Year: 1874




The latest instance of superstition
comes from Centerville, Maryland,
where Miss Fannie Lalrimere claims e.
have seen the Celestial City. Among
her many wonderful prophesies she
stated that her last g visit to the heav-
enly world would occur June 10, and
that she would remain in trance until
10 A. n. on the Goth. A reporter Wis
tied her home on the day named, and
found the young lady on bed in a
parlor IN rigid condition, with head
slightly thrown back, and eyes closed,
but breathing quite naturally. Be
tween 10 and IL o'clock she indicated
by motion of her finger that she
wished to write, when a pencil was
placed between her fingers, and paper
against the pencil, when she commenced
writing. She wrote but q few words,
and even these no one, it seemed, could
read. After waiting for several min
utes the young lady spoke as follows :
Let all leave her presence for ten min
utes. OF course, the command was
Immediately Obeyed, and she was left
alone but at the end of ten minutes
the crowd again filed the room.


She remained In this condition until
about 2 Sc, when she again spoke, say
ing, Take her body and place It
erect IN the dJninQ-roOm until l o'clock. =
This order was immediately obeyed,
and she remained standing until the
time nameI: those around her in the
meantime engaged in singing and
prayer. When 1 O'Clock arrived all
was quiet. In few minutes she spoke
about as follows 81 am now in Para
disc, and it has been revealed to me
that this is the last time that shall 90
into trance, IS you call it. There are
many here who do not believe that this
is the work of God IN me. but If they
will remain until o'clock to-morrow
morning they viii all be convinced. I
will now answer any question that may
be asked me-" Here she ceased, and
after a few moments silence different
parties commenced questioning her, but
she failed to give a direct answer to
any, though, in fact, she answered all.
After numerous questions had been
asked her, none of which were import
ant, she requested that sther body be
taken and laid upon the bed and left
alone for twenty minutes. " This was
done, and after the expiration of twenty
minutes she was again surrounded and
piled with questions with about the
same success as at first.


Last winter the belief sprang up
among some of her visitors that her
flesh would not burn while she was in
her rigid condition; and in order to dis
prove this a gentleman placed live
coal of fire in her hand, which burned
her severely. In one OF her frances,
however, she assured them that on the
next day she would pass into a spasm,
and that her hand would be suddenly
healed, and stated further that she was
to have only twenty-seven pains arising
from it. AS each pain struck her she
would name certain chapter in the
Bible, and if any of those chapters are
read in her hearing she viii pass offinto
a deep sleep before two lines have been
read, and remain SO until the book is
laid aside, when she suddenly awakes.
In the evening at exactly the hour she
named, she was taken with a spasm,
which remained upon her for exactly
five minutes, and upon her recovery she
asked to have the bandage removed
from her hand, and when it was done
ler hand was found to be entirely
healed, and 6 new skin formed over the
wounded place, and she has not felt a
single pain in that hand since.


On the 1st of June, while in a trance,
she informed her friends that on the
18th of that month she would have
hard contest with the devil, and pre-
dicted the exact hour. Promptly at
that hour on the day named she passed
into an unconscious state, and in a min
ute or two was in terrible rage, appar-
emily crazy, and attempted to commit
She was seized, however, and
tied into chair, the work requiring the
strength of four men. After a while
she informed those near her that she
had triumphed over the devil, and had
him, and In a minute or two
returned to consciousness. In five years
time she is to take the pulpit. There
are quite a number who believe it is the
Spirit OF God working through her. In
personal appearance she does not appear
diseased. She is a brunette, neither
handsome nor homely, and would weigh
80 and lao pounds, and APP
peared quite robust and strong,