Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-22
For the Telegraph.
anirituAlIsm and Potatoe Rot.


my mind so mixed up like as though had been
twirled around a cylinder at the rate Of sixty
revolutions minute. want your readers to
have the benefit Of an article that reads straight
along
There is such striking resemblance in the
two phenomena at the head Of this article, that
they seem to be classified naturally. It is both
amusing and Instructive to hear scientific men
and practical farmers celebrating reasons Tor the
cause and origin of the potatoe rot.
| heard thorough going farmer remark the
other day, that it would not do to plant pota-
toes in a swamp for they would certainly rot
Now if any person will drain muck-swamp
dry, plant it to potatoes in season, and tend it
well, will warrant good crop aud will pay
S. a bushel for all the rotten potatoes, If they
will take common care in housing them. A
writer in the Telegraph says that warm and
wei weather will rot potatoes. That may be
so, but does he know that potatoes brought
from where they are perfectly sound, to locale
ties when they were roting, would rot down in
few hours, whilst those left, remained good.
What has heat or moisture to do in this case.
As to Spirtualism, many grave and learned
dvnes say that the manifestations are clearly
the marks Of the Devil. Not your devil, L
think, for rather like him, but don't theirs.
Nor did quite like the lightness with which you
treated the experience Of the widower, but l
will speak of that pres sntly.
Let me relate some Of my own experience
A spirit, claiming to be that of an Irish girl,
among other physical demonstrations seemed
disposed to rock certain sottee. A very pious
old lady, but skeptic by the way took her
seat on the settee. The way Anu rocked con-
viction into the old lady, was caution. Don't
don't, Ann, am an old woman, you will GER
tlinly throw me off.
Well as soon as the old lady made con-
fesson of faith, Ann let her off Would that
the affair had stopped here; but no, had the
temerity to take a seat telling Ann that had
always rocked the settee when kept company,
but would prefer to have her do it now. Well
the old thing started of rather rapid, but the
momentum increased. hooked my feet under
the settee and took death grasp of the top Of
it, and away l went only little hsteF. l
could not plead old age, or inGrmities. Ann
seemed to understand that, too. l thought |
was clean done for but stuck like tick to
houn's ear, until Ann in mercy, let me Off but
so severe was that discipline, that except to
carry kind of rocking sensation with me through
life.
Now do you think was convinced Well,
was, of one thing, and that was, that all the
spirits of all the Irish girls " in the body or
out OF the body" or in paradise, could never
have rocked that settee at that rate. l
don't know but our friend DR.. RICHMOND
could tell how it was done He made up
about half or rather large book for that pnr-
pose, but never could see the reason, though
the Doctors particular fort is not in condens-
ing you know.
am sorry said anything about the Doctor.
l should not fancy him after me with a sharp
quill, but guess he want know who am.
But that manifestation made to the widnwer
by the spirit of his wife, through living la
DIV medium with her arms around his neck and
her ruby lips on his cheeks, aye under the press
ure of such irresistible evidence, conviction
would seem natural, and should say believe
help. OLD AMERICA
The foregoing communication was handed us
by frisky widower friend, whose pacidily
mind seems to have ben very much disturbed
by little article we published short time
ago, in reference to the circumstance of gen
teman, believer in spiritualism we suppose,
whose social condition was very much like hi,
own, aud who was visited by the spirit of his
deceased wife, in the body of warm, living,
real subject. and in the old familiar manner OF
former life, smothering him with caresses. Ii
we have any lady-especalIy widow friends
who are in the market, they are requested to
leave their cards at this Office.
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