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Timaru Herald, Volume VII, Issue 247, 9 October 1867, Page 3

On Sunday morning, June 3, says the 'Warringtou Guardian,' the solemnity which usually characterises the services at Cairostreet Chanel was rudely dispelled by an extraordinary apparition, which was suddenly made manifest right above the minister's head. While the congregation were singing the last verse of the first hymn a very wellformed leg came down through the ceiling, aud the singing was extinguished m laughter. All eyes were at once fixed on the leg, which, after a vigorous plunge or two, was withdrawn. This was not accomplished until most of the congregation had marded that the foot wore an elastic side-boot and the leg a grey stocking. The minister, who was a stranger, was baptised with dust and plaster, and for some moments betrayed a dispostion to leave the pulpit, under the impressson that either ceiling or the owner of the leg was coming down. Matters were, however, explained by the chapel-keeper, and the service proceeded. After woship waa concluded some curiosity was manifested to discover the owner of the leg. The minister's house, it seems, adjoins the chafel, and from the garret a person can walk over the ceiling of the flatter. During the morniug the only person m the house — the minister being absent enjoying a holiday — was a charwoman. This person was charged with being the author of the phenomenon, but stoutly denied it ; and as she also affirmed that no one else had been m the house, we presume it must be accepted as a spiritual manifestation. The fact of the leg -wearing an elastic side boot and grey stocking wUI, no doubt, open up for spiritualists a new subject for discussion. ■' ' - "■ '■••.■' ■■:■■■■■ : W . .• .-'••■