St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-10
NO. 12.
A WONDERFUL SEANCE.

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following:
About nine o'clock one evening,
for spiritual materializations,
closed my back drawing rooms
folding doors, shut the blinds, and
had as fine conditions as possible
for our invisible friends to manifest
themselves. / took q seat at the
end of my piano, a large square one,
and the medium sat opposite me,
across the room. When we became
passive, our friends were present in
bodily form, rs usual, greeting us
In their loving and affectionate man.
ner. Soon spirit, Miss Mary
Dudley, asked ms if we would like
some music on the piano. Of course
we said yes. Presently she took
her seat ON the stool, and asked me-
what tune ! liked. / said that there
was q music book on the piano. and
that she might please herself. She
opened the instrument, took the
book, turned over the leaves, and
said: "Here is an old tune that
was very fond of while on earth.
will play it for you as well as I can.
My fingers feel just as if I had q
thick pair of leather gloves on, and,
in consequence, my lingering of the
keys will not be the lightest" She
played the "Last Rose of Summer"
''Tbe Meeting of the Waters" and
'Suwanee River" from the book;
then from memory a dashing spirit
ed march. She then left the piano
and Miss Pringle took her place.
She also complained of stiff fingers,
but played several Scotch airs.
BY this time the people i9sths
next house, just across tie lawn.
were going to retire, and whentheir
gas was lit, their window blinds be-
ing open, the light shone into our
room through our lace curtains,
showing the spirit perfectly plain
[ looked, and could see the medium
in his place. I asked the spirit if
the light would not affect her. She
turned round, flced me and said
not, as it was partly disintegrated
by passing through the curtains,
and to prove that such was the case
she left the stool, walked over to
where the light was strongest,
where she stood for some minutes
with us. She then re-
turnod to the piano and played Il
of pieces; some very diff
cult ones. if I might Judge from the
brilliant execution displayed. Be-
tween the pieces she would turn OH
her seat, face me and talk on music,
the drama and other subjects, al
though the light was shining in on
her from our next neighbor's house.
She was succeeded by an Indian
Ocelena, who never saw a
piano, she said, until she arrived at
ler spirit home. Her playing was
lifferent from the others. She said
hat the bass on this piano bothered
Ter Il great deal, as on her piano
he base was mixed with the other
notes. However, she managed to
,lay some very nice pieces. all iro64
There were two otSer{ ,
Who played several airs rery nicely
LAST of all, Miss Fleetwood took her
eat, and she was indeed master, or
ather mistress, of the instrument
asked her to play a certain piece
rom the book, and leave it open at
hat place. She played several
pieces by different authors, but the
me selected and left open. as de-
ired, was "Home Sweet Home"
BY this time it was nearly twelve
iclock, SO our dear friends babe us
Goodnight and became again in
isible.
'.This is plain, truthful account
f what took place in nv house. :,