The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-21
,DIrlt., spirit RappIng and other Man
iICAtRtlOnS.


,Dlrlt., Spirit Rnpping and other Man.
ifcStatIOns.
lpropos to the performance at Washing
Ton llaII last night, n reader OF the INTEL
srycfp on Che Ohio side sends us the fol-
bving communication with request to
plbl.h;
Elton lnicgcnCr'
A,the community is somewhat agitated
onthe above subject, | thought 1t might
hiHterrsling to your many readers for mo
IA make public some manifestations OF
shirt power witnessed at my house on No.
Tmbr 18TH, 1881. But first wish 1t un.
itrtoOd that We Spirituaists do not Ito
uea common plrIsel take much stock In
ilrse public exhibitions Of spirit power
6r money Now to tho manifestations re-
hrrel to; Five OF us, viz: myself, my
Eiir, ms son thirteen years old, and two
h,Iy friends formed u circle round com.
mon extension table. And There wish II
distinctly understood that there was no
money consideration in the matter. We
al Joined hands and did not break the
circle during the whole time we sat at the
table, which was for about one hour. Soon
aiSr Joining hands tho raps began, which
were us loud as n person can make by
striking table with their knuckles. 9th.
en- ngain were very faint. These raps
would keep time to vocal or instrumental
music We then, each one in turn, began
toask mental questions OF this invisible
power, aud never failed getting response,
taking three raps. for yes, two doubtful,
and one for no. We then asked the spirits
III they could materlalize sufficiently to
touch us" They gave three raps. Some
one or two in the circle began to sing
some sacred music, Soon after, some one
IN the circle said, ooh, bless God, they
an touching my hand;" and another,
Dtheyare touching my hand and patting my
ire Another one said, "Oh, they have
Brought water and are sprinkling my
hand Ithrn began to make mental re-
quests, something like this ''If the spirit
Omy mother Is present, will she please
make herpIcsencG known by touching my
hnd,' when, on the instant, was
touched on the hand, and, in quick sue.
CeNion, on the arms, and patted on the
hN Ny wife requested mentally her
mother to manifest by taking hold OF her
hand, and simultaneously u hand touched
hers lovingly. My wife said: SIS this
really my motherP" When the hand took
bold Of hers and shook II in response. l
ieItlhc land myself, as / had hold Of my
viG's hand same as when we first formed
The circle Now, Messrs. Editors, have
given You truthful account OF not more
than Onc.tenth part what took place, as |
Vil not to intrude on your space. In
conclusion, | ask, were we all deluded?
Can We not trust our own senSesp To us
iiSOIyes the greAt problim, "lf man dies,
shall be live again" II this Is deluslon,
tbahappy one. Truly yours,
TRUTTsEEKER.
We do not think 1t worth while TO dis
cuS any point Of veracity raised in the
above communication. We presume the
writer is firmly persuaded that n. spirit
touched his hand, and shook his wifc's
hand, and sprinkled water OH the face Of
some one else present, &c. We suppose
these socaled spirits represented dead
pNplc-pcople who had no longer any.
thing natural about them-people who
could not be seen, touched or otherwise
recognized by any hnman sense. Yet II
SEEMS that they (thC spirits) could material
iRi they could take hold OF your hand as
inIiic, and could hold enough water, or
Nmelhing like water, in their hands
10 sprinkle you. They could rap
On table-had knuckles, as II were
which accounts for their being able to
shake hands and carry water in their
palms There must be something very ma
'efal about spirits that can pat you on the
cheek anil take hold Of your arm. And yet
Smehow We cant touch them, see them or
smell them, The touching is all on one
Hdc They do the touching. They can't
hIk, however. They must needs rap. Why
@0t they talk? That would be very
mifEed naturalization. Most identities that
en touch you, understand you, pat you,
and shake hands with you and sprinkle
I0a' can speak to you. Why cannot these
ua'erlaIiMtions do the same7 They can
come back, as it is claimed, so as to show
~'le eye their hands and faces in recog.
nlaoIc form. Where do they leave their
,'Ie' when they come back7 Is II as n
Nell that they come back-the material
,asaldncs all gone, except perhaps
ae omin2 II q spirit can bring
Us hands and iace back, we
N'aId think it could reproduce all the
i,o,ompaniments, and II II can really re.
aolIllate the incoruptiblo with the cor
PaO'e once more, so Ms 10 put In a sud.
Hp appearance in n photographers gal
we should suppose II could stay and
sgGawhiIc in the old familiar way with
4NnaS and acquaintance. And II they
sn come back at all, we fail 10 under.
,lHa ...i. Why they cannot stay a good while,
Amy lnal they can reoccupy their old
SS,v%i'nacIcs And II they do actually come
nv. NJ 80 lla'erali2ed az 10 be capable OF be-
TI.s VIZ sei' and photographed, why is II that
Rs. R," yharmcd circles meet round a table
,' U9 not thus show themselves2 Why
INT, Gs loi OF stage paraphernalia and dim
I1"n IsJ necessary for u full naturalization
,,i. gu why, in fine, arc even such manifest.
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