Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-27

Is the Result OF n sitting with
Slade.

A brief announcement appeared in the
SENTINEL Of Sunday morning to the effect
that DR.. slade would give sittings on and
after that day at the International Hotel.
His fame as a specialist and spiritualist
had preceded him, and there was a con-
tinual stream Of callers Sunday and yes
terday, and the result Of his sittings was
to shake the most skeptical in their belief
that s%piritualism was a humbug.
The SENTINEL's representative called on
the Doctor during the day, more as a mat
ter Of business than any desire to test his
skill, but at his request we seated ourselves
at a plain wooden table, and prepared to
commune with the denizens of spiritland.
Placing both hands on the table under
those Of the Doctors, we Immediately felt
an electric current that possessed the force
OF d galvanic battery. Three distinct raps
we're heard in response to the Doctors in
quiry as to whether any spirits we're pres
ent, and three more were given, when he
asked if they would write a communication.
Taking two ordinary states, the Doctor
placed a small pencil between them. n
laying them upon his arm requested the
spirit to proceed. Instantly the sound Of
the pencil was heard, and it travelled over
the slate regularly, and the crossing of
cts" and dotting of lis" could be plainly
distinguished. When the sound ceased the
Doctor raised the upper slate and disclosed
the following, written in a clear business
like hand. several Of the words being I'M
derscored /:
Ny acknowledgements is the word we
| speak of now. Everything in nature will
prove to the soul of man that progression
is eternal; that the first great cause, the
origin Of all things, is SO fully stamped
with the ban of progress that it will
never cease to progress. We see man has
a very poor understanding of the prin-
ciples of progress:on-this glorious ruth
will cause man to progress. am,
H. TAYLOR.
The name was not familiar either to the
Doctor or to the SENTINEL's representative,
and at his request WI wrote the name of a
deceased friend. 1t was that Of a COM
paniou Of our boyhood, who died 10 years
ago. One of his tricks was to reach under
the school desk and catch his playmates by
the leg. just above the knee, and squeeze
it in his powerful grasp until the sufferer
would yell with pain, which generally in
sured a sound thrashing from the teacher.
Scarcely had we finished writing his name
yesterday when we felt that well remem-
bered pressure on our right leg. 1t was
removed from the Doctor, was in plain
sight and a cold chill passed over our body
when we felt that familiar grip. A scratch
ing on the slate announced that a message
was being written, and a moment later the
Doctor showed us the words, written in the
large, %scrawling hand for which the boy
was famous: at was / you felt; am glad
to be remembered" After witnessing a
chair go tumbling around the room, the
table raised with a force that the united
strength Of the Doctor and the writer
could not withstand, and after being ele-
waited two feet while sitting in a chair, and
held suspended for fully five seconds, we
seized our hat and left, fully impressed
that either spiritualism was no humbug,
or that Slade was in league with the devil.