Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-24
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A Noted Medium i ssive = Public EEK
bibltion ~ra-rnorroW Evening.
Miss May howard, s2irituslistic me-
dunn and mind reader, will give Q public
entertainment at Turner hall tomorrow
evening, assisted by a. B. Howard With
. lecture on sp%iritnalism. Mics Row-
ard has OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eminence
in the domain OF spiritualistic manifest
ations and mind reading and in must OF
the large cities of this country and
Europe has entertained large audiences
with her wonderful exhibitions OF
spirit presence aud spirit power-that lie,
what is called spirit presence and spirit
power. We do not know that she claims
supernatural agencies. What she does
is done in the sight of her audiences, or
of committees selected BY them, and the
public is at liberty TO decide what is the
producing cause. Miss Howard was
recently IN Sioux Falls and the Press of
the 12th inst thus describes a portion OF
the performance:
The performances began by the fasten-
ing OF Miss Howard in the chair within
the cabinet. This duty wss accom-.
| pliHhed to the satisfaction of the COM
mittee by tying each hand OF the "me-
dunn" with o strip Of long muslin and
the FASTING OF q piece OF court plaster
over the muslin in order thas the Slip
ping out Of hands might be detected.
Both hands were then tied together and
fastened to an iron ring. The lady was
then tied by the neck to q board nailed
to the floor for that purpose. A rope WAS
fastened to her neck, passed down to and
around her feet, the end of the rope
being given to the keeping OF DIR.
Blomiley, that he nigh. keep the
|spirits from toting her off.
| While thus tied up the lady played
on o tamborine and q harmonicn Hand
A glass partly filed with water was
afterward placed upon her lap, and
| when the curtain was drawn back, the
glass vas found in her mouth as though
she were in the act of drinking. al one
time MIR. Thompson took O seat in the
cabinet with Miss Howard. A led pencil
Was placed in her mouth and q handker-
chief and bucket on his head. A guitar
was then placed on the performers lap.
A drumming was heard for q time. and
then flight" was called, the pencil
Was found between the fingers
of ahe gentleman, and the name
George H. written upon his
cuff. Mr.. Thompson declared upon
his honor that Miss Howard did not
move q muscle during the time of the
experiment" This portion of the show
was oloaed by "the power outing Miss
Howard loose without disturbing the
knots tied by the committee. A common
stand and various musical instruments
were than placed in the cabinet alone,
while Miss Bartlett and Mr.. A. Il. Peck
were seated with Miss Howard immedi-
ately In front. and all hands olasped,
besides being covered to the head with
q shawl, O blanket. The articles in
side thu cabinet were manipulated and
sheets Of paper Knocked from the heads
Of the two by some party or parties nm
known. This closed the cabinet deal.
In addition to these manifestations
Miss Howard indulgen in mind reading
and gives 90 entertainments in this de-
partment of occult science. She will be
in Yankson but one evenings morrow
at Turner hall.