The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-04
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ST RITUAL RAPprxGs You have very fire.
quent,y heard OF spirit rapp RS accomplish
ing remarkable ftats with tables, chuirs, &c;
bu, it has been reserved for this region to
command spirits to accomplish still more as
finishing feats with living huma beings
HIRE is story viii. b comes from Charles
Ton, Mo.
Several citizens of that place recently met
to witness the perform ,nces of the spirits,
and after short waiting the following MIR
vellous proceedings comm. nc ed. An old far
m WIS u spended fi!e feet fr''m the floor
by an invisible pc yer cxerted on his coat
collar and the seat Of his pantaloons lie
is u plain. unprctending, honest man, and
would utter y storn the ilea of dec living h s
Leighbor So We must ackn ,wledge the
greater mystery. Another indiv dual was
thrown violently upon his ba k, in the middle
o. the flour, AMI his feet cooked upwarts.-
While in this interesting nrdicament his
b 'ots were dr. ,wn from his feet. des lite
his utmost rf'Jrts to preye 1t It H. AYERS
that not one OF the spectators approached
nearer than within five feet of him, durin :
the operations, SO the genuine spirituality
of the ieat Cannot be questioned. Tue tables,
chairs. &c, now commence,. dance around
the 70 I'm that rendered it decidedly prudent
Tor the audience to keep an eye sing to their
personal safety. After gu .rter oil an hour
Of such confusion the furniture resumed its
place and brhav. its If IN a becoming man.
ner. The spirits expressed a WEAKNESS or
r. ther an unwillngness to 'show" any long
er, and the crowd We're bout to dispense when
a very lUns man was observed stretched along
the wall, bleeding pro useiy at the mouth and
nose, AMI evioenty seriously hurt. As tine
throna .thertd around him very fat indi-
vi ual waudled cut IF the door, murmuring:
"d-n him, lie pu posey tod oil my toes. and
| know it, Sornded the entertainment.
! "Mose says in private note that nobody
in Cairo believes the above iaciIcnts ever did
otcu', for the silly minds of Charleston are
actually crazy on the subject of spiritual
agencies. Well, if our irirncs at Ca 70 be.
liz we'd any such Ubiquitous nonsense, We
SHOULD hope the present hIoi might wash
every rat of 'em out OF their habtdtions, and
llnd them evrntu lily at some less civilized
city, such as Memphis or New Orleans. The
Calrotes have good hard nse, and you
might as well try To make them believe thai
Il citing amt good for the health, and 'rot
gu" amt the prize, pal staff of life, as thai
the spirits OF their worthy ar cesiors woult
suspend an old codger by the seat of his p nis
and make themselves boo,-jacks to anothe
: old coo,.-[ Ed. jour.
, T.-ast Sunday three gentlemen from tn,
; South, stopping here for change of steam
: ers, ..ade purse of $3.50 to be tAken by tina
one Of the three who would leap the great
est distance ut three leaps on level. On
of t.em jumped thirty-une feet-sno'he
e thirty five, AID the other thirty mine feet ,w
D inches He'll do to bet on, sure.
e @Several items under my head, publish
: the % are rendered rather my sterous u
n,nssn-ical by typographical eros. Thin
you will find, by reference to my manuscft
t that ] did not say this morning two men wer
c found dad on the bar-roJ in A ,cr and" tina
"by this time Go O'Clock A. NJ they ar