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lWITOR'S
NOTICES AND COJ111R TS. In
Tnt' V.\I.L'E O~· HII>J"~ 1'.:"TI\IO~T.
\V,th'Hlt n. d~ .. ire tu I'w .•"e a mountain ont
of a 10· .ltttllll;' it IOAy nut iJv ,Iut ul pl .. cu at
thp p~!'tellt. lillie lfl ",.\"itHV n p.)r.loll tlf tilt")
te-iliruulIY thoil 1t ...."1 b~!'tl1l pn:'!o~n.l~ in r..lvor
of ~nt. I·iet~dring. \V.; tbrow n .. i,h, lV)Ht b4.'S
be~1I ... id bylh"cditur of til" lI"v"rlllll I'ub.
H",hcr baring devuted a fel? para:;ral)bs tn
lIim in olloth.r artiel... lie Ilvid .. lllly d"",,,'t
kilo,? "'hal he did or did nut see or hear.
Wo: n:fer to him In thi. connl'clillD becau.e
bp WU .. "I t perhal!'4, une of tb,):te tno~t active to
Introduc. h .. r to the public. At Ihat time
Un'! ~Irunge~t wonti of the Etlgli~h Jan~uage
wore u.e~ to couvey .the idea Ihat he had
le·ted her by tying "ith strillg_ "rutllld tbe
w",h,t.; se\villg ber III ba~"'; pas·ang a thread
through he,. e;:ar and beaU ..:; il. &.c) tbe ,vall,
elc. I" ,hort. he b •• d every opportunity fvr
jn~esligatiu .. and kf)e\v ber to be gelluine.
lInt ClU'lIetltlw~s attracted IrIBnY--UuNelf
alU1mg the DUlUber. III tho Spiritual Scieutbt
fur March wo pnblbhrul oOl' Illperiellco
with her. }t:verycircurn~tatlce, 9u~pici()U9 or
othdrwi.e. I. thero recorded. A. a re.ulL of
Ihe wbole we f"IL .atl,O.d that It wa.- not
1\Ir". I'ickring p~ .... o .. atiu!l thn f"tlus. Thl~
the,.ry had been advallced. and we paid att.,,,Uon
to tlli. point.. W. al.o obtaln .. d n"d
have in our pU"tte5t:1ion a certilicate signed by
all pre.,\enl. thirtet'n iu llu1ubt'r, Ihat :hpy
likewi~e had the flame npiulun; OT, in other
W\Jfds.lhat tllt"y had &ceu and rt'coguized
Mr.!. !';ckcrll'/l wbil"a[uriD was .bibl" bend:
jll~ oYer her.
In Ibe April ScienU.t we ~ald: "It is certain
that the int-ere~t illcre~es, aud '.hat the
line i. bell.r. sha'ply drawn. 0 .. ib" olle
6iue, lhu~e who bcHevc it to be trickery; on
tb .. otll"r, Ibose wlltl seo In Mr •. I'ickedllg
0 ... uf tile t~\V lII~dlum.l .. the lJui,ed Stale~
whu cat) produce, under satibfACtory cuudi·
tluus. gelltlltlo furlU lUa1IUe.~tati()ul5. t-:vi ..,
dOllce D,ay ch~,,~e Ihe opinion. IIf tbe Jor.
mer; but alllvlIg the lalter ore 'many 1\'110
are finn in .... erU"g tbM what lb~y have
seeu \YUle nlft. per~ouaLivua of hlrs. Picker·
crill';_ In t.h~ nwautlmc, invt!8tigators who
hnv .. a relah"n to Ihe public, by r':L~O" o{
pnbli.hing wbat th~y Ree, ~h,,"ld Ira •• In
mind the objeetioll8 tilld ('aU'lJt>H of complaiut
of th()~e \",ho have been dl!fl'tati:.fied, and !5l'C
110 w far th~y are "8llhtainpli ur flPt a.... de by
pu .. ith'c alld UJ.d.ct oU'1!f'falivu auu eJ.amiuu ..
tin ... )'
It was iD thi. {rame of mind tbM we al.-
l("luielr :lnother S,t:l.tlce. nnd ()bt.all\~d
t.he
wei;;billg .. ·.L.. willi lI,e Indian girl (."111
thert! w~re v.,r~·.ug quick ,veighltl, in l'UlU·
IInmting upnu \\'hich ".~ ~3id!-
uS~~Y~rdl puint:i of ., nature lthoil:'Lr to 1hll!!
I cllt~ckt:u 111 my. IIOW uouk durin'!.; the ~vehing
Q."f au~picious. ~ut. sllbs~quent bventa"
o,prruled tbern. 1 feel cOlisci""Uou.ly boull,1
to "",ord tbe,e nttr.r m"u" .... for they may
b" of int~"""t ill th. {utute to either weak"n
or 9trt'n~lh'lD whal may be lb",. recurded .•
Preci"ely the .ame eiJ"ct lOigbt have beeu
callride o{ tho
dark CUria; .., with only a I""e curtain droppIng
b~fore her eye. .."d uPrer porli"n of'
her body; tl,at she w.... tied whh 11 slrong
twille pa. ••• il around ber wai-t and att.ached
to a bracket 1I1111.r the m"n\elvi~ce, .is teet
ur mure frum her; tha.t \Ve 8Q,lV the lower
part "r ber form 1111 tbo time durin:: Ih. se·
ance, Gild three thDe .. tl3W her full tonn ox·
po.od tu view, tbe cUr!.a11l 1I.1ng removed by