THE SPIRITS AT WORK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 66, 16 February 1884, Page 3

THE SPIRITS AT WORK.

An Jndde^V.OjCCurred re-' cently a£ .Dover, "^England, in^a publij; ! 1fe,11,-' v at which' a 'Proftsso/of^legerdel--Wi^iti-.tiftrted Dupi^xvas giving all en-' •lertMani.elnt? before^'a- large 'audience. Tlie professor vrsM proceeding' 1 With th& ['dark ' seaiifce ptorfcibn of Me- entertain-^- \ [ttferifc, Wh'en^an accident occarred which f'btdught ' his ; nn)c t oed.iu'gfs :ii tci ah abrupt . I'cotieTnsibrij ; ( MV DupVez bad pVodneed I'seVeral^ of his so-called ''spirrfiualistic ' ibaniles'tafcions; and while the hull wak m idarkSesi -disengaged himself from tffte r c6i ds s with which he ■ i( wlis bound on the • stage,"' and ; ' as lU eventk proved found llfcr way . among th^ audience^ where He; was 4;o firb •a' -^tol as a climax to i;ne fetit. ' ■ Just; before the pistohwas discharged, how- - [ «ver, We audience 1 alarmed by aseuffleaWd altercation, and as soon as thplights were turned v ) • fehe 1 professor was seen struggling t > free himself from a gentleman, a tradesman belonging to the town, uanael ; Wood. It appears that just before £\itT pistol was to be discharged Mr'] : Shvfri this : fact that one of-the spirits was sitting on >HeY khee, ( and before • the 1 supposeU ' ethereal being ha^ time x to he was m tiio ' clutches' : of the indignant husband, held'cm tdhim^iintil thje' lights Were turiied up and the unfortu-, *aj^Mr,DuDxe^discoyered. .^n excilK |pg]stsggfe then ensued. -JVIr Dupre^, 1 " •who- was- evidently -greatly annoyed ttr h^ r awkward dilemma, levelled h.s ]£i?|ol atlilr^Wpbdi apid afterwards dea t (feji^Soveral blows w«h. the butt end. ' Some gentlemen present succeeded a* quickly as gossibljl in' separating tl e ( disputants,, but considerabje excitemei Lt prevailed ! ih fcße hal^espdeially among ;t j .thei|em«i!e portion of the audiencu,',' :^o^nade.a3speedy estit fvopi t" e buildine.^