Strange Happenings at Seance:
Spirit Forms of Oriental Makers Mr. John Tebbutt, a grocer. who has lived for the last 33 years at Gordonroad, Aldershot.
england, has for some time been the possessor of a wonderful carpet. It came into his possession in an ordinary way, being bought from Mbseis, Findley, antique and modern furniture dealers, of Aldershot, The carnet moves annarently of its own volition.
Mrs. Tebbult's sister, a spiritualistic medium, visited the family Fast Tuesday a seance was held.
persons sat in the darkened orien room upon the carpet. Mrs. Tebbut's sister, who $s not al professional medium, was one of the The others were members of the family or intimate friends.
Three of the number. it is de clared. saw materialized Oriental forms wearing turbans, ut whet their exact nationality wes none. could On the following night a further seance was held, wid then. through the medium, the circle Jearned that they were in communication with the original makers of that carpet, who had seized that particular opportunity to manifest the possibilities of communication with trace who had "pa The carpet. was examined very minutely. It is an ordinary Persian pattern, measuring about fect. It has been folded to feet. square rug, and on the edge nearest to the fire-stands a heavy brass fen-At the opposite end 's a heavy oak dining table.
When the carpet moves the fender moves with it, but the table which on one side. touches the wall, is immovable, and the car-net piles up against it in folds. The floor is level. teenth—centu gems to the value of £10,000 were sent to London from the Tay, and one of its tributaries.
These and other northern streams,.together with some of the Trish rivers. and the Conway, in North Wales, once yielded tolerably good pearls, but the produce was so uncertain that it was searcely worth the cost of the labour, and the irade died out.
The possibility of its revival not seem ever to have been ined, and (he find jen. and others 5 is pot likely to have a stimulating effect,
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