Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-01-11
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From the Boston Traveller. January s

From the Boston Traveller January5.
MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES OF A SPIRITUAL
IsT.-A gentleman, at present residing in this
city, related to US, yesterday, his experience of
the last eighteen months in this line, which
might form the groundwork of popular COM
edy Happening to gentleman possessed in
some respects of no inconsiderable brightness
OF intellect; one who has travelled and seen
much OF the world, who has good education,
a lucrative profession, and quite ambitious
withal, the history is one which enforces the
truth that man is good judge where his
own interest is concerned, or where the feel
ings are more strongly enlisted than the intel
lect.
The gentleman to whom we allude was in
troduced about year and half ago, at the
rooms of person in this city. whose name
has figured somewhat in connection with spir-
ituasm, and who, it is understood, moves in
good society, to a lady of pleasing address, fine
physical Development and a shrewd, intelli-
gent brain, though, as the sequel proved, sadly
deficient in the moral sense. The ady's hus-
band had deserted her and gone to Kansas,
and her history SO pathetic that the gen.
nleman became interested in her welfare The
"ldy herself was modest and rather coy, but
some of her gentlemen friends promoted the
acquaintance, which gradually grew more init
mate, until communications came from the
spirits recommending the parties to marry.
The number and the nature Of these commune
cations were too numerous and complicated to
be detailed here. Suffice it to say, they ulti-
mately came to believe themselves made for
each other, and were married. The hon.
eymoon went off joyously, the husband
was induced to make over several thou.
sand dollars worth of deeds and certificates to
the brides's father, while the happy couple
made the tour of the country. Soon the spir
its commenced throwing the lady into invoun-
tary frances They would seize her at the
dinnor tables of hotels and i'll the state rooms
of steamboats,, much to the modification OF
the husband and the alarms or wonder of the
company. Not unfrequently in the night,
when she was alone with her husband, she
would be suddenly eutranced, and on not a
few of these occasions, she belabored him
violently, scratching his face badly, pulling out
his hair, and otherwise inuring him. He was
compelled on these occasions to struggle with
her, and to keep deadly weapons away from
her at the peril of his life, and when he had
succeeded in obtaining the mastery, and had
her under control, she would come out Of the
trance, lamenting that she had thus treated
her dear husband, and declaring that she had
been wholly unconscious of her conduct.
During all this time the twain were con-
stantly receiving communications from the spir-
its, many of whom names well known to
fame, manifested strong interest in their
welfare One revealed to them that large
amount of treasure was buried at certain
point in the North river, on the estate of a
man who was named, and described the spot
and the scenery so exactly that when they
reached the place it was at once recognized
from the vision the gentleman had seen and
the description the spirits had given. The
owner OF the estate however, proved to
be a hard hearted and hard listed old
farmer, who ridcued the spirit revela-
tons, would not allow the parties to
make any search, and babe them begone. In
this dilemma, they had recourse again to spr-
itual communications. The spirits, in reply,
regretted the failure of their efforts, and coun-
seled the couple for the present to return home
to the gentleman's residence, and in the mean
time they would see what could be done for
Them After their return home, the night
visits of the spirits to the bride became moro
frequent. The gentleman, who is by profess
sion dentist, and has quite taste for anato-
my, surgery, and natural curiosities, had his
cabinet and his library terribly disarranged by
the frequent and violent visitations of the spir.
its. The lights would suddenly be extinguish-
ed, and portions of his skeletons and curiosites
be flying around the room in all directions, and
often, while he was re-lighting the lamp, some
OF the missiles would come in contact with his
head.
After while the spirits signified to this sim
gularly mated pair that they should go to
Texas, and something would turn up for their
benefit They obtained counsel from DIR.
Franklin, and legal advice from Daniel Web
ster and John G" Calhoun, though, unfortu-
uately, there was some conflict in the opinions
of Webster and Calhoun, which they explain
ed by sending communications to the effect
that they differed in their views in the spirit
world just as they did in this life They
accordingly went to Texas, the husband,
as usual, suffering much abuse at the hands
of his wife in her frances: On arriving
there, the lady gave out to some persons
that her husband was an abolitionst, and
he was placed in peril of whips, tar and
feathers, &C. They sought to drive the gen
tleman away and retain the lady, but she de-
termined still to follow the fortunes of her
husband, and they started on their return
home, the gentleman being utterly unconscious
that it was his wife who had got him into
trouble with the fire-eating pro-slavery men.
They got as far as far as New York, where
the gentleman declares he could endure the
violent treatment of his wife, and the bodily
peril in which it placed him, no longer, and
they agreed to separate, the gentleman receiv-
ing back from his father some of his deeds and
securities, and retiring from the partnership
with the loss Of several thousand dollars, and
a sadder if not wiser man. His wife, being
no doubt visited with some computations of
conscience, and feeling some compassion for
her deceived and abused lover, confessed be-
fore they parted, that she had imposed upon
him, and explained the mode of her operations
in deceiving him by Straightforward tricks,
writing with phosphorus, teigning frances, &C.
She explained to him all the mysteries but
one, namely, how room in which they were
was on two occasions suddenly darkened in
the bright light of day, without any visible
movement
The gentleman, notwithstanding his hard
fate, if we understand him rightly, does not
seem fully to have lost faith in spirtualism,
though he seems to think it may be of daboi-
cal origin We certainly would give more for
a sight of the heroine OF this ludicrous play
than we would for all the communications
which have ever emanated from the spiritual
circles.
CUPID IN CouRT.-Edmily JarS.-Mr. Key
mel, a German, carries on the BUSINESS of gild
ing, and has had in his employ man named
Oscar Crash youthful good looking and sim