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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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ne of thebrothers on his knee. Nothing could have happened moresatisfactorily to disprove the imputations which the conju-rers allege, and the general public believe, that the guitarsare wielded by the brothers, fast bound as they are knownto be, or by their supposed confederates. The audience resented this outrage; and the young gen-tleman was compelled to leave the room, which he didamidst an outburst of cheers for the Davenports. In a private room of a hotel in Manchester, in the pres-ence of Mr. Ferguson and a gentleman from London, thereoccurred some curious evidences of the powers of invisiblebeings. The poker was taken from the fireplace, and car-ried across the room, and placed upon the canopy over a bed.A small closed box was placed under the table at whichthey were sitting, by the gentleman above referred to; andon opening it, after a few moments, an inscription wasfound written on the inside of the cover, which had notbeen there previously. To be sure that no trick had been
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AN INSCRIPTION WBITTEN. 389 practised upon him, the gentleman went immediately to ashop, and bought another box, which he securely fastened,and placed under the table. On opening it, a similar andmore statftling inscription was found written. Willing to experiment further, the gentleman poured aglass of spirits into a tumbler, and held it under the table.The tumbler appeared to be touched, and moved as if someone were drinking; and, when the tumbler was brought intothe light, the liquid had vanished. The closest inspectionof the carpet did not show that a drop had been spilled.This experiment was repeated three times, with the mostcareful examination in each instance, the tumbler also beingheld by different persons. The room was lighted; and thefalling sides of the table-cover were repeatedly raised bywhat seemed to be hands beneath. It does not follow, from this fact of the disappearance ofliquids, that invisible beings drink, any more than thatthey are nourished by earthly food, bec

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