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'l'HE MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. c1rcul ~tes largely in the 'l'ownsh1ps of Darling· ton, Clarke and Cartwright. It iit a common p1£ttfutm open to the froe d18cuz;is1on of all ques. t1ons m 'vhlch the general public ar<> concerned. TERMS. WEST DURHAM Stea.m. Job'l'rinting omoe Knm STREET' BOWMANVILLJC Snent~ fH ccrls rcr Hllir,ind v.tnce· Tb.e Merchant' and 'Obser· VJr,' $2-00. R \.TES OF ADV t..RTISING , Oll i;: culinnn 46: per annum. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME VII. Having sold out my CABINET & UNDERTAKING BUSINESS to MR W 1'. Paowt I would Hlspectfully recommend him to th~ Public who hnNC favored 111e with their patrona.g for the la.at Thirty years, a8 a Gentlema.n well quabtied to meet their wa.nt1:1 UJ the above hn~ o ti~1~. and believe tlu·t. he will give tbe utmost Bat1sfaction to ~u who favor hnn w1th thcll' pat- POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS , BILL HEADS CHEQUES, N0'L'ES, _ HANDBILLS, LABELS~ CARDS, 'l'ICKETS, 1 [ u.Lf do, 25 '( (lnartcr: J1 . . ~ 15 " 'rraie:srnut advertiseineuts,5 eta per hue first in. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DEOEMER 10, 1875. NUMBER noise. Every one e.a1d 1t was one of tbc finest man1festat1ons g1v~n for some time. Wheu she was on the floor near us we could see that she bore every appearance of be111g a aohd, healthy-lookmg epmt woman, with rounded, grac<lul limos, long symn::etrical arms, and small, ronnoi head and 'ace, witb rather ordinary features. HONTO APPE,>RS XI &c., &c , &c., sert1ou. a.nd 2c. per line, each tmbsequent one EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE ing ou the Blde of the house, covered with a mosquito netting, and usually contains a lo\\ 1 old·fashioned rocking chair, which Wilham Eddy sits 1n, a tin trurupet, and Honto'e cap hanging on a nail. The cap was presented to Honto by a gentleman The tm trumpet 1' from Philadelp~ia used by.: ep1r1ts whoi:ie voices need ns~1stanc1·, the sa111e as the old St) le fish peddlers 1\sed to be aBB1sted m calhn~ their wares. Only this, and nothing more. ln this bare calJ .. met Wilham Eddy " suppqsed to produce the varied mater1aln:at1ou~ He is1lppa.r. cntly alone. There are no costumes or pro- POETRY Old Friends Together. Oh, time is 1weet, when reses meet With epr1ng's sweet lrrcatb around them And sweet the time when heartf3 are 101Jt, If those who love have found them , .Ajld owe·t Ibo mind that still may find A ata:r in darkest weathsrBut nought can bib eo sweet to eee A11i1 old fnend11 meet together. ' GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY! Train· \Hll leave Bowmauville Stutwn, Bo,vmn.nv11le tune~ as follows : ttO~G ron;ige, Respcct(ully yours, R. $. l\IAN1'!NG. J 'VEST OOINO .1!:.AEIT, CHANGE To the Public : · Local... Exprea1t 7 20, .1. m. ! Expre1:111, 1 8,30 a..m. 9 30 a.m : Mixed · 4 20 p m. ~fixed . 2 20 pm I Local .. 7.50 p m . Exptess 9 00 p. m. I ExpreE1s 9 00 pm *'I1hrn tra1a rtu1s every ll:R'illng of '\eek, Mondays excepted. OF BUSINESS I Havmg bought out tho OABINET HUSINESS Drs. Reid & Boyle. Old Stand, King Street Bowmanville, SURGERY---SILVER ST. J3ow1nanv1lle, Aug ZOJ 1875 ..- Prof. J. Ruse, Dorhngton, July 16th, 1874. 41-ly I beg to say that I will Andea.vor to k%p everyt.11111g 011 baud tl·at is Dt";edt:d Jn the }... urniture L1ne Ha., mg had TEN YEARSexpenenoe 1n the Bowmanv1lle. Funnture Factory. a.nd being appointed Agent to sell for the Company in Bowmnnville, the Public can depend upon getting tho ' BEST FURNITURE IN THE PROVINCE, C1 ltADUATE of Baxter Univel'ti1ty of h-fuaic at 1'-Ioderate r&tee, by givh:ig me a. ca,ll. I intend to SET.,..T"' FOR CASH 1 making but Small U :Fr1andf:lh1p, New York Yrofite. TeucheL of Piano and Organ, cultivation Voice, S1ng1ng, Thorough Bass, Harmony REPAIRING OF 'ALL KINDS DONE, AND CHARGES MODERATE. Co1npos1t1on, &c R R LOSCOMBE, BAJWIHTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANOERY, &e from the celebra.ted 0FfICE,- 0vcr ~IcClung'g Store aatne flat as J. . Br1ma.oomb's Dental Roo:rrui, RA. VIN· BOUGHT A N:BW HBABSJ£, ~ie!lsrs Armat1·ong's, of Guelph, I a1n prtopared to furnish Funerals with an outfit unsurpassed in a.ny City m the Province. · Bowman ville, Oct. 27th, 1868. Ly I 'keep on ha.nd, n. Splendid lot of Coftl.ns, Shrouds, etc , which can be ~ent out upon one hou1 't notice, at any time. thus meeting the want that emeI"C"eDcies so1netimes cause. to &rise. in the country, MARRIAGE LICENSES. fnear B,·thesda. Church] duly a.utbonzed to W!ue Ma.rr1age Licenses. Daihngton, Nov. 19, 1874'. m8 tf. ' JOH!\ H MRDarlington, EYNO:<, Lot 7, 6th Con. 18 Yours, etc., W. P. PROWER. Bowma.nville Sept. 9th, 1875. D. E. McMillan, · ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLIOJJOR IN GIIANGERY, COlVVEYANGER, J'.c., NEWCASTLE. ONT. Newcastle, Oct 8th, 1875. m51-tf. AVCTIONEERS fi'o1· the H. ~"ownship of Darlington. T. PHILI,IPS, HAM:'l'ON P1 01npt a.ttcntion given to sales, &c, on rea!lona.ble tern...~fil, Win. Bairt~qn, ENNISKILLEN. SaleH promptly attended to on reasonn.b}e ~ ALLAM LINE STEAMSHIPS. F Liverpo~l London, and Glasgow on. Tickets, or 1nf1,rmation.;, apply to W A. N ~.ADS, .Agent. .Bo.,,.,·manville, ,Tune 9tb, 1871. tf-30 1875. - MCCLUNG BROTHERS' CIRCULAR. CASH. 1875. ~ 80, HO! (lentlem.en of Fe.shier. NOT SO FAST. I ha.ve written ---- CASH. t~w lines · And nll I have to 15ay, That you can fin<l. me Bt1ll at home I am not gone a\\&) , So all my kind vl<l fno11ds IQ.aJ oome And all the young 011es too And get then· gu.r1nents nicely madE' In fashions that are new \V'hcro old and Joung deltr friendnu1. meet A welcome greeting by R PEA 'l'E Bo,vm.anville, June 19th 1873. W. BUNNEY, gUILDER, ETC., Begs tu'-t-eturn thanks to his fta:ndsfot the SUJJ vrt he 1 >~ 1ece1ved the past two years? and Ropes by c.. "<Dttnued stnct pw l:lonal attention to busin;.ss, ant.i' - worJnng t~t the ll.t.Ol:it reasonable prices to en~ure 'cou.t1nuance of pubbc pa.tron age ' w B JS ""'.epM-00 to build horn·es, etc , on the mo~t 1 "uofern ityl0 {)f architecture. Job bing promptly atteuu ~ to Plana arid speClfi· caholls got 11 p on apph qat.lon, 1.11~ the Jnoat reasonable terms, )ll!d of ev1..V deSfil'lpt1on. Office a.nd Shop, Onta.r10 Str l:let, £A.l'ly oppmnte ?tlr T Bowden'a. 1 l Bowmauv1lle Dee 24th, 1 ~74. 3- y. , ON and AFTER the fhst day of Oct, 1875, cur business will b~ cor ducted on a C!SH basis We have, after duly considering the mattc1, concluded to abauclon the CR}.DIT SYSTEM and to sell our goods for 10ady money, or its equivale1;1t ~ tis unnecessaxy ~o 1esort 0 B;rgu~ent or explanation to show that, rn these days, the Credit System 1s rnJunous alike to seller and purchaser ; and it is universally admitted to be an injustice to those who buy for cash. So thercis no apology necessary, on our part, for making the proposed change This new method will enable us to take every advantage of the markets, and place within our r&'lch large trade discounts on cash pmchases. The benefits which will result to our customers under this system are manifest, not only shall we be able to buy our goods considerably cheaper under the advantages referred to, but much smaller profits then were necessary under the old system, will suffice. We are dcterrmned, this se11son, to push our business with renewed energy, and shall endeavor to excel in every department. Our arrangements are such that no establishment can undersell us. Remember, then, tlmt the 1ight plt1Cc for cheap goods is Bowmanvil!e, Sept. 1st, 1875. MCCLUNG BROS. New 'l'ailor t:hop, tnenced bwnness in tile Shop next to the E:r-t>r1:1ss Office, one door east of ,T, Milne's. Ha.v1ng ha.d several yea.rs experience ill the trnde..i he hopes to sa.ti.sfy all who mn.y favor hifu '~ith a uall J 0 H N- H EAL ., WITH }' Y COWL:f,, beb" to ln· LATE form the public ga11Jerally, th.at he has coi.'1· GOOD FITS GUARANTEED Ilo\vmanv1lle, Sep. 4th, 1872. m49·tf N e1v Partnership! Morris & Wa,tson GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Manufacturtirs of Sash,Blind.s Doors, Mouldings, and Window Frames, With or ivithout C'J.Si.ng 1-Vitli or 11)1,ilto?tt Bantf. M oulrJs. FRO~I RETIRING THE Planing, Planing & Matching, sawing and Turning, '() rnamental P iclcets, in every variety, and Sc1·oll Sawing, of every desoript1on ' $20,00~ WORTH OF GOODS To be Sold without Reserve, at less than Wholesale Prices. has decided to go out of the Dry Goods business, and will commence Oil the CONTES'f ! F. · F. MoARTHU.R ONE ORDER, on tho SHORTEST NOTICE. ·2ot11 of .lllay, The Tailortug ln Order· d 1875 Shops on Liberty Street. North of the Ea.stern House, Bowmanville. Bowmanvllle, July 9th, 1874. 41 ti A (l:i:ia.nd Clee.:ri:cg Sa.le of bis Enti:re Stock. The Sprmg Importa,tions o:nly having been completed :t few -weeks, the Stci<: ts very large and well assorted. As it must be sold within a giYen time, J. CHAPLIN, DK.A.LEU IN .Ft·1ul ahd Ornamenta.l Trees, Secd8 1 Bul-b.s, Flowe:r3, &c., &c. F1n1t class trees, and true to name. A. T:rem.endous Deduction will be m.ade. TERMS OF SALE :-Under $50, Caslt; over $50, Four montl1s CTedit on approvacl notes, Work, will be continued as usual, during the Sale. Mr. C, guaranteca ~furnish noth1ng but ...\..ddres.!!, ~ad, Jan. P. 0 Box 55 Bowmo.nvillt: F, F. !if cARTHU UR. Bowmanville, May, 1876. 1876. bp-Jy ml7·o4, A hum of excitement ran through the c1rcle1 and currents of nervousfurce so How· '!'hose da.ye of old, when youth was:c bold, ed from my right hand neighbor that 1t was And tnoe stole wing19 to speed 1i , with d1ftioulty that I could keep niy hand And youth ne'er knew how fast tlme flew, from shaking. The circle looked at each Or knowing did not heed 1tother with astonishment. But ,there was Thougb grey each biowtha.t heeds us now 1 more to come, and in I< brief tune the cur.(For..ai::tl>riD!l" wlntry weMb.,.\ tam was quiet y pulled" a.Side; an out otepY ~t riaught can be so sweet to aeo As those old ~friends togethet ped the famous Honto-a shght girl ta white mushn, with black1 sh·yellow face. The ftfW long known, whom yea.rs hf'.ve ehownHer dress reached to her ankles her feet 'Vith hearts that fnendahip blesses ; lookell black, as if encased in <lark shoes A hand to c'heer, perchance a tear To soothe a friend's thstresfU:ll:i, She bad long black hair hangmg down her Who helped and tned 1 still side by aide, back, rather tbm ·nd 1ute·like rn appear· A friend to face bad weatberance On her head wos an Indian cap that Oh, thus may '\\e yet JOY t o see shone and sparkled as she moved, being And m ..i old friends together. trimmed with beads and spangles. When she had been out a minute or two, she heLITERATURE. gan 10 walk up and down the stage in a very frisky way, and when so1neboay said, EXPOSURE OF THE EDDYS 'G9od evening, Honto 1· she nearly bent heraelf double m ·alutation. Horatio Eddy ROW MATERIALIZATIONS ARE PRODUC!lD A'I' and au elderly lady of the gue·IB stood at CHlTTENDEN, one end of the platform all the tune Honto was m sight. Honto began to dance some· A VISITOR POURING mm LIGHT o>' Hrs IN· what hke the' Lady of the Lake,' but with VESTIGAT!ONS tNro rHK DARK CmcLF. more gra°'1, as if she wa~ better used to pub· ROOM-WHENCE THE SHADES OF DE· lie exhibition. Approochrng the aged fe. PARUO FRIENDS-A SntPLE EXPLANA· male, \\ho was allo\\ed the g1ea.t favor of TION o:r A PROJ'OUND MYSrERY. standrng on the platform, Honto stooped to RUTLAND, Vt., Nov 22 -For two years, her feet and seemed to pull a large shawl the spirit doings at Chittenden, seven m1l~s from the floor, apparently made ot ~aozy from this dty, which have been engineered stuff, which she thre" over her own tbm THB CIRCLE ROOM by Wilham antl Horat10 G. Eddy, as me· shoulders, where it rested for a moment diums,have called to the beautiful valley, be· 1e in the second story of tho ell of the house, while she turned and tw·isted like a young lieveril and skeptics from all the Stoles, and and is directly over the kitchen. It is a coquette admmng himself. She theu went even from eome portions of Europe. Dur. long, plain, bare room, with clean, whJte-- back into the cabinet, then can1e out im ing that time ever a thoueund persons have w&ehed walls. At the further end is a nar- ·ned1ately v.:1thout the shawl on, and going eeen the mauifesttttions; a great many have row platform about two feet high, runnrng up to the wall' matenaltzed 1 another shawl, been con\Terted to a firm belief in the return entirely across the roon1, with a surmountthe counterpart of the first, lrorn the bare to tb10 mundane sphere of ' people trow the ing it. The pl11tform is liu1lt ngfLtntst an plaster. When she put her homl up to the other world, 1 and all have been aston1Shed 0Jd.fash1oned, spacious ch1mney1 which wall ahe seemed to have sometbmg concealat the strange sights in the dmgy oll Ver- 0-0mes up from the kitol<en below. At one ed in it; dropprng her band, the shawl Jell mont farm house occupied by the Eddy Ende of the ch1n1aey ta a long, narro\v closet, easily and gradually to the floor. Honto family. bmlt rn the niche winch th· chimney threw tb10 shawl over her shoulders, and Until Jately,the Eddys' spmt materialtza· makes 'l'his lB the cabinet frotu winch th6 bending over the ra1hng stud, in a fau.t tione have not been sertously called in ques· spmt forms appear. The other side of the ~·b1sper, 1 Doctor, cornc h~re. Thereupon t1on. They baYe gone on month by month cb1n1ney is open, and contains a table e.nd 111y left hand neighbour arose, \Vent up to reahzing abundant good repute, and hovrng a chair or t~o. Over the closet or cab1net the roiling, and took hold of Honto"s hand, a very smooth and easy llme. A family J·r door, hangs a thick, woolen army blanket. holdmg it gently m his o" n for a short bas, however, put an end to the harmony of it.. few feet from the platform are long llme. He afterwards said her hand felt the thing 'fhe two brothers, for eome un- benches, used for se~trng the guests The warm and hnn1an like, and that her face apknown reason, have separated, ond"Wilha1n, circle room has six windows, hung with cur- peared browmsh Honto frisked about a the famomnnedrnm, has left the ~Id home· tains of greea, . .opique stuff. A small table "little more, and th~n stood m the doorway stead. to Horatio. The v.; ovderful seen ea bv the door of Lhe room contamed a ke10 of the cabinet with the bl,inket thrown have ccasP.d for a time, under this stre~s of s;ne ]amp, which furnished the illuouna· mostly aside. 'A voice frorn the cabinet family difliculty, and it may be well now to tioa On the evening described, a gentle .. said '.More hght,' the lamp was turned up explain how these two men have gulled the man !10m Ne~ York State took a seat ea that tbe room was much lighter, and public ·o long near the platform, and played a vwlin dur· Honto was shown standing melde the oaurnet Some tune ago Dr. George M. Beard of rng the. seance. Horatio Eddy and Mr. and plainly and boldly. She SJmled sweetly, New Haven sounded a cry of humbug, but Mrs. Brown of the family were ·mong the kiseed her baud, looked all aiound the circle, was not able to give any definite reason for guests, but Alice was not. then pulled the blanket down, and was bis stigmatizing ; and sowe journalists have When all was ready Wilham Eddy came gone.· ' written dlScrediting tbmgs of the Eddys. into the room, dressed in tb.e homespun £ VENERABLE SHADX Francis Gerry Fairfield, baa also testified m s1i1t, o.s described, and saying: 'I am ready, The next sp11·1~ wa.a Mrs Eriton, an old an elaborate magazine article that thes··pmt ?.fr. Brown,' went on to tb.e stage, pulled ma.ter1ali.ia.t1ons were not what they seem- the curtain a.aide, and disappeared into the lady - a abort figuie lll white Sho hlte<l ed, but were the produet of 'nerve~aura,' a eabmet. The light was turned nearly out, the curtain and stood ta the door\vay, She sort of mist proceedmg from the medium, the mu·ie commenced, and the party sat was requested to come Oll'L a.nd dauce, but and the 1magmatwn of the spectator givrng with clapped hau.Js m silent expectation. lt said no aL that, and then with wo1nanly it the lorm and reahty of !tie. Nothmg was as long an<l ns tedious a 'wait' as we caprice, came out, laughed, took a few bas, however, been published indicating somat1n1es have bet· ween the acts at theatres. clumsy ateps to inus1c and ~id rather spiteclearlv and unm161akably the true method Our fiddle played ue to sleep and then play- fully, 'There, I can dance, if I au1 old" of th; Eddys, although cmment soientific ed us a\vake two 01 three tunes 1n the &emi- which ren1ark was recetveU with sarcastic laughter from the circle She then uttered and professional men have attended the do.rkness before the spirits moved. aeances. Tbere have been \lolumns of br1lAt last the curtain over.the cabinet (loor a httlc discourse to the effect that if the hant description, and so much strong teet1· was bfted and out walked a short old wo· people prayed le66 and answered prai er mony has been offered by observers that to· man in white, with au old·fa.ahtonect mob- more, they would be better. She said she day probably thousands or intelligent people cap on her head, and escaping f1om it were had been a upper at pla) iog \\lien she was confident! y behove t '1at the dead revlBit the frrnges of white hair She stood by the m the flesh, hut she had got al! over that corth in the httle circle 1oom at Chittenden door of the cabinet lookrng around ae cool n~w. Instead of pray1ng to Pope and pnest, In setting forth the manner to whieh the al' a cucumber. Horatio Eddy so.id . 'How 1( people would pray to the great GOld of Ed.dye produce their spirit manifestations, do you do 1' and she answered : ' I am pret· nature and try to do good, the world would I must not be reg·rded as denouncing Spm· ty well to uigbt.' She was the spmt known be:better. "fhis hberal ser1nou 'was deh\ertuo.lism in general, or as even calling in as the 'Witch of the Moun tarn.' She took ed in a high, squeaky, unnatural vo1ce 1 and question the fact of ma.ter1alua,tion as re- an oratorical posture, and spoke in a lou<l, emphasized with funny ehakes of the bead corded m various places over the "orld I harsh, cracked voice, sa.yin~ ' oe, woe to and gesticulations l\lra~ E~atoIL's !ace could have ·in1ply to do with the Eddys at Chit· those who pe15ecute the believers in the not be distmgmshed Yery clearly. She retenden, and nu question of spirit return, new taith ! Woe and rum and despair unto llred suddenly alter her little talk. We bad now been treated to so many outside of their man1feetat1ons, 1s to be eon· those who injure the faithful !' After she sidered. A visit to the Eddys recently, ot had said this she waved her hand and females in White that they began to have a a. s~ason when the electrical cond1t1ons of \\ ent behind the curtain. Her voice could decid·dly family look. Our band of be· the atmosphere were very favorable for the be plamly beard, and she seemed to have hevera waited to see llead friends, and were rather tired of theae 'etock' spirits, who exhibition of spirit power, enabled n1e to no dif!iculty in speakrng. generally appear each night Om musician form a clear and detlnite idea, of how tbe THE LADT OJ' TH'.ll LAKE played, and we sang the 'Swert By and By,' thing was done, and to present it intel· W a composed ourselves Ill paLience a few and that created such harmony and after a ligibly, some experiences with the spirits minutes lunger, and then suddenly bounded short wa.it an old 01au with gray hair aud will be described, m order to sjlow the out upon the stag· · tall plump woman of long pointed beard appeared from ont the trickery. t~Tenty or so, dressed & la Black _ _crook, 1n caoinet. He waa m black auu- had a red TH.£ SIMPLE MEDIUM&. white tights, white waist, and gaily-colored neck tie falhog upon hlll breast He stood It JS well knowu that W1llmm and Hor· sash and nbboLs, with ·om· peculiar kind by the siJe of the cabmet looking around a!io Eddy have striven to 1mprees the world of headdress on Her form was shown the the circle. His face was not distmct Mr. with a behef that they are simple men. free same as ballet dnncers show theirs ; her face H said, 'Is 1t my father 1' The lorm rapped from wide knowledge and experience of the was blackened, and could not be made out three times for yes on the side of the cabmet' world. This haa been done eeemrngly that clearly. She had on blaek boots, coming and then vnthdrew. .After the seance Mr their manifestations might apptiar less sus- up around the anclcs lier shoulders were B. eatd tJ rot:: that it cou ld lot have been picious than they would if managed by men rounded and as she walked she bent over his father, because he w.as only about forty. ve1sed in the ·world's t,r1cks and shams somewhat Thia was the 'Lady of the live when be died, and this man looked Bnt the brothers are worldmgs to the core. Lake,' the si~ter of the famous 1 Honto,' the sixtypfive at the lenst. fie 'vas prompted They have gone up and down this land as Indian girl. She could be seen ns plamly to ask because he thou~ht be recognized pubhc exhibltors for twelve years, meeting as if the hght was on full glare, but her some character1stlcs of his father w1tb experiences which fully cut their eye bl.tck face lmade 1t impossible to recog· She signified that she teeth, and taught them "great deal of hu· mze her features. A HAPPY OLD Sl'IRir. man nature Whoever thmks they are wanteu hvely music, and when it was playNext an old woman with a cohco dr<Bs simple children of nature falls wide of the ed she d·nced around the stage JllSt hke a and shabby wollen sack cn.n1e out, Hair truth. 'l'bey are keen as bnars, and fully human being, coruu1g down on the bare gray and Btragghng , iuce 1n<l.ist1nct, but up in all the modes and pracuces ol then boards heavily enough to shake them. Ho· apparcntly old. peculiar bnsiuesa. They have held the1r ratio went on to the etage and danced with !1-Ir. K. asked,' Is it mother?' own m a silly frnud agamst the rntellect and her, and between them they bad o merry Raps of Yt!S. scrutiny of hundreds of men h.nd \\'omen time of it '!.'he' Lady oftbe Lake' danced l\lr K. then said,' [am gla...l to see you, who have sat at their seances and peheld man awkward styl·, with heavy step. Sho ?>other, are you happy 1' Suddenly she their wonders, and ·afely rntrenched be· ~·· m high good huwor. 'Yes.' hind 'conditions' and refusing tests, have weut 111to the cabinet ior a moment, then 'Are y?u happier rn the spmt world than pluyeu their spiritual farce with h1stronw came tripping out again and ran do\vn the here 1' ,, abihty okm to geuiuo The.e simple men steps of the platform and stcod upon the ·Yea.' h·ve been greater m their si111ph01ty than floor near us. By undasprng our hands we The anewei· ~ere given ma low whisper. som· of the wl!e ones of the country Ill their could have touched her, but no one d1d 1 so The spmt did not come enllrely out of the firwly was the neceostty of keeping the 'eloc- cabinet, and shortly ':et1red wisdom anrl power of dis.,;riminatit'n. William Eddy 10 a large, sohd wan, tr1cal currents' 'Jnbroken Hnpre&aed on our Mr. K said afterwardS that he could not thirty seven years old, with a peculiar face, mmds The' Lady, .tood on the Jloor look· exactly wake out that 1t was his motherl)rown and swarthy aa that of an Jndrnn; ing around in a hesitating manner for a mo- 1t seemed Borne hke her Did not thtnk "ith a pen~hnt for d1-essmg in nut· brown ment, then placmg her hands on the railing her hair was quite so ~ray I her face diJ bomeapun cloth~~. much too large for him I of the platform leaped over it on to the stage not seem natural. Th~re \Vas so'r~eth1ng reserved as a hcrn1it, and moody as Ulysses cap?rt!d a few tirnea, kissed her hands to '.ls, Rbout: her tl1at made btcn think of b18 mvthtr the &econd. He 1s the .nedmm of rare and disappeared behmd the curtam. Dur· The sp1r1t siuil so, and that sattatied h\ m it powers, and through his o:r~an1ztLttan 1 it is 1ng her danemg, the stage shook heavily was so. :. .: alleged, the processiou of returo1ag sp1rits whe-n she oa1ue down on it, and when she Suodrv other spirit forms of 'depar~ jumped on 11 from the 1!oor there was~ loud tome into the world again. ·,Ji.a As to Horatio, be l8 mclined to talk fi-.e. l y and to aBBociate with hio guests after the fir~ newness of acqua1nt.ance is worn off. Ho Ill ~bout as tall as William, but has not hiil strong, eoltd appearal)ce. His f'lCe is mo1'0 open and pledSant looking ; his com· pl01ion is brown, and his age 18 thirty-live· He dress·· i 1 common dark olotbea, without p<!CIJharity. He 18 the i«lker, and tell.o fre·ly of the ltfe he has led in the siiritual. i·ho field, if he takes to an acquaintance. He regar<le many mediums as frauds, and n1an\1onrs sotne ia.m1lta.r names 1n a contemptuous manner. Horatio see1ns to have a large experience of men and things, and 111 w~ read m a variety of eubjecta, He the r;·neral mal>llger of \he_ bl!.... Then there is a 8ister Alice, an unmarried, bealthy-lookmg girl of twenty, with rustic speech aad 1llanners ; and l\trs Brown, a married sister, who attended alt of the oeanees with her husband, who took ~pecial charge of the meettnge. Two others e1ster1 hve m the neighborhood of the Chittemlen homestead, but were never aeen in the cir· cles, altbou~h they were motive powera. The family aro well versed in current affam, and have plenty of worldly ehrewdneBB, but are deficient m the strict education of schools Looking over notes Vi hich were carefully made after each seance, I find that the bes\ of my evemngs at Chitte.nden can be des· cri hed as foll owe . A dozen of us, men and women, frum E ..t and West, mostly believers m the epiri~ual truth of the mani· festot10ns, aBBembled m the bare and dmgy mrcle room at mghtfal. Our little party havmg been for several days m the lonely mountaln valley, bad como mto rare good comp1mouship, and really enjoyed the com· mnn1on with the 'great unknown.' were 1 recognized 'aa above described. In eve1·y eaee the name had to be caller! by those Ill the Circle before the ' spmt ' de· clare(l itself, and in every cu.se, when aaked after,vard 1 the members of the circle to whom frienda llJlf>eaJ"ed acknowledged that they could not <l\Stmgull!h the face or dreas, but simply 'tQok the word ' of the spiqt Ooe man knew In· Mbcr because he had a ~rqtch I Wh~n wed afterward if he clearly recogmzed hl.8 falher, he said, ' N ~ : I thought 1t ·pJl"ared hke him ; he went en Of crutches ; it mqat have been bun. course I could not make out h" lace, I am eetta)n from what tha spmt said.' Another gentlemat1, a doctor, 'recoguized ' hie e~unt· 5-aw.t~-.,,;~.i, ·llled ""' I> glaa t~i;ee her t He saitl,1n nnswez £t C'nqu1cy1 ' There woe not)nng abont her that I recog· mzed except her stooprng position ; that was just like her. I could not make out the face, but I am well satisfied' A w1f~ appeared to a husband,a d1Btrnguished Eug· hshed sp1r1tualist1c writer and fl.peaker, aud he said aftei ward when asked as to the recogn1t1ou, ' Ntt, of course I <lid not .recog· n1ze ber face, fQr that was too indistinct, and the clothes she wore were not familiar to me , but I thoUIJ!it it might be my wife, and so I asked her. I wi;Ll take the spint's " ord for it. Of course abe knew who sh~ was.' EveI) body, dunng a week of the appearing of five or six fr1enda a n1gbt, recognized them a· deseribed. They wera satisfied, and pmned their faith in spint return upon these appearances. And out of this cornea the wondetful stones which have flooded the country so long, aud converted so many to a. behef 1n spir1tun.hsrn I will gh·e two more snmptes of these m0ter1ahzatione, and then finish "ith the 'epiritu·l ' aspect of the thing, and will show it in its very s1m· pie method of exec11t10n-so sim pie that it is perfectly astomshmg h could ever have stood the observation of one ma.u or woman not blinded by oycrfoith and childish creduhty. The'fi.llowmg mcidents are ta ken out of }.(Y LAST EVE::SUSQ .AT Cl:lIIr.ENDEN. perties , but out of the little closet walk nightly the dozen or so for1ns, male und fo..}..,.i., old "u<\ YOUl'll, friend· dead long ego, '.l'urke and Je ..., Roman., Yankee D.io· dles, and Hindoos.' Let us go mto the cahmet wi th the gifted mediutn, and whll~ the bd1e\'e1s outstcle are compos111g themselves to Lar!T1ony by s1ng1ng 'Tbe Sun1mer Land,'J R~.e t for tbe '\Yeary,' and compoattions of a soothing uuture, we will e.eo how WilJiam proceeds to 1 l work np the materiahzationa A LITT LI~ LIGHT. The Doctor, "ho recogmzed hia mother· rn-law, as ment10ned above (and, by the way, be ts a pract1t1oner of eJo.tens1ve repu- to.t1on 1n Ut,cn, N Y ), had r.orue to the Eduys' house expressly to see h!S dead boy, and, as he bad trecly talked about him dnr· ing tbe \Veek, he waa favored this evening. The curtarn of the cabmet was pulled a ht· tle one ai<le, and what appeared hke a good·SJZed doll was shown in the doorway, standing, mostly enveloped in the cnrtain. The figute had on a wbito nightdress, and 1tll uigttttr.rp-with r mll:ed' bOTd~r;- --'Ilrefoce was expre1sionless and doll·hke, and was so rnd1stinct that nobody but a fona pareut would be likely to make anythrng of it. The expectant Doctor said, ' Is it Har· ry 1' (Rap· yes ) ' Cau't yon show your· self a little more 1' '!'hen it seemed as if some motive power hehmd pushed the dollish figure a trifle Corn ard, aud partly turn· edits lead as if with strmgs. It stood a second, and then was pulled behrnd the curt~lil It was as ruuch ltke a human figure as any doll woul<l be exhibited in dusky hght. It clld not walk, hut bad ev<ry appearance ot being held up and managed from behind The Doctor was excPelltogly gratified at the Ptgbt, aud was If those wbo exammed the cabmet alter each seance had been 'ery observidg they would have noticed that the boards of its floor were la.id in an oprosite direction t o the boarls of the platform. As the cabinet wa11 built upon the platform, simply enclosing a niche in the cluiuncy, there does 11ot seem to be any particular reason why tho ruu of the boards of its floor should not be the san1e as the boar<ls outt;ule Bnt the re is a good reason. Tl1ey"ill staud more use without breaking at the bea.me. When Will1a1n baa been a minute or so in the cabmet, bae carefully adjusted the thick army blanket over tbe door, so that sound or light cannot go out to the circle+ and has called for muSlc and song, he pusbea the old rockrng chair to the further part of the cabinet, and, st.ludh1g there himsel f, gtveS a qmet Stgoal, anU lo I nearly all O! the ca bin et floor elides noiseless!} under the outside platform, bemg moved by somo body undern eath. 'l'here HI now revealed a small temportlry fl oor, and a.n opening in the chunney, large enough to admit of the pas·age of a human body ll) dose, narrow stairs you cnn t.lescend through th e ch11nney to the kitchen belo\\T, 1,he chimney l S 111ade 1n two co1apnrtn1en ts; one fot the muter111hzed spirttR to gu up and down, and one for the smoke ol the kitchen stove to ascend The passage ior the confederates m the httl e game of delnston 1s skillfully arrangeJ, padd ed and rendered free fron1 no1se1 nnd 1s so neat n1 construction ihat when 1t 1s closed up d:urwg th e day, you woultl never notice the arrange· nient of the cabinet ftoor antl the opening rn the chimney, if you sbowld pomuly take off a few boards of the outer platform and look under, os Col Olcott or.oe did It is very da1k under the p1atform, and if you should look, JOU could only see a mass of boarding, beams, and supports for the stage. I 1 v·ell satisfied that the figuro ""' bis sun \\'ho tl1ed at the age of eleven, although the for1n <lid not r c p11:~ se11t a cl11ld over five yeara, and v,rould have answered fo.r a girl as 'vell a~ a boy. The Doctor s111d 1 however, thn.t bis boy never wore a nightcap when ahve Follow111H llarrJ ,there was heard a con· vereat1on iu tho cttb1net1 ot three vo1ces, but uo fu1wa wen~ 1:ieen. Un~ '\io1ce was that of the lau~h1ng old negro \\01nan called Aunt Sally, who appears here frequently i another \VM l subdued, mild female voice, and the other was th·t of old Mr. Brow'1, the William goes down the materiohzed pnrt o! the clnmney to the kitchen. Theie waiting ior biru are his two s1aterfl, who a.re never seen 1n the circles, and the s1..i ter Alice, ii the Lady of the Lake, or an Arab boy, or spirits akin to these, are to bo re · presented, \vh1ch representat1ous are mark· ed Ly the absence of Ahce from the guests' seats at the seance, or he meets anybod y eloe who 10 e11gaged to take part Ill the force of tbe C\'er.11ng The programme l1as beon arranged dur1Dg the day as to be iepresented. The costumes are 1n \V'il11aui's roou1 1 which openl!I fron1 the k1tc111-·tJ, and they are easily donned, and the e111t· rta1nrnt-nt begins gt--nerally by one of the Vi omc;n go1ng up the chin1ney into the cabinet, aJ jushog her dress, and then stepping out from behind the army blanket on the ~!age to be wondered at, an<l perhaps recognized as one supposed to be quietly sleep1ug under Ilic sod. 'xr Quaker preacher, dead for tv;o years, and The SJ>ters generallj began the seance nov.;· ru11nager oi the materiahzr1.L1on 1ns1de and William fimshe<l it, which allowed the the e·bmet-a voice strangely hke that of women to get safely out of the house before Wilham Eddy, )Htched m a ~rnffer key. the guests left tLe cmle room J t 18 all Aunt Sally sa1u she had come to see Mr. simple and easy when underetood. Its Brown Jorm the buUery to materiahze very simplicity has, how ever,been its great. spin ts. est .security. One can understaud · w hat n Aunt Sall-It is very tunny ! God bleBS variety of characters could be shown by a de niggers ' Ha 1 ha 1 ha" few bits of costume and a httle fa lee hair. Old 1\fr. Bro\vn~You are welcome, Aunt when it is considered that the stage wa.s Sally, but you muatn't make ao much noise. <larker than usur..l in the mo~t melodrawt1c Aunt Sally--<.Jau't help it 1 Ha! h·' situation on the theatre board s, and the auha' God bless de noggers ! I thongbt I ditors wer;, more tban inchned to see with was dead once, but, Lordy, I'm JUSt as ahve the eyes of sturdy faith In fact, the cos· as I ever was ' God bless de mggers ' tumes shown were very p0or and commonHa!ha 1 ha' place, and evtnced great lack of theotrical .Mlld Female-Yes, Aunt Sally, yon are eltill V{e are alwayM welcome to come here. TH.F. CHARACTERS glau to see you. The youthful female spirits were usually Mr Brown-Yes, come JUi!t v.;hen you clad m wlute,with slight chaugesol hair and please fixings as the chnracter required, the eIJ. Aunt Sally-God bless ue mggers ! I erly on1:is had Jaded, slouchy ctressee of mean to come ' Ha 1 ha' bu! Old Sally cabco or cheap colored istufl, w1t.b great p10· is J 11at a.a good ns sbe used to be, nnd a good deal better too I Ha. t ha ' ha ' Thia b1ghl)~ interesting /spiritual' con· fua1on of grey ho1 r 1 so that no one coul il make no m1a~o.kc t o the hme of h fe r e · ver~al1on "'as carried on for two or J;hree nunutes, and the believers laughed heartily at tbe enbtle wit of the dw.I ogue, a porhon of \Vluch has been faithfully reprod·iced '.!.'HE GREAT :MYSTERY I of these so.called sp1r1t n1ate11ahza.t1onR appears to be furtheied by the lack ol opportiunty for cloae Jnipection, the semi-darkness, which gl\·es tffects and 2wp1esaions to the average mu1d which the same figures and .iot1ons rn tlie open light would not do, and iu the sp1r1tual talk and influence which all through the day encircle the vtsitorn to the Eddy homestead. Tho broth· era receive you simply as a guest, and as a guest they expect you to conduct ) ourself. TheJ will not tolerate nnpertment pryrng and cunosity, aud usually remark, if auy guep' - s over anxtous about investig:ahon, that 'if a person doesn't hke !Le mauifestatioua, be 1a .it liberty to depart.' If it were not so, the humbug would have long ~1nce been E=xploded, for the Eddys have been visited by many conlpetent explorers Tha cabinet from \\lncl, the spirits· ap pear is, us said before, built ln a niche w..b._1cb :~e spacious chimney makeo. It 1e long presented Mo~.t u1 tlu~ irupersonationti were very common, rnany of the women having scarceJy a n~· difference 1 .a. appearance, and the same Cl Des ,.app&rently doing duty for many friend s, with probably a few shght alterv.t1ons of custorns, but when a palpable hit \\ ns to be wade, a skept1c convmced, or a \\Onderful !cre1gn spmt reyealed,tbe part received ca1eful prepnrat1on,and, the character was eI.1Uoruted in every way. Slight th1ugs \\ent a loD g wny with the auditors. One would uever believe halt the folly that was shown i11 the circle room . A happy Jest, a tr1ftrng resewblanoe, a bit of blarney, one or two touches ot keen hu· tnan natl.lite, wt:re }1 roufo of spu1t return ns strong as those of holy writ. The' Stock ' spmt.e-Honto, L>tdy of the Lake, Mm EatoD, Gr11nd1uothe1 Brown,the Arab Boyfj 1 Witch ol the ~lounta.1 0 1 and othera-\vere vety generally sbown, for no one could euspect tht:! burly \:\-.. 1lham Eddy of persoD· ating most of there, us they were ·hgbt, I very feminine wo1n<-'ll 11nd yo11thQ, And 1t made the th·n~ n1ore wondertut a!'4 th o grent Ve.1'monter \\as ~nppo11ed to be oll alone in the cabinet, nud nobody conld get frlruo, .W. ""' ' - ' " . , - , · ··row,"".,_, ··oil~.,,~,,,_ in lhrough that ltttle window covered with """°'" '. 00 ' " " " , _ , l I ~ ~ -