The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-16

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HarmODisl Advance Guard-ProGrssss0n--
The March-Are adlan Drsams In q Swamp
The Exodus-The nishaps or 4 Picnic
The Dejeuner-The CelestIal CircIe-The
Spirit OF DR.. Burdsll-The Modern Pyths-
nsss-Our RspOrtsr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cne spirits don's want Publicity-cxpeIi-
esces. spokss, the Biele-spirit Of AN Indian
-Extraorsilnsry COnvolutions, Sc.
Whatever Psychological eccentricues may eliminate In
those who pisces
That strong divinity OF soul
WATCH conquer chance and late,
there harm onal affinity sexsent with the spiritual
essences, and In the vulgar language OF this mundane
sphere they Ego in" for social One of these
spiritual organizations, commonly termed "picncs,"
came on on Thursday ct Winfield, L. l. Al O'Clock the
Island City swung round. and proceeded the East river,
having beard ny vey ayers 10 the spiritual ples
sure land. Some remarks passed the absence Of
the rest Of tho sisters and hethron but trips
were 70 be made during the day, was surmsed the son
nambulisuc influence would no uegatvod in umo
able them to mingle in the vitazug circle Tn's small
put himself rapport safely landed at Greenpop, and
in snort time we're wnisked 70 winfield rusn
came forth The patriarch with q mammoth basket, and
others Of the sprs took mp the line OF march, having
wicker pendants Of many shapes and sizes. We pro.
the brow OF hill the land Of promise was pointed oat
lay at tho base, ana roszng in spiritual association
ioreaste Of the Arcad'an bliss the spirits had provided
for these In communion with the dwellers 10 the spirit
lsnd We descended "Hthcr," said ''s tho vale Of
Tempe, such heavenly spos, where, If the perl
their immortal Iyceum" And az we pointed and had
just entered upan the sacred ground We heard
from ore If the sister spirits
"0h, Lord u this the pacep''
eyes, maam, dis hare DO spot dc spirits krua replied
the lste niger who acted a. precursor.
"Why it's swamp, we Can't squat there; who expects
us 10 gel Into that hele say ~
Just them the proprietor at whose invitation sisters
appearance eulogsng The beauty OF the location the
many delightful meandering walks which lay about in
wiling the sken tread Of angels VISIT as an apo ~erful
clncher raid, 81 assure you against mosquitoes,
snakes snd shakes" Then II that strong divinity
OF SOUL" " which shape, ends, nantes, 10
the splits myched armed basket pie, over brisr,
brumbe and scrub s-pl h went the tiny oa of An
angelic one hundred and thirty pound crinoue, anti the
attraction OF gravitaon was overcome by centriiusai
Effort and veil shaped leg and ankle encssed in
mud. few pine boards lay scattered about The spirits
set to work with pckaxe and ha.che bat their spiritual
sweat dropped a barren soil. The Racbes went away
almost weeping With modification 10 and out q mare
ttrg habaon for ernacle Of their desires Their
male eon,or.s soon followed snit Then might be seen
spirits trucgpg along with boards, planks, chairs,
barrels, tables DOORS FORMS kettles, pots, pans, and all
the Israphcrnaa Of camping OUT At which our reporter
much amused and unused much; fo, said thi. stub
born scepc, II the spirits tables and knock
down the gable end of house Why don't they lend haud
and their terrestrial brothers and sisters all this
pnirrg dragging disappointment and botheratinp.
'Why not hsve dried this dismal swamp, and trans
formed into an Arcadan grove or en- the
of slarnsy And thus our reporter might have ex-
hausted oil his valzng afnites shen amidst dtstan,
jsbcrrirg of unnteigbe contradictions Us to loaites
&C. of the spirits cried out Look out for the HEaAD
reporter-he's about takrg notes"
One old lady very mucn concerned ri thii dreadful
appArition, coming over said
care lou the HERALD reporterf''
eyes, ma'am."
sand are you going to print what you see herei'
swell, ms . ,hxme-a downright shame we can't enjoy
ourselves without the reporters max ng fan Of us y
10 little u things moro smoothly; pot, pans,
lea
the Geld unpaaknR baskets. "Oh my sugar is all
there's the brandy o 1ot m 2 ssys one
in pot You've rolled II In paper, and my bnket is al
grease" "Wby," says third al do declare, he beet
Juice In oil over my tongue" Theee eundry mshaps
severally enjoyed, and while spirit washing
potatoes another making Ore, third went 10 hunt
and denner ala fohsLe preparaM ms Eating and drink
ing such every day mundane employments, We pass
over the spiritual massicaon thai WAS perfor med smoy
rearkng the sprts all In good appetite and did
justice excellent fare During the time OF fepast
the oher parties had arrived and there could not have
been less tho grounds than from $50 70 400 Of as many
different characters be found In either the
risp, marsupia mAmmalal kingdom AT half past
O'Clock announcement made that all spirits should
HE tn what some called the sdismal swamp and
reporter-for what reason 10 hereafter 70 be seen-be
Groves Of Barney" gave some umorN bull the equi-
hbrium OF orS anzatop soon restored. A few mo.
and the large and motley crowd were at the point
MAJ attraction, whe there spirits communed with
inspiration shss descended on their ceus tho inner life
was revealed, and Gil W tran slucen'y displayed
one lady giving snhes Of her arms, and nos and
then 8 few jerks OF her body. Thinking the "Ague"
already bad victim, our reporter was wondering there
the same lady by the perfected newers" Of this
interesting group, mediam under magnetic Influence
Presently she sprung her feet and In an ecsanc man
through tho spirit or Dr. Burdc" Ny dearly beloved
friends Burden IL here-here In NE mas, Of Vote
back from the stirt land his spr lowering you;
be what doing by that woman and ,tep by step he
h. hop At cf Mas slad
deeds he took her his house; he 10
back 80 Ike strain concluding with the old say,
denly .he sa down. held her hands TO her eyes wepi,
quivered, erked ana struck herself into an ordinary a
tirude. gazing for fe~ moments with vacant stare.
"well, that's terrible working up Tor so little, said
bystAnder,
Just theu low, moaning sound heard. Turning in
the direction, our reporter saw two ladies coujniny
under what's called psychological influence, each opera
ting the other, manipulating, rubbing up the spinal
chord, thumb and pnger co brscns and nke electrical
and tapping COMPUTATIONS This double team develope-
ment reporter thought would be some, and accord
ipgy proceeded to note the contents thereof The lady In
the highly magnetic state q healing medium, a1d
wa, giving directions smother lady, who had thrown
herself al the knees Of this mofeYn pythoness
To-. pssre spV lords ~ere .poSeD between dras
and fcrsa, quite on the "surprse" principle, and con-
sisted OF the common place psrndes so frequently OBJ
served leaving anything positive IN the state OF purgaory
During the sybbrc management tho lady qnivorcd.
ierhed spasmodcalIy started trembed, and waved her
hands In the most caballsiic fashion.
our reporter asking the recipient OF the meium's
advice e OF suob frequent recurrence OF The word
"sight, che replied ait was . peculiarly Just then
tho medium burst forth after fec spasmodlc tsches
"Sgh the most perfect OF the external works or nature
We have from God: and then wen. extemporisiug
common place repetition between oxterua and Intervals,
with all the other born nonsense OF modern
dunn py,hones ending with tho usual finger work. g
wrcuh ha I'd Joint dsrsctng commissions, not Forgetting
70 wrpt in "Jebovah" Starting up, she glared al
porterour reporter, he u told looked feared. "Never
venture revcr wiz and he resolved ",o stand the
hazare OF the die" The modern pythopess exclaimed
you re not pennirg right. 10 your duty" Our re.
porter cokei bot said nothing. Tho medium contortet
lte 70, siroked by her compseion, gyrated her
bauds-ihree (theres lock In odd numbers) times she
waved hern-then sudds My j,rkns both arms .cwards
the reporter, lady companion Standing by Observed
ave want only inspired reporters hero"
This sudden trinenarian acquisition uarod the viiai
zpg principle into corpus and We resolved osce oct
The medium getting up steam, soon extemporzed-
aFaets ts facts want; let others ara their
illusions, So Our reporter, asphyxacd by tho spell
binding incantation no saw pracced, laid very low and
permitted sundry passes. arm pumping, and other cd
upcts 10 be performed within hairs breath OF his