The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
A spiritualist Killed by Spirit Doctor


The Medina Orleans county, Tribune or this week,
has the following singular relation Of case which IL
illustrates modern spiritualism
We stated few weeks since that there was a society
OF Spirituasts' in sister town Of Yates and that
its members in the habit Of holding religious
meetings. convering and conuning with the spirits Of
departed friends, and otherwise enjoying the rights
privileges and pleasures which belonged them as So
cia and religious beings. This society embraces some
Of the most Intelligent and worthy citizens Of the town.
and its religious exercises characterized bv bece-
Ing order and decorum Yet to outsidcrs--apd espe-
cally to those who disposed to take worldly and
practical view of what they zee and hear-Sprt uam
10 some of Its phases appears strange and unaccount-
able II not downright ''wicked." case in point has
just been made to u.s.
One Of the Yates Spiritualists was taken seriously
Ill., lie had full faith In the medicinal skill of spirit
doctors, aud at once invoked assistance from that
The spirits prescribed aud the sick man swal-
lowed medicine according to ultra-mundamc pharma-
cology Yet he grew worse. Ills friends sent to Lock-
port for ''heaDg medium, and the sshealing medi.
UNI made haste to ask advice of spiritual pharma-
ccusists. Meanwhile tie disease mskng fearful
progress Some OF the friends Of the sick man. having
less faith in spirits and spiritual medicine Others
insisted upon calling in real ply vet abid
ing In the tabernacle of esand DIR. Whaley Of this
village, was sent for But before Dr. W the patient
his case had become utterly hopeless The disease,
which at first seemed to have the appearance OF peu
ri had fastened itself upon the BRAIN and the case
had passed beyond the reach of mortal skill The poor
man soon expired.
And now comes the strangest part of the story. The
1en0s OF the deceased could not bear give him up
The spirits were again consulted and information re-
csIved that tho dead could be rescued from the
thEa Of death and restored to his friends and to the
joys and sorrows of this mortal life Preparations were
Immediately made for the resurrection Hope was re-
Hndled in the boeoms Of mourning friends They be-
loved that the clay form before them would be reves
ted with vital power-that the heart though pausinr
In DEATH would resume itssuspened action and Ain
send the vital currents through their counties chan
nels, didusing life, warmth and energy throughout
every muscular member of tho stlIened coYpsc-that
the white lips would blush with return of warm blood
fresh nom its gushing fountanthat the pale cheeks
would show with rudy resurrection Of health-that
the dull leaden eyes would be rekinded with intei-
gence and anilnaion-that the tongue would wake
from its mortal silence and again articulate words
ireghted with thought joy and aecsionthat the paid
countenance, SO cold, 70 stern, rigid, under the
shadow OF death, would be terminated and AGAIN
ffeashed with the smiles OF worldly delight the
fncr, the husband the friend, the esteemed citizen
hough cold and silent, and rigid beneath the waters Of
mortality, would DO wholly restored life and health
snd again meet and greet and kiss his kindred as
tnough ne had never descended into the dark vale -,
Aias, what terrible suspense wife listening for
cords Of Affection from the pale dumb lips of the dead
children and k,ntred waiting for smile from features
~ cold clay Is necessary to state that nothing but
rfnel disappointment from this attempt at rc.ur-
rectionf The spirits Of departed saints were invoked
but death held his EMPIRE The corpse over which the
rites OF resurrection were performed was finally con-
'gned to the narrow house, and the friends Of the
departed have put the weeds of bereavement aud
sorrow, I