World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1913-08-21

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ing her hands together, tie girl
acting more in sport than in eN'
pectatiOn Of what followed, The
same number of raps responded,
and at similar intervals. The
mother Of the girls then said,
count tcn;" and ten distinguish
ed raps were heard, Count tif.
teen" and that numb Der of sounds
followed. She then said, Tell !
us the age Of Cathy (the young.
est daughter} By rapping one for |
! each year," and the number of
years was raped correctly,
Then, in like mann-r, the age
Of each of the other children was
by request indicated by this in
visible agent. Startled and
somewhat alarmed by these man.
Iifestation of intelligence, Mrs
FOX asked if it was q hu man be-
ling who was making that noise,
land if it was to manifest tho fact
| by mailing the anne noise, There
vas no sound, She then said,
;:lf You arc spi,i5 make two
I distinct Sounds" Two raps
were accordingly heard. The
members Of the family had by
, this lime all Iett their beds, and
the house VIE a!tain Thoroughly
: searched, as it had been before,
f! but without discuverir, any
thing Lhat could explain the nys'
terry; and after few move cues.
tions ard responses by rlps. the
> neigh Jors were called in 10 as
. sist in further effort to trace the
1 phenomenon 10 It's cause; but
G these person 'eHrr no more luc'
cessIul, lnan the family had been
| and they confessed themselves
t thoroughly COMPOUNDED. For
:, several su bsequent days the vii
s lage was in turmoil of excite
:. ment, and lnultitudes visited the
!. h ,use, heard the raps, and in
/ terrogated the apparent intclli
S gence which controlled them
:. Dat without obtaining any clue
Y to the discovery Of the agent
:. further than it's own persistent
l. declaration that it was d spirit.
h About three weeks after these
$. occurrences. David son of Mr.
e ard Mrs. Fox. went alone intt
n the cellar where the raps were
|e then being heard, and said, Il
Il you arc tue spirit Of q 'humal
Y, being, who once lived on Tho
Ie earth, can YOU rap the letter.
1T that spell your name? and if SO
J. rap now three times Three
a. raps were promptly given, an,
y David proceeded to call the al
% Dhaoet, writing dom >he letter!
S. as TREY we're Indicated. and thu
" result was the name Charles b
y hoep!a, name quite unkno vi
5: to the. family and which the.
Of were afterward unable to trace.
ut 'Lhu statement was in like man
G. ner obtained from the invisabl
intelligence, that he was tn
W spirit Of peddler who had bee
% murdered in that house snm
v. years previous. It.is said tina
ar at first. the raps occurred in th
H. house, even when all the men
es bers Of the family were abscn
N. but subsequently they occure
of only III the presence Of the tW
,at younger daughters, CaJharin
en- and Margaretta: and on the fan
i'd lily removing, soon after to I'll
We. nclghboring city of Rucheste
by the manifestations still accon
on panied them: the family took u
ler their abode with a married sistt
ar Mrs. Fish, who subsequent
cal became celebrated as a medium
cy Through whom the manifest
ire lions were exhibited.
M The original methods Of cor
'ol. nunicatiOn the spirit languaE
ith it would appear: consisting
as CONVEYING ar affirmative bY