Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

with the name of my deceased friend
How he did 1t / knew not then nor
know now. 1t was something more
than mind reading, because when he
identified the slip, l did not know
whose name was on 1T myself.
This man was much of an artist and
never failed in any of his experiments,
many of which were participated In
by the cleverest and keenest people in
Los Angeles, who had no belief what
ever i'm the so-called occult sciences,
and who felt like eXclaiming "cui bono"'
when the tests were through with.
If Schlesinger had not essayed his
raw vegetables and DEMONSTRATING cult
he might have been mystifying this
community to the present day, If he is
still alive. At it was, he came very
near being treated to coat of tar and
feathers.
Somewhat about that time there was
a Yankee schoolmistress located in
Santa Barbara who possessed what
was widely known as the speaking
trumpet" People travelled from all
over California to interview this eX-
traordinary instrument. It's possessor,
priestess or whatever else we should
call her, had been the beneficiary of
an ordinary common school education
and could speak no language but her
took to hold conversation with any
body in any tongue on earth. And
what is more. the trumpet kept up its
lick There is no record of any one
having stumped it.
A Wondrous Trumpet
The lingual accomplishments of this
trumpet were so trumpeted about $50
to speak, that people of all kinds and
degrees, races and conditions laid for
it. committee was formed in Santa
Barbara, consisting of a distinguished
judge, ciergymen, lawyers and school,
masters, to put it to the touch. AS it
had already turned down any one who
approached it in Greek, Latin Span
ish, Italian and the other continental
languages. the committee approached
a German baker who undertook to
tackle the trumpet in the most recon-
dite dialect of Suabia, which few Ger
mans even understood.
No sooner did the Suabian put in ap-
pearance than the trumpet and he
started off into apparently the most
chatty and refreshing of talks. The
Teuton announced himself as more
than satisfied and the committee was
obliged to report that the trumpet
had come VIGOROUSLY out of the con-
test.
Hon. D. NJ. Adams. formerly police
justice in Los Angeles, informed me
that he was once standing in the
church of La Purisima Mission when
the conductor of the trumpet ap-
peared with it in the aisle. This
strange instrument disengaged itself
from the string by which it was held,
floated up to the ceiling, went along
it's whole length forward and back
ward, and gently returned to the side
OF it's mistress. What became of these
wonders I never learned. They were
more than a nine days wonder in
this southland somewhat over twenty
years ago
Having been betrayed into this chap
ter of Los Angeles necromancy of a
quarter of a century ago, l will give one
more over true tale and change the
subject. The late War A. Weld was
not n man whom one would pick out
for a spiritualist. But when he was a
young fellow he was ready to take in
anything in the amusement line. A
celebrated artist in the mystic line had
been operating in Los Angeles with
great success. His name was Home,
and he had a big reputation all over
the world. Weld called in on him one
day and found him packing up pre-
paratOry to going TO San Francisco. He
excused himself from entertaining his
visitor on that ground, but on being
told that Weld had come in from the
country expressly to see him and
would be much disappointed if he failed
of a searCs, he consented to serve and
sat down at table and asked him
whom he wished to communicate with.