The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12

and would not you like 10 dance with
one OF our pretty young ladies, brothe
w
May be should; : the old mans face Ii
up joyously-but he smiled and shook BIZ
head, they would not let me, B
they would not let me- Perhaps the ole
Shakers Imagination wandered for mo
ment from the very straight path Of the
brotherhood, but il was but a moment.
His face reverted TO its placid passiveness
and he said, Il am perfectly content.
have enough to eat and drink ; every thine
good after its kind, too; good clothes Il
wear, warm bed to sleep in, and Just as
much work as like, and no more. 'All
this and heaven too;' Of which the old man
felt perfectly sure, was quite enough to ell
the measure Of Shakers desires.
Now, B.. said he. you think SC
much Of your dances, wish you could see
one Of our young sisters dance, when We
go up to Mount Holy. She has the whirl
wind gift; she will spin round like top
on one foot, for half an hour, all the while
seeing visions, and receiving revelations.
This whirling is a recent gift Of the Sha.
kers. The few worlds fold who have
been permitted to see its exhibition, com.
pare its subjects TO the whirling Deryishes.
Have you any other new inspiralionf'
asked. Gifts, you mean? Oh, yes; We
have visionists. It's wonderful mystery
10 me. l never was much Tor looking into
mysteries; they rather scare mel Naiur-
ally enough, poor childlike old man! what
brother W asked, do you mean by
Wisconsin,
Il can't exactly explain he replied.
They see things that the natural eye cans
see, and hear, and touch, and taste, with in
ward senses. As for me. never had any
kind Of gifts, but contented mind, and
submission to those in authority, and / don'l
see at all into this new mystery. 1t makes
me Of tremble when l think of it. Ill
tell you how it acts. Last summer | was
among our brethren in York State, and
when was coming away, | went down
into the garden to take leave OF young
brother there. He asked me if ! would
carry something for him to Vesta. Vesta
is young sister. famous for her spiritual
gifts, whirling, &c.'--I could have added
for had seen Vesta; for other less ques-
tionable gifts in the worlds estimation a
light graceful figure, graceful even in the
Shaker straight jacket, and face ike a
young SYPHILIS. WELL continued brother
W, he put his hand in his pocket as
if to take out something, and then stretch
ing it to me, he said. 4 want you to give
this white pair to Vesta.' fell to take
something. though / saw nothing, and sort
Of tric&ling heat ran through me; and
even now, when | think Of il, l have the
same feeling. fainter. but the same. When
got home l asked Vesta If she knew that
young brother. YEA she said. put my
hand in my pocket and took il out again,
to all earthly seeming as empty as it went
in, and stretched it out to her. oh, a
white pearl she said. As hope for saliva.
ton, every word that I tell you is true,
concluded the old man. Il was evident he
believed every woru OF II 70 DC true. me
incredulous may imagine that there was
some clandestine intercourse between the
young brother and young sister, and that
simple old brother Wilcox was merely
made the medium Of fact or sentiment,
symbolised by the white pear. However
that may be, il is certain that animal mag
netism has penetrated into the cold and
dark recesses Of the Shakers.