Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-01
SPIRITUALISN.
Some Of It's Startling Phases Portrayed.
RrGoklyn Union

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Brooklyn Union
Since the days when the Fox family
brought the obscure village of Hydesdale
into prominence by their profession of
ability 10 communicate with departed
spirits and to give realistic exhibitions
Of their presence by material rappings on
tables, the world has been agitating the
subject Of the reality OF spiritualism.
Some have claimed that it is all hurnbug
aud that whatever has yet been accom-
plished through the agency of mediums
can be attained by any skillful sleight-of
hand performer. The public generally
has a very skeptical notion regarding the
sub iect and there have been such fire.
quont exposures Of the various cabinet
tricks that their skepticism is hard to re-
move.
But, upon the other hand, there are
people who are honest believers in spirit
ualism, and their belief ia a. firmly root
cd as the oak upon hillside. They will
ingIy cOncedo there are impO5tOrs, as
there are in every walk and profession i'll
life, but they claim that there can be no
que ton that there are people who are
mediums. They assert that the spirits
nre uurestful, and are DESTROYS of com
muHicating with their friends on earth,
aud that medium bears the relation to
II spirit that battery does To n telegraph
or telephone wire that IS the medium
i IN a trance state while the spirit is
manipulating his earthly powers. They
assert that Rpiritualism Is but 4 higher
form of life. and that those who have the
mental development may see and under
stand it, principles. An apt illustration
that water is filled with nnimaculu which
al L An,
son handed Il glass of water without
knowledge of its animal life would say it
WA perfectly pure,.ye when eyaporated
on piece OF glass and thrown upon u
screen by the ala of scientific apparatus,
the animulcular may be seen gasping in
their death throos. This Is life beneath
ours, and if this Is true the same is truo
of II life above and beyond, that may he
seen il man has tho proper modes of per
rclying il.
A Union reporter III quest of informa-
tlun upon the subject, and desiring to OBJ
thin some practical illustrations of its
workings, called upon Mr.. Charles r.
Miller, of East Now York, last evening
Mr.. Miller is one of the men who me
honestly enthusiastic over the ubiect
and believes in it as absolutely ms any
man ever believed in anything. At one
time lac edited spirltualistic paper Psy
chomotrIc Circular, and also issued sever
al volumes of the Gallery of Spirit Art
The venture, however, was not financial
sucress aud he was Obliged To discontinue
H.
A. soon uS the reporter mentioned that
lac was DESTROYS of obtaining information
concerning the subject ho found Il man
willing to talk upon it, and, and what add
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man minister of the town, the Rov. Mr..
Heyscr, happened in AMI Joined in the
debate.
II AIN willing Mt all times To explain
and to give suct, practical information
concerning 7piritualism as | may have"
said Mr.. Miller, and he went down in his
pocket and drew forth Il wallet contain
III II number of communications he had
received from the spirit world several
nights ago.
rilE srlHIr WORLD HEARD FROM.
First he showed the reporter II commu-
mcatbu from his daughter Carrie, who
died many years ago when but mere in
ttnt. IT, obtained it ut a scance IA short
time ago II was written in a fine lady-like
hund, and it. stated that she desired her
father, to rcucw the seanccs at his resi-
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abandoned because Of a lnck OF medium
She further SAID that she was very anx-
Ious Ia continue her communications with
her friends, and in conclusion she said
20 carry ON the scances successfully it
would ho necessary to cover the mirror
during the scuuCe, 20 darken the room
and to keep the door closed; To admit no
one during the seauce, 50 that the mag
netI1m might not he Yaliticd by the intro
durttou of new elements, and not to re
move their eyes from the location of the
box IT any time, except when reading the
mcssagvs The box hero referred to is
the one in which tho pencils and paper
are placed for the spirits to write with
Tho messages were ones received al the
last -cauce held in accordance with
the wish expressed IN the last communi
cation.
MIR. Miller subsequently showed the re
porter picture drawn on the Music
Hail platform, Mt public meeting. in
eighteen minutes by spirit artist. II
represented Miss Carrie Miller in the
spirit land MS a woman - years of age.
fully developed just as she would have
been had she lived. aud not To speak in n
dIsre-pvctful vein IT would seem that the
ladies who wear low-ueck dresses and
laws of the spirit land for Miss Miller.
when this picture was taken, was 50 at
tired. The drcss was after the style that
Miss Cleveland had described rs proper
to wear in State occasions. Upon tina
waiste are a number of stars which the
medium, speaking for the spirit artist. in
formed Mr.. Miller was the spirit method
OF indicating age So, from this. it would
seem that when man leaves this earthly
sphere he stll keeps ON growing and
acting pretty much rs he does in this
earthly condition, though he grows more
refined. But to return to the interview .
When MIR. Miller began To discuss about
tho messages, the Rev. MIR. Heyser said he
did not holieve in such nonscucc.
That Il Is troubled with Your Christian
Church" said MIR. Miller You will never
succeed until you return to the doctrine
upon which your church rests, and that is
spIrltualism. The Christian Church must
open It's doors to the return of spirits.
The spirits will come to every room
where the conditions exist. | know one
medium in whose presence the spirits
viii come and sit an hour. They show
tho most marvellous intelligence and
depth Of Thought III their answers. They
will astouish You with the power
Jects You may breach to them
They are anxious to come To you.
Just furnish the conditions, as | do at my
house, and they will come. To-day a Ger
man came to me and told me his wife was
under spirit control. She did not want
to he but the spirits had found that she
was admirably adapted TO their purposes,
and they had compelled her 10 receive
their communications"
THE srIRTTS IN TIN HOUSE.
what manifestations have you obsery-
ed" asked the reporter.
The spirits come into my house." re-
piled Mr.. Miller, land on clean, ordinary
white paper that l provide, they write
messages as you see here. They show
the power of spirit over matter. fold
this paper up small, put it in an envelope
ana seal it, and Is come out written on as
you see here. Spirit life has the power
of adapting itself 70 conditions. | tell
you the church is losing its power upon
the people and will continue to lose it
until it returns to its spiritual power,
which the early Christians so thoroughly
believed in. The spirits are able TO read
letters that are sealed, and to answer
them. AIR. c., a we'll known merchant in