The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-23

quito back TO he isir n the pine gisdes beyond
the camp. The temperature was delicious. Jo'
si sp.S s MSfo s : nOI az Sis o. bS sst. He ree SR IA i SSa
poem. in which he worked IN pleasant WELCOMED
70 the visitors from different localities. Then
the platform, be waved bis arm and said:
Before the lady Who rendered the solo about
sSweet Spirits" had finished the last notes 10,
STILES, who had been sitting with drooped eye
"if I haven't broken from the influence tn,
name before. me Is Chester Granger-no, hold
.Yes sir" from the audience. II knew him. y
Then Chester Granger and Deacon Asa
Fr on Next comes William. last name Dennis
From the same place is luke Ransom uhurchilly.
,o The .Sm medium onS n ! Sssltstsq' SSs op GSu ID1S enough
asked the medium in pretended petuiance. And
"Millls@ "Hiamlin, Uncle Reub sherman, An
wa. % the array =" ~
And hi. wife Hannah ?"
YOU. don't remember herr Well, she was
one Of 9t the hs, M S1s 1 SSs'
.Itbousht so. And Uncle Ben Hammond ~
END. Elijah shawn
"9f course yop do, Here's Aunt Abbie Cole"
well, you've got q good memory
Tho big crowd chuckled while the medium
chair faced %. a different. direction, and went on
rapidly as with an entirely different graveyard.
II see LLther,,last name Turner. lie was 2
doctor. After so long an. absence he Is pleased
70 return again. After him comes DIR. Anthony
Halt sdozen people proclaimed recognition.
And here Is one who passed out into the
spirit world through an injury. He is, saliva
fore me a good spirit, Isaac Jennings; lie never
Ind a dollar In his pocket because he was al
YVES, It's all true eome one said. so earnestly
That the quiet Yankee laugh rippled over the
Isaac barnes. and as he passes along another
den.l"
What was it he did that was so beautiful in
"why, he married Charity, didn't he ~
The barely audible laugh of these s~elf-ro-
pressed Yankees showed the appreciation of
80 Joe stiles went on. He varied the roll call
enough TO keep y from becoming ponotonous.
spiria res s,% hsse'n 4 i, SSlKn,ssHHiiis to RsS So aa%e on on
s eaSSiis sa s s.s eo%p sSeSS' n %ei Il d ire sssnf ints lho
gent-looking New England people. They gave
public speaker might feel fattered.
Toward the close OF the hour the voice OF the
% %earH% SeY sres al Msa on at onse % Se exci sa1@@Sr
.Sing something. l am Obliged to catch up
A woman on the platform started Nearer.
SET up "summeriand.. Fair Summeriand."
No war of chords" shouted the medium.
The woman stopped; the man went ahead.
Stiles Joined In the singing as soon as he who
I want to ask who knows Clark Manchester ~
he called out before the volunteer precentor
could start the tune again.
II do" said q stranger.
Charles Morrill, and Vernon Cook fash their
names before me-, Is any one here who remem-
haFa Ia Al QniFi Whn hnlhA mr. m \ nd anUA
he is from Portland ?"
Another Of those regressed laughs, this time
II name is ,Wnliam-no, Henry Brown"
never r hito asG' TO GhSp man, and thanks sass Go God s she
KNEW her we'll"
Deacon Graham Allen 2"
%rLSeres 4 lady with lin, and he says.
be thankful that got T5iankfuii.""
The auditors laughed that same low surgle of
Stiles stopped. He threw his bead. upward.
arose slowly and put back his chair. The power
had grown too weak to continue, he said. BY a
IN mn Is minute minnts. s'P Instant "a ! mac r eeetsa 11 SOB Ra aS% fSi.
lowed in all but a few cases, The 486 persons
ny" e t soia J, yo %s III. S WOULD 81 i one Of Joe's field
days" said Moderator storer with eruitation.
The medium was like one who had Just come
pupils diiated. There was : suffused look about
HE upper part Of the face Ike epngestioI of the
around the cheek bones.
What does q feel Ike when the names come
and st tisfi1 ssls sEsSR los T'Fs &. ssia. into my hs''
the pso PSsn ssGSa s00S Man. IN sr SsTs a sSit dissSf:sa
They believed Joe Stiles had been under
s spirit. o cf tSo:s T Whose T nsSs. sure Re c ,hrs b ,ss
passed In procession before him. The investi-
gators marvslled The skeptics tried to ind
this man had been committing 70 memory the
names on grsvestones all over New England.
II one mind could read another. this mind
OF Stiles's might read, as II written on a page, the
o ofm the & gess5n Ser s /. SITTING 1se t @t . him. I'M % TSiys
wasn't satisfactory, for several said stiles had
~ years. others toi9 how Stiles ais' lad on %' Previous pr sTens
SsS;iSg given names which they eouiGn,s
O Idladspi members 1hsM ' of th we fsm hTm sh saG At consulted onss si
that such people had lived when
The personal experience Of Mrs. +. NJ. Andrews
VIII serve TO show how, mystifying Is this pecu-
tar power OF Joe Stiles, The lady formerly
people IN the West. While Interested in
ss iissr. . sssod RnfSs siisssr.' She She S Sss a s ssTSns i 3.
;~lination 70 doubt,
Il wen. up TO him at the close of a seance and
Ihls Is very interesting, Mr.. stiles. but I
~ish you would tell me how you carry ali OF
.hese names In your memory
II looked at me from head TO foot. / suppose
he thought i was guying him. l said to him:
Don't think, Mr., stiles, that | am question:
ng your power. but it is wonderful to me-, and
should like to have some personal evidence
=. without = moments hesitation he asked;
-. y you know uaele Bhi Wtldery ,
was a character In the town where / was
Iorn. presume ! hadn't thought OF him for
hirty years.
Uncle Bill Wilder is here said Joe Stiles,
and his son Albert
|" That can't be- said l. Uncle Bill Wilder
lever had a son named Albert
" Yes, he did said stiles.
=" Well, i guess ! ought To know | said.
ina"
Well. he lived near where you did. and sAys
10 knew your family
80 such person lived anywhere near uA'
Yes, he did, persisted Joe Stiles, and you'n
i yiilis y ont II you inquire. DO you remember
4" oh, yes