Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-02


The water gldes-man's life is done
Doesticl<s receives Communication from the
SpIrit-WOrId.
SEVENTY HUNDRED AND One,
Narr01v ST., Ne1U York
|, Q. K. Philander Doeslicks, p atho neither
a doctor. clergyman, nor Judge of the Supreme
Court. have Received visit from the spirits The
secrets OF the other world have been revealed 10 me-
| have had glin pse of horSe-heaven-a fair wevi
OF the future blssfu residence of pigs and poultry
and been youchsateL key-ho!e peep at the PARADISE
of Spiritual Jackassdom have discovered that
Esop is a reliable historian, and find that in flu
ture world the power and liberty OF the quadruped
al speech will be restored in all its pristine euphonv
and elegance Listen, wonder and believe.
Sometime since had beloved and beautiful bull
terrier not the Bull Dogge alluded 10 in other eps
tles)-he was perfect IN every point-his hair stuck
out in multitudinous drections-his snar was of the
crossest, hi teeth Of the sharpes and his ordinary
behavior exhibited general and impartial ha red of
mankini He was a canine Ishmae for everv mans
hand was against him. His cognomen savored of
The satanic-l called him Pluto. He mysteriously
disappeared. An offered reward of seven dollars and
a half tailed to restore him to my fiteside | tear
fully gave him up, and mournpL sincerely I sus-
pected the dog killers, and wep for him as for one
gone " to that bourne from which, bull terriers don't
come back. Last evening | was aroused from
thoughtful contemplation of my nightcap Oiouid
ole conduct of pet tom. cat. who deliberately climb
eI upon my lap, and in voice ntellgibIe if not
musical, spoke to me He informed me that various
spirits were present, who desired to hold communca-
ton with me. Having recovered somewhat from nv
momentary astOnishment, sung out fire away No
sooner said than done-the services of nv feline
medium > were instantly dispensed with and there
suddenly appeared 10 my bewdered sight the unmis-
takeable form Of my lamented Pluto was aston
lshed and so sald, hut could not be deluded-it
was my real, old, original, genuine Pluto knew
his warning growl-I recognized the friendly wag
OF his tail could have sworn to each particular
hair.
lie addressed me III Il voice trembling with emotion
he narrated the full history of his untimely decease
told of his seduction by tempting mutton chop
and consequent abduction by the remorseless thief
bis vain and Intellectual struggles TO escape-relaled
his incarceration In orthy canal boat with
a hundred other unfoItunates-descr their en-
barkaton and departure for foreign market-the
terrific collision which ensued when about four miles
and half from port, when the canal boat was met
by mud scOw which recklessly running with
great velocity in thick fog the entire force of her
propeng aratuS Zone bOrSe- power) being brought
into requsit on to attain a frighful speed-he awet
upon the terrors OF the the dastardy desertion
OF the crew, "a muato woman and two coffee
colored boys,) who took to the boats, Ca Eastwood
dugout,) and escaped leaving the helpless passen.
gers TO their awfuI fate. He told the agonies ne
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attempt to himself upon an empty cheese tub
how lie was crowded off by frightened spaniel pun
the last excrHclatngl agOnZing pain of the final
struggle and his subsequent entrance to the canine
spirit world. He whispered, in myse erious tone
that he had just from a sixpennv eating house
where be had witnessed the final disappearance of
his mortal remains through the jaws of a confdine
drayman who had asked for mutton pie
Bu my beloved animal was not alone with him
appeared the dsemboded ghosts Of all the crowd who
perlshed with him Pluto informed me tina, they
were In such a disturbed state of mind that thew did
not know mu"h YET, most of them were not perma-
nenlly billetedbut that he himself, on account of
his superior >agacity had en- ready assigned his
sphere and situation He volunteered TO show me
some of the celebrities, With majestic motion he
moved his pathetic tail, and forth they CANT in grand
procession, the Happy Family" being headed by
old Mother Hubbard's dog and Dick Whttingtons
cat, in neighbory proximity.
From hurried inspection was enabled to gather
the following items The Trojan horse was suffer
ing from indigestion Coleridges " masliff bitch has
just become the happy mother of thirteen lovely
cherubs and is :. we'll as can be expected - the
6 rat that eat he malt that lay in the house that
Jack built" says the Maine Law woul have spared
him that early iniiscrerioA Baaiam's ass had his
jaw tied up with the toothache Rozinante wss in
good racing condition. ST. Georges Dragon looks
much more amiable than | should have supposed
Bucephelus and Old Witty had been lighting a pitch
subordinaton the Fee Jee mermaid said she had got
tired of her caude appendage and desired me to ask
Batnum if her tail must be continued Jonah's
whale swallowed the Mass street four cent man,
but gave him up lik second Jonah, aod he is now
on his oid stamping ground " again. IN the dis
tance perceived J. Ohm Gilpln'e l..~ .... ...s oull
that was nnceremoniously displaced from a we'll
known architectural elevation, in a cornfeld: aud
was informed that Nebuchalnezzar, who had not
lost bis fondness for greens. sometimes shares their
pasture with them.
The Black Swan, the Swan of Avon, and the pa.
trioc geese whose in eliectnal cackng saved Impe-
rial Rome, were enjoying themselves in catching tad
poles in a duck-pond Walter Scot's dog MAZDA,
Beth GeIert, Launce's dog, old dog Tray, and the
other Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart were dis.
cussng canine politics over beef bone The Sea-
Serpent appeared, but was so dimiy visible that
could only judge him to be about the average length
Edgar A. Poe's Raven and Barnaby Ridges Grip has
just been detected stealing from quail-,rap,
and hiding it in an empty powder horn
Many other birds of note were pointed out, and
their situations and prospects explained by The obig
ing Pluto And even as one of our most learned,
wise and ilustrious rulers, and his brother Rapper
ties, have demonstrated that the spirits of the de-
parted are nusied in employnenis similar TO their
earthly ones so did nv reliable Pluto state similar