Identifier: davenportbrother00bost (find matches)
Title: The Davenport brothers
Year: 1869 (1860s)
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Subjects: Davenport, Ira Erastus, b. 1839. (from old catalog) Davenport, William Henry, b. 1841. (from old catalog) Spiritualism
Publisher: Boston, W. White and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t his name) whosuperintends the worldly affairs of the brothers. At thisseance, many wonderful things were performed; and theskeptic who could doubt, after beholding such wonderfulmanifestations, must have a head as hard as Tom Paines.The boys were not lionized this time, that is, were notput in a cage, but sat in plain view in the room. Theirhands were tied fast; and the musical instruments playedthe old familiar tunes. The bell jingled, the hands flittedabout as usual, passing over the faces of the auditors, andlingering, Onderdonk-like, on the cheeks and chins of theladies. In addition to the other novelties, some loquaciousspirit actually spoke. The spirit addressed himself to theFrench consul in these astounding words : — u 6Parlez vous Frangais, monsieur ? Certainement, monsieur J replied the consul, who hadacquired a smattering of French in his infancy; and hewaited for the French spirit to proceed : but that shadowybeing had got to the end of his rope, and was mum. Mb fJ.fy;
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THE SPIRITS DISROBING. 815 i Be so good as to continue jour communication in lelangue de France? urged the consul. i I dont talk French/ replied the spirit; and was thensilent, fearing, no doubt, that, in the discussion with theFrench consul, he would (come out at the little end of thehorn/ The mediums coat having been taken off of him, hebeing tied to his chair, the manager explained the mysteryby saying that the spirit possessed the power of taking thegarment apart at the seams, and fastening the pieces to-gether again in a twinkling, and all without the use ofshears or sewing-machine. He furthermore explained theapparition of the hands. ( These spirits/ said he, possessthe power of uniting certain materials which they find inthe air, and fashioning them into such shapes and forms asthey choose, giving the color of natural objects, and endow-ing them with warmth, strength, flexibility/ &c. Says The Washington Chronicle/ — THE DAVENPORT MANIFESTATIONS. u Willards Hall, for the

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