The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-24

great wonder As . proof Of her fnspirs-
s 81 tho MA fac. sSas Che ss rc.1ed very
S snS yns .hS sss Been S prodnce
reams OF poems. In her. frances. She asserts
positively that she could no, com nose poem
she recited eleven different poems. Some Of
s ssr eSde% in h ms's sSosSsspS oowns
lines are from poem TO My Mother:
Tire: Tine Gear the 5c.., have b'o.'omed
Three times ger your still heart. dear mother
s,r,, on your grave Ia, grown green
And %S y9S5 n ws learnt %sSs s
What the poor heart may bear. aud not break.
This is from The Spirit OF Bobbe Burns":
ws.s. o St sn S, ,ra, %G %sf H sas
Ma angry tod ma de'ii Wild
But ,Ie Gs,d shspn.ri owns each child.
The following. verses wee taken from La.
bor." u poem OF some length. the subject o.
which was suggested to Mrs. Muynard:
Tonight will sing you song OF the sea
Aud tell you the story is te ling To me.
but long fSr the secret hid down N their cave.
The nnsea.ing ,nurmurs that ri.e from its breast
Ana Il. eSS hands All" ali spaNns M, Of ,nr.v
On tho white sands are beaant the long hours away.
OH tho wondrons treasures saw in the seat
Mas III. t"" my p. Neshi N 'ns hp
Is the means to develop the treasures we own
IN the ocean OF life there's a far hr ghter gem
Ama fsE rchor Eng Saem h,
In some lonely spirit. than in tho deep sea-
But labor uneea.inr, and close watchful care
IL needed Tor pi ogrcss. all hallowed by prayer;
Ana y. deep tides q naiur are work,ns Tor aye
To fashion the temples that neNe decay.
While very young Mrs Maynard won't on tho
M lnnft s,irit 49,
that time, but that the spirits controlled her so
to have met a humber Of prominent p public
men. How she impressed them may never be
known: but but ,n how she thought she Impressed
ance with President Lincoln. which IN
srirsd her book. brought hss into
Il Is believed tbe Presdent Was spiritSass
ths rs q
BY her in the latter part 81 1862 and the win
man somes Of Maine. Gen. Dsniei I sickles.
6Snt% hpW5 stat bs ., Of th
turai bepartment Newton u were ere p PRESENT.
Mrs Maynard's account Of the stances
that she rts her
ceneress ot such spirits. she says the spirits
alton beyond the spring OF 1868. She, SAYS it
was remarked by those present that her
was in THO trance made her Communication
sound IS though uttered at BY Daniel Webster;
hand on her head and said:
MAJ shd Sf Sd bays very a singular g
you for coming hero tonight. 1t Is moro i'm
por,t n than perhaps any one present can
On On the evening of Feb. s. 1863, Mrs Maynard
asserts that the President left a Cabinet meet
Ing to visit her s; and st hear what the spirits
IT, SPOKE in 2 quaint, New ENGLAND accent:
Of the Potomac with his family to queiI tbs
spirit OF dissatisfaction that had arisen: that
s9 tsS hat t n he wG sa be
find it his duty to accept il. " 'A' so'N
gave an exhibition of her powers at this
fseap zee: moving about b q nano by playing on
Their efforts were not successful. and they
got of again in hurry In her description Q!
seems to have been imbued with tho same
willingness to believe in the faith which made
whe sho chd
She continued on tho lecture platform for
several years and gave seances almost up to
FOR friends only. and no charge was made by
her. Her friends often made her valuable
presents however She assorted that she was
controlled by" DR.. Bamford" very often. and
frequently. also. by n little girl. She would
assume the speech and manners Of the per-
In 1857 she married William Porter May
nard. the present Postmaster Of White Plains.
hair and brown eyes. She was short and
neither stately nor impressive in appearance.
After their marriage the couple settled in
White Plains; She abandoned the lecture
Mecca for the leading Spiritualists. Mr..
Henry. !. Newton. the millionaire Presi-
dent Of the Spiritualists' Society OF New York
and Mrs, Newton visited her twice week. and
many others came. as frequently. Many testi-
monials as to her character from well-known
persons appear in her book. Among others
who speak well Of her are: Mr.. Melville C.
Smith. Brick pomeroy. Francis Carpenter. who
painted the Emancipation. Proclama alton: -
Congressman Somes. and Mrs: E. D. E. N
Southworth. the novelist Spiritualists' peri.
odicals arc full Of euogics Of her.