The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-21
"Noise is often caused during the pro,

dOlelul sounds without may strike on
her ears, but the fair being heedS then'
not. Like Jezebcl, she is firing her heau'
A pocket handkerchief or simple sttlpe
of muslin, bound around the face, alters
il 90 as TO render recognition almost i'm
possibe in the dim light which Is rellgl' |
Ously preserved.
"If the spirit form displayed be
masculine, some hair on the face is, OF
course, desirable. And whiskers and
mustachcs 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 'materialzati0n.' The exceed
ingly fine India.rubber masks employed
when il is desired TO exhibit 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 countenancesonly on the
programme, those countcnances may be
furnished by 20 simple means az few
cngravings. 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
veneratcd aunt. have witnessed these
sad exhibitions, and know, therefore, OF
what | speak"
Concerning the bringing Of fruits and
flowers, he narrates these experiences
4" | recall an instance in which about
half pint Of goosebcrries were thrown
on the table in the dark. There cried
the medium, is not that a beautiful
manifestation p A burst of Indignation
ensued when the other two persons pres
ent could find nothing astonishing in
it, 'Whatn said the wonder, you
think | had the berries in my pocket, do
your And, to prove the honesty OF all
this wrath, the said pocket was turned
nside out. Alas for the result. The
medium had forgotten those little
withered ends (thc botanical name es-
capcs me which adhere 10 the goosebcrry.
At least u dozen OF these were entombed
from the depths Of that pocket"
GA gentleman known to me arrived
one evening too late for admittancc to the
mystic chamber, where wall or windows
were being dematcraIized to allow OF
the passage of flowers and leaves. The
circle terminated the floral trophies
were triumphantIy exhibtcd-and the
dear medium was COmpllmented IN
most honeycd terms. An aunt OF the
gentleman | have mentioned gave him
one of the little spirit brought
branches to examine. just at that mo-
mcnt the dear medium turned to some
one. As she did so the attention OF the
gentleman was drawn to Il leaf hanging
from the lower part of the red opera
cloak she wore. 1t CorrcspOndcd 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 Ono longer dear }
, had, after being well searched, com
planned of feeling chilly, and had re,
oucsted permission to put on the red OPP
, cra-cIoak which she had left quite pro-
! miYcuousIy of course, } in the hall.
, The paraninc molds' of hands was fab
/ rcated by similar device. Mr.. Home
> quotes from the report of an investl-
t gatiug committee of spirituaIiSts these
facts:
"A packet of parahine designed for
, use at the evenings scance was received
, by Mr.. NJ. Taking it to an apothe-
, cary near by, he had it accurately
, weighed, and the weight, which was
f eleven pounds four ounces, avoidupOis,
marked on the wrapper. Mr.. Nj
and Mrs. s. kept this packet
( sacrcdly until the evening, when
it was shaved up in their pres
ence, and before them MIR. Nj,
: and others, was placed in a pail and hot
water poured upon it. The
lights were rendered 40 low az to be OF no
avail in the back parlor, at the extreme
, rear of which sat the medium facing her
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 Il novice rs it happened), another
| bit of dry cotton wool was found within
, the oriCc of the wrist, which Mr.. A
. has, with the first, in his possession.
e Thirty-fve people were present.
= " The paralline in the pail was care
E fully collected. Mr.. NJ took the
A package, and had it weighed on the
4 same scales, when it balanced exactly at
e eleven pounds and four ounces. He
4 also received the parailine mold or glove
@ from Mrs. II and Mrs. $, and
4 found its weight to be two and one-half
!, ounces, avoirdupois. The druggist per
: formed the weighing in both instances.
II " Mrs. A. was unaccOuntably an
e noyed by bits of cotton wool about her
c carpets, while the medium and her hus-
). band were with her
r Upon Sunday, the 10th, Mrs. A
r saw the mediums stockings, worn the
previous evening at Mrs. IS seance
r at about two inches below the toe they
were cut across the sole and left open.
4 The means of producing spirit photo
v graphs is described at length, and also
!, the way in which bells are rung, musical
d instruments played on, and the other
:. manifestations obtained with which the
e public is familiar On the top of all
+ this Mr.. Home wishes us to believe that
the marvels he accomplishes are not the
= result of trickery, but the genuine work
t of departed spirits.
n The book concludes with extracts
= from poem which Mr.. Home processes
o to believe was dictated by the spirit of
the poet Chattcrton, and in which he
e finds great literary merit. 1t opens with
: these lines:
. one shadow still upon my life is cast,
One fragment Of the soTTows of the past,
The hated chain Of memory links me yet
: with days whose deeds I've srlyen TO forget.
Wan from the gulf Of Time they rlse again
The dead years. heavy with that weight OF pain
: Whose pre- encc CALLED me to such bitter mirth
When, in my misery, walked the earth
And the last passage with which Mr..
|, Home favors us is this:
And love Thou truly art and never gave
As limit to that boundess love the Grave.
I low, and thank thee, Father, that no sea
: Of flame and darkness shuts my soul from Thee;
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