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PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE SUBSCRIBER

AT BOSTON,
J^/'om -5.5/// J^iene to J^^nd July, /87/>*

Having seen in some of the newspapers of the day tliat the
wonderful medium, C. H. Foster, was in Boston and would re-
main there all the month of June last, I, impelled by an almost
irresistible desire to see him, which had been upon me for some
time previous, left home (Fredericton) on the mornin*^ of the
24th June by rail, and arrived at Boston at G o'clock, A. M., on
the 25th, and took up my quarters at the Parker Mouse, where
Foster had his rooms. Upon enquiiinj; for him I found that he did
not generally sleep at the Hotel, but went in the afternoon by
train to Salem, where his family resided, and was to be back that
morning at 10 o'clock. I had a good wash and change of ap-
parel, and took breakfast at 8 o'clock. At 10 o'clock I enquired
of one of the waiters if Foster had arrived. He said he had not,
but that he would show mo Ina room, wlmre some persons were
already waiting for him. 1 went in and found a lady there, a
stranger, of course, to me, as she also appeared to be to Foster.
Wo sat a few minutes conversing on the subject of our visit, and
Foster came in. The lady asked me if I was there by appoint-
ment. I said no, but presuming that she was, I got up to retire,
when Foster said it would be more satisfactory probably if wo
sit together. Whereupon the lady expressed her willingness,
and wo sat up to a tabU; in the middle of the room, when
Foster told us to wriie the names of any persons whom we
wished to see on slips of paper, and fold them up as closely as
we could, so that he could not see or read them. I wrote twelve
names on separate slips of paper, and folded each one four double.
The lady had hers already written and folded up. Then Foster
told us to throw them in the middle of the table and mix them
together, which we did, and it was almost impossible for us to dis-
tinguish which belonged to one or the other. Foster sat down
with a cigar in his mouth, which was scarcely ever out of his
mouth except when h(^ was speaking to us. There was no ( liango

ill his appearance or inaiuici', and while talking with us in an
easy afl^ble way, he said to one of us, I forget which first, here
is so and so, naming a person, to see you, and describ'*.^'? their
appearance to the very letter, if you asked him. which I ah\ in
several instances. In one case however he described the person
before giving me the name. AVe sat for some time conversing
with our respective friends and relatives, the lady seeming (^'ite
satisfied with her conversation, sometimes given by Foster
speaking to us, and sometimes by written messages and
answers, which he wrote on some paper he had before him,
tore it off and lianded to us. During our sitting, Foster, look-
ing towards me, said, here is your Grandmother Richardson. lie
had scarcely the words out of his mouth when the lady said,
why, that is my grandmother's name, and she asked a great
many questions of her, and was quite satisfied with the replies.
Foster said, laughingly, I thought she came to you, as she is now
standing here between you and me. At this sitting tiicre were
present, my father, mother, my two sisters, two brothers, my
little son Frank, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Dorr, one of my old college
friends Inglis Haliburton. [ do not know how many of the
lady's friends were present, but she took up a good deal of the
time, and 1 was so astonisiied at what had taken place that I
could not sufficiently collect my thoughts to ask many
questions, yet enough to convince me of the reality of our
interview. 1 asked my sister Sarah whether \ was right in
giving up the atonement by blood. She replied at once, ** you
arc right; it is entirely wrong." I also said to my father, ''what
about AVestcock?" He said they wished me to buy it again. I
then asked if there was any probability of my ever being able to
do so, he said influences would be brought to bear by which I
would do so, and at a very low figure, F asked father if he
would write his name for me. Foster tore off a small slip of
paper, and taking it and a pencil, he put his hand under the table
close to me, as we \vere sitting next each other at the table. I
heard a sort of scratching as if writing, and in about half a
minute Foster handed me the paper with William Botsford
written backwards on it, so you had to hold the paper up to the
light and read it from the other side of tlie paper. The William
was very like my father's writing, but Botsford was not. I
then asked mother if she v^onld write her name. Foster did the

same thing again, and handed mc the papor.with Sarah Botst'ord.
There was no L. in it, as she used to write her name, and although
the Saraii was very liivc her writing, tlie Uotslord was not so
nnich, botli from my recollection and from comparing it with
one of her letters since my return home. I forgot to write my
sister Eliza's name at first, and whilst Foster was talking with
the lady I wrote it and put it amongst the rest. Very soon after
Foster said, here comes one calling herself Eliza, and full of love
for you, cxpressin<5 her great delight at seeing you, and wishes
to shake hands with you. Foster quickly put out his hand to-
wards me, and 1 seized it without a moment's hesitation, and
shook it most cordially, but it very nearly upset me, as I could
not but feel thdt Eliza was there. It was about 11 o'clock now,
and having determined in my own mind to have another inter-
view with him, I walked out into town, and going into a book
store, I saw some spirit photographs for sale, and upon enquir-
ing whether the person who took them did not live in New
York, the clerk in tlie store said that he lived hero in Uoston,
but he had been told fhat he had closed his olRce for taking
photographs. He could not tell me in what part of Boston he
lived, so I went back to my hotel, and found from the directory
his place of residence, and after dinner I started ofl'to find him
out if possible, to get a photograph taken. I found his wife at
home, but he was not. 1 told her 1 wanted to sit for a photo-
graph. She said he had not taken any lately, as he was very
busily engaged in some new discovery for taking copies of
etchings by sun light, but she said he had promised a gentle-
man who had come a long distance to get a photograph, to sit
next day at 10 A. M., and if I would come about 9 she had no
doubt but that I could have a sitting. T arranged to do so. 1.
had a short conversation with her, and enquired if she knew of
any test medium as to minerals. She said that their best test
medium had just sailed for Europe, but there was another per-
son, whose name and residence she gave me on a slip of paper,
who was very good, and whilst we were talking of this the party
himself came in, and she told him she had just given me a refer-
once to him. I then arranged to see him the next day also at 3
o'clock, P. M. It must be remembered here that these people
were all strangers to me, and that 1 1 ad no intention or idea of
scoing Mnmlor before I saw the ])hotograi)h as mentioned, and

I Imd only been in Boston about 8 or lo hours, ai.d had not met
an indivhiual whom I knew or that knew me.

Next morning, Saturday, 26th June, 1 want to Mumler's
house as arranged. He met me at the door, and ushering me into
a nicely furnished drawing room, scid, afterpassiug the compli-
ments of the day, that he would be ready in a few minutes for
me. Jle then brought in a ov)tton screen, and slmt oil part of the
room, or rather the light from the front windows, and having
arranged my head in the standard and the focus of the camera,
proceeded to take my photograph in the usual way, except that
he appeared to be directed as to the process after he had arrang-
ed me entirely by rappings, which seemed to mo to come from
the floor just beyond the camera, whilst he stood near me. Tin
first trial he said was a failure, and he repeated ihe pre i
again, and then showed me the negative. Of course 1 couid
make nothing of it as to the features, but was strongly impress-
ed that it was my sister Sarali fVom the pociiliarity of her figure,
one shoulder being lower than the other, and my thoughts
naturally suggested the small face to be that of my little son
Frank. I then went into another room with Mrs. Mumler to
examine a lock of hair of my wife, as she had told me the day
before that she had just come in from visiting a patient as a
mesmeric physician, and J determined when 1 went for the
photograph to try her, but did not say so to her until after I
had sat for the photograph. She took the lock of hair in iier
hand, and shortly after she became entranced, and to my utter
astonishment, as I was totally unprepared for any such thing»
addresseil me as nearly as I could remember and take down
after 1 got back to my hotel, as follows : ''Friend, O what beauti-
ful spirits are here ; they are all far advanced in spirit life. There
stands beside you one most beautiful ; she has passed away some
length of time ; she holds in her hand a crown of the most lovely
flowers ; and there is written something for you about it in large
letters," it was in poetry, and I could not remember it; it was
to the effect that there was peace and rest where she was, which
was for all at last. [ asked Mrs. Mumler what her appearance
was. She said she resembled me particularly about the mouth.
She then said, ''There is another, older spirit, lovely to look
upon, who passed away from here somewhat later than the
other; she greots yon too."

**0 hero comes a linn old <?onUoinan who had arrived at a
very mature aj^e." 1 asked what hi8 ai)pearaiicc was. *'() he is

lookii

ho has the Bible in his hand

j(e,<>:ioi'iou8

and open with liis linj^er on the passaj^e ' () death where is tliy
stin<»', O <^rave where is thy victory.' This nuin in lifetime
thought much on this passage, and was a reader of the Bible;
he calls your attention to this, as he reads it now in a ditVerent
light from what he did formerly. He wishes you to understand
that there is no death of the spirit; it was only the body which
went into the grave. This is his message to you. JTere cornea
ajiolher glorious spirit, an aged lady. () how lovely and good
natured she looks. She sends a message to you [this was in
])oetry, and I could not recollect it] setting forth that in all the
Ht rug j^lcs of life there was an end to trouble, and would
be peace and rest at last. There is another spirit present who
seems to have died in infancy. () how beautiful I "

I liad no hesitation in concluding that these si)irits were those
of my lather, molher, two sisters, and one of my little boys who
<H(mI in infancy. Mrs. Mumlcr tluin ()i)oned iicr hand which
held the lock of hair, and said, '^ I will now see about this per-
son,"' and went on and described my wife's state and condition,
and her peculiar feelings and difficulties wonderfully accurate.
I went immediately to my hotel and wrote olF the above. I
may here say that up to this time neither Mr. or Mrs. Mumler
knew m\' name, where 1 Avas from, or the hotel I was stopping
at, as 1 purposely avoided giving them any sp<-'» Infoi'mation,
nor had they asked me.

After dinner I went to see Mr. Vogt, tne mineral man, at the
hour !ii)p()inted. F found him at hotne, and af'jr shewing me
his extensive cabinet of minerals front all countries, we went
into a private room, and I told bin? 1 had some sort of ore which
I wished him to look at. I then placed in his hand a piece of
stone 1 took oil' from my property in l*ortland. lie looked at it
and examined it with his glass, saying theie was iron and a
very slight api)earance of silver in it. 1 then gave him the i)lan
of it, made by the Surveyor who made the division line between
mv brother and myself. He immediately pointed to the place
♦w the ^nm- where it seemed to him tiie piece of stone was
taken, which was about the very spot that my brother and my-
self about two years bcfon" hf.d picked it up and broken if fo

SCO what it wub. He thou said lift wouhl oxaminc thoroiijrhly,
and see ino aj^ain on Tuesday morning at !/ o'clock, as he was
engaged on Monday, if that would suit me. His further <les-
cription of this property and what it contains, I do not give
here, as it lias not yet been fully developed. I then put in his
hand a piece of stone I broke ofF from the rocks at my place in
Frcdericton, Immediately upon looking at it, he said there is
no money in that. 1 said 1 wanted to know if it would bo
worth while to work it as a quarry for building stone . lie rathe r
discouraged such idea. He then wont on to say tliat this piece
of stone was taken from a sort of ravine, shaped sometliing like
the letter S, and the place had a rough looking appearance.
This was literally true. And I then asked him if he saw any
house near it on the hill. He said he did, and gave a description
of it, speaking of the two verandahs niul tw) large windows
in the end, and a fountain playing before it. lie tlic-n said,
''As I sit here I sec a river flowing along in front of me, and i^
is one of the finest views 1 ever saw. ' We then entered into
a long conversation about other things, and of some of his
travels. (He was a German, intelligent and sharp.) He did not
know my name or my country at this time, nor had I mention-
ed whether I was a married man or not, After some further con-
versation on general subjects, he said, *' 1 sec a lady at your
place," and went on to describe my wife, so that f at once
recognized her. Then he said, " I see a girl (here, a little taller
than the other, with dark hair and eyes/' and he gave a full
and accurate description of her features, and of her disposition,
so that I recognized my daughter Fanny. He then said, '* \ see
another girl," describing Kate, and said, '* she seems to have
had her hair cut not long since, uy the way it hang.-; on her
shoulders. He began to talk about something else then, and
after a short time 1 asked him if ho saw any one else. " Yes, I
see another <rirl, with lighter hair and eyes than the first, with
broader forehead and more pointed chin.'' And went to de-
scribe her so that I could see Helen was the one. ■' F see a boy
about !) or 10 years of age, with large dreamy eyes, and rather
long face," and described my son George. I asked what he
was best fitted for in life. He said he could not say, but he seem-
ed to be surrounded with wheels of every kind of machinery.
This bov has a wonderful tendencv to these thimrs. '^ \ see a

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J c:la. T then asked if there were any more, ho said, ** there is

another boy, older than the one I spoke of," whom I supposed

was my son Harry. I asked if there were any more; he said,

*' yes, there is another little girl, a tender flower," describing

Bessie, and at the same time cautioning me as to her liability

to have her lungs affected, if allowed to take a severe cold, and

told me what to give her if she were so attacked. During this

conversation, T several times tried to get him to fix my house

in town as the place he saw tho*^ telling him that we were all

living there, and not on the hill ; he however persisted in saying

they were on the hill, and on my return home, 1 found that

they had been all down there, just at the time we were talking

in his room, except Harry, who was not there, but young

<icorgc Allen was with them. I sat talking with Mr. Vogl

about 2i hours, an«l arranged to sec him again on Tuesday, at

y o'clock, A. M.

Foster Avas not at the hotel on Saturday nor Sunday, the
2(;th and 27th June, but on Monday the "iHth, I again saw him;
hift wife or sister, I don't know which, was with him during
this sitting. Foster said, *' Here is a person who calls himself
Henry (}. Cloppcr." I asked F(,^tor to describe his appearance,
which he did at once, but as I had never seen Mr. Clopper, I
I'ould not judge of the correctness of it, eyccpt that it corres-
ponded so far as I could judge with a painting of him, which
my wife has. [ then asked him if he had a message for his
1 daughter Fajuiie. Foster took up the pencil immediately and
wrot? the following, and handed it to me: "I wish you to
bear a message of love to my dear daughter, your wife ; say to
her that I am with her much of the time, and watch over her;
I will be near her always, and guard her in the right way.

HkNRY G. (JLOri'KR."

My half brother Murray came, and Foster described his ap-
pearance as I remembered him, with the exception of a slight
moustache, which I do not recollect. I asked him if he had
any message for his daughter Fanny ; he said nothing particular,
and then said, " she is going to be married." This was news to
me, and the consummation will alone convince me. My brother
diipnuin came. Foster saying, *' here <;omes a very tall person

Willi a loii^ thill lace, with a ha^j^anl look, as if ho luul siiHor-
ed a good deal; ho cialls liiinsolf Chip, Chip, Chipman." I thou
said, "Chip, where jh your won Kdwin?" Foster at onco said,*'Kd.
is alive and well, in California." Foster wrote this answer at
the same time, and handed it to mo. I will here remark that
shortly after this, Edwin, whoso name I had indndod amonjjfst
the ])apers, sni)p(>sin<i;' ho wi\s dead, cauK! and oonlir.nod his
father's slatomont, in answer to my enquiry.

J was not HO much startled at this, because I had in my inter-
view with V'ogl been told f)y him that certain persons whom
I knew to be alive, were standi njf near mo, and he described
f hem so accurately, that I could readily concliule v/ho they wore.
This would rather conliitn the doctrine, that the spirits of i)or-
sons, when in sloop or abnormal condition, has possession of
the body, can leave the I oily> and are not confinod to space.
This (pieslion however, 1 do not preteml to express an opinion
n])on.

I then asked *' Chip." if ho would send a mcssago to **Knox.''
Foster immediately wrote olVtho foll;^s\in<f and handed to mo:
*'Toll brother ' Knox,' that I am near to him at all times, and
would assure him of my presence. Ciiii'." lie used to (iail
the doctor 'STohn Knox." Foster then said, " Here comes a
persou you don't know ; ho calls himself .Icremiah, and says that
ho is your jj^reat, jreat, great •'•rand father." I asked him in
what country he had lived; he said Scotland. I did not ask him
any more (juestions then, but tho next time I sat i put his name
amon»^' my papers. Urothei* Ilazen came a^ain, and I asked
i^'ostcr to describe his appearance, whi'h Ik; did most accu-
rately, ])articularly his face and tlo^uro. JIo told mo that 1 would
a<,niin own Westcock, and buy it back. Foster hero observed to
me, "Westcock seems to have been formerly owned by you."
1 said yes, but I had sold it. In^iis llalibnrton came aj^ain, and
told mo ho died and was buried at sea. An intimalo collogo
friend, Trimingliam came, and said he was drowns d {xoinji: from
Halifax to Bermuda. 1 asked the nam' of tho vessel and Captain.
Foster at once said the Euclid, (Japtain Bates. Foster at the
same time wrote the name of the Captain and vessel on a piece
of paper, niul handed to mo ; it looked somcthinj^ like " Eclid "
but ho called it Euclid. I thou asked how it happened ; ho said,
'Mn a gale the vessel broke up and nil were lost." I have written

to lliilifiix to seo if this wuh the case. LclJaroii Dniry came;
lio Kaiil lie WHS drownoil on a voyajjo to Cliliia. This was con-
trary to my ideas, from what I had iieard of hi« HUpposed deatli.
My sister Eliza came ajj^aiii, and I asked her if she remembered
our visit lo Nova Scotia. Foster replied at once, ** yes," and
then told mo who was with ns; viz., S.irah, Edwin, and the
Doctor. I did not at tliat time think the Doctor was there,
nor do I now recollect it, bnt am stron^fly of the opinion that
he was in Scotland at the time. 1 asked her if she had ever
spoken audibly to me since she left this earth; she said, *' yes
once." I asked what li was. She said, *' (Jeor<;fe." In
the winter of 184K, oi. my way fiom IJostoii, I slept all night
at Woodstock, and early in the morninjjf whilst lyinj^ in bed
waitinjr (or a (ire to l)o made on in my room, I heard distincly
some person call mo, apparently at the foot of my bed, and
thoiis"ht at the time it was her voice, and a short time after this
I told my wife of it. Sarah mmo aj^ain, and I asked her if she
were at the photo<^raphers with me last week; she said '' yes."
1 asked "did you show yoursolt?" she said "yen."' "Did any one
else?" " yes, Frank." "How was he standing?" " IJy my side
leaning over your shoulder." I had not at this time seen the
photogi'aph, but only the negative, as I have stated above.

The afternoon of this day, I went again to Mumlcr's, to see
if my photographs were (inished, but linding they were not, I
determined to sit again, and see what 1 (jould get, and ariangcd
for next morning, 29th June, at !> o'clock; and according to
appointment went there, but found that the water pipes in the
ho\ise had burst, and would not be rei>aired for an hour or so.
I then went to Vogl's and got his conclusions as to the Port-
land property, which when fully developed, I will have attach-
ed to this statement. After 1 got through here, 1 returned to
Mumler's, where the workmen where Just clearing out, and
in a few minutes I sat again, and proceeding in the same way
as before, the negative showed a female figure standing be-
hind me; which, from the peculiar slopj of her shoulder, struck
me as my mother. The i)hotograph from this negative I could
not wait for, and it was forwarded to me by mail the following
week. I recognize my mother's looks in it, and so have two
or three of her old friends here, but some of my brothers do not
see the likeness. After 1 got through with this sitting, I told

Mrs. Mninlor fliat 1 wantod hev to bo cntrai'ced for me a*^ain,
loadiii<i: ljn" to .sui)i)oso it was in reference to (lie lock of i.air
she had examined the <lay l)efore. i asked for a piece of paper
and pencil, and uhon she was entrancetl, 1 asked if there were
any of those spirits present who were here hofore. She replied
at once as follows, and I took the words down as she spoke
them, requesting her to sto[) at times, wiien she spoke too
(piickly for me to write them:

"There ai"e a jj^reat many s|)irits luirc I see auain the old
gentleman, beautiful and jiloi'ious, Jusf whal he wished to be
before tluowint^olf (he matei'ial hody, and all earth's old divin-
ity. A passa<::e in the Bible seems to clinj^ to him fearfully,
and he says while on earth he was always trying to ferret out,
but it was a question he could not solve then, for he could not
find its condirions. After throwing olf the material body, tiie
great Jiook of Life was opened to him, and he says to you liv(5
the life you are now living, for you arc surely on tlx; right,
track, for there is no sting of death, death can't affect the soul,
neither can the grave hold it, tor even Christ broke asunder the
chains of death, and Ird his captive in triumph, and knay they
not all who i)a«is thi-ougli the same change? then load death
captive. In coming back we wander over thorns of opposition,
we only wish for your doors to be opened, to come in to aid
and <zuide you in your journeyings through life. Mortals
s! ould know that when the present shall have; faded from iheir
view, another, more beautiful shall arise, and its light shall illu-
mine the whole earth. And that is what is spiritualism, and
none shall ask then, know ye of these things, believe ye in
them, for all shall believe in the one grand religion that is
coming down from Ood the author of all. Y'ou l^elieve it in
its childhood to-day, the coming generation will btdieve it in
its manhood, the miracles of to-day shall be understood, more
glorious tinths, more tangible ri^velations shall be given, and
the son.s and daughters shall see that (Jod is with them, and
the return of the s]>irits will unseal the ^M'(»at mysteries of the
past."

" () here comes another spirit; O how beautiful i" I asked if
it was ih«! same, she said, " yes. the same that came a few (lay>
ago, she is shaking what seems a thin tissue paper, with golden
letters. O how brilliant they are! yes, these are the word-;:

lOU,

aid

Tlals

llioir

illii-

<aii(l

(' in

:lt is

it in

tioro

and

tiic

'TIhto arc miiuiti's in youtti wlit ii tli.- si)irit receive:*
Whole volmne*! of tliuiiglit on its unwritten Umivch,
When the folds of tlie lieart ni ii nionientenclo.se.
Like the innermost halves of tlio licart of the rose.
These moment.-, to niortiil- are like <iew to the Howers,
Tliey hrif^hton and fresln'n like April sun showers.
< ) if ever in lite one feels tlmt he's hlest,
'lis when he hears from his 1ov(hI ones and kmws they're at rest.' "

Mr.'^. Miunlor then said, " yes, for well mi^lit. yon feel blcds-
od, when tliey eonie back to ^ive yoti instrnction, for wlien the
spirit has been so bound down with old theoloj^y and its tetters
burst and let yon free, it is really like bein<; letont frotu a dun-
geon into the and heat of snn!i;;ht .'"

She tlien said, " may the mantle of tlie angels be thrown
uround yon. may you be guarded ami directed in your foot-
steps, and may you be borne safely to your journey's end, with
crumbs of comfort to the many sulVerings you meet on the
way." I saw nothing more of them until tlie next afternoon,
when r went ami got the photographs first taken.

On Wednesday, the 3i)th June, 1 again saw Fostiir, and held
conversations with several persons. LcBaron Drnry cann;
again, and I asked him wluit port he sailed from ;i' China.
Foster at once said, " New Orleans." I then asked the name of
the vessel. Foster said he did not give it, I asked how it hap-
pened; h.e said '' the ship foundered at sea, and all were lost."
My friend Trimingham eame again, and 1 asked him if he
recollected an expression we used to laugh over at our meals,
in our rooms at college. Foster told me to write it down and
fold it up. I did so, and he then said he did not recollect it. I
was rather disai)pointed at this, but upon reflection, remem-
bered that it was another college ehum, Mr. Clinch, from New-
foutulland. with w!iom 1 u.sed to laugh over it. 1 then asked,
" did Dr. Co(;hran expel you or me from college?" "You," was
the prompt reply, 'fhis tact I could not deiiy, and Foster
laugiied heartily at it. My father came again, and I asked him
if he coidd not send a message to the Doctor, to convince him
that his spirit could return to earth again. Foster immediately
wrote off the following and handed to me: '^ It is my desire
that the Doctor shouhl investigate this beautiful truth, he will
be benefitted by it." I tlien asked hitn if i should sell my Port-
laiul property. Foster wrote olfthc following reply ami liand-

0(1 it lo mc: " I should advise yon to sell part of the Portland
property, and buy Westcock. Yonr Kaflicr,

William Bottsfoud."

It is remarkable that when Foster wrote the name he spelt it
"with two t's, but when it was written under the table in both
cases the name was spelled ])roperly.

Jeremiah Botsford came a^ain, and 1 asked him in what part
of Scotland he had lived; he said, " near Edinburgh." I asked
what was his occupation; he said, " a Doctor.'' 1 nej^lected to
ask, as I should have done, what the name of the place was, &c.
Sarah came a<(ain, and T asked her if she were ai^ain with me
at the photog'raj)hers. She said, '* yes." "Was any ono with
her?" She said, "yes, motluu-, and you «(ot a j<ood picture." I
then asked her if she were with me at Vo^l's. She said, "yes."
I asked if llu; delineations he made of the Portland property
were correct. She said, '' yes." I then asked if what he said
of the coriier of the lot was right. '< Yes, and it was valuable."
I asked her whose watch and chain this was, (looking: down at
mine.) Foster ;i once said, '' father's." I asked if he had any
peculiar way of taking hold of it. lie said, " yes, he twisted it
with his ihumb and linj^er, and moved the ban! uj) and down
on it." This was literally true, but sonu' of my unbelieving
friends will say that Foster read this from my mind altogether.
It may be so, but under all the circuuistances sui-rounding my
experience with Foster T donht it, as he certainly could not
have acquired from the same source tlie information as to
Trlmingham, Drury, Fdwin, ami Hallburton. This was Wed-
nesday morning, and having got my first photograph I left next
morning for home.

I have given as correct an account of what occurred during all
this time, as 1 could make by immediately wi'iting down every
thing' on niy return to my hotel. I hold no connnunication oi"
conversation with any on(> as to what 1 was doing. I do not
pretend to explain these matters; but I well know that most of
my reudei-s will attempt to explain it all rather than ndmit that
the spirits of the dei)arted can return to earth, and will rather
believe me crazy or under some malign delusion; but all this
will not disturb the lull and (juiet beliol ot ni\' own mind as to
the truth of this doctrine. (;E0. BOTSFORD.

Frkdkuictox, July 24, 1S7.').