Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-06
MlLWAUKEL'S SYBlL.
How Grace Parker saw Supernatural Sights
and Heard Strange Voices.


The epidemic of supernaturalism is
gradually invading other States besides
Georgia, and the latest to feel its insidi-
ous advance is Wisconsin. This is one
ofthe most wholesome and practical
States in the union. There is no non
sense about Wisconsin. A fine, healthy,
Woodworking population addicted to
farming and demand for more greenbacks
they never waste time in romance or
other frivoiity. Wheat and mills and
lumber occupy mainly the minds of the
people of Wisconsin, aud, as a conse-
quence, they are organized into well-be-
bayed and thriving communities, fully
engaged in the arduous, but not unpleas-
ant, duty of minding their own business
In a quiet street in the city OF Mil
waukee lives, with her parents in COM
Portable circumstances, young miss OF
fifteen whose pretty and appropriate ap-
pellstion is Grace-Grace Parker. This
young person is brunette, and, though
not out of short dresses, would readily
accommodate herself to long ones, being
robust and proportioned beyond her
years. She is sprightly, amiable, intelli-
gent and of a social disposition, but until
recently had displayed no Characteristic
of nature to lead her family or her
companions to the belief THAT she differed
especially-excep. in being rather in ad-
vance of her years in maturity of propor-
tions-from her friends and associates.
Net one of these belonging 10 her had
imagined at any time that the young
lady's curly head contained a potentiality
for marvellous demonstrations, which
should at length cause futter OF doubt
and fear in the minds of the simple.
.matter-offac Mllwaukeeans. In intel
lect this agreeable young woman is quite
above the average, her conversation
being listened to by persons older than
herself with sincere pleasure. while t.
her companions of her own age she has
seemed to develop far beyond their in
tellectual resources.
Ii was of Tuesday niGht-very re
centy-that Miss Parker demonstrated
the possession of powers usually termed
abnormal, and the occurrence wa
brought about in this wise. A few lad
guests having called in to spend thu
evening, it chanced that Grace was de
sired to bring from the back to the from
parlor small zephyr table which wa
needed for some purpose. Now zephyr
table is thus denominated by reason c
its unsubstantial and indeed etheres
characteristics when compared with otf
er tables. A child can usually manipl
late it and disport with it readily, and
is not in the least structure whic
would be suspected of proclivities towar
original sin, or, indeed, any vicior
natural peculiarities, occult or otherwis
Least of all would zephyr-table of re
sonably favorable associations be likely
get up and wrestle with young woms
who was simply desirous OF changing
immediate locality. Yet this is precise
what happened with this particul
zephyr-table. AS Grace, bearing it b
fore her in her two hands, reached Il
folding doors between the two rooms,
look of CONSERVATION and amazeme
suddenly overspread her countenan'
Stopping quite still, she said in a p'
picked sort of way: "Why, there
something taking the table away frc
me. l can't feel the weight of it a
more"
Her mother laughingly suggest
Spirits" but Grace did not laugh. 4
face was flushed, and there was appart
in her manner the signs of a positi
physical struggle. Then she suddel
dropped the table, and, heaving a 81
of relief, said: "Well, thought it wo1
have gone right back again to the otl
room."
She described her sensation to
mother and the other ladies aS those