Show those who believe may find an interesting story the following letter is given diplac place 0 as its there are doubtless many 0 of T ana it H STANDARD readers whom it will interest whether believe mor skeptics for the thi first time as lar far as I 1 can learn leara spirits in material bodies of 0 many friends Iri enda made their a appearance ppe arance at a on two successive evenings at the house of 31 mrs to balcom on jetterson avenue mrs elsie reynolds of ban san francisco on her way east was prevailed upon to stop over fortio for two dayland days and give a couple of se ances she is a professional magerl materializing medium on tuesday and wednesday se september and the frien friends r a met and improvised a cabinet by suspending a black cotton cloth across the corner of the room at about four feet irom the angle of the corner the center of the cloth being open and lapped over chaira chairs were placed in boree horse shoe shoo form around the room for the flitters sitters I 1 will try to describe the of the second evening the medium oat rat in front of t the h e cabinet in a blaak dress and when all were seated fourteen la in number the medium asked tor a song and before the second cond line was finished a spirit made his or her appearance at the opening in a white dress the ringing singing stopped and the curtain closed and the medium took her bar chair and entered the cabinet there was nothing inside but the medium in her hor chair the singing was resumed and at the close the coarse voice voice of a man was heard in the cabin cabinet bt lie ile said bis his name was gruff that he was sixty five years in spirit life and was the control of the medium alter after a little talk the curtain parted and in full fall view of the sitters stood a form in white sh she e 0 opened led tb the curtain and closed it ag again in shoeing h I 1 ng her form two or tb three tea times as se th though ough timid or weak and afterwards stopped outside and sainted saluted the sitter elite r and then retired in side several others did the same sam came only a little way out and then went back it seemed to gain confidence after this they came out and crossed the room held out their bands hands to the persons they wished to make themselves known to drawing them towards the cabinet talking with them themo kissing and embracing and then passing behind the curtain the beanca lasted about an hour and a half and during the time thirty three spirits in materialized bodies came out most ol 01 them are known and acknowledged by their friends oneff one of the cabinet spirits who always attend mrs BITS ss seat stances ices was a little girl who said her name was effie foster of washington D 0 she came in front of the cabinet several times and bang and talked with the sitters and asked and answered questions the spirit of mr gruff daring during th the a sang two songs in good musical voice loud and clear and talked much at intervals for myself allow me to say I 1 had a visit from my mother forty years in spirit life who embra embraced cod and kissed me several times patted my head sho showed ed much pleasure pleasure in meeting me eaid bald I 1 was almost gone in my late sickness and that I 1 would soon come over other things she said not no t necessary to be given to the public my wife also came and the meeting I 1 will leave the reader to imagine the little spirit effie came in front with a little tolling babe b by the hand the babe just showed eitsert itself aud and then was gone leaving effie standing alone there was also a form materialized outside the cabinet it first appeared as a dim light about the size of a mans hand on the floor it gradually increased upwards and spread out and in ia less lose time than I 1 can write it there stood a human form a body materialized with life lite and motion who walked to the opposite aid side a of the circle and then back and disappeared behind the curtain A spirit came out and holding out her hand to coa me said she was lillie roberta roberts and wished me to hold it while she sang bang a song I 1 held hold her one band hand with both of my hands while she sang in a fine clear and shrill voice though soft and articulated the words of the song plainly while she delivered three verses of 0 the mistletoe boul bough gb 11 while he holding ld her hand I 1 had a fair opportunity to kaw w that her hand was the exact to representation presentation of the flesh and bo bone no of my own and about the same tern tem pera ture tare after singing she returned I 1 to the cabinet atone at ono time two full forms orma a at t the same time the light waa was now put out and dar darkness kneas BU sli preme and im Med mediately lately a large indian appeared illuminate Il d and made viala visible I 1 a by his own light lie walked around the circle and talked indian language for about two minutes min atea the then closed the lamps lighted and the medium camo came out and rubbing her eyes the cabinet was immediately inedia tely thrown 0 open en and nothing was to be seen but tee the bare walls and a chair upon which the medium gat eat sept 1891 1801 JOHN join A |