New-York tribune., 1882-03-05

4 R4DLY DANCED BRANCH OF BUSINESS.
The winter lust closed evidently has not
been a prosperous one to such OF our country
men whose vocation it is to unveil the unseen
world TO the public at 80 cents a head fam
ily tickets. good for unvciling for five, 81.
just why business should have been so dllh
with them as scarcely to pay expenses we can
only conjecture. Perhaps there has been some
thing in the atmosphere that interlered with the
Conditions" Perhaps it was the general dill
fusion of the electric light--a bright light, we
understand. always did have n discOuraginS
effect upon seancc. Perhaps this particular
branch of industry has been ovcrtlOne OF late,
the supply of matcriaized spirits being greater
than the demand But whatever the reason,
the fact is patent that the wholesale and re-
tail dealers in dear dcparteds have not done
apprcciably bcttcg during the past winter than
their brethren of an allied trade, the expo
nents Of thrcc-card monte
1t was sometime in January that the great
heart of humanity hal its strings Wrung at
the account which reached it OF the disaster
that had overtakcn a hard working, pains
taking medium, who for several years had
been doing business in one Of the leading
New-England cities. Whether or not she was
the sole support of an idolzed husband is a
point on which the story Of her cmblTass-
mcnt is silent. But it is only fair to presume
that she was. They generally are. But let Us
pass on. One evening she was dong a
thriving trade. Customers were plenty and
she was making every effort to give satlSiac-
ton, in accordance with the motto "Nc Study
To Please" which decorated one corner of her
business cards. Seventeen dollars and half
had been taken in at the door, and her hus-
band. as he counted it over, doubtless was
anew impressed with the prcciou~ncSs Of his
wife. During the scance, at the special
request of one Of her best and most conlidlnS
customers, she sisnihed her willingness to give
to his gaze at one thu. two vanished spirits
of whom he had made casual mention The
lights were turned down, the members of the
circle clasped hands weird music was heard,
and then the curtain which hung before the
cabinet to which the medium had retired
parted, and, by the ghost of Ilmlcts father,
there were the two promised spirits. we
regret for the sake of our lady readers that
we are unable to describe the dresses of these
spirits. We can only guess that they were
" clothed in white samitc, mystic, wonderful,
like the maiden of the lake who wrought King
Arthur'S sword EXralibur. And whether we
are right or wrong in our guess it Is certain
that they were imprc,siycly dressed for the
report on this point is that Z" the two spirits
d" were clothed in some soft of cloudy stun,
(which aided to the effect which they pro-
"duced on the circle" Wei, the medium had
done her part noby and the evening
would doubtless have been brought to Il
successful end had it not been for
the outrageous conduct of the member
OF the circle for whose express benefit the
brace of spirits made a simultaneous return
from the Sweet Ry-and-By 10 Ncw-Eug!aud.
Instead of seniiylus his Willingness to pay
extra for the sight OF the extra sUir't.-thr
price charged by all reputable mediums for
matciializations is 80 cents Ninnlc SPIRIT
wmic yet tn. tyo dear Gcparted- were holding
the circle sprllbourd, wllat does he DO but
jump up quick as a FASH drag the medium
ont of the cabinet and turn up the gas.
No. the scene that followed did not beggar
description, and in that respect may have been
prculur But it did induce the medium to
retire from business. For the brute VINO laid
hands upon her and the gaS-bUrncr, not Gin
the way of kindness" discovered her with Two
mask, a quantity of false hair and several
wards Of White gaizc in her hands. lie asked
her to explain, ar thc same time iu~iHuatng
to the distress of her idojizcd husband, who, it
seems, had the presence OF mnd 10 mold
himself alUof from the controversy, that
she was an adjective humbug. or
course medium, rendered abnormaIly re-
fined 10y much communion with better world
than this, could not stOOp TO parcy with 50
coarse Il character What she did do was to
return him his money, and announce to the
rest of the scgmcnts of the circle Ihat she
would throw herself upon their indulgence.
But since the circle, to Il man and 4 woman
especially to n woman-joincd with the rough
customer in rcyiling her, it is suspected that
the Indulgence upon which she threw herself
had tacks in it, She left town the next cay
with her idolizcd husband, and their present
post Office address is unknown.
This touching incident in the career of one
of thcmost gifted and conscientious mediums oi
the East is said to have produced utter Sta-na-
ton in the naturalization business all over
New England. As for the business in the
West, owing to Il still more mtoward crcum-
stance, il is reported 10 he even Halter. We
have neither the space nor the heart 10 do
more than alludc to this matter. Let 1t
suffice to say that two highly respectable
mediums, vino have for years supplied the
Cleveland market with large and well-se-
ectcd variety of spirits, have lately been
indicted for obtaining money by false pre-
tcnccs a spirualist,' 50 the news item
reads, detected them in trickcry a. Srancc
and became the prosecuting Witness No
comment occurs To lis,
Bat in spite Of the hard times in which
they are now nouudcrin., let not the mediums
despair. Let them take heart, remembering
IL Il -, L.,