The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-16
is 1T MERE UNDERTAKING.?
Celebrated Medium Astonishes q Few
People at Spiritualist Seance.
Her Control" Spoke Queer Language-A
Reporter Made the Victim of Her
Power and Nystitied by It.

List night Miss Carrie living. lady of
some prominence among spirituaiists. gave
talk at Lorraine Hall and held test
meeting afterwards. Miss living talked to
the idea of establishing churches for spir-
itualists. instead of meeting in rental halls
and in private residences. Ii stood spirit
ualists In hand. she said, to pay less
money TO mediums, although test crazy,
and give more toward the erection of
church buildings. The subject of religion.
as appreciated by all Christians to-day, was
referred to as thing of the remote past,
shrouded in darkness and ignorance.
your knowledge of spiritualism." she
said. with its rational earth,
its rational heaven and its ra-
tional life upon the earthi"
There was no price named and the talk
went on. Before tie seance began the
master of ceremonies explained that Miss
living was usually controlled by one Sam
Bones. at one time editor of newspaper
ten a book entitled sam Boness
Experience in Spirit Land" IN
der that geDtleman's special direction.
But she would. tor the time. he said. be
u pcEcOu nbIncu
whose education was much at fault and
whose enunciat ion was q little bad, as ell
would see. and they all saw.
About fifty people were scattered about
the hall. One lady was summoned to the
rostrum, who sat down with Miss
piano accompaniment and pres
entity Miss living was ready for
business. The order of march was for one
woman and then one man to pass up TO her
fnro f.Ff for fro ha ~ av
side. An aged woman, bent with years
and with q sad face. was the first 20 90 up
and take hold of the mediums hand. In
broken English that seemed half tongue
tied. part of the Irish brogue. q smattering
OF childish pronunciation and what not,
Miss living began speaking:
'lous he'd 'ots of trouble, hasn't yeZ?"
she began. OF course the old lady answered
atfrmatively.
Then there were queer suggestions in the
most general manner. The strangest part
of it all was that ont of the Bonsensical
dialect used by the medium every person
who came away seemed intensely gratitied.
A very robut man with "a forkful of
spirltualists hand:
"Youz follered by blue-eyed woman
wis blue eyes and golden hair
e es1 AM an an she's ;t. infested I'm in
says that she hasn't forgot about the coffee
mill 18th the little girl on one side, er the
old parlor an the pictur' of her darlin'w
Here the robust gen tleman began to show
signs OF emotion. and was told something
In whisper that brought the tears to his
eyes. As he took his seat In the audience
he said TO some one sitting near: Hadn't
thought of that for over twenty years."
Just then. with that preferred knowledge
of indiscriminate matters, the master of
ceremonies, tall man with pop-eyes lit
tie faded, announced to the aucience that
reporter for the Journal was present, and
that ''he would please come forward"
There was very little reason. perhaps. with
all eyes beaded on him, why he should not
"go forward" and he went under protest.
Miss Twingis about forty years old, and,
while under the control of IchebOd. Is not
exactly Venus. lchabod seems To comfort
the lady facIally, drawing one eye shut
and leaving the other squint, with corre-
spending harmony of muscular discord.
Her hand Is small and fat. and clutches her
visitors with a "till-death- do part
quick and full of that decislveness for
which lightning is noted. Miss living
took hold of that embarrassed reporters
hand and said: 'Yez have never amounted
to much"
Taken by consentl
''Yez have fitted this-a-way. then that
away, and was never any account for any.
thing. Is riGhtp
She was assured.
Il seem to see yez standing before glass.
Wis a razor drawn across yez throat. Is
right"
Confessed to having shaved the night
before.)
Then, In this very peculiar language,
Miss living went On to say some things
which may have been none the less true,
but were Infinitely more astonishing. In
conclusion she was asked mental oues-
ton and answered 1T promptly and correct
ly, after which she repeated the question
literally. AS an evidence of mind-reading
have 9atlefactOry.
And so it goes on and on, this queer,
strange mixture of absurdities with now
and then glimmer of something that con-
verts many to the peculiar beliefs of the
silent circle and mystifies even the clever
est that dabble in Its doubtful waters.