
package, and had it weighed on the
same scales, when it balanced exactly at
eleven pounds and four ounces. He
also received the paraffine mold or glove
from Mrs. H and Mrs. $. and
found its weight to be two and One-halI
ounces, avoirdUpOis. The druggist per
formed the weighing in both instances
Mrs. A was unacCOuntably an
nOyed by bits of cotton wool about heI
carpets, while the medium and her hus
band were with her.
Upon Sunday, the 10Th, Mrs. A.
saw the mediums stockings, worn the
previous evening at Mrs. IS seanCe
at about two inches below the toe they
! were cut dCTOSS GIlG sOlb anu ltlJ ODCus
The means of producing spirit photo
graphs is described at length, and also
the way in which bells are rung, musical
instruments played on, and the Other
manifestations obtained with which the
public is familiar. On the top of al
this Mr.. Home wishes us to believe that
the maTvels he aCcOmplishes are not the
result of trickery, but the genuine WORK
Of departed spirits.
The book concludes with extracts
from poem which Mr.. Home processes
to believe was dictated by the spirit o.
the poet ChattertOn, and in which he
finds great literary merit. 1t opens with
these lines:
One shadow still upon my life is cast,
/ One fragment of the soTrOws of the past,
The hated chain OF memory links me yet
| With days whose deeds I've stTlven TO forget.
| Wan from the gulf of Time they Use again
The dead years; heavy with that weight Of pain
/ Whose presence CALLED me to such bitter mirth
Nhen' IN my misery, walked the earth.
And the last passage with which Mr.
Home favOrs us is this:
And love Thou truly artI and never gave
/ As limit TO that boundless love the Grave.
bow, and thank thee, Father, that no
Of fame and darkness shuts my soul from Thee;
Wide are the he'vens that of thy glory tell,
! ct all too narrow for the biguts cell.
And still the chastisements Thou shapest prove
/ Thy justice tempered with exceed ing love
! love that shalt at length he understood
When all OF i'll hath blOssomed int good.
THE Tribune, in commenting upor
the proposition to establish q college il
China, based upon the traditions of on
western civilization, compliments tn,
Chinese by saving with some truth
Education occupies a higher plac,
in the state than it does with us
/ and in their art, the integrity of al
their handiwork, their respect TOR learn
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