Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-22
a Challenge to snooRs.

This Is cheerful unanimity in this
verdict, but a large minority report
supplements it with the private an
nOuncement that in addition to im-
becility have convicted myself of
being an assassin OF sacred human
emotions and a thief of the, dearest
comfort yet bestowed upon long sui
terlng man. One solemn gentleman
asserts that he IS old enough to be my
father and therefore Is q living wit
ness to the truth which I have "me.
lined"
An old lady writes to inform me
that II broke her chart" by my in-
human, deviIish and unaccountable
malice IN exposing DR.. Slsde, who had
given her many sittings and charged
only So per sit.
A gentleman laborioUsly writes from
the fremont house in Boston to say
that he never has seen Dr.. Slade, but
that It 1 dare to assert that wat
kins, Mansfield" and other sumin-
Gus mediums, of his city, employ Jug
glery IN their layout, am q traduceF
and a horse thief
Another correspondent informs me
that not two days before my expose
OF DR.. Slade appeared he had a sitting
with the doctor, and asked me If / am
such q lunatic as to imagine that he
cannot believe the testimony OF his
own eyes.
An aged and estimable lady tremu.
lousy writes me that In her opinion I
have lost my soul, and that the Only
chance of it's salvation left is for me to
renOunCe my sCepticism and believe in
the Grand Development.
Taken as a whole, these cOntribu-
tions have made my mail precious to
me, and l have learned how truly
grateful my efforts have been.
Propositions have been made to me
that l shall explain various pheuome-
ma asrelated by my correspondents, or
In the event of my failure to do this,
enjoy the infamy which / deserve. /
am not to have the privilege of per-
sonai investigation, but must explain
what Is narrated.
All this afforded me great delight.
To win so much esteem by a few
| hours work does not often fall to the
lot o. man. and feel refreshed and
| stimulated to further action by the
| open encouragement I have received.
shall accept the challenge
Let the spOOks hold a conOlave in
! an available cemetery with a south
| eFn exposure and decide upon the
miracles which they will perform. The
matter being OF great interest in spirit
| circles, it may be expected that the
most prominent ghosts will attend the,
meeting and the newest kinds in mani
| testRtiOns will be offered.
The entire affair must be conducted
! on business principles, as follows;
! First-If any slate-Writing is to be-
! done, the slate must be kept in full
] view and the mediums hands, feet
! and other features carefully watched.
! 6ecOnd-Itspooks can write under 8
| table, they can write above 1T. Writing
/ under table may be more wonderful
! but writing IN full view will satisfy
me, and should be just the same to
! the spoOks.
! Third-If raps are to be produced
/ they will be produced upon a table Of
my providing, and no knee-jOjnt, fin
/ ger or tOe-jOInt raps by the medium
/ will be allowed. No fair minded speCt-
| er can object to this rule.
| Fourth-If any spOOk personally
! acquainted with me wishes TO intro
| duce himself he must write upon two
| states held in full view. his name, age
weight and condition, together with g
/ statement of the incidents which hap
/ pened last time we were together
whether full or otherwise,
Decentralization of fruits,
! flowers, pie, ETC., must take place In
/ the open air, as a guarantee Of good
faith, and must be allowed to squirt
/ pepper-sauce into the eyes Of any APP
t partition Of whose spiritual nature /
! may have doubts.
SIXTH will bring to said meeting
] one one hundred dollar bill In q seal
ed envelope, and it will become the
/ property Of any medium whose chief
/ spoOk can read the numbe
/ & -
an intimate friend, now dead, and If
any medium can summon his spirit
and write down the place and date Of
/ his death ] will pay 500 therefor.
Eighth-The heartless and Opulen6
sCeptic who has volunteered to back
me IN this matter will deliver 81, 600
/ In cash to the medium who will sum-
mon any spook who can tell him the
name Of his dead uncle.
Nine-PrOE. Hermann will be pres
ent, and 500 will be paid to each
! duplicate under precisely the same
conditions, and afterwards show that
they are done by trickery-
Ten-The only conditions to be inn
posed are those which insure fairness
and the impOssibiiity Of fraud
SpoOks which can only work in the
dark viii be barred.
EleveR-The investigation viii be
conducted at a prominent theater
within two weeks from the acceptance
of this challenge, each party to de-
post $500 with the manager of said
theater as pledge. and the gate money
to 60 to the spooks if they succeed and
to charity if they do not.
pause for q reply.
The Suction Of loads.