THE SPIRITS IN TROUBLE.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 186, 20 January 1877, Page 4

THE SPIRITS IN TROUBLE.

[from Tin; oi.o:m] The spirits appear to be having rather a bad time of it all ovit tlie wo; 1 !;!, Do .what-they may tin. 1 p w-r things tail In give satisfaction. Even the most imdo'clioiis banjo-thrumming is heard with a nasty suspiciousness; am! we have recently seen tin- disrespect with which messages from the oilier world are received when written with slate and pencil, xso less disagreeable is the treatment accorded at present to the unhappy, spirits in the United Stats s. At lioehestor, the other day, they were almost as vilely used as an .hash .Nationalist would be who attempted to promulgate his creed at a Home Utile meeting. At lirst everything went pleasantly enough. Daniel VSYhstcr obliged the company by jociting a. speech about nothing in particular, which gave groat satisfaction. After Daniel bad made bis bow, the doors of the cabinet in which Mrs Marl-zee, the medium, had ] reviously taken her nlace, opt-imd of their own “accord, and out si a ked a materialised spirit, named Liz/.ie, As there was only a single kerosene, lamp in the room, and that had been darkened the spectators could distinguish little more of this interesting visitor than she was in white, wore a long veil, and had neither shoes nor stockings on her feet. Altogether, a most satisfactory spirit. »is things go, and the people of I loth ester ought to have be, n content with the apparition. Unfortunately, a terrible sceptic named (drum happened to be present who had evidently attended for the express nurposo of creating a disturbance. Jumping suddenly from Ids seat this profane person clutched Liz/.iv iu In’s arms, and in a second there was as sweet a little row as ever chanced at a seance. The insulted spirit wriggled out of her assailant’s unmanly grasp, and fled back shrieking to the cabinet. Mr Market', the husband of the medium, hit Crum on the head with a leg of a chair; everyone else followed this good example by striking his neighbour, and the room took tin* appearance of Donnybrook Fair in its prime. At last a voice ■was hvard coming from the cabinet, begging the audit.ueo to sing lest the medium should die; and they sang accordingly out of respect for Mr Mnrkoe’s agonised feelings.