Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-08
AN APPLE ON a STRING.
How the Fox sisters Regain TO Prae-
ties spirttuaIisn.


neryously energetic. with an eager
manner Of speaking. sat la one OF the
rooms OF the Mansion House yesterday
morning, aud told to reporter OF the
Eayis aud another gentleman her most
extraordinary lite story. She was the
celebrated Margaret Fox, the elder
an the cleyersr of the Fox Sisters,
founders OF Spiritualism. who is to APP
pear at the Grand Opera House this
evening. at o'clock. with her sister.
Kate. TO publicly expose the methods
b. which they. whom little children,
first imposed on their mother, then on
their neighbors aud atterward on vast
numbers OF people all over t be United
States.
"Why, Kate and started tho thin z
In pure mischief" she said. II was
not Z years of age and she was a year
and half Younger. Mother was al
ways looking for ghosts and believing
in something extraordinary. She was
thoroughly good woman and entire
~ innocent Of the deception We prac-
ticed. We lived on farm In Hydes-
Vile, near Rochester. aud sle pit in the
same room with father aud mother.
We had low truck bed near their bed.
and we used to play One night we
brought an apple tied to a string up to
bed with us. We kept bouncing ii on
the floor to tease mother. and she could
not account for il at all Father said
il was US. He never believed Spirit.
ualism. not he. but mother could never
catch US bouncing that apple for we
hauled il in aud swors wo knew moth
ing about il when she came near, She
got terribly excited. Tue knockiugs
continued for several night. aud
mother could stand il no longer. Shs
said the raps were made by spirits. aud
called tue neighbors ia on tho Slss OF
March. 1913 About thirty people
came. tbs room was only lighted b.
a candle DIP We could pos use lie
npp's bu, Trapped on tho side % tic
crib. The people were wild With ex.
citcmeut and ready 10 believe any.
TIA ng. Any baby could have done
what We dill. Tney asked us lsadiu.
questions snd | made ouo. two or
three raps, for they said: II you
mean Tes give three raps aud Il you |
mean no give oas rap. Mother said. !
Was there man murdered ia this
houso2"
Yes I've rappeD.
Are you disembodiod sprlsP"
Eyes
why do you disturb my innocent
No answer.
who murdered you9"
At this point they called over tho
names of all who had lived in The
house. When they came to the name
Of q man named Bell we raped 10 say
that he did the murder. BY the same
means we told tho nsighbors that tho
body was in ths cellar. They wont
down to the cellar aud dug. Finally
they found something which they said
vas hair. guess Il was not. We In.
Heated by roppiug that tho body was
removed to the creek. Away they MI
went and dug In the creek. Hundreds
't people collected and isorcd and
loo1ed thom. and peltcd them with
'gg' 6nt they bore IL Ike mar.yra
they found the skeleton Of bor.e
md discovered that people had nut Il
here for joke. They discontinued
gging IN a creek but hold to their be.
iet ~ tho geuuineuess of the com.
nunicaIions they got from ia We
yeru by this time afraid to tell ,ho
ruth. We two children were taken IN
tnchester and my eldest sister MIR.
1sah underhilI. wtfo Of Daniel Under.
nv OF ~ Wall street. went with n,
: chnperone. She took us asid,
mo said to us. "Now. girls. you mn.t
gu me how you do tIlat." We wsrs
Trad Of hcr and told immodiatslv
he saw there was plenty Of money il
ana got long dresses and told ma N
raclice making tho rapq with onr
pes ami we soon became proficient n,
nat one could not because hor Joints
'ere too settled. Sho could onTv
i"Ke one rap. She had long dresses
'ade Tor Us that came down 10 onr
'et ana no one could see orr Too.
rove. Here is how Il Is done (at tbis ,
ONT Mrs, Kane fairly iillod tho aiy
l1n loud raps proceeding apparently /
ON the floor and made BY crnekins
le joints Of both big toes al once 81
She sounded them as 4
'uoly as castanets.) Well. that's how
began. abhorred the llio and he .
'anks who gathered about ~ as soon 4
got sense, and when Dr. Kane ~ ,
NOUS Arctic explorer. asked mo,har I
a'low MIN to send me TO school
as only too glad to urge mother ~ :
'cePe MS oiier, Mother let me havo I
Y way. ! told tho doctor promntly !,