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Show mm llutnes Uhogt in Maine, fFroro the tortlind Press, Aug. 36. Sometime in the spring of last d year, Mra. Robert I. Hull of auJ Hanover Streets, having for a long time given eriience of itower as spiritualistic median?, un vy.fiectedIy.to hef self discovered that he was a diaterulizin meamui,inai is to B!iy a person in whoBe presence the disembodied spirits of deceased mortals could, under certain condi tiunt, astiuine thehhape and appear, nine of their perished bodies. This trmreilous power rapidly increased and ehe soon became noted, but she declined to "Bit" for any but her friouds, and those whom they, by pecial permission, introduced; and jf Ute these ''Minings" have been tmnerouH. Mrs. Hall sits behind a black vambrio curtain suspended by brass lijgs from a wire stretchedThacross trithe corner of the parlor. covered is formed angular space thus by a piece of the same kind of cloth. The walls and floor may be freely examined hytiio visitors, and aro evidently entirely free from traps and to deceive. My apparatus intended the sits at The medium apex of the stool. For low on a triangular spaco many months stie was always awake during the performances, but of late the has invariably gone into a trance, tud has been unconscious of the ar proceedings. The spectators in front in row a themselves ranged cfthi curtain, their chairs being at a distance of not more than 6evcn or leet from it, and often less than that. The light) were all turned out txoepting a drop light, which was turned down very low and shielded by a porcelain shade and a newspaper. After sitting a lime which was than twenty minutes, rarely ghostly figures appeared at the central slit in the curtain. These were female forms, generally usually veiled, and clothed in long flowing robed of a whiteness so intense that huoy observers thought that tbey niitted a phoephoresccnt light Sometimes, though very rrely, a male appeared, aud once in a while a child. These figures were generally recognized by some one as those of departed friends. All the perform ances were under tee superintend t nce of the spirit of one Molly Molasses, a centenarian of the I'euob- Fcot tribe, who died some years ago. She communicated with the medium direct by word of mouth, but until lately held conversation with less favored individuals, only tnrougu the laborious method of selecting letters from the alphabet. In spite of the honest appearance of things, there were a few doubting Thomases' who had a suspicion that all was uot genuine, lo allay such suspicions, the medium allowed eight or ten inches of the lowest portion of the skirt of her dress to project uudor the curtain and remain there throughout the seance. If one chose he could fasten it to the carpet with a pin. In no reported case has the dress been known to move from its place. Even this did not satisfy certain skeptics until a number of people plainly saw the medium sitting db her little stool ' at the same time that a spirit was holding open the curtain. In September last Dr. Garrishi at g tended one of the performances. restrained by the feeling that courtesy required him to do nothing that was not expected of him at a seance for which he was under obligation to a personal friend, he simply observed the phenomena and took notes. They were certainly re markable, like any ordinary tricks of jugglery, but the doctor luted to see that it was necessary to appeal to supernatural agencies to account for the performance, and was indiscreet enough to express himself to this and as a result, was unable to giio admission again Until this month; Ou .the 4th Inst., however, , the friend who had previously effected s.n entrauce for him again interceded aud obtained an invitation for him and Dr. Qreeuc, and this was the bo . ginning of the end. Profiling by previous experience, bot a fchhmer of doult was 'allowed U fall from their lips. Whatever, Cum-Lerlaa- ss Ile-in- ef-Jec- t really come again for him. But a minute elapsed before she again showed herself. 'Will you touch my hand, dear?"' said the doctor in persuasive accents. She put out her delicate fingers toward him, and his hand closed on hers in a grasp which was much fiimer than the ordinary clasp of af fection. And then he made what is called traction, "Come, dear, cornel Come right along!'' But she braced against the chimney in a very human and earthly way, wholly unbeThere is coming in an apparition. series iu in this recoid on ease no with been has which a spirit gifted speech; but all in the room distinctly heard a very alarmed voice exclaiming: "Don't, doo,t! let me go!" atd then, "For God's sake, let me go!" "Why," said Dr. Greene, with well affected surprise, "This is not a spirit, this is Mrs. Hull!" Meanwhile, Dr. (jrerrish had stepped quickly to the curtain, drawn it aside and discovered the stool unoccupied, an empty skirt and a little pile of female wearing apparel. It was just what was expected. lne male Hull, who had been taken so completely by surprise that he forgot to turn out the light, delivered him self of the following manly speech: "Well, gentleman, I wish you to be made by a woman who was care- understand that I have had no hand fully doffing one dress and donning in this affair. I knew nothing about another; rustling was almost always it." heard after one figure had vanished, And his wife was left to dress her and before another appeared, andi self without assistance behind the just before the seanee ended, the curtain. noise of manipulated raiment was undeniably as great as was necessary Hot? it Works. for the resumption of an ordinary walking dress, and the stowing away Our civilization is full of such of a valiso full of clothes. It was also stories as this, which is from Osh- noted that when the noise of talking kosh: and laughter was loudest among the "A man in the town bf Rushford spectators, and thus there was the killed another man's dog. The son least need of care in dressing, the f the man whose ddg was killed, appearance was made most promptly. therefore, proceeded to whip the An "Italian dancing spirit," that man who killed the dog of the man he showed her feet and half her legs, was was son of. The man who was son elothed, as to these members, as it was of the man whose dog was killed was observed Mrs. Hull was before en- arrested who was assaultman the by A figure that tering the cabinet. ed the of son the mad whose dog by n purported to be the spirit of a man assaulted and killed. The the merchant who died here not man who was arrested by the man long ago, was about half a foot too who killed the dog of the man whom hhort, seventy-fivpounds too light, the man arrested was son of, for asas much like him looked about and the man who killed the could be expected to saulting as Mrs. Hull finally settled the case up with with a false beard, in a nearly pitch dog, the man who had arrested the son of dark closet. It was noticed, too, by the man who owned the dog, for ascne observer, who managed to look the man who killed the dog down inside the curtain, that over saulting of the man s father who had been the arm of the spirit there was a long arrested. And Btill we are not veil, just such as had previously been happy." employed in covering the head of a female figure. One spirit sought recognition from Dr. Gerrish, whose Notice to Contractors. patient she had been when in the flesh, by showing a hand from which JeR THE NEXT TU1RTY DAYS a finger was missing but tb.6 amputation was half way up the first To be lot by contract; to be delivered at Ogdeu phalanx instead of at the joint, as it Corinne.or at the C P. Switch, opposite Brighatn should have been. This same spook City, fr which the highest prices will be paid. smiled at the request of a wretched For further particulars enquire at W. G. Child's store, Ogden. P. CCLLEN, sceptic who thought its face might be Contractor. afterward masked. Immediately Ojden, June 17th, 188. there was a sound behind the curtain N. B. Not Una than 1000 ties contracted to any cue party. due to the was which unmistakably false replacement of an Upper set of teeth. As wc have said above, the modus operandi had become so apparent that the exhibitions ceased to be interesting as displays of jugglery. They were not so clever as they at first seemed to be, and the doctors deter1 mined to let in the light at once. So on Tuesday night last, a select com pany was invited to witness, and, if need be, assist at the denouement Each had his part assigned, and failure was absolutely impossible, provided any trick was attempted by the M medium. The conversation was more than o ordinarily jolly. Funny storiea kept H the cbuipauy in a roar half the lim, x but nobody lost sight of the curtain or failed to note that the usual rust B ling at the apex of the triangular spaeo was going on. Molly M. rapped out that h spirit which had come to Dr. Green twice before, would appear again. In less than twenty minutes the curtain opened a little; in a few minutes it opened nnre widely and displayed a female draped iu white and thickly veiled. It was the promised sprite Then it pulled aside the curtain from the corner learest the mantelpiece, directly in front of Dr. Greene. He was enraptured: Yes, the spirit had appeared was greeted with expres sions of ecstatie delight and open- mouthed amazement. Their enthu siasin was unbounded, their liberali y evidently gratifying to the IIuIIh, atd their readiness to be duped so very apparent, that they got results that were considered extraordinary even by old habitues of the house. The spook'ijr came in crowds, sj to speak, so anxious were they t apsens pear before these simple-minde-d 10th On the of inst., sculapius. another sittiug was accorded them, and on this occasion they were accompanied by Dr. George P. Bradley, of the United States Navy. Enough was seen to make it very evident to these gentlemen that there was no need of invoking more than human power to explain the phenomena, and a plan was laid for the exposure of the trick. Ou their several visits the gentlemen accumulated a mass of evidence of fraud. For instance, it was noted by all that the dress of the medium was very peculiar. 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