The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-11-18
From tho s., Louia Republican
The SnlriI of HurnA.-.nnn otncrA.

FROM lhg ~, Ions kcpuD.!Cdu.
The Spirit OF BugHs---and otncrS.
RoBrHT BuRSs was u gauger once, and
something Of Il tppler it is not strange then
that lac should love to come to the place
where spnits, of apparently AN ardent ma
ture, abound. Ia the NpiriiH0} GHirfsc, Il
paper published at Cleveland, Ohio, we had
an account ofhis being present at a houss in
Lake county, Indiana, entering into mcdi-
um there, and debating some poetry Of truly
Il medium sort.
On the circle being formed, it appears
that the mediums hand became Influenced,
and directly wrote the name RoBEgT BuHSS,
Poet. The question was then asked:
"Will the spirit Of the Ayrshire poet COM
muuicate with rs at this time
Answcr-"N
Qugslion-"Wll you tell us something
about the great world where you now re
side: lfso, please dol in your own peculiar
o,ylc;'
Then the spirit of the Ayrshire Plough
man replied III what he was pleased TO give
as his Gown peculiar style Nemu,t con
lcss that his residence IN another sphere has
not improved his powers Of composition.
The lines may be written by the spint Of
BuRy,, bat they are not pormcated BY the
spirit m.i.ifgstcd in "I0m OSkaator,' or
",-.,-, .-t- -. - UoUrce blcd They
were ground ont thus
"Ihc Spirit-worid where reside,
As you infer J., ySst and wide,
II is a place where all viii share
the blessings ot Fathers care.
rs hot place as some suppose,
" here God in anger damns ms toes,
Where some without good works to please,
Are oldan ea to a ileaNcn Of case.
Nae, nae let priests such stories tell
About tl.e y4wHing gull Of he'll
il. For uube,lcycIS;
Ii- but farce their sAliygs 10 sell
Ii!v base dcccyesa.'
Then some one, remembering, perhaps,
the poets line, "'io the Den, asked whcth-
cr the irch Enemy Is Il very prominent cha
rqcicr in the SrhitLand. Iovhieh brhSs
replied;
"Thc Den, The Dc1l's but thing o
Garth,
And never can have a spirit birth"
4 remarkable revelation, truly but the
doggcrtl has hardly the fine humor and po-
ctic kindness OF Il c mes which BuRSs wrote
while iv, in the same personaec. in which
he shows that c cannot hate even Satan
"with a right orthodoxy: ~
"But fare you wcc', aud Eicklc ben;
q wad yc take thought and men
Yc aivlins might dunna KEN
Still haca stake,
I'm wac to think upo' yon den,
Even for your sake =
IN Trstram Shandy VIC read that.,r. Sior
said to the company "lhc devil Is the father
of curses and les, and l,e * cursed and dam
ned to ali ctcrnitv.n And my uncle Tony re-
piled in the fullncss Of n heart orerilowing
with kindness to every creature, II am very
sorry for it, II would have been well II
Tomas SuANDy could have been present at
the house in Lake county indiana his sor-
rows would have been soothcd,
Last all. some one asked the poet to
write out short prayer for the express ben
Gift Of the company the form which was gi-
ven some eighteen hundred years ago, havjpg :
1--WE suppose become superannuated and be-
hind our progressing age. The medium
wrote:
"Grcat God o love,
'ris nae to tell thee o power,
Which belongs to thee alone,
Or O. the blessings thou canst show'r
Down irae above
Or O. sins that thou canst atone,
We bow before thee:
II il to ask for bread and meat,
In season for us n to cat,
That we may ma be led astray,
But kept frac a the evil way,
And to adore thee.
And may thy will be done on earth,
And thy blessed kingdom have birth
Then, aye, then in truth we say amen
Itis pity that the last line ofthis petition
should be afflicted with a malady in its feet
and limp so pitifully Burns himself, had a
Quick ear for melody while he was in the bo-
dy, which in the spirit he seems to have
lost.-Wc advise him to resume the study OF
proSody before he fayors us with any more
illusions.
But we have evidence that the Devil exists
upon the earth at least, in spite of the denial
Of the ghostly poet for he has been playing
such fantastic tricks in Athens county, Ohio,
as certify clearly TO his presence therein
the Cleveland Pldjadeaicr Of Nov. ith, we
have the account of sundry persons who
went from that city to witness the perform
ancc The Pldindedler says that they arc
reliable and well known witnesses, and we do
not doubt it; this character does not pre-.
cludc the possibility of their being gnlIlble to
the highest degree.
The story begins in this way
From Cleveland we went to Columbus by
Railroad, thence to Milield, distance of SO.
vcuty miles, by private conveyance over
roads quite rough and hiIly. On the third
day from Columbus we reached MilIiield
Here we found two log houses fitted up AS
Spirit Rooms. These houses are about thre,
miles apart, and are each composed ola sin
rle room, about twelve or fifteen feet in size
One house is on the farm of Mr.. Koons, Tho
other on the farm of MIR, Tippc, and botl
were built under directions OF Spirits. ant
arc used only for Spiritual Demonstrations