The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-01

the scontents together and compared
the two. Miss Fancher's was O literal
copy Of the original.
Nevertheless,s Mr.. Parkhurst wished
to make q severer test. He called two
friends to assist him. In his house was
hunted mp an ancient report OF mining
company that was yellow with many
years Of keeping. Turning at random
to page, the other gentlemen standing
too FAR away to be able to read the text,
Mr.. Parkhurst cut out fragment OF the
leaf containing tabulated figures. and
beneath the tables explanations of them.
he averted his face as much rs was
possible, that he might not know even
to what the text or the figures referred.
Then he folded the fragment in his fin
gers, and with the scissors cut it into O
score OF pieces. Some of the bits fell upon
the hoor, and were allowed to remain
there untouched. The others were put
in an envelope by Mr.. Parkhurst. and
the envelope was sealed. Then Mr..
Parkhurst handed the envelope to one
OF the gentlemen, who put it within
second envelope and sealed it, affixing
q waxen wafer. In turn it was given to
the third OF the party. and he inolosed
1t in third envelope In the same man
ner. Then the gentlemen went to Miss
at'hSath Q hpcAii Gnu bShth utI w BIN6
them the contents Of the envelope. She
took 1t from them, passed her thumb
rapidly over 1t several times. and then
began to write. ut Is nonsense" says
she. Figures In which there are blank
places; words that are incomplete SEN
fences in which words are missing" But
the girl wrote on. Some OF her sentences
skipped three or four words, and began
with the last five letters OF word that
had ten letters. The tables Of figures
that she made contained blank places.
but she wrote it out, and taking it with
them the gentlemen went back to Mr..
Parkhurst's. The original fragment
from the pamphlet was pasted together,
the parts that had fallen to the floor
and had not been put into the envelope
being designated with an ink mark.
The comparison revealed that Miss
Fancher had made a faithful copy ofthe
contents of the envelope, even to writ
ing the parts OF incomplete words that
had been cut in two by the scissors, the
other letters OF the word having fallen
to the floor. Sentences, too, had been
rendered unintelligible by the same pro
cess; but they were written lust as they
appeared after mutilation.
Fix it as he might, Miss Faneher was
always able to decipher Mr. Parkhurst's
tests, and the result Of those in this
particular direction seemed convincing
that mind reading was not necessarily
the secret OF her second sight seeing.
That she does read minds has been es-
tablished, however, by different line
OF experiments. Whatever her aunt,
Mrs. Crosby, knows, Miss Faneher very
soon has in her possession, and it seems
to matter very little what is the nature
OF the information
Mr.. Parkhurst was asked to reveal
the result Of many other tests that IL is
known he has made. His reply. i'm sub
stance, was: "My relations with Miss
Fancher and with her relatives have
been OF the most confidential nature.
She has insisted that no information
shall be given for publication, and I
cannot violate her wish The time will
como when 1t will all be published
after her death, poss bly. You know in
general Of the wonderful things she
does, why seek details p
Your tests have convinced you that
there Is not imposition"
am more than sure that MolIie
FanCher never attempted deception
What she does is in the greatest sim
plicity, and never with desire that
others than her few intimate friends
may know Of II. She is exceedingly
sensitive to publicity. should be most
happy to inform the world of what 7
have known and the conclusions 7 have
reached concerning her. but without
her consent ! cannot do SO. But I do
cay she has not thought of imposing
upon or deceiving anybody"