The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-26

bpszlea BY bid over active fancy. T.
Having first resolved yourself into in1nittde,
letting imagination be to sense % greatest 10
tolledst, stick pin in the toe ofypur slipper
and fx,yopr eyes upon it fer tw0hours without
stirring ffuscfe. It is necessary to have taken
nothing lnwardly but vegetables and water fer
three months previously, the effect of that diet
being to weaken the animal and excite the SPIT
ritual functions, in very surprising manner.
The thiag.may best be done in an easy-chair,
before a seageoal fire, having first locked the
door; or better STILL between two and five in
the morning, after n vigilant meditation on the
sacred numbers. Let the pin be nearly erect,
with slight inclination toward the west. At
| the end Of the first honr, youSwill see the head
OF the pin double and treble ITSELF by-and-bye.
sparkles and beams of magnetic influence will
| appear to stream from j. toward, your nose.
Soon an arc of light will construct itself be-
tween the head of the pin andtp Of your nose.
like the arc bctwecf, the points of the calorimo-
tor; this will enlarge and sparkle. tad finally
break into flashes and disappear; leaving burr
Of blue light on the tip OF your nose, with which
you may retire to your bed, with no aeprehcn-
sion of setting fire to your curtains.
Now, to tell you the truth, and to speak SO.
berly, the d. is in this burr, as you will dscov-
err; for instead. of falling asleep, no sooner are
and Konoklomen, the soft-skinned Krankogon
and little Biidog, whose voice is like the creak-
ing of wheels, will wait upon you. Listen to
{ Totscani,n, give ear to Sapligotag, mincing spi
rits! how they play! Brigo will talk through your
elbow, Krankogon through your sacrum: Bill
dog will dance on your glandula pneals, ant
go swimming in water Of the the postero1
Ventricles Totsyanisn will tickle your cerebel
lum, and play tune on the cords ofyour
Bfigo appearing in the ventricle of the sep
tum makes all things of green color; Knock
ing on the septum with his wand, he causeti
: fla she's of green light to flow through the body
! then can man see as well with his heels a
c with his eyes.
n If were to tell you all that Br;go can max
;. you see when he tickles you. septum, il were
a trial of your faith. Dare say that the bac
of your hand shall be as visual as your eye, an
: with the tips ofyour fingers you may see throug
any hopocrite's devices; may, pc netrate the sew
! en-fofd shield Of the sanctimony, and throuo
/. a philosophical and pious disguise detect tn
!. atheist and the charlatanl Pleasant little Br
: 90 can whip off the roofs Of houses in . twink
l. ling! He is your true clairvoyant; he can SO
d into the middle Of most mill-stones and take hi
Il pretty little oath there is nothing there but
! grit or flaw. Trust the devikin! hath ne nc
" an eye?
Slawkenberg saw Caesar die in the capita
IS and soon after witnessed with equal distinctne'
!. great fire that is to hanpen at London in Ii
re year 1900. But that is mere bagstelle I
!, what he heard: FOR when Dildog entere,I the lc
yentrcle, then was the creaking Of Nebucha
&c nezzar's shoes quite audible. He heard On
Of ker swear at his horse, though no man else d'
J. he heard a firm believer whisper doubt. thong
Il no man else did; he heard a smart scholar co
!. Tess ignorance, though no mahelse did: hut tn
ol was chips ard straw to what he heard Thorn
ne Carlyle saw to himself about orthodoxy and Il
y Scripture Miracles which no man else did: m
he heard Premier Guizot say the oldest thin
= about Professionalism, which it were shame
n repeat;but if were to tell Won all that he hear
go there were no end to the telling.
liz Soft-skinned Krankogoh sitting at the 70
~ o. the cerebellic tree give a nicely OF touc
!, then did Siawkerberg. say. he, "touch the ed
y OF the world where Nothing begins" felt .
nS spinning Of the globe, and its motion; I felt I
ut sun rise and thcwatcrs flow; my, as live.
N. felt the rise and fall Of stocks, and the flow
~ specie in the market; there was no motion II
did not feel,not excepting the down-slide of RI
~ icalism the bae k-slidc Of the church, the slip
'u- ofrepublcs, and the onward surge Of tyrann