New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-24

mai th. was aI.o cctagonal. suppose, when this
sseer establishment is finished, that the spiritual
proprietor VIII eat from an eight-ssded dlsh' anu
Mt upon an eight-sded stcol, will die upon q"
eight sided bedstead and be buried IN on els.s
uded coffin in an eghts.ded grave. j csusHS
COMPOUNDED cold in looking at his toniooieii, 80
vandalism, and bowled With Pcdagrs 'oi h''
next night. N ,ou ,ba,
And. talking Of spirits, i must 'eh ~! N. nc
,pithin SIGHT Of my window 10 the famous "
tory where that modern seer, M JONI ~ c 49,
ad T. few years ago set up his machine LOT tlv
manufacture Of human beings py Pufee 'Pii i.,
inanenees-oDe ofthe most stupehdous Pccrs ci,hoi
Of knayery or folly SINCE the Gays VI Cou''' 'aeno
a. Tro,n y.hose superb gamm0n modern splflt-
w, can borrow great deal more without cx-
h.mst;ng the supply. have tired hard TO get
uEnn.s Of Mr. Spears wonderful magnetic inyen-
ton. which was quite intricate and costly-there
we're green geese enough IN the neIghborhood 70
nav the bs--but Il has been indignantly pitched
sut of sight and il now rusting IN the cellar OF
somebody, unwept and unhonOred The whole
performance was painfully silly: and book which
the prophet afterward put ou in its defense was
sheer nonsense, and very stupid nonsense INTO ID"
bargain. The ghosts have now been routed from
the Observhtory-that il, Mr.. Spear has taken his
whole menagerie 10 BOston-and somebody sells
the inevitable cakes and beer IN the consecratfd
building. Half Lynn has been III ogge' heads with
TINT the machine was just upon the point OF work
ING charmingly when il WIS abandoned, while the
.keptics laugh not over delcately at the whole
Affair | shall not be here then, but have engaged
. trusty persOn to give you instant Information
whenever the first sixpence Of Tom Neals money
IL turned up and whenever the first electrlcai oaDy
IL christened. wish that somebody -some Jung
Sitting OF Swedenborg-wOulde explain 10 US inc
connection between leather and mental activity;
This pretty little place, which should have nestled
suietly under the shelter Of its hills has been IN
n turmoil almost from its very foundation. In
1851 there was a game OF hsticuf1s between MI.
John Endicott of Salem Gin this vicinity and Mr.
Thomas Dexter Of Lynn, and Mr.. Dexter after
ward gave Samuel Hutchinson good beating. Mr..
Bachelor, no was the settled pastor, lapsed into
"irregularities in 1852, for which he was sum-
moned 10 Boston and admonshed. In 1853 the
irascible Thomas Dexter aforementioned was set
in the bilboes and fined flO for letting loose his
tongue against the magistrates. In 1886, Mr.
Bachelor above named having lusty, cOmely
woman TO wife solicited the chastity Of his neigh
boris, and was communicated This worthy
priest was then at the amorOns age of eighty.
When be was eighty nine he married third WIFE,
and in 1861 abscOnded TO England, where this new
Abraham took still fourth spouse, without wait
ing for No. TO die, and she pettioned the General
Court 10 be allowed to marry again. Know that
from this Mr. Stephen Bachelor was the Hon.
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good deal of trouble here, but finally managed 70
secure firm footing. In l64I, one Mary BOwd.
well created much fuss by contending that Chris
tians should have all things in common" What
Mistress Mary preached she also practiced, going
from house TO house and helping herself to what
ever she needed or fancied In 1913, Mr.. William
Witter created a tumult by cOntending that the
baptism of infants sinful. William, however,
subsequently retreated from this position, and
asked pardon of his fellow Christians in full con-
ventice. But am not writing history, and 50 let
ns make great skip. Here, about thirty years
ago was the Quaker excitement especially ram
pant, and here did the Hicksites and Orthodox most
furiously contend, each party committing absurdi-
ties numerous and not worth more mention Anti
Masonry also took the town by storm, and great
were the trials Of the craft in these parts. Then
came the rsppngs: and what will come next will
not pretend to fore,e The present vexed ques-
ton is whether Mr. John Il. Alley shall 90 10 Con-
grcss in the place Of Mr.. Tim. Davis. When this
IL settled, other troubles VIII ARISE, for town
more fecund Of feuds does not exist in the whole
world.
Lynn suffered with the rest OF the country dur
ing the recent crisis" but got sail well in before
the storm broke, and scudded under bare poles
with tolerable comfort. Customers abroad paid
up pretty Well for what they had, but show little
inclination TO run in debt again. The prospect OF
the Fall trade il slightly ceruean but for all that
every body seems busy-clicking, sewing and pack
ing. But most Of the work is sent into the coun-
tIy towns TO make up, and vast deal of this bus.
ness may be carried Oh quietly and IN small
space; so that the manufacture makes no hustle.
but the sun il setting, and Ihust take my
" constitutional before DARK upon the beach
Moreover, this being a strong Republican town.
the mail arrangements are of course just as bad as
possible, and unless pop this screed into the box
within Eve minutes, you may not see II until next
January. SMILES.