Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-04-11

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your question" said the lady.
! tried, with oil my might. to do so,
and to some extent succeeded. Ny
question was the same a. before.
"Who 10 my best frismd on EARTH"
The answer was not very clear, buI
We thought the raps indicated SINS.
"Will the spirit please to repeat?"
"Yesl" l kept my thoughts upon
the question. and now there was nc
mistake; the answer was SINS.
was pussled. 81 know no one
with those initials." 1said.
Think" said the Iady, appareptly
as anxious as ! was myself But Il
was Of no pse. and so we gave It up,
the medium observing. % l lest. that
doubtless we had been imposed upon
BY evil spirits. Medisating upon these
letters on my way homeward, and just
AS l reached the spot where l stopped
before. the whole truth flashed upon
me like q spark OF electricity. They
are the last letters in the three names
Thomas Jefferson Sykes! had had
T'J-s-, and now s'Ns. Strange,
wasn't It? And yet In what way
Sykes could DC my best earthly friend
puzzled me. Gould II be an Intima'
tion to take his advice, and effect an
insurance upon the life Of uncle Jerry!
That would put me in possession o.
twenty thousand dollars if--my uncle
was really dead; and l certainly knew
no other friend from whom could ex'
pect anything like that amount.
But my uncle dead? Ay. that is
the great question. ! wanted more
confirmation on that point. The mex
day ! had 1t. | had been informed
Of another spiritual circle, said TO b
OF far higher grade than any l had
been IN the habit OF attending. They
met by daylight at three o'clock in
the afternoon. ] was, suppose, ar
entire stranger. but found no difiicul
ty in gaining admittanee. Everything
was conducted with the greatest de-
corum. The shutters were closed and
the gas lighted. A learned Judge
whom had seen on the bench Of ons
Of our criminal courts. was there. an
editor ola daily paper, = physician,
at least so / supposed, for they called
him doctor, and pale-faced mar
with green spectacIes and a white era
vat. There was also present strong
minded female in a close-fitting meri'
no dress. She was the medium.
will not weary the reader with
minute account OF what transpired
that evening. The gentleman viii
the green spectacIes had, as he de-
clared, a most interesting revelation
from swedenborg. l paid little atten'
ton to II. The arcana OF the eelest'als'
the divine love, and the occult idiosyn'
crasies had nothing attractive for me
in the mood in which then was The
subject OF guardian angels, introduced
by tho Judge, was more interesting
H's guardian the spirit said wa,
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nrIsed when the rams indicated N,
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ishment when they continued thus, =