Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-02

bic. Sometimes two or three forms are TO
be seen at once. Putting ones hand slyly
under the clothes is of no use-thero is
nothing to DO found. The girl, however,
when she puts her hand under, claims to
be able to feel a form and sometimes to
grasp hand. In the performance with
the Stats It Is noticeable that 1t does not us.
ually require a very strong pull-some-
times, perhaps fifty pounds, sometimes not
more than ten-to prevent the "spirip from
accomplishing its purpose. Then, too, If
any one peeps under the bed the stats won't
move; but no one has yet been able to
peep under quick enough to detect a rea-
sen for this phenomenon.
or the communications received through
this juvenile medium, one or two, per-
haps, are worthy of some remark. As not
ed in THE PHGNIx of last week, what
purported TO he the spirit of a young man
who was found dead in the brook near by,
some twelve years ago, made statement
in regard to the manner of his death,
claiming to have been murdered in the
very house where the medium now lives.
Questions put to the spirits in regard to the
origin of the fire which lately destroyed
Asa STATIONS buildings in West Dunn
merston, ELECTED the information that the
fire was not "lncendiary"-th word, we
presume, not being found in the spiritual
dictionaries-but was set by one Amos
Smith, resident 10 miles from the scene Of
the confagration, i'm what direction no.
body present inquired.
What we are TO think of all this, aud
what it will finally amount TO, are ques.
tions which, probably, can be better an
swered by and by. Hundreds o people
from the surrounding region have visited
the girl and heard from her parents the sto-
ry of the strange occurrences, some Of
which we have mentioned above, and have
been nouplussed by what they themselves
have seen. Most OF The answers received
from the departed" are pronounced cor
rect aud satisfactory by The inqurers; but
The "spirits" have not proved infallible, as
shown by the sequel TO the West
Dummerstou fire above referred 10. The
observant reader will also notice that most
of the occurrences narrated, with the ex-
ception OF the bed performances, rest for
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alone. The parents say that they are not
spiritualisls aud never attended a spiritual
meeting in their lives; they claim to he
| anxious and to have tried their best to put
an end 10 these disturbing and destructive
| performances they say that the girl is not
subject to fits or spasms, and, moreover,
| that they have not allowed her TO come un-
der the influence of professional mediums ;
they refuse payment for the entertainment
of visitors; the family seems to be one of
average intelligence and respectability ;
and how could they have concocted such a
scheme-if scheme il is-and carried it out
so successfullyf Is not the matter worthy
of caruf full investigation?
Tile parents of the Newcomb girl are
SO much overrun by curiosity seekers now
a-days, that they desire us to say they
would prefer TO have people call at their
house only on Saturday, Sunday and Tues
day evenings.
| The temperance festival and entertain
ment at the town hall, Feb. 22l, was a
tina ncial success, $50 net having been real
lied. The Westminster brass band was in
attendance, and the dramatic club gave the
drama, or rather tragedy, of 1.-THE Bottle"
in a manner that did them credit as ANA