The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-19

B1er is correct, but thinks II is. He sa
there for an hour calling for variou
| spirits, and asking in each case questions
the answers Of which we're known onl!
to himself and them. The medium
never knew what questions we're asked
but the aneweTs always flt the Questions
and correct. We cannot give the detai!l
of these questions, but they were truly
astonishing
! GOING A STEP FARTHER.
But enough has been written land ter
times as much might be written) to dem.
onstrate that correcL answers will be
given to questions, the nature of which
is utterly unknown to the medium, and
the answers to which are known only tc
the 4uestioner and the spirit questioned
The answers always tally to the question
which may be simply thought (neither
written nor spoken) and always carry in
formation that the medium could not
possibly have known. This much has
been admitted by every one who has
tested the matter, as far as we have in
quired. te.,i
But this is explained with theory
that is very generally accredited-I mean
mind reading. 1t has been demonstra-
ted beyond dispute that some minds
have the power of translating at will
what is passing in other minds. 1t
would seem then that Mrs. Eldridge
having the power of reading her visitors
mind would get the answers to all qucs-
tions in this way. The jugglery, by
which she transferred these answers to
the slate, while it would stagger credu-
lity, just as sword.swallowing, or the
Hindco box-trick does, would be accep-
ted just az those tricks are accepted-as
piece Of marvellous legerdemain.
But the theory of mind-rcading will
not account for all the feats performed
in
THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE ROOM.
There were several of the gentlemen
who were investigating the matter, who
provided against this theory.
In the first place, dozen names, fold
ed up closely SO that no eve could read
them, would be thrown on the. table.
One of the names, and usually the one
last thought of would appear on the
slate.
Again, frequently the name of some
friend who had not been thought Of for
years would pop on the slate in the most
unaccountable manner, often displacing
clamation as "howdy, old boy" cant
you give an old friend word 81
But test made by gentleman was
this: He wrote twelve questions all on
different topics. He folded each of them
closely, and then put them on the table
in heap. He tumbled them up so that
he could not possibly tell (which was
which," He then tipped one toward
the medium, and asked for an answer to
that question. The answer came prompt
ly and correctly. He could not have had
it in his mind, he claims, because he did
not know what the question was, and oi
course could not have had his mind on
the answer.
A moro decisive test than this even
was made by another gentleman. He
had never been to see the medium, and
did not intend to &c. He wrote this
question. however, "Is Henry Selman
dead n This question referred to a gen.
tieman who was missing after one Of the
great battles of the late war, but who
had not been heard cf since. The gen.
tleman then folded his question up, and
sealed it so it could not be read or OPEN
ed without breaking the seal. He then
took it to another gentleman who had no
idea what the question was, and asked
him to take it to the medium, lay it on
the table, and ask for an answ,- without
breaking the seal. The gentleman did
as requested. He laid the little package
on the table. He did not know what it
was and had no thought about it. The
slate was put under the table, and the
answer came:
Henry is dead, but if you want to
communicate with him you must come
yourselfp
All the time the question lay sealed
on the table, neither the gentleman nor
the medium knowing what it contained.
The gentleman then wrote, "Henry,
who?" and the answer came, Henry
Selm-," and the name tapered off with
a little scratch. Without knowing
whether or not the answers were apropos
or correct, the gentleman took them to
his friend, who was
DOWN STAIRS IN THE pARIoR.
The gentleman who had written the
question then broke the seal and showed
how wonderfully it corresponded. There
are skeptics who think, however, that
the last is not sufficient, or the gentle.
man asking the question was down stairs
in the same house, and the medium
might have read his mind through the
intervening walls.
Another test of handwriting was fur
nished by al; interview with 6ir. j. c..
Harris, of this paper. He had commu-
nication for "John d. Carter" we'll
known newspaper man. Mr.. Harris was
acubtfc! shou; the authenticity OF the
communication. The spirit then offered
to give his autograph. A card was put
in, and it appeared with emo. D. Car
ter" written in the peculiar back hand
for which that genial journalist was
noted among his friends.
BUT ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID
for to-day. These experiments might be
indefinitely extended. There are scores
just like them. But we shall 90 our
selves and take cool and impartial notes
and report upon the same.
A stunning question in tho way of re-
'buke was administered by the gentleman
with whom we visited the house. AS
we emerged from the room in which we
had been talking the matter over, the
gentleman said:
Does it seem possible that the great
God that made that shining star up yon-
der, would condescend to talk to people
through slates and slate-pencils P"
That does look absurd, and yet?
WHAT MAKES THE MAN.-Many
people seem to forget that character grows
that it is not something to put on,
ready made with manhood but day by
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