The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1855-01-05
Doest eks receives Communication from
the Split Would.

/, q, h. Philander. .Doesticks. p. b., al.
thl Ugh neither hector, clergyman, nor Judge
o. the Supreme Court, have received u visit
from the spirits. The secrets Of the other
world have be en- partially revealed 10 me-
| have had a glimpse OF hurse heavcn-a fair
view Of the blissful residence Of pigs and
poultry, and been vouchsafed a keyhole peep
ut the paradise o. Spiritual Jsckassdom. |
have discovered that Esop is religious his
torian, aud ! find that in future world the
power an liberty Df quadrupedal speech will
be restored in all its pristine euphony and ell.
egsnce. Listen, wonder and believe.
Some time since had beloved and beau
tful bull terrer--(not the Bull Dogge alluded
to in other epistles )--he was perfect in ev-
cry point; his hair stuck out in multitudinous
directions; his snarl was Of the crossest--hs
teeth Of the sharpest, and his ordinary beha-
yior exhibited q general and impartial hatred
Of mankind. He was canine Ishmael-ior
every mans hand was against him. His
eognomen savored of the Satanic. called
him Pluto. le mysteriously disappeared; an
offered reward ot seven dollars and half
failed tO restore him to my fireside. tear
fully gave him up, and mourned Sincerely
| suspected the dog kIlc,s. and wept for
him as one gone to that "bourne from which"
bull terriers don't come back.
Last evening was aroused from thought
ful contemplation OF my nghtcap Qlqu;d and
ho! with nutmcg) by The unusual and re-
rarkuble conduct OF a pet tom cat, who de-
liberately climbed upon my lap, and in a
voice Ineligible, if not absolutely musical,
spoke to me-positively spoke to me! He
informed me that various spirits were pres
ent, who desired TO hold communication with
me. Having recovered somewhat FROM my
/ momentary establishment, | sung out to FIRE
away. No sooner said than done--the SER
vices uf my feline medium" we're inelantiy
! dispensed with, and there suddenly appeared
| TO my 6ewildered sight, the unmistakeable lie
| form OF my lamented Pluto. vas astonish-
ed, and so | said, but could not be dcuded
1t was my "real, cd, original, genuine"
Plut. knew his warning growl--l recog-
nzed the friendly wag OF his tall could
have sworn to each particular hair.
he addressed me in voice trembling with
emotion--he narrated the full history of his
untimey decease-toId uf his seduction by d
tempting mutton Chop, and consequent ub.
ducliou by the remorseless thiei--his vain and
Intellectual struggles 10 esCapc--related his
incsrcerations in an unworthy canal boat,
with hundred other observation-disclosures
bed their embarkatun and departure Tor u
! foreign market--the terrific collision which
ensued when about four miles aud half from
port, when the canal boat was met by mud
I ,ul igI. ropt laopIu ~ III
greet velocity in thick fog; the entire for
ces oi her propelling apparatus Zone horse
poweD being brought into requisitiOn to at
tain rightIul speed-he dwelt upon the
lefror5 ut the sccnc--th9 dastardly desertiOr
OF the crew, Ga mulatto woman and two cof.
fee coIored boys,) who took the boat Ga bas
wood dugoLD and escaped, leaving tho help
less passengers 10 their elpless fate. lie
told the sgoncs he endured when submerged
in the raging lood--hls attempt to save him
sell upon an empty cheesetub---how he was
crowded of by frightened spaniel pup--the
last excrutIulingIy cgonizing pain OF final
struggle, and his subsequent entrance TO the
canine spirit world. He whispered in my -.
terious tone that he had just come from
slXpenny eating house, wh,re he had witnes-
scd the ilnui dIsoppeara nee OF his marital re.
mains, through he jaws Of conId ng dray-
man who had asked for mutton pie.
But my beloved animal was not alone
with him appeared the dsembodied eho sts
Of all the crowd who pershed ailh him
Pluto informed me that they were in such Il
disturbed state OF mind, thut they did not
know much yet--most Of them were not per-
manenNy bllleled-but that he himself, on
account oi his superior sagacity had been
already assigned his sphere and situntion.-
He volunteered to show me some of the cele-
brlties. With u jesiic motion he II owed
his pathetic tail,and forth they came in granl
procession, the Happy Family being h euIet
by old Mother llubbard's deg ana Dick Whit.
tinaton's cart in neighborly proximity.
From h"rried ins ection | was enabled
to gather the following items: The Trojan
horse was suffering from indigestion, "the
rat that eat the malt that lay in the house
that Jack built says the Maine Law would
have spared him that eurly ndiscreton; Baa-
lam's ass had his jaw tied up with the tooth
ache; Rosinante was in good racing condi-
ton; ST. Georges dragon looks much more
/ "'h'"S't tidH tUoulu NdNo suppOstNt DuCI
phaluS and old Whitley have been fighting a
pitched battle, and ure on short allowance OF
oats Tor inaubordination; the Fee Iee Mer-
maid said she had got tired OF her cnudel ap.
pendage, and desired me 10 ask Barnum ii
her tai nust be continued; Jonah's whale
some time since ,swa allowed the Nassau street
four ceul man, and he is now on his old
stamping ground" again. In the distance
| perceived John GilpIn's horse, aud the bull
that was unccremonicusly displaced from a
well known architectural elevation in a corn
fold, and was informed that Nebuchadnezzar
whohas not yet los. HE londlRess for greens,
sometimes shares their pastures with them
The Black Swan, the S' an OF Avon, and the
patriotic geese whose intellectual cscklna
saved imperial Rome, were enjoying them
selves catching tadpoles in k.pond Sir
Walter Scot's dog, MAZDA, Bath GelerL
I.aunces dog old dog Tray, and the other
TRAY ..Bluuche and Sweetheart" were dis.