The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-19

4 N' ~SNy AA'NiASA Shoh y Ohl
Calvin or Martin Luther.
Thought I'd get some intelligence from
some of my relations, who had heen dead
for number of years, and have neglect.
ed to send their address-took blue.
eyed medium one side to enquire--blue
eyed medium was Miss Jenkins, to whom
had been introduced by Damphool as 6
bachelor on the look out for a wife Miss
jenkins thereupon regarded me with ia.
vorable eyes--Miss jenkins told me all
about my friends-she said that my great
.uncle, who was leather dresser in the
flesh, is now militia captain and rides a
bay mare with a switch tail. and a white
spot under her eye-and my grandma.
theirs aunt, who used to make the best
butter in Orange county, still raises gos-
llings for the market and brings up suck
| ling pigs with her ancient carefulness.--
The old lady gave us a description of her
new house--a white house with green
blinds, brass knocker on the door, and
a slop pail in the kitchen window. She
told all the details, even to the number of
links in the chain Of the house dog, and
the spots on her favorite pig. She com
planned of the landlord, who refuses to
take Lancaster money for his rent, and
said that the butter they get up there is
strong enough to turn her spiritual stom-
ach the diluted state of the gin is also
a cause of serious annoyance to the old
lady who has been accustomed to bet
ter article.
Here our revelations were interrupted
by Smith, the razor strop man, who sud
denly appeared on the scene /; Smith was
the treasurer; it was Smiths mission to
collect the money to pay the feed Smith
was two shillings short, and Smith was
in agony. In the generosity of my
heart, | contributed the two shllings to
stop his noise. Then talked with Smith
who confidently gave me his view of
things in the spirit land. Smith says that
folks do there pretty much as they do
here that Jones the tanner will find a
tan-vat and bark mill ready to his hand !;
that Green the farmer will be shown to
a forty acre lot with pair of steers in it,
waiting for him to come and hitch them
on to the breaking-up plough; and that
Bangs the blacksmith, will find an anvil
with leather apron on it, and stock of
paid for horse.shoes in the corner. He
said that he, Smith, the razor-strop man,
expects to perambulate the streets of the
celestial city with small stock of strops
in his pocket, and astonish the mascu
inc angels with his familiar cry, =" One
more of the same sort left''
One amiable old gentleman had a vi
sion of his favorite mich COW he recog-
nized her by her stump tail and her sin
gle horn, she having lost the other in a
desperate earthly struggle for swill pail
with another animal of the same species
-bossy was doing well from her ac-
count there was plenty Of clover, and no
rail fences to keep her out of it, her tail
has lately begun to sprout, though she
said she had little need of it, for the flies
Of that celestial region are too well bred
to trouble an unprotected female.
Another man had revelation from his
defunct torty dollar jackass, whe had
been scared to death by locomotive,
and whom he instantly knew by the vi
cious manner in which he kicked at his
attendant angel, who appeared in the
guise of a mulatto boy, with halter and
a black whip.
Began to get tired Of these second
hand disclosures, and wanted some of the
spirits to talk with me personally, but
they wouldn't come, and didn't seem to
desire the honor of my acquaintance, from
which | concluded that some malicious
enemy had preceded me to the other
world and given me bad character
among the ghostly inhabitants.
In this dilemma I. returned to Miss
jenkins. Miss Jenkins was glad to see
me, for my grandmother aunt desired
to make communication of the utmost
importance told Miss jenkins to tell my
grandmother's aunt to fire away ; then
Miss jenkins began to squirm and to act
as if she was suffering from violent at
tack of green apples, but after long time
the communication from my grandma
theirs aunt was made manifest. That ex-
cellent lady wished to say that if
valued my peace and comfort on earth,
if l wished for cabin passage to the
next, and hoped for bliss when l got
there, l must Immediately, without de-
lay, marry Miss Jenkins
| reflected, and concluded that I'd pre-
fer TO have hand in arranging my own
matters; so I told Miss jenkins that I'd
rather be excused, and that if it was all
the same oher, I'd marry somebody else.
l marry Miss jenkins ! If do, I'm