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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE PHENOMENA OF 1Stf. The1e is in nature nothing interpolated or without connection, as in a bad tragedy. ? A ristotle. TN the little village of Hydesville, Wayne County, New York, -- there stood, in 1847, a small house, which had been occupied by Mr. Michael Weekman. He had been troubled by certain rap- pings, of which he could give no explanation. But they attracted little attention, and may have had no connection with subsequent developments. It was reserved for the family of Mr. John D. Fox, of Rochester, a respectable farmer, to have their names inseparably associated with the first development of the modern spiritual movement, based on the phenomena now challenging the regards of all thoughtful persons. Mr. Fox moved into the house the nth of December, 1847. His family consisted of himself, his wife, and six children; but only the two youngest were staying with them at the time of the manifestations, ? Margaret, twelve years old, and Kate, nine years old. The former of these sisters subsequently became the wife of the celebrated Captain Kane, the Arctic explorer. From the first, the family were disturbed by noises in the house; but these they attributed for a time to rats and mice. In January, 1848, however, the sounds became loud and startling. Knocks, so violent as to produce a tremulous motion in the furniture and floor, were heard. Occasionally there would be a patter of footsteps. The bed-clothes would be pulled off; and Kate would feel a cold hand passed over her face. Throughout February, and to the middle of March, the disturbances increased. Chairs and the dining-table were moved from their places. Mr. and Mrs. Fox, night after night, with a lighted candle, explored the house, but in vain. While they stood close to the door, raps w...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217249249 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217249248 |
| Weight | 0.98 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.67 In |
| List Price | $23.09 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 300 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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