St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-15
SAW STRANGE THINGS.
A Spiritualist Who Is Fully Con-
WINGED.

WINGED.
To the Editor of the Globe.
[ have just been reading in the Min
neapolis Times of Sunday. the sth, Mr..
GoOding's attempted exposition of
spiritualism. He certainly has gone
over a great deal of ground, without
making one positive assertion to show
that he knows anything of what he
is talking about. He says mediums do
so and so, but fails to say how he knows
they do He says, sin conclusion my
advice to seekers after truths obtained
between sealed states is to take their
own states, place them on the top of
the table, and never let go of the states
during the sitting. If they get any
communications under these clrcum-
stances they can consider them genuine,
not otherwise. Not a single word was
ever produced under these conditions.
and never will be-" Now | wish to say
that l believe | have received a genuine
communication under the table, for
know the medium did not see my queS-
lions, and the answers were correct. l
will give little of my own experience
during the last eighteen years with the
spirit world. Eighteen years ago last
August my wife died, within two weeks
she commenced to use my hands and
soon she began to use my tongue to talk
with, and can use it just as well as l
can. She began also to materiallZe so
that | could feel her presence, and since
then l have felt her about me almost
every day. Soon after she began using
my tongue | saw her materialized, and
again twelve years ago l saw her
whole form materialzed plainly and
this without the aid OF any medium
outside of myself, and | know that spir-
itualjsm is true. and mas come to stay.
Some time ago | attended seance at
DR.. Aspinwall's, in Minneapolis, and
some one purporting to be my sister Cat
least she gave her name) appeared for
me. but l could not recognize her. l
took hold of her hand. My present wife
was with ME, and when let go of the
spirits hand l took hold of my wife's
hand, and as soon as | did so, l com
menced swearing inside, for | was sure
the hand | had let go Of was that of a
man, and | felt it was all fraud. l
went to DR.. Aspinwall's twice after
ward, but got no satisfaction, while
others were perfectly sure that they
saw their friends. and talked with them.
In fact, One of my neighbOrS, ID. &. Dow.
a man whom | have known for the last
thirty years, and in whose word L have
the utmost confidence, attests that the
manifestations there are genuine. Last
fall he, in company with his wife and
son, his brothers Joseph, of this place,
and Elijah, of Red Wing, attended one
of DR.. Aspinwall's sceances, and it so
happened that the Dow family repre-
scented the largest portion of the circle.
Two sisters and brOther-in-laW OF the
Dow brothers materialiZed and came
out Of the cabinet, gave their names, and
were fully recognized by them all.
When Joseph Dow was called up, his
brother-in-law extended his hand and
SAID "By jimmie, Joe; is that you?" as
natural as when in earth life. When on
earth he, being church member, did
not swear, but used the by-word "by
jimmie" They took hold of his whis-
kers, which were perfectly natural, and
could not have been fraudulently repre-
are satisfied that what they saw were
genuine. AS regards slateWrlting me-
dums | herewith give you an illustra-
ton related to me by DR.. j. Ii. Randall,
of Chicago, whom many of the Mime
apolis people have heard lecture, and
who is to lecture for the Abby JudSOn
society of spiritualists during March
next He says: "In 1883 visited DR..
Henry Slade, at that time in New York,
to test his power as medium. l took
two states with me with bit of pencil
one-quarter of an inch long placed be-
tween. These states were sealed on the
side with sealing wax, we'll tied to-
gether, and wrapped in paper, and tied
again. | never parted with these states
until after my sitting with Dr.. Slade,
nor was | asked to, and the cOmmunica
ton | got on them was written on the
sides sealed in, and while 1 held them
on my own shoulder in broad daylight.
tie medium simply touching them with
his hand. / wrote question Oh piece
of paper that | wanted answered, but the
writing l got was not an answer to my
question. The communication written
between the states was from an old &C
quaintance not thought of at the time,
and the substance of it was an apology
for wrong done me years before by
the writer, and he signed his name in
full At the time the subject was not
in my mind. DR.. Slade was stranger
to me, and the fact embraced in the
communication was not known, that |
know of. by any person except the pur-
ported writer and myself. Now | have
told only few facts that / know about
the spirit world. If 1 should tell some
other things that | also know, certain
people would want to send me to ST.
Peter. The fact is, if could prove all
the truth do know, could make every
one believe that not one of us in this
great, grand human fraternity would
ever be lost, and this would make some
people feel very bad. Yours for the
truth, B. 2. CHENEY.
Appleton, Mimi, Feb. 10.