The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-01-17
From the coidwster Republican.
Excitement In Butler.

excitement in the townships Of Butler anc
Quincy, and one or more Of tho parties i'm
plicated have boen arrested and put upoi
examination at the latter place. At th'
time Of writing we have not learned tht
result Of the examination. A spirited in
dignalion meeting was held at Butler Cen
ter, and resolutions adopted expressing
sympathy FOR the bereavcd parents, snc
strong ccnsure upon those who were impli
Gated in the affair. The singular charac
ter Of the case has led us TO give publicity
to the circumstances before ascertanine
whether or not the parties arc TO be held
to trial
QuINcY, Jan. 5, 1860.
Mr.. EDIroR:-Will you please notice
the following:
pe'At the rcsid, nee Of their father Rev d. Lins.
day. 10 Butler Tyler, on the e6th of Dec 1852 nged
is years, and JoHS H., on the 27th. aged sa yesrs
On the 2sth the aged patents, whose
heads ere now silvercd DER with age, in
tered, in one grave, their two sons, and
how did our hearts throb with anguish,
when VIC head them excalms "Here is
TYLER the babe and the per, ard hero is
JonN, tho prop and staff Of our declining
years" This untimely bereavement has
called forth moro feeling than anything
that ever occurred in the town of Butler
or vicinity about. Although scenes Of
death are always attended by solcmnity
and gref, there is generally some feeling
of resignation; but in this case, the word
,of, npv -,
The cause Of which the reader will under.
stand from tho brief account given below
Of their short illness.
On Tuesday, the Goth ult.. l was called
upon by the venerable father to visit TYLER,
whom | found seriously i'll Of rncuronia
(ntlamation Of tho lungs.) After invest.
eating tho case rs closely as was capable,
l tounl very unfavorablc progrosis.-
After weighing the chances between life
and death in the balance of my mind, /
said to the father and friends, I thought
there was little or no hope of his recovery.
It, gave th,m grlcf mex PioooiL,~, ~ .,i"a
that after first examination | had no
hopc Of restoring their darling boy,-the
pet Of their age;-but sail to me, "do all
menced course of treatment rs thorough
and judicious as my skill could devise
watching over him most Of the time my
self, after the second time l saw him, but
all to no avail. On Sunday (Chri.tmas)
morning | said to tho friends, it was use.
less TO annoy him further with medicine;
he would die in few hours.
Soon after this, an array Of spiritualists
made their appearance, and learned, as l
suppose, that | had given up the case
They formed circle around him and COM
mcncod their manifestations" and sent to
Mo$cow for one BANsIL, whom they call
healing medium,-who arrived early in
tho evening and continued the mancuvor.
ing till the boy died-.aboat two o'lock
Monday morning.
About their msneuvering in this case |
have but little TO say. The dying boy
never realized what was being done. But
now for a dark,r picture, and TO give a
correct detail, / must 90 back TO the time
| visited TYLER the second time-which
was on Wednesday, the 2lst, the day sue.
ceedng my first visit-whcn found John
attacked with the disease, but not so vio.
lently;-onIy one lung being affected, and
good constitution to bear up under dis
case-which was not the case with TYLER;
he was always weakly, scrofulous child.
l then commenc course of treat
ment with john which gave me perfect
satisfaction in every respect until Sunday
evening, when l discovered that the opc.
rations Of the spiritualists, AMI the death
of his brother, was making quite an i'm
preston on his mind, I watched him
closely during the night-kept him as
quiet as possible till morning, when the
spirituaists left. then secured the ser
vices of very gool nurse, in whose care
left him tiI' evening, when | returned
and found everything had gone according
to my order, and my patient quite as com
fortvble as | expected. was seated at
his bed side and ilattering myself that in
a few days my patient would be attending
to his domestic duties when 10. the
demons in human form again made their
appearance and one of their number,
woman-or a being | supposed to be a
III suclt ShHlS
looms, claiming TO be under the influence,
and truly | think she was under very
evil influence, entered the room, and in n
boisterous manner commanded me to leave.
passed some words with her, but all to
no avail. There was no getting rid Of her
without rcsorting to violence. 1t was Of
no avail for tho venerable father to tell her
that | must not be abused in his house; it
only mado her more abusive. The aged
and heart. broken father then threw his
arms about my neck and wept like child.
Asked mo what he should do; said he was
never placed in so trying circumstances be.
fore. The woman was his daughter in
law, and her husband was pre- sent to back
her up in what he did not dare to do him
self. After stepping aside and conversing
with the old man some time, told him |
that l would leave for the time being, and
let the friends adjust the matter in their
own way, (somo being in favor Of spirit.
ualism, and somo in favor Of medicine. y
But little did think they were going TO
take the course with my patient they did.
As soon rs left, they took possession
Of my patient and commenced what, in
my humble opinion, was work Of death
to the young man. They raised win
dow and admitted all the cold air possible
into bis room; when ] had been very care