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SPJlU77J.A.L SCIENTIST.
I be form. opP":;ring; o.lId 001'1 the mpdium
Ilurlug the wbole time sbe roIlS 1'Pt'O\'~ring
from h~r trnnee condition.
During tlle thua bhe \"/38 "Ittin~ in 11119
coudUJon ntJd position, tweuty or ,more furms,
1D:llcs alld r"malps, oud II cbild appeared,
","ning out from bebind tho d'lfk cUM.Dln •.
..... d mo.~ about tile room witb varying degrees
of 'In!nglb ; aud we were fully COli'
vluced by the evhlellce lIafore U8 lhat tbe
m:u,ife..laliollo were bonest, lllId enUrely
devoid of :my trickery or "ullusion with otber
p3l'tles, or peJ'!'ouaUolI by the medium.
Ambrose I.awrence, Booton; A. B. Plimpton,
Z. Goward, l.owell; E. I'. 11111, naver·
bill; M. n. Jo·I~teber. Weslford ; Francis
GowQJ'd, N. R. Greenleaf; Lowell; I>. It.
Ulood. Gr.,..nvill~. N. II.; ~ble E. }'Idcl'er,
Wesdord ; Martba A. (loward. Marline d.
Abbott, Sarah A. Gow:u'd, Lo"'oU ; S~
W, HUDter, Topsbpm, Me, ; M .... Wh'gate
of Boston, and M .... (loudwio of Tuftonboro'.
Now tb~re Is an Impurtant pn!nt Involved
in !.he publieation of lhb cerl.illcate. It b
this:
Wbat value cau we attacb to buman testl·
mony ID matte ... of this nalure? Mr. Io'rall'
cle Goward kllew 1.er too be Ued, oaw !.he
lowe. part of ber form all tbe time. three
times saw ber lull form and Is "fully con·
villceil that lbe manife.tatlon~ WAre bOllP ....
and were not peroODation& by tbe medium."
Four montbs later, just four month. to a
dny. be tblllks be bWl dl.covered sufficient
evldellce to drive the party out of bl. house
wltb only Ilfteen lOIIIuIP.s te pack their
trullks; at least tbe Hnverhlll PubH.her says
80. Wblcb """ltlOD of Mr. Goward Is !.he
Impartial judge to take? Both, eitllcr or
nel~ber.
A Brooklyn, N. Y •• IlCntlemaD. perfectly
..... poDslble. wbose name we bave hi fuil.
said. after havlllll .everal private seances and
huposlnll bhl own condltions:-
"After tile seance I cut witb my own band
the cord oil !.he door·koob and e:cawlned the
kllots at the wal.t alld found they were jast
as 1 bnd tied tbem. ·1 ellt it off my.elf. 80
that 1 can say tbat 1 know tbat the Ilgur~.B
tb"t appeared could not bave beell tbat of
the medium. To sbow my conviction that
the conJitlons I Imposed on tho medium
wero effecLive. and p""c!uded the possibllhy
of ber peroonatlng. I beroby offer to aoy jug·
gler or Bny other person bot a medium. a gift
of live huucir ... ) dull ...... If uudar like cODdl·
r
tlons ~b.y MD prodDce lIle. ,.,.ulls. ollo, .. lnr.
me to tie tb"m "" 1 ple:>ae, which "'... oJlowei.\
in thiN ei'e.';
II •..., i. an opportunity fQ)' thboe wbo kDOW
bow II I. dObe.
Next Ib order. ond perb".". tIle mo.1 im· ,
partnnt a9 bt>"rlllll upon the questiull Ilt "iKue,
I. th. ~tateml'n'" of tile Banlle, of I.i~bt ei ....
cl ... rePotled In Ibat P:lP