The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-12-05

"who is Uncle 1ke?" asked Professor

"WhO is Uncle Ike ~ asked FTO1eSsor
West.
"Uncle Ike! Why, he went to California
before went to your school. How he has
changed, how sick he looks" And Miss
Fancher entertained the Professor with a
description of the uncle's departure for the
land of gold, how he then returned and his
contrasted physiogomy on his return. Mean
time Mrs. Crosby had opened the door and
asked the visitors business. Mr.. Crosby
had indeed so changed that it required some
little talk to convince the sister OF his iden-
tity. After half hour she returned up
stairs and salutcd Miss Fancher with. "Who
do you think is down in the parlor?" and
Miss Fancher very promptly answered,
'Uncle Ike, of course, and he is very sick"
The girl had instantly recognized him, while,
of course, 1t was impossible for her to see
him.
STATEMENT OF HER PHYSICIAN AND PAS
The New York Tribune of yesterday in
an article on the case gives the following:
DR.. S. Fleet Speir, Miss Fancher's physic-
ian. said that he did not feel at liberty to
make any statement in regard to the case,
although he had ben familiar with it from
the first. He could not state positively that
Miss Fancher had lived without food for
thirteen years, because he had not been with
her all the time, but he knew that she bad
eaten very little. Once he ade an expert
ment by giving her an emetic. and it showed
there was no food inthe stomach. He had
also pumped food into the stomach, but it
was rejected. DIR. Spier added that he new
er believed that Miss Fancher attempted
any deception, nor had he suspected that
she practiced any deception. DR.. Robert
Ormlston, OF No. IA Hanson place, said that
he had seen Miss Fancher many times, but
he had never detected any deception on her
part. He was not believer in the super
natural, yet he had seen her write upon a
slate the contents Of a letter received by
men Der Of the family from Buffalo, which
had apparently never been opened.
The Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Duryea was
found last night in the Classon Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Of which he Is the
pastor. He said that there was no question
in regard to the facts in the case Of Miss.
Fancher. &c had been familiar with the
case for eleven years, and the facts were as
we'll ascertained and as trustworthy as any
of those upon which Tyndall and Huxley
based their theories. He had alluded to the
case once in lecture which he delivered on
a partially scientific subject, but he was
afraid to describe it fully for fear his hear
ers would think he was romancing. An in
stance had occurred In his: own experience
with Miss Fanchcr which convinced him OF
her powers OF second sight. The first time
he ever met her, he came into her room when
it was SO dark he could not see her. She said
that he was DR.. Duryea. When asked how
she knew. she replied that she had seen him
before at the gate talking with her aunt,
and described some marked peculiarities in
his dress. He had talked with Mrs. Crosby
about three weeks before, and Miss Fanch-
er's description was perfectly correct. DR..
Duryea said fthat he had studied the case
and was con yinced that there was no decep-
tioy,