Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-18
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This original Denius \ utngaia in lene
Of his quaint spiGsles to tie Dstroit Adrvfis-
er in regard to the spirit rsPpers. The
subject is too absurd TO accuse the author
with profanity. We give The concluding
portion Of tbs epistle =; ,us hit
Wsnt at it, Inquired all sorts e things
from at kinds ofspirits, "black spirits aisd
white, red spirits and grey Result as
follows: By means Of thumps, knocks,
rams. and spiritual kisks, flsarned tina,
Sampsonau and Herculus have gone into part
nerehip 10 the millinery busine r.. Julius
Casaf is peddling apples and .nolasses -
Tom Paine and Jack Sheppard keep z biz
lard table. Noah is running canal boat.
Xcrxes. and Othello are driving opposition
stages. George tho Sd has set np q cara
van and is waiting impatently for kossuth
and Barnum to come and 90 halves. Dow,
Junior. is boss of 4 Methodist camp meet
ing. Napoleon spends most Of his time
in playing penny "ante" with the three
craces John Bunyan is clown in circus.
John Calvin, DIR, Johnson, Sydney, Plu-
,tarch, Robert Roy, Cavy Jones, Gen.
Jackson, and Damphool's grandfather. are
about establishing a travelling theatre, hay-
ing borrowed the capital, (wo per cent, per
month)-they open with show to Tay the
rent" Or. johnson in fancy dance, to
conclude with the s.Widow's Victims" the
the principal part BY Dir. Pickwick. 10
Smith has bought outthe Devil. and is 60
ing to convert Tophet into . Mormon
Paradise Shakespeare has progressed in
his new play as far as tbs 4th act, where he
has got the hero seven miles and half up
in balloon, while thu disconsolate heroine
is hanging by her hair TO . limb ever a prec-
ipice; question is, how the heroic lover
shall ret down and rescue his lady
love before her hair breaks or her head pulls
of. ~
Spirits now began to come without invi-
tation like Paddles to wake. Soul of an
alderman called for clam soup and bread
and butter. Ghost of newsboy sang out
for the Evening Post. All that was left
of a Bowery fireman wanted to know if
Forty had got her brakes fixed, aud new
inch and half nozzle. Ghost of Marmion
wanted dish of soft crabs, and called out
after tie old fashion, to charge it TO Stanley
Medium had by this time lost all control
over his, ghostly company. Spirits of watt
ers, soldiers, tailors, (Damphool trembled,)
babies, saloon keepers. dancers, actors,
widows, riders, in fact all varieties OF
obstrepsrous spirits, began to play the devil
with things generally; the dinner table
jumped up, turned two comersets, and Ian
ded with one leg in the widows lap, one
in Damphool's mouth. and the other two on
the toes OF the sanctimonious looking indi-
ydua's opposite; the washstand exhibited
strong symptoms Of desire to dance the
Jenny Lind Polka'on Bulle Dogs head; the
bookcase beat time with extraordinary wig
or ana made faces at the company gener-
ally; our walking canes and umbrellas
promenaded round the room in couples, v it'll
out Tie slightest regard TO corns, or other
pedal vegetables; while the bedsteads 10
the corner was extemporizing comic song
with vigorous accompaniment on the soup
dish, the wash bowl, and other bedroom
crockery.
Bull Doggc here made rush for the door,
AM dashed wildly down Broadway, pursued
as he ayers 10 this day, by the spirit of an
Irishman, with pickaxe, handsaw, and
a ebostly yhcelbarrow. Concluding had
seen enough, l,vak Damphool, and b. DIS
bottle, Comply, or he w.nnh never have left
it, and went home satified thai ":here are
more things in heaven and earth than arr
dreamed of except by lying mediums So
called; who too lazy to work, and too cow
,rdly to get an honorable living by stealing
adopt this method to sponge their bread and
,utter out Of those whom God, in his mys-
erious wisdom, has seen fit to send oil
,arth, weak enough to believe their idiotic
'ayings.
Disguised, but still yours,
@. X. PHILANpEa DoEsrIcKs, p. b.