The Medium described a number of Spirit forms as coming to those present—­to one a little child, to another an old man with white hair, etc.  The descriptions were in general vague and indefinite, and might have applied to many persons.  Nevertheless, they were in very many cases wide of the mark.  Sometimes a father, a mother, or other relation was described as present.  In some cases the death of such relations was acknowledged by the person to whom the Medium addressed herself, but in other cases the relation in question had not died, or, as in the case of a child or brother—­had not existed.  To give an instance of the Medium’s inaccuracy:  Mr. Fullerton’s grandfather was described as coming to him, and the Medium, describing the form, added that Mr. Fullerton was not familiar with it, as his grandfather had died while he was a young man, and had had but little intercourse with him.  Both Mr. Fullerton’s grandfathers died some years before he was born.  Many other descriptions were quite as erroneous.

Sometimes a form was described as coming to one person in the circle and not being recognized by that one, was referred to the next; described as standing between them, etc.  The number of successes, compared with the number of failures, was not striking.

Whispers were heard—­one at a time—­always at a point in the circle at a distance from that at which the Medium was just after the whisper heard to speak to some one in her natural voice.  The whispers were never simultaneous with the remark afterward made by the Medium.

In the short interval between the whisper and the succeeding remark by the Medium, I distinctly heard, on many occasions, a rustle of clothing, and once or twice a slight creak of the chair, as though the Medium had moved her body from one side to the other, which she could easily have done without taking her feet away from those of the person she faced.

Upon one of those present inquiring why the whisper always sounded as if made by the same voice, the Medium stated that the whisper did always sound the same, and that she was sorry to have to add, that it always sounded as if made by the voice of the Medium.

Upon one occasion a light appeared and reappeared two or three times in front of the Medium, passing from near her knee up for a foot or two.  The light was indistinct, apparently phosphorescent, and passed so quickly that it could not be examined.  It was described by the Medium, however, as a form of a child from the Spirit world.

Those present changed their seats during the seance, as suggested, but without producing more satisfactory results.  The seance lasted about two hours.

At Mrs. Lord’s own suggestion before the seance, two women present took the Medium into another room, and searched her clothes.

GEO. S. FULLERTON,

Secretary.

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