Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-14
UNFOLDED To US.
FORT WORTH'S FUTURE TOLD
FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
= Phenomenal Spiritualistic Medium In
dulses in Some Wonderful Work
and Talk.

A reporter being informed Sunday after
noon, that 4 spiritualist was holding serv-
ices, in company with several gentlemen,
concluded 10 drop in few moments rs a
matter Of curiosity. Soon after entering,
his attention became at once interested in
feature Of the programme, when the
medium occupying the stage desired any
auditor to name subject for an inspiration
poem. Among other themes proposed, one
gentleman in the rear, jocularily called
out Fort Worth" When other subjects
had been pOetized, the one mentioned above
was next turned into rhyme. Its handling
appeared so unique that the reporter de-
cided to remain and look into the qualities
Of he evidently sincere and candid medium,
and the purport Of the poem on Fort Worth,
together with other sayings about the town,
will be noted q little further down.
The meeting with the Spiritualist suisse
qucnt to the performance being hurried,
amidst numerous persons also anxious to
converse with him, at the request of the
reporter 4 sitting was promised him late
yesterday afternoon. The humble scribe
accordingly managed to be on hand, and
what then trauspired as of general in
tercst, at least, would deserve eX-
tended reference did space afford. The
writer hereof is no doubt tough sub
iect," and is one of those kind of fellows
IhdJ IS apt 10 demand ocular proof vet
he must now "Own up that on this OCCa-
sion he met with q strange exhibition of
curious foresight and remarkable coinci-
denCe.
MI George V. Cordingly Che modcstly
deClaims all pretixes, especially that of
''prOfesSOr'), the medium, in the presence
OF acquaintance, replied TO questions by
narraIing Il singular career. He is twenty
eight years old, lives in st. Louis, being
here at present by request of friends
and relatives. When seven years of age the
spiritualistS took charge Of him by rea-
son OF >Sthe extraordinary DISPOSE
ton he manifested. Since then, though
never having read q book, by
contribution for his wonderful powers he
has supported an invalid mother and two
sisters. This is his second visit to Texas,
and on being asked why he has not written
more about himself, he answered in char
acteristic way, that he did not seek
newspaper fame, and that if he
took on dollar TOO much
he would be untrue to his high spiritual
ism. He seems without reserve and TO
quickly tell all that is desired regarding
the occult science, making his ideas appear
SO simple that most any one can enter
into the consistency of his creed.
At the sitting the hands of Mr..
Cordingly and the reporter were joined on
q table. and soon electrical influences were
the former cas- part Of psychological
phenomena. Shortly afterwards Mr., Cord
inely went into trance, and, while rapidly
writing many pages of communiCa-
lions in hieroglyphic he spoke as the de-
parted spirit of a well known actress, who.
with her husband, was burnt in
theater The spirit world, in response
to questions was defined, and the chief
spirit in possession Of the medium acted for
the others desiring to communicate When
the trance was over the writings were de-
CiphcrCd, the messages being generally
astounding. The reporter entirely pre-
served his eQuanimity, ana sought asSidu-
Ously to catch the gentleman in some way,
but everything was unfeICncd and rational
During the sitting" and in the brief
conversation on the preceding afternoon,
the reporter interrogated the medium at
length on his prophecies as to Fort Worth
and the reasons for such. The revelations
claimed went more into detail than the
poem on the subject, of course. And the eff
feet Of all is: That on April %, 1892, from
gradual growth up TO that time the
city will begin giant strides upwards,
and stand upon such basis that she will
be rendered in 95 beyond doubt the most
ur0minen. town of the Southwest In 80
She will suffer q brief relapse and then
start forward once more on uninterrupted
progress. Fort Worth and Galveston will
ern region, and the rivalry between them
VIII be far more bitter than that
between st. Louis and Chicago. Dallas, it
was said. would reach her zenith in about
three years when dread pestilence, caused
principally by the horrible effects of wooden
pavements, would so devaState her that
a recovery from the blow was impossible.
MIR Cordingly mentioned that his reveal
tons had proven true thus far as to some
favorable or uufavorable quality or infiu-
enCo in localities or communities. He al
luded in the poem and revelations
TO the necessity for park. shade trees and
allaying the dust in Fort Worth a special
communication announced that in '93 this
city would be visited by fire, which, I'M
less the water service was carefully looked
after. would destroy the best part of the
town
He referred to the fact as an illustration Of
his own faith in spiritual manifestation
that his eyesight was almost lost a few
years ago, and that all treatment and RENE
dies were without avail until he was told
by spirits to consult an old and retired occu-
list of whom he had never heard. He did
so and was wholly restored.
Mr.. Cordingly is in Fort Worth to
establish a spiritualiStiC church, his pub
lie services are free ana he is working for
a religious theory and not for pay. He
hopes TO be able TO remain about two weeks
longer.
The worship of the United Spiritualists,
in the opera house Sunday afternoon, in
Guided some interesting features besides the
manifestations and discourse by Mr. Cord
ingly, among which were an instrumental
performance on the piano by little Miss
Margie Brantley, a pretty and graceful
young girl, who displayed great musical
talent for one of her years, and an affecting
song bv Mrs. Hush I. Wilson, entitled,
Touches of Little Hands,