Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . from the Unseen World.—Singular and Humble Origin, in a Secluded N. Y. Village, of thisGreat Modern Wonder.—Its Development among All Nations in All Lands.—Astonishing andInexplicable Charac
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . from the Unseen World.—Singular and Humble Origin, in a Secluded N. Y. Village, of thisGreat Modern Wonder.—Its Development among All Nations in All Lands.—Astonishing andInexplicable Character of the Manifestations.—First liappings in Hydesville, N. Y.—Time, Manner,Circumstances.—A Murdered Mans Spirit—How the Mystery was Solved.—liappings, the SpiritLanguage.—Its Interpretation Discovered.—Two Young Girls the Mediums.—Their HarassedExperience.—Public Efforts to Sift the Matter.—No Clue to any Deception.—The Family go toRochester.—Knockings Accompany Them.—New Forms of Manifestations.—Many MediumsSpring Up.—Things Strange and StartUng.—Universal Wonder Excited.—Theories of Explanation.—Investigations and Reports.—Views of Agassiz, Herschel, Etc.—Press and Pulpit Discussions.—Different Opinions as to the Tendency of the Phenomena —Thirty Years History. 1 cannot diiposc of another mans facu, nor allow him to diapoev of mine.— OCHESTER, K Y., one of the mostbeautiful and thriving of Ameri-can inland cities, has long bornethe celebrity which attaclies towhat are now known, the worldover, as spiritual manifesta-tions,—knockings, rappings, ta-ble-movings, spirit communica-HoosR IN wmcn spiritoal rappikos onioiNATED. tions, and the like. But, in reality, to the secluded and unambitious village of Hydesville, in the town ofArcadia, Wayne county, K Y., belongs the pre-eminent distinction of being the placewhere originated, in a manner most casual, and seemingly insignificant for the time,in respect to duratio
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