The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-15

1t was about fifteen or eighteen years
ago that, one day, one OF those peculiar
creatures that abounded then, and are
not unknown now, y spirituaiistic me.
dium," came abruptly into the room
where was employed, walked straignt
up to me, and said -" You area medium. /"
l was . youth, q rather raw ana un'
trimmed youth, aud believe l toid the
person to 20 to the d-L know l felt
that way, aud have ever since. The man
maddened me to the innermost marrow
of my bones. and vet cherish that pecu-
liar resentment that makes one acne 10
ply a good. solidly-built boot upon an
offending posterior.
What made me 30 mad was that 1 was
more than half convinced that what hs the
fellow said was true. knew that might
easily become what they call "a me,
dium," and ! had great horror lest l
might be tempted To turn my LIE into tue
sedgy and shallow channel in which 1
saw those wrecks OF humanity who pro-
fesscd TO commune with the spirits OF the
departed drifting about. knew the me
dium chap was coming, and exactly what
he would say to me, some time-perhaps
a quarter OF an hour-before he appeared,
though had never before sen him ana
had had no warning, except the occult
foreknowledge spoken Of.
IL is not extraordinary for sensitive
people oLce In a lifetime, or even several
times to anticipate ia their CONSCIOUS
ness knowledge Of events about to hap
pen, especially personal meetings. But
never have heard, or read, OF any person
having such a prolonged experience as !
had at the time referred to-
As remember the matter now-l was
a trifie sensitive about IL then and kept u
I o IN, self-there was period covering sew.
eral months, during which L experienced
m A xy iad a.Sl A
people who came into ,he Office ana their
remarks. l ielt tue presence OF men, ana
their words were Photographed upoa my
senses before they had entered the build
ing. and before IL was possible for me TO
see chem or helr them, and the majority
of them were strangers TO me ana their
business wholly unknown TO me and not
in the slightest degree concerning me.
They did not come 10 see me, and unless
chanced TO be accidentally alone they
generally did not speak TO me or notice
me in any way.
This experience applied to q large num-
ber of people, few Of whom could have
been Of hat peculiarly afiinitive nature
that would OF itself have revealed some
what Of themselves and their purpose ia
me; and was far too raw and uninior ~ cd
then to seek to exercise any power OF
mind reading or devinition might posi-
bly, have possessed.
attended u few "seances" along about
this time, aud those that did not break
up controlled. essayed few times 20
control others, sometimes with and
sometimes without their knowledge
sometimes l succeeded perfectly and
sometimes was not able to wholly over
| come the resistanc, exerted by the sub
| ject. could never explain how did IT,
| and though / now vividly remember the
sensation cannot find words TO describe
| it. l never had the remotest notion thai
l was dealing with the spirits Of tue de
parted. though l am perfectly sure tha
had l cultivated my penchant and em
"mejum" / might have become shining
| light In spiritualism.
Latterly have taken mildly to the in
| teresting experiments and essays OF tn
| Psychical Research Society, but / know
| fun well that the learned members o
| that society know very little about wha
| they are dimly cropping to comprehend.