The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-11-29

n knife. .Giyp IL 10 me for nv little bov'
which no did nromn,lv. removed NV
hand. Have Won any thing else p i
have = noncH' .Wiu Won give me- ,ho,
for nv other boy - 1T has no head
Never mind. Give il. won't vou?, Il
shouIdn', like to- We'll. but YOU will
i couldn't come itr (,cih peculiar en-.
piasis.) Azubah said, ask him where
The head Of the pencil is. Where is il,
Henry - We'll, sir. in the parlor.'
.Where p .On the window Azubah:
,Whv, | picked 1t up and put it there to-
dav y (He ceriai,,lp did not know this. J
| then said, Henry, can you getit!' He
arose and went into the parlor in the dark,
and took the pcncil.case head from the
window. 10 the very great surprise of us
all. Indeed. we were all so astonished.
that il seemed dream DURING these and
SUBSEQUENT proceedings. He smoke with
a nromptncss. boldness and propriety. in
advance Of his wears, and beyond himself
IN his natural state ana so perfectly evil
dent was it that he was in somnambulic
state. that no sceptir, | verify believe.
couia for moment, have doubted.
At nv request he returned to his seat.
| touched Benevolence. and Instantly he
handed me the pencil~casc. For nv bow"
Yes. sir | then silently. and without
any willing. and with feeling of curjos-
tv to see and test the matter, touched
Reverence. His coun,enance at once as.
sumcd a sofened and solemn aspect.
Henry, would You ike to prayr Yes,
sir You may lie then commenced
PRAYING inaudibly. You NAV pray aloud
lie then praved in a low, audible voice.
On touching Tune, he sang tune, tho
not in the habit of singing. On touching
Comba,iveness and Destructiyeness, he
raised his clenched fist to strike me. He
was ignorant Of Phrenology, and also of
nv intention to touch anv particular Or
gan; nor did in any case will the activ-
| ity of the organ. now took out my
watch. and holding the dial towards my
self, and above the line of his vision, his
eyes being closed. and his head bowed
forward, and my hand also being between
him and the watch, Henry, what time is
ur Eight o'clock, SIR which was ex-
actly the time by the watch. though by
the clock in the room it was fifteen min
utes faster. Henry, how long ought Won
10 sleep?' We'll, sir, must sleep two
hours and five minutes will you then
awake Yes, sir Very we'll This
| did for the purpose of testing his knowl-
edge of time, as stated by Townshend,
an English clergyman, whose work on
this subject | had read. then said.
viii you 90 with me to Mr.. Halls p
Yes well, now we are ,here-now
we are in the parlor: who is here p .NIr.
and Mrs. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. BardwelI.'
WHO else 2 He did not give their
names, but animated tina, they were stran-
gers. He described the room and posi-
ton of things, all of which found cor
rect on going to the house shortly after.
These persons were not in the habit Of
being there in the evening, but company
having come in, they were all together at
that moment. As this was in his own
town, did not deem it proof. and so said,
will you 90 to BataviaH Yes sWell,
now we are lhere-now we are at my
house-now we will 90 into my room
what do YOU see? p Il see a large table,
covered with black cloth, and with books
and papers scattered over it, How large
is itF 1T is about five feet long How
many bookcases p Three, sir .Wha
sort of stoveN He could not, or did
not, describe this, for it was so queer .
thing as not to be easily described. Nor
did press him, for all his answers had