. Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? : or, curious revelations from the life of a trance medium. s—Wehave an adventure in which the spirits aid us—We leavehurriedly. FOR three years that followed I lectured in manyNew England towns and villages ; but, owing tothe fact of being retained for months at a time infilling these several engagements, I did not becomewidely known to the public as a Spiritual Lecturer—home duties requiring my friend Flavia to return afterthe first year of our association. I found anothercongenial companion in a Miss Parnie R. Hannum, ofSouth Adams, Mass., who, in after
. Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? : or, curious revelations from the life of a trance medium. s—Wehave an adventure in which the spirits aid us—We leavehurriedly. FOR three years that followed I lectured in manyNew England towns and villages ; but, owing tothe fact of being retained for months at a time infilling these several engagements, I did not becomewidely known to the public as a Spiritual Lecturer—home duties requiring my friend Flavia to return afterthe first year of our association. I found anothercongenial companion in a Miss Parnie R. Hannum, ofSouth Adams, Mass., who, in after years, married myfathers youngest brother, and is now known as R. Colburn. During one of my visits to Lee, Mass.,in the year 1858, I received a call to speak in the cityof Albany, N. Y. There were but few confessedSpiritualists in the city at this time; and acceptingthe call, we proceeded thence, where we arrived onebleak winters day, to be met by a Mr. Fellows, who wasthe presiding officer of the little handful of the faith-ful, who were striving to hold meetings in a tiny hall. MRS. PARXHENIA COLBURN. From photograph from life, i860. A STRANGE ADVENTURE. 29 m up two nights of stairs. We were escorted by him tothe home of Mr. M. (I designedly omit the name, ashe has now passed beyond the realm of mortality, andhis amiable and lovable wife is, I am told, blessingthe world with her Spiritualistic gifts), and left therewith utter strangers. We endeavored to make our-selves comfortable, but soon saw that there was some-thing strange in the house, as was indicated by theanxious face of Mrs. M. Her nervous unrest and thesudden opening and shutting of doors in the otherparts of the house, the sound of which reached ourears, began to have its effect upon us and causeno little nervous anxiety. As dusk approachedMr. M. entered the room. He was a fine appearing,portly gentleman, and to all outward manner greetedus with cordiality, and a clear understanding of ourposition in
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