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General'Mention and Gossip.<br />
MI'IJ. John 1L Pickenng.<br />
medium. Quite often the form would 11ft<br />
III <strong>com</strong>pany with a numbtir of SpirltuallSt9 the cnrtaln thnt all mJllbt see; but 118 it muet<br />
9f Boston we vtalted Mrs. l'1ckering Dt sli- n.-cessarlly stand in front of the medium<br />
lelD, Olle afte~oon during the past ,moriui, someone's'Vlslon was obscnred.<br />
arid beld D seance, <strong>com</strong>mencing at 8.30. We It haS beeu said that the sllgbtest expreshave<br />
not tbe spaCe to ellter .illto the details. sian' of donbt "destroys colldltlons." We<br />
SuJlice It 10 say that like ol.bera we bave ar,. bave not found It so In onr investigations<br />
tended It was deCidedly sati3factory. with Mrs. J>lckerlng. If we bave bad Dolly<br />
We 1I0te sever&! l~portaDt features. FOr donbt It bas been expl't'SSed, and subsequent<br />
th,s purpose of inore closely viewing and etlON on the part of the forms IIOOn removcrlUca1ly<br />
ezaminlng the fOrDas DoIId feature';, ' ed it. Collsequently we were pleased to bAal'<br />
'w~ previoualy bail obtained an exceedingly 'J)r. n. B. Storer, one of tbe party, say to the<br />
9t1-ong, glass, adjusted to the, distance at intelllgences-"Splrlt, J IHII tiotcaptioUll; but,<br />
. wblch the forms were to be seen. Thus we I cannot bonestly say that I ba.....een the<br />
were enabled to 81'.8 mnch t!.Iat before bas es.. medluol; \I appeare like a mass of clothing.<br />
caped onr noUce. The cOmpo.iUon of tb~ Can yon sbow me yonr medillm more plalnform<br />
appel\nl to be In a state of moUon every l,Yl'" A euccesslon of land raps foUowed.<br />
moment, and yet the sbap.. of the form 'rli-' We pugge9ted that the lckerlng In the chair.<br />
eo'mplU'l'd Cor the purpose ot conveylDg BOme It asked for more Iigbt. J)r. Storer expressed<br />
Idea of Ita Dature. The fitting 01 the bair and hlms.IC saUslied and tbe load raps came<br />
m9ustacbo was as Datural rJ.s UPOD any mor- agaln~'<br />
tal. ID number and variety there were over To our mind this Is a pleasing Ceature.<br />
a dozen of these fOnDll appei.red. Many were Should not we seek to remove bODest doubls<br />
reeogolzed; certainly th~ faces were plain from ow minds In vlewlDg the pbenomena<br />
enough for one to recognize them If the,Y bad of Spiritualism? U tbe manifestations are<br />
ever Been the counterpart.<br />
given for the Instruction of the sitters sbould<br />
iof the party was Mnl. SUllie NlckersoD they not be as forcible as to respoDd to rea<br />
Wblte, one of oor Boston mediums. To ber sDnablo requelIt.s of this nature?<br />
came a most perfect boy form that appeared We be.'I'e ever claimed \hat tho spirit-world<br />
many times l!l answer to entreatiee. The Is as anllons to demoDBU'ate Its presence &II<br />
light was turned up 80 tbat every portion of any iDvetlUgator can possibly be to have It.<br />
the dre88 and. features could be ~Ined:. They <strong>com</strong>e to convince ns of their ezlstence<br />
Mts. White recognized the form and bad andlfwehavcboueetdoubl8tbeystrlvetoreabundant<br />
opportunity to assure berself of move them. Wben impostors simulate tbe<br />
It.s genuiDeness.·<br />
phenomena ~n <strong>com</strong>mences \he trouble.<br />
We had forme sborter tllon the medio.nl Tbey want just the conditioll8 that. will ail.<br />
DoIId forms very mnch taller. • They came In~ ablo them to prosecute their business without<br />
to tbe centre of the room. We scruUDized detection. Tbere bave been 80 many of these<br />
the raiment. There was no tligu of a bell! tricksters that they bave actually succee4ed<br />
or button. No trace of caretesBDessas mlgM ID engraftlng upon honest mlDds tbe bellef<br />
be detected from a basty dressing. The more that candid InvestlgatioD iDterferes with tbe<br />
, mlDute the 6lIamlnat.ion the greater the won~ condlUoDS. We'do not believe It; dmply 1J&.<br />
det.·<br />
eause all the lacI.. ID our experience are<br />
Another fact In our ezpeiieDC8 Is worthy against this theory. With honest mediums<br />
of meDUoD. Each and ever,. time that the we bave bad DO dUBcuJty In obtaining convlnclDg<br />
manifestations. With trlcll8ters we<br />
. cahaln parted our DoIIgle of .,\alon ~nabled us<br />
to see the medium at the sa.me time. As It are always at loggerbead&, DoIId the large majority<br />
entered and as It dlsappe~<br />
: .<br />
there eat the<br />
of these have been already espose4.
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