Daily American organ., 1856-02-21
AMERICAN ORGAN.
sporting with {" Spirits. =
BY 4 aAcxwoopsnAK.

H trod heavily upon his corns Instead Of
laughing, he looked like cursing. he was grave,
and declared that the spirits compelled him 70 step
where he did. 1t was evident that we had " got
up the Dutch Of our unseen visters.
Wishing 20 get at good understanding with
them, we proposed to learn, by rapplng variety
of matters particularly interesting, and at the same
time test, by mental questions and otherwise, their
spiritual intelligence and veracity, perhaps can
not DO better than to give the questions and an
as they occurred
" Are the spirits presentS7
They am, sir"
" How many OF thcmy"
.ssSe'n you can shake stick at"
re they good spiritsp'
Fourth proof and no mistake"
"From what sphere ~
" The top notch.p
"Will they converse with us 3atap
"Wel they win, hosses."
These replies were raped out as We drew our
fingers over the letters of the alphabet. Verbal
questions were first asked by different members of
the circle. l 4..s
"win any spirit called for appear and answer ?"
g S-a-r-tainn III z
is Cain present ?"
He happens 10 be.
"Was the club with which he slew Abel hickory
or white ash, and what did he cut IL with ?" a4
Yes, 'twan't either Ii was shoe-make ball
club, cut with butcher knife" iT I
Ills Important question: sttueu, Idilc 5LOOu
aside, and Belshazzar was called.
Do you remember the feast when the hand
writing appeared on the wall J?
81 make out to-
"Were you--begging pardon, sir--under the
influence Of Intoxicating liquors that evening ~
Drunk, gentlemen, as a billed owl" e
Drink Champagne or Monongahela ~
Neither Owing TO the scarcity of logwooi
we went II on the blackstrap and clear rot-gut."
Any of the women tpsygn 9e3p As54,
They want anything else, ! reckon. Mrs. Btl-
shazzar was timber like that in playing snap
and-kc.ch em she fell into the oyster kettle and
broke turtle-shell comb all to smash"
g Was it fright that made your knees smite to-
gether?" aas a4gsal445a.-e li s,Ii
"No, sr--l was so almighty tired couldn't
keep em from shifting together, nohow." 8tsl
"Was Cyrus one of the bhoysg'' sstasi
"Weli no great scratch. '. "' .i'%.t
He took the advantage of us when we were OH
bender t a..t4
He was cold water fanatic, and an enemy TO
the constitutions" @b6b
Are you in favor OF the Maine law Pn
"Not by a Jug full"
"Do you get anything 10 take whore you are 2"
Not drop; Pyeg gota a laundering hankering
after a snifter." gsm
z Help yourself to the cold water on the table
old boy al @
"Go to the devil with your cold water"
: Is Baaam present"
What do you want of Balaam 7"
How old was that iackass of hisn?"
He would have been four years old the next
general training"
9 Are there any jackasses in your sphere, Mr..
Balaam?"
al on earth yet"
This ill-natured insinuation was received with
enthusiastic raps by the spirits. .
'sIs tho boss builder of the Tower of Babel
presently" inquired one of the company.
she am"
aWas the tower built of brick or stoneg"
Brick"
How many thousand of brick was IN the CON
cern?'
ni1p almighty heap of them, you'd better be.
much did they cost per thousands ?"
r. dollars and half at the kim 5.
6w many Irishmen did it take to carry NOR
Nine millions and rising"
"That's a lie l know" muttered ii.
A smart rap on his sore shin under the table,
made him aware that the foreman of Babel was
around.
The inquiries were continued.
Was there any confusion of language among
the workmen2"
Considerable must admit--a perfect hella.
baloon
What did the King say when he came to ex-
anime into the matter?"
"Hix for stay"
"One thing more, Mr.-Mr--what's your nameS'
Smith, il you please"
"Wel, Mr.. Smith, one thing. more. Was it true
that Nebuchadnezzar was made TO mix clay on the
sweep"
" True and thunderin' good OK he was too.
He ground all the clay for the Tower Of Babel"
'Did he have brass knobs on his horns ?"
He hadn't horns--he was mulyn
"Was he a-n a
"Go to thunder Iwon't have anything more
to say to you."
"Was he short-horaed Durham or Devon p
No answer The foreman of the Tower of Ba.
bel had evidently, believing himself qsizzed, gone
off In huff
The circle continued its sitting, after H. had
filed bis pipe, and had spent few moments in the
open air.
Noah was now called, and found to be present.
Were you commander of that craft called the
Arkgp
"Iwas"
"Was there much Of shower about those
dayss"
ishowcri why, my dear sir, it poured like
blazes"
"What flag did you sail under-English or
FrenchS"
Dutch
"Who was the pilotY"
Christopher Columbus"
"How many animals had you on board?"
Several hundred"
"Any Know -Nothings among themg"
"Not one, they were all drowned"
"Was IL true that Belshazzar hailed you on a life
prcserver, and told you TO 20 10 thunder with
your dtub, and guessed there wouldn't be show
err"
"Hc did,
tsWhv didn't vou tako him in Sn