The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-23
s,rRyrrALrsM ONCE MORE.
0sraSalda ReAlvsSss - A ExtrAsrelnary
Narrative.

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osvaSsisa nex,vsSss - A ExtrAsrs1nsr1
Narrative.
TIE StrS OF last Monday contained re-
port OF IN interesting event which had oc-
Cured on the day before at Clifton. Staten
Island It was the unwilling OF a large marble
slab ak feet by three. with an inscription III
gold letters. erected upon the cottage which
remains historically memorable us having been
occupied by asribaldi in the years 1851 to
1883. when tho ilustrous oxiie. after tho dis
astrous events OF 1sis. sought an honorable
Ats o'clock OF the evening OF that same day
support In tho manufacture OF candles.
Sunday. ut 23l East Thirte nth street. was
holding u private sitting with tho celebrated
medium. Mrs, Margaret Fox Kane widow OF
DR.. Kano OF Arctic fame). one OF the original
Fox children OF Hydesviile. near Rochester, N
Y. WAS pursuing the accomplishment OF an
object not yet achieved. but which. when con-
summarized, will mako no small noise In tue
scientific world. Through the instrunientaiity
Of the medium l had been COMPRISING with
e. Ss ssssslz Fransiia Jsiss ESmSnSs nv
10 Ia. fssI "ni ss beic~ NAM wSsn as We wore
hand %i was Affected with those peculiar nervous
pamo Of n spirit sapposeea e b controlling
nsr ssa ses r ass TO meet YOU
a Align. put .irisndiy ,pets3nnl! acauaintantc
net Of communicatinn with him was tho
Ing shortly inter the enthusiastic ccrsmony OF
that afternoon at his old residence at Clifton:
css s a"a w With c aG en, at fnSw
outside tho little circle of Its participants.
% nss ssetSsa sSs hoy nTs
romombering thnt he hud ever resided IN New
Jersey asked whom ana what he moant ana
SorTeeicd: The sPpe. ny oId frienis oysr
issl e 1853, in seia letters Ycu Know oasS
article Of candles this the medium persistod!
IL reading as. candies" though to my eye !.
w VIE s sss SrewsnS ncr IN 'fSs
must have heard Of this il II had occurred with
al jersey s"ss was wron. rcarked that this was
erroneous, communicating ,npp2tnting .
given. signed by the names OF J. W. Edmonds
mud John HinS If fnG ?onrse 81 whs sa %Ss
correct CORRECT SEEK for M' IL ~" For that SurpSss Dc.
tsrmnod to 20 next dav to the Ttllian Con-
In The suN Of tho following morning Mon.
with its goli:sttered Inscription. Of which
tora. My engaxements aud those 1 knew Mrs.
reX Kane 70 hGyS on hsT side prevented my
short Stance 10 inquire again about the Jer-
sey." which was certainly a mistake, such a.
Il On Points
ity and time. Of which spirits often do not
retain an accurate recollection. Immediately
cned by the nervous sensations which move
medium TO writo. and she wrote: :. Place paper
" " o'"is e.."r 1$s fH% Tas 't arsst,os
|Ss ss Ssa sss SsFs Ssa *.
perienco If "a sheet of paper having boen thus
the tH and dasa sS
dead. the passage Of matter through matter
SI % 1T? ne hsH ID %,s,;: y. Ss:E va ~ q.
door. found conspicuous before, my eyes, .
sheet q the peculiar paper had placed under
nr sSs Sssf
eertainly not besa there when had closed and
locked the door a short timo before. twas
2g! yisi S E;als pal 1851
G is%t ~" ss HGhs'i
AiouNi Amie Posero
Beine the Italian inscription on the slab, as
sss f. m"f s sYs 10 hSrc II vSa
Wosass Gaoas ss%e friends
GiuseGGe-an accident common in spirit writ;
risen resem III, tHas ~ aaribaldi SSn"'u'0 CLOSELY
TEL Old friend An,Gn'" Se ely that ain living
You understood NE wrong last night Imeent candies.
Whom. l showed the sheet to the medium It
q S ss
%th us me
evening before md nov again In Swing rs
| the lctter with his own autograph signature. In
which he corrected what had been her absurd
misreading OF candies for candles. and sent his
Inmate Of the cottage slsner Antonio Meussl.
When slo was at last made to understand it.
that, aitor her long iisdualifying illness. her
old modumistic" power was fully returning
Ihave only to add that In conclusion I ad-
dressed tho Invisible ones present with a re-
mark that knew that spirits did not always
material plane. and that the idea or thought
present to th9m being Of locality close to
ton, they might easily say Jersey when a diff.
tsrent but similar place was the fact They at
Mrco
1t is Of course. conceivable that after the
break up Of the italian. party at Clifton st
teenth street, New York. some Of its mombers
returning to tho city. could have soen and told
oral OF the morning papers remained ignoran,
OF II, and that she might thereupon have do.
Guiding the, preparation Of tho sheet Of pare,
to be PLACED by some outside confederate under
the back rng." whore was 10 flndit But an
satisfied that that was, certainly not
the case. How. on that theory, could She
eyer have made tho absurd mistake Of can.
dies. and the thrice repeated ono OF Jersey y
instead OF station IslnndT' Those expert
encod In tho wonders OF spirituHlism are IA
mlllar with analogous cases OF the still iiyins
reality. and tho demonstrated UNCHANGED iden
tity Of ;comHmI y spirits. abundapt ant
ieSt, aud too bitterly prejudicsd to ba eithe
willing or able to learn. cannot. Of course. eX
ratlye, however sure | may be that nobody &C
| quainted with me will for n moment doubt il,
j. l.. OSuILIyAS.