The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04


visitant turned to go. But the colonel
wanted some proof that this was not all
a dream, an illusion born of the night.
"Would you not, before you go, leave
me some tangible proof of yaur pres.
ence," he said; "give me something that
/ can touch and handle"
The Mahatma smiled kindly and re-
moving his turban from his shadowy
head, wrought marvel then and there.
lie materiaiZed the turban in his hand,
and while Colonel Olcott watched it
slowly change from shadow to substance,
from a spectral turban to substantial
one, the spirit first placed it on his head
then handed it to Colonel Olcott, and
vanished into space, leaving this testi-
mony of his presence. The turban was
never ported with, and is still preserved
as a memento by the colonel, who has
since become an adept in the mysterious
art through his researches, aud can now
perform miracles, in certain directions,
of his own, and attributes it all to will
power, and says that anybody with a
strong will can perform them with sutii-
cient practice and study.
The same Mahatma appeared to the
colonel just before visit to England last
year, and encircling the palm of one of
his hands with forctinger, letter slow
ly materialiZed in his palm, done up in
Chinese silk, and addressed to a Mr.. sin
nett, in London, where Colonel Olcott
was going, the gentleman being one OF
the parties he wished to see. The colonel
claims to have performed, by the force
of his will, aided by knowledge, as many
as 5000 phenomenas in thirteen months,
and as he has been in the field for some
ten years, ne has quite a list behind him.
One of the feats which gave Madam
Blavatsky wide reputation in India,
and which was published far and wide,
was the following: She was attending a
dinner party given by Il member of the
government at Simla. on the opc Of the
IIimalayas, a sort of resort where mem.
bcrs of the government 60 during the
hot season at Bengal. During dinner
the hostess admired a lOcket worn by
one of the guests, stating that it was
something like one she had lost in Eng
land when quite little girl, and she
well remembered her grief at losing it.
The conversation changed, and the
locket incident was forgotten until after
dinner, when the ladies ad ourncd to the
garden, leaving the gentlemen in the
bungalow smoking. Madam was walk
ing with the hostess, when suddenly she
exclaimed:
cat dinner heard you speak ng Of a
jewel you had lost in England when
child Your Jewel is now cntangied in
the roots of that poppy plant The
hostess laughed and thought her joking
"Call servant" and the lady clappcd
her hands and a servant appeared. Dig
up that poppy plant and hand it to your
Mistress ordered the madam.
The servant did so, and in the roots
was found dull and furnished locket,
which the lady recognized as the one
she had lost in Eng and years before.
The hostess swooncd, and madams rep
utation as princess OF the art mystl
cal was established in the community.
Madam was relating this on shipboard,
while crossing the ocean on one OF her
trips, and the chief mate. a Scotch Pres
byte ian named Carmichael who was
half afraid of her, but, nevertheless,
fatty contradictcd her in all her state
ments, said that no sane man would be-
lieve her. The rappings at the dinner
table he said, were old tricks, and
nothing but tricks, and Barring the
tappings under the table ye can do naught
but boast, and as he spoke he drew out
his handkerchief and mopped his brow,
as the ship was only six days out from
Bombay and it was hot weather. Madam
tossed away her cigarette, as she was an
invetcrate smoker, and asked him to
lend her that handkerchief for few mo-
ments. lie handed it to her, and she
folded it up until it was only an inch or
two square, rolled it into a ball, and
squeezed it tightly while the pcrspiration
started from her face, and her features
grew set with an expression of intense
determination. Then she grew lividly
pale, still holding the handkerchief
tightly, and this continued for full
minHtc. Then she sighed deeply, opened
her eyes, the blood rushed back into her
face, and handing the handkerchief back
to Carmichael said look at it and be
convinced, " in low voice. He laughed
and frtcd out the folds. In one corner
vas his monogram, fully an inch square,
beautifully embroidered in white. 1t had
appeared after it left his hands.
The Scotchman threw the handker-
chief on the table, and with the ex-
preston: "God protect us, for he dew
lis on board" left the cabin and
couldn't be induced to come near the
madam, refused to eat at the same table
and took his meals at the engineers
mess.
These are but few of the things told
of Madam BlavatSky, and the phenom-
ena of her will lower, as she says, and
now hat it is reported she is in TOO poor
health to proceed with her investigations,
or perhaps to continue any experiments,
it is question as to who will take her
place in the world of phenomena, and
become the prophet or prophecies of the
new religion she has founded, termed
Theosophy, and which bears as its motto
the SERPENT cndeavoring to form a
circle, and the trite words "There is no
religion higher than truyh. y
Madam Blayatsky's place will be diili-
cult to ill in this work. Sha is a great
enthusiast herself, and inspires others
with the same feeling when in her pres
ence, and when she gets warmed up in
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