Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-01-20
S MiscsIia
A Darkcy's spirituaiisun.

DaEkcJts
Nerer having witnessed anything to pros
elyts us to the doctrine of S piritnalism. we
arenot prepared to vouch for the truthful
ness Of the experience as related by col
orsd gentleman. whom we CHANGED TO o.
vss hsas.-but will give the experience for
what Il is worth Oar reaiers may be-
lieve what Samuel says or may not. Just as
they please Should we ever witness 50
plAia manifestation as Samuel saws he did,
Ne shai. have our sceptieiSni removed
We give the story OF Samuel, rs nearly "a
we.csn, In the language used in treating il
TO tbs friend Joshua. which was verbatim,
IS follows:
<"Wsli. SAM says Joshua. what does
vou tink Oh IL ting dey call spiritzism and
sis meluins. fsstalions,. and all sich as dat
does yoa tink dare is troof in i. or not9"
WHY. JOSH" says Samuel. very eau
,iously. II is not Oh lie pinion Oh some ob
&c white folks or dat subject. tink dat
dsrs il troof in It. but Josh eli man spress
heSels On da; subject. and says he bleve
sriri< sestasieu am true, den de folks cherry
vhsr say. dat niger is crazy. So you see.
josh. dat / does not Ike TO spress myself.
or tell what has seen. till know who
is talkin' TO fast.''
"Da, is de fact, SAM replied Joshua.
for / hear Massa John say dat all 10 folks
l.: Makam is crazy about u spirit; but if
van spress yourself to dis Niger. afore Col
Beber tell II 10 nobody"
Den josh" rcsuuiesi Samuel, Il .oll
yoa my sperience ON the subjeet. Lam n
mejnsn myself. golly is for sartin. an
when You hear my sperience den You belief
IN spirits too. Now. Josh. / gwine 10 tell
you the troof. an what tell ron IL what
il sssn viii dees lie an heard Will dis mouf;
no. 10. mean via my ears Well. went
down he river swamp. ons night about tree
weeks ago, possum huntin'; dare was no.
body wild me. but dat dog you see dare. an
VIC troll DC biggest old possunl in de big
Eest Oh! black gum tree you cher seen IL
yoar born days. Well. links to myself,
g! has 70 Gu. dat tree down to get dat pos
snsa den Use gsvine home without de pos
sum for sartin. Well. I set down and tink
for q mint or two an scratch my head
Den. say to myself, now Ise gwins to
SOC eff dare is any troof in de ting dey call
spirits iestations. So goes up to lie tree
an stuck my axe. as hard as | could, an
left i: dare AMI stepped OF from de tree, and
sci: If dare is de spirit here Of any black
man Ga. is dead. what has ever been pos
sun hurtin' wid me. will tan'S him to
let INC know it BY cu.tin' down dis tree
say de same ting obcr tree times. an den
ksee de axe comm out OBJ de tree, an a
fore + could snuff my torch. away it was
-wine cutiin' like blazss. jes like sumbody;
Int / swear Josh. dare was not soul dare
bat me an de dog. % course l knowel
for troof it was a spirit. Ny dog raised
his bs.sels an growl, male him lie down
aa' hash, Bisne by, AFTER d. axe had cut
biz kcerf, it stop and set down. on de
groun. iss like when you stop to blow an
raks away de chips outcn de place OATS cut
wild vonr hand. you know. an de chips fall
out de place, but couldn't see no hand
nor nnffin.
We'll. warnt skeered BIT. / stood
dare an de axe stood dare Us: lsaaia' up
against nnfin. Tinks I. da. must be Bill
Caizxaln. what nsed to 30 wild me q pos
ssm hun.in' afors he died Sss |, Is dat
yon, Bill Chizznm? an when said dat.
down fell de axe on De groun. au' all the
srasi;n couil do it neber cut anoaer bit
Den knowed it was Bill. an he tink
swine to Ak him for the quarter dollar he
owed me when he die ar ne cut out for
true. / tel. you. Josh. 'lidn'. cotch dat
posun--no, Stree. bch-siis chile take de
axe an cut for home. sar;in. Row. Josh.
dar il sroef in De rpiri.izunn. for saItin. but
don't trsave dis ting to nobody. for / don't
want 10 man 70 say dis niger is crazy"