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

Ola, and was about to hurry oil Wnen
she found handkerchief in one of the
lady's rooms with n written message
from one of the Mahatmas upon it, tell
ing her that she could stay few days
longer. This message was supposed to
come from the Thibctan mountains and
from ono of the mysterious race known
as the Mahatmas, who are said to have
solved the arts of magic to perfection,
and who dwell in the mountains of
Tibet, apart from the haunts of ordi-
nary men, and whom Madam Blavatsky
came across in her wanderings after
hidden knowledge. The tribe, it seems,
adopted her as their chosen high
priestess to communicate some of
their spirit lore to the mundane
world, and messages dropped out OF
space from them, written upon hand
kerchiefs in a strange tongue, when they
had anything particularly special to com
municate. Upon receipt of this hand
kerchief message madam decided to stay
awhile. and the lady, having some doubts
upon the message phenomena, but wish
ing some tests, invited one or two par
ticular friends to dinner, and then sug-
gcsted that some phenomena should be
given that would seem conclusive evil
dcnce to all present that madam really
possessed supernatural powers.
"What shall l doi" said madam.
"Bring me something" said the lady.
"Bring me a teapot, or cruet stand"
Madam put her hands out and set a
curiously shaped teapot on the table be-
fore the astonished guests and the lady.
Seeing this, one of the gentlemen present
begged for something to be given him as
a memento.
"What will YOU havcp
"Give me q tobacco pouch or a card
case" said the gentleman.
600 into the hall and look in your
overcoat pocket, " said madam.
lie went and returned with card case
containing the signature of one Of his
friends, which had been found IN his
coat pocket. At another time before
her departure, as a test to the lady and
friend, madam changed her complex
ion, the color of her skin and of her
hair before their eyes without moving
her hands, the hue of night settling over
her features until her skin and hair were
as dark as mulatt5's, and then slowly
changed back again to her natural color.
In appearance madam was very ileshy,
with sharp, bright grey eyes, very large,
light brown wavy hair, double chin, and
locked almost square, as she dressed in
a very pecul ar faihion, in a sort Of robe,
never tight-titting, but falling loosely
around her ami without sleeves, 50 that
people wouldn't think she kept things
up her sleeves, as she claimed, but as
some thought TO show to best adyan-
tage a very comeiv hand and arm. She
had habit of looking n person straight
in the eyes with those great orbs OF hers
until one became very uncomfortable,
especially if of an eXcitable natu c, and
might readily believe that q Mahatama
or the d Harry was laying a spell
around them. She played finely on the
piano, spoke and wrote in six different
languages, and was no mean CORE
spondcnt or writer, having received as
much as S400 per month for her CORE
spondencn. She wrote the elaborate
work Isis Unveiled, in two large vol
umes, which has been translated into
one or two languages, l believe, and
which is highly interesting work for
those who appreciate the mystical, but
which is too intricate for the tastes of
uneducated mortals.
1t was during madam's stay in New
York that the new Philosophical society
was formed in her parlors on Eighth
avenue, a society which since has spread
its theories over many countries and
which was organized to look up every
thing mysterious in man and nature,
from magnetism and magic to spirit rap
pings and ghosts, and it was the work
as secretary of this society that the let
ter referred to. The headquarters are at
Madras, India, with branches in all
countries, and they are said to have un-
earthed considerable magical lore and
heard frequently and to the point from
the mysterious Mahatmas.
The late president OF the society, now
resigned, we understand was one of the
converts of madam while in New York,
and bears the tile of Colonel II. S. Oh
cott lie is great investigator, and
from his faculty of getting at the bottom
of things was sent to investigate the
madam by one of our daily papers. lie
Investigated, but instead of writing up
a condemnatory article, as was expected
of him, became a convert to the madam 5
belief, and the manner of it as described
by himself is, to say the least, singular.