The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-09
SPIRITS AND BUSINESS
sPIRITUALISTS DO NOT SEEK MEDI-
UMS FOR COMMERCIAL ADVICE.
How One Estate Was Doubled-A Min
Ing Story without = Sequel-A
Trick with q Bank Account.
Lily Dale New York; Letter in St. Louis

Lily Dale CNew York; Letter in st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
will you obhge me with the name and
address of the best medium In the East
for consultation on business matters?"
This request comes on the letter-head of
one OF the largest commission houses In
the Mississippi valley. 1t is signed in the
name of the firm.
There are few newspapers in the country
which do not contain the business cards
of mediums who make a profession of CIV
ing advice on business questions. There is
not a. city in which the little tin sign Of
the business medium is not familiar. Not
{. week ago a commercial traveller walked
briskly up to the counter of a hotel in an
Eastern city, put his handbag down, wrote
him name on the register, and abruptly
said to the clerk:
Give me the address of a reliable me-
dunn, will your
He had lost a considerable sum of money.
and ne wanted to consult the spirits be-
fore he reported to the police.
Business mediums, rather strange to tell,
do not depend upon spiritualists for clients.
Their chief revenue comes from those who
are either nonbelievers or at least not open
and avowed believers. 1t is a curious, il
not significant fact, that the most advanced
spiritualists attach little weight to advice
Oh DuSlftcSS given Dy UleulunS ana rarely
consul them for that purpose. To this
there are occasional exceptions. Now and
then a thorough spiritualist is found who
never starts on a journey or takes an i'm
portant business step without consulting
Would you advise one to be guided in
business affairs by directions coming from
the spirits through a medium? ?" Mr.. Patten,
of Pennsylvania, was asked.
No" said he, with much positiveness
of manner, 81 would not"
Mr.. Patten is one of the most prominent
spiritualists at Lily Dale. His home is in
Pennsylvania He is a successful business
man. His visit to the camp of the spirit
ualists is his summer vacation, and he
spends IL in earnest search for additional
h ~ his h1m rar WITH Mri f the oahe nas wo adIanf in1
habitants may be judged from what he told
of his everyday experiences.
Il Know" said he, that the spirits are
around me just as certainly as 1 see you
here. 1 say to them as 1 would to chill
dren:
and come for a walk 1 feel them grasp
my hands. and we three go out and stroll
through the grounds. / know they are with
re, and / talk to them Just as / am talk
ing TO you. l try all kinds of tests, and get
the most positive results. For example. l
feel one of the spirits touching me some
where, L say:
Now touch me on the nose
cit obeys. / say:
Now on rhe cheek, the forehead, the
top OF the head and so on.
Immediately I feel the touch. The spirit
presence is a reality to me. l have a
twinge of rheumatism. 1 say to a spirit:
There is rheumatism in my right leg.
| Come and treat it
1.-THE manipulation begins at once, just
as If I had given the order to some living
person. At my home / have a room into
which I allow no other member of my fam
lily to go. In this way I preserve the mag
Once / was lifted from my bed in the night
and placed on the floor in a sitting posture.
It WIS as If some very powerful person
i had rickp1 me I'D and set me down Vet
there was no one in the room but myself
and the spirits. / said to them rather
Here, / don't want you to d. thai
again.
''They never did"
DOESN'T CONSULT MEDIUMS.
Though spiritualist as he is. Mr.. Patter
says he does not depend upon spirit ad
vice TO run his business. and he would no
encourage any one to do so.
IF advice obtained from the spirits CO
incides with your own impressions abou
the best thing TO do in business, why
own judgment. disregard it," Mr.. Pattel
said. THAT would be my counsel respect
ing the consultation OF mediums on bust
ness questions.
And yet" said Mr.. Patten, II can tel
you Of a case in which spirit advice upol
cuisines turned out TO be valuable. Thi
is rot something that I read In the news
papers or heard about: ii is a case Of whicl
I had personal knowledge There was
man named Reynolds. James Reynolds. II
Utica. n. Y. His father was In the sho
business away back in war tineS and mad
considerable money. James Reynolds in
he-ited a fair property from his father
Everybody in and around Utica remem
bers Dim. for the family has lived here
don't know how long-since before the war
anyway. James Reynolds had severa
brothers and sisters. He died several year
ago and left an estate worth about S1o0, Of
When ne died he was in the prime OF liz
and N active business. His affairs an
property interests were scattered abcu
just as any business man who was Gale
way suddenly might leave things. Reg