The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-18

po@"T" Of Mary E',''1- 'a""'"@" An va, .,
I"r'' N''ic.e s.''',s t"" ,, rs,
whole E,scE.rt.
lmrs'on ucrarlJ
North Adams, Mass, is having hot
time over the exposure Of the notorious
sDiritualistiC medium. Mrs. Mary Eddy
1{untOon, which occurred there last
evening and was witnessed by y LARGE
audience, comprising some Of tho most
influential citizens of tho town. Mrs.
IIuntUon first come to North Adams on
Friday last, audcngamcd suite Of rooms
Of Mrs Ouackcnbush over her State
street dining rooms. where, the same
evening Of her arrival, a scaacc was held,
and on the following cyrniar another
acctnce was held at the samc place At
tl!ie e~4nce were several we'll known citi-
zcns who scoHad al z5-ealIed spiritual
manifestation. and began to plan some
way of bringing to light the deception
tllev were convinced egisssed, but no sue
ceasftlt opportunity offered until ldst
night, when plan was hit upon, and
several OF the piottcrs gained admission
to the scaacc. Many mqtcrialjzed forms
wera faintIv dieccrnihle during the
aarIv mart Of tbr evening. but none were
wiiIinr to leave the cabinet In n few
momrnta, however. with the shaking Of
n tambourine and 4 ahrill whoop, a fierce
pi,uv warrior spraug from the cabinet
gnd commenced Vigorous war-danaa
Inr,rr tI,o ovos Of the Startled au,licuce
win q IoIn that would have done credit
70 tha nanfbcr, and put to blush tie best
COLLEGE ovmnast., John II. MabbiGt, local
editor Of the Adams Tga,lscjgt, spraur
unoo the hawiIdercd sayagr, ciasped him
aionrd tho woist and toqcther theY fell
to the aoor os4istrdsomewha bv blow
from, Webster Eddy. brother Of the fe-
male mcdiun1. which fell with full force
mon N[abbiiPs shoulder Before It
rauId bc ropeatnd. however. the rnteflig.
lie Eddy found himself fast IN lie
clutches IF the ministry and the law,
Rev DR. Osborn pastor of the Baptist
Church. being on his right, and LAWYER
4 q. Potter on his left. Meanwhile,
within the cabinet, Mabbitt and his. In,
dian were having it rough and tumble.
',i s'Rrino n@ r, NV nv 1rovoIyeTW screamed the
sbriIl voice of the medium.
But the revolver was not forthcoming,
as it rcposod quietly in the rear pocket
of the PugiIfstic Eddy, who was striving
to catch his breath, and bescCcbing his
captorg to 'I,et I'D on him and give him
n show" Hearing the noise Of the
turmoil. and not knowing but tribe Of
wild C0mmanches had been let loose
upon the unprotected audience, officers
Walden and Hunter who had been
stationed outside to guard against con-
tingencies of this nature, burst open The
door Hunter entered first, followed
more moderately By Walden, who threw
the lipht of a dark-lantern upon tho
gcene. when. 3,yegf0! what a sight! Is
sninr from the door of the cabinet was
Mabbitt. bearing in his arms-not the In
dian chieftain, but the medium, Mrs.
Huntoon. with her clothing tucked care
fully beneath her waist, and nothing On
but a pair of white cotton drawers.
"Puli down YOUR dress. For shaEep
cried the women.
"Oh. YOU villain, You yillainp shricked
Mrs. Huntoon.
"Iook at her! Look at hcr!7 cried
tho excited Nabbitt ''Sce, that's tho
wav she fools us with her Indian mag
oucradirgp'
ooh. give me a reyoIyerw cried Mrs.
Huntoon.
0Here. take mine" said the aCcomr1O-
datirp Walden. But Mrs. lEuntoon
didn't want to shoot. As soon rs she had
freed herself from the loving embrace
of the athletic editor, Mrs. Huntoon
rayed and tore around rs though pOe