Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-01-30
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HIT FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD

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LIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
"Tnlkin' O. speriis, reminds me o.
my experience in that lIne," said Sutler,
ersvely, shaking the ashes out Of his
pipe:
"Wi,h the greatest pleasure, Cap'en.
My father, you see, has been under the
turf good many years. He wasn't
bad man, by no means kinder heart
never beat than his; but he was oncom.
mon fond o. terbacker. He'd smoke the
day in and the day out. He hadn't an
equal in that way, except Old Sammy
Flint, our nearest neighbor, and he was
jest about his match and they used to
smoke and tell their tough s.ories evnn
arter evenin'. but that was pfore my ia.
ther died.
"My material susceptibiiliss bcin' fine,
] felt rayiher bad when the old gentle.
man stepped out. used to lay awake
night arter night, and think ont. One
niaht, in the fusi Of he evcnin' arter |
had turned in, heard a queer k nockin'
on the winder sill, and didn't know what
on earth 10 make ont.
"Who's thar? seq |.
"Your father" sez a voice.
"It can't be possible" scz |.
ats nothin' shorter" sez he.
"Eow do you like as fur as you've
got 2"
"l'm not over an above pleased" T"
sez he.
"Sorry to hear it," sez l. "Whats
the trouble p ,. ...
cts e'enermost impossible to gN any
good smokin' terbacker," sez he, in a
derjected voice.
"rhat's melancholy" sez l. "Can't
| do anything for YET"
"Nuthin' to brag on" sez he, "but
you'll obleege me by layin' a good piece
O. pig tail on the w;nder sill O. nights
when you 60 to bed"
"l'll do it," sez |.
"l'll feel obleesed to you" seq he.
"Not at all, but il its fair question,
I'd like to know how yon pass your time
up there 7" :,
"Oh, it's no offence at all, sonny. ]
set on sunbeam most O. the time, play
in on the jewsharp."
"It must be very amusin'. .-sez l.
"Have you got the ole thing with ye 7"
"I amt got no,hin' else" said he.
"PIay US up a-tune, then" | continued
"With pleasure" sez he, and SO he
struck up tuno.
That's rayther melancholy" sez |.
81 know it," sez he, "but it's all on
accoun, OF the terbacker."
"Ill get you some O. the r.a'a-' pig
tall" sez I.
$50 do, and III play yon something
livelier the next time. Cool night, SON
NY" he added in liveie, tone.
"Come again." sez ].
"You may rely ont" sez he.
"Good night them" sez l.. "Don'
hurt yourself doing the miscel aneo''
work, and Id recommend you to br'ns
a better instrument when you come agln
And with that the old gentleman hur
ried away.
"Did you place the pigtail on the win
dow sill :" asked.
"In course did-the raal sinowine.
"And did he come after it ?"
GAS regular as night came. neve
knew him TO fail, and an oncommo
sight o. the stuff he made way with.
all NV relations had come back, an
used as much Of the weed as he did,
: should have been dead broke"
"And what kink Of tobacco did Sal
: Flint smoke at that time 7" continues
II "Pigtail, nothing but pigtail Just iii
l. that used by the old gentleman" sa
&c Suiler, with look ifresstibly comlca
!. Chow was il about about your ialhel
"a Ghost p said to Suller, one day, as !
were alone.
ot "The fact O case was" he replied,
10 found it took off the change like all
r. tur to keep my father in terba cker; sc
iv told Flint about it,and axed him 1t
"a a couldn't supply the old gentleman W
~. plug occasionally, for old acquai
al ance sake. M
he 81 couldn't think Of it." says he
on | use an awful spdnklin' o. the we
ns myself, and I've got large family
support, but I've got a pound or two
sellyou cheap" -5'7r
IN. "What kind is i'll" asked.
is "Pigtail," said he.
The "Bring it over" seq j.
Gle "With pleasure" sez he. And so
wn next day he brought it over and bou
o it. Well, come to look i, over, TO,
ly some Of the identical plugs which
in laid on the winder sill for the old gen
man. Upon careful inquiry, | lear
that he'd sold several pounds o. the
cad to the neighbors, and seemed to b
are plenty Of the same sort left, though,
lem fore that he used to be hard up on tot
ing. ker, for he was poor Us Job, and an
tote commor, smoker. After that time |
'ely no more plugs on the winder sill, thl
ssa' ing il, best TO let the old gentleman
sPi. pend on his own exertions for sur
= o. pigtail." IA
ish' PRErrY NEAR DRUNK.-A Ger
no. employed in one OF our Hotels, was