The Van Buren press., 1895-11-09
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A Pittsburgh Woman Fusferrtkes s1 q
-vesris slsisif ga H~r esu HoaA

FfzfSbufgh Woman fuferttkes au H.
-veshis.1tisn sa H~f ssu Hoaa
Some people are not satisissi to Let
the world wag en- as L vii. but are
consumed by the desire 10 give It's tail
twist lr. every opportunity When
this individual IS. a seman the results
are almost Invariably interesting, II
not always satisfactory 10 those con-
eerned.
A Pittsburgh warnan who finds New
York Life quite entertaining got . cir
cular with / monogram On Ii N her
letter box the other day inviting her
TO attend spiritualistie seanee In the
fashionable quarter Of Murray Hill
The circular itself. taken IN eonnechi,,n
with the aeighesraeesas inGieated that
it was to Ca seIect aatfair-at delIar
head Having an independent and
investigating turu Of mind. the Pttts
burvh woman thsmvh1 shsseuld get .
dollars worth out u uis shaw, With
out Letting her husband know snv-
thing aheus il. siie went She found a
swell Lot of women present. with a
sprinkling Of feeble minded men.
When the usual committee was called
for she went forward among others to
the platform.
Now, I'll settle this thing right
here she said TO herself
The same oil eanIaal trick WAS IN
progress. That cabinet Is somehow es-
sential TO the spirits sef the Departed.
who are unanimously devoted TO funny
business, and have. no use for anything
liable to do their friends On earth any
material good The medium. who WAS
xeen-eyed- nervous man OF self-.oni-
dence. surveyed his committee nar-
rowIy lnti began 10 give them elahor-
ate instructions how not To do 1T. It
Ididn't require minute for the Pitts
burgh woman to see that the field for
Investigation was likely to be limited
I'D Like to know what were here
for7r she observed sauIrisalIv.
The audienee smiled auaihlv. But
the Pittsburgh woman doesn'a put On
any dog. whiea Is western suesti-
1 tute for style and went straight to
the ssakeboat.
If we do as yeu sav We shall do,
and no more, we might as we'll remain
below she said
Madam. it IS necessary for the sue
cess Of the experiment, said the NE
dunn
1--we no doubt of it. she resorsed
And the audience laughed and protest,
ed at once. Some saaed M.
Would you kindly step down. mad
am7 fear your pronounced unhellet
would-er-s
s-Seare the spirits away. eh9 Not
much. added the Pittshargh wouan. i
am On this platform by invitation rs a
represen entative from the audience se
see that this is = genuine manifessar
ton and not mere trick
Applause and hisses. mingled with
su bdued cries of Go ont You're ali
rirhtr' Put her o1tr' etc. Most Of
the audience were now On their feet.
This fellows fraudls continued
the Pittsburgh woman, amid growing
excitement. ANY body can see that
Yes. sir, you're fraud. and you know
II it, It isn't the spirits that are afraid
it's yout If there is anybody here whs
wants to see your liutle old tricks they
can sray-l won'tr
With this scorcher the Pittsburgh
woman calmly stepped down and out
The principal part of the audience fol
lowed. and they wanted their dolla
back. especially the women. But th'
medium lad disappeared with th'
cash
If keep at it I'll reform this towI
teach these people some sense,
said the Pittsburgh woman rs sh'
went home.~-N. Y. Herald