The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-02
A spIRITUALrsr CAMP-MEETING.
The Transparent Tricks of the Medium Prac.
ticed Under the Trees.

| ticed Under the Trees.
Philadelphia Times.
1t evident that very few of the visitors
took much interestin spirituasm, they were so
| anxious about things of this world. The stock
of Sunday papers on the news stadd was soon
gone and stacks Of spirtualistic publications aud
atheistical tracts remained unsold Perhaps a
| third of the people on the grounds gathered in
| front of the stand from which so many strange
ideas have been ventilated when the bell was toll
| ed at o'clock. The MAJ ority were of mature age
The young people soon tired of the exercises,
| and strolled off in search of something more
| amusing. The meeting was opened by music
| from an orchestra composed of bass VOL. cor
| net piccolo, cottage organ and violin. The Sc
| lection was purely secular in character, Next
| hymn Beautiful Angels are Waiting for Me-"
was sung, and the religious aspect of the exer-
| cises further strengthened by the taking up OF
| collection. Mrs. e. L. Watson, of San Francisco,
| then delivered an address the uses of adver-
sity in preparing men for higher spiritual life.
| Referring to General Grant, the speaker said he
| had settled into almost absolute obScurity until
| the time came when his services were needed
| THE powers that be-" she continued, knew the
| occasion that would arise, and had prepared the
man to meet the emergency"
Mrs Watson spoke in a hard, metallic tone,
and with such distinctness of articulation that
| she provided more syllables for most words than
| photographers have been able to discover.
| When she had concluded her address the bass
| vlol and the other instruments furnished more
%
and suspicion of bang stepped forward to
| give spirit delineatlons.'
After closing his eyes and drawing his hand
over his forehead he announced in "A rather femi-
| nine voice that a spirit stood beside him.
| Il hear the name William Giles" continued
the medium, land Buckingham in connection
| with it,"
| No one present recognized the spirit, and the
| young man mentioned his name again and gave
| the further information that Mr.. Giles had died
| of heart disease. A countryman then spoke up
and said he had known Giles in the flesh. The
medium asked the audience to be as quick as
they could III recognizing spirits, because it
gratified them and enabled others to make them
selves known to their friends. He then said the
spirit of Mary Robinson stood near him, rubbing
her hands together and one Of the hands was
smaller than the other.
y lady said she recognized the spirit as that of
| her sister, who died several years ago.
us it right about the hand!" inquired the
| medium.
Perfectly correct was the answer
Another spirit steps by my side" continued
| the medium. He seems to ne little bit over
anxious. He tells me he was pretty we'll known
in Newtown George s. Skinner is the name
hear. He says: I never since became a dead
man, tried to come back before" Mr.. Skinner
not recognized, and the spirit of Samuel
Gillian, of Oakford, was announced, who asked,
through the medium us there anybody here
who knows old Uncle Samuel"
A gentleman said he recognized the voice The
next spirit the medium said, was one who ap-
peared to have made great progress in the spirit
world. He asked for one present who was dear
to him, and said his name Washington.
Colonel Kase arose and said the spirit was his
son. who died twenty years ago, when eight
years old.
The young man next shivered as we'll as the
| weather would allow him, and said: "A spirit
throws nervous condition on me. 1 hear as it
is given, Doylestown in connection with this
spirit He appears like school-b boy trying to do
something he don't know the way to do, and he
says Doylestown, Doylestewn, very rapidly /
get it that this man was little bit peculiar; that
he was d medium and did not know it; neither
did his friends. / hear tho name Poulke. [
would like to know if l am right for this spirit
is very anxious"
No person was able to recognize Mr.. Poulke.
The next spirit was that of Gideon Frost, who
had. the medium said, several other spirits as
sisting him to manifest Mr. Frost, also, did
not appear to have a friend present.
"One who was deacon in the earth life now
comes to me-" said the medium. HE says he is
living the same life you are living, only the con-
ditlons are little different The same is Deacon
". II. Jones'"
The deacon had to go away again disappointed
as no person present knew him. Uncle Gilman
then came back for a moment and the RAIN
which had been gently dropping for several
minutes came down in pour, and then the
crowd hurriedly sought the shelter of the pa
ViliOn.