Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-06-27
For The narala.

And i came @ pass il the reign Of
Abraham, in the second month ofhis reign,
that much people were gathered together
on a Mount called "Bethlehem.' And there
came from a valley which lieth nigh unto
the rivera greet company, where there
were to be high and holy offices bestowed
upon those who could talk, aEG work with
the most untiring vigilance And oeheid,
tie inhabitants Of tie cities 81 Dostowa
and Belzmorum, said among themselves,
"Go to now, letus 60 up to this great gath
ering Of the people. and perchanee we may
obtain an Office, which viii maks us homer
able ID the eyes Of the inhabitants Of the
cities, and The bluffs round about;' anu
with one. accord they arose ia tbei might,
and came TO the place where the people
were assembled. And behold tbe strife
waxed warm, and the assaied every man
fattery and with promises saying. thou
shalt help me, aud verify, will do SO, and
much more for thee. And behold as they
talked one with another, it began to be ru-
mored among the people, that strange
spirits were in their midst, and they began
to say one to another, "We will 90 and
commune with the spirits, and Try what
manner Of spirits they are and as they
communed with the spirits they said as
with one voice, at Is good for us to COM
mune with these spirits for behold, do
they not mike us merry, and cause us 10
see ourselves, that we are great and mighty
men, and TIE like Of lis is not 70 80 found
ii all the region round about" And be-
hold, as they communed with the spirits,
they caused them to do many strange
things; and certain young man Of theil
company whose father had atoretime been
a medium for spirits, kindred 70 these,
came under fill control of tie spirits; and
behold al he crossed his legs aud braeed
himself with great tifmness il the mud, he
pointed to the multitude saying: "behold
and see how drunk those fellows are."--
And the inhabitants Of the cities Of Dog
town and Belzarorum would .sain have got
themselves back into their own cities; but
it came to pass that the ground, rrees, and
the fences began to move, and u reel in
mysterious manner, and the men wot not
which way to &c; and behold the Same
young man who had discovered that the
multitude were drunken, and that TIE trees,
Che ground and the fences were reelhlg, got
himself upon his horse. and behold The
horse was drunken, which caused the young
man to fall, and as he fell groundward no
caught tie horse by the ears, exclaiming
with Triumph, Didn't throw that horse
pretty And when they were come into
their own cities, a certain good man, who
had communed freely with the spirits,
got himself into his barn, where proyendel
was kept for cattle and horses, where the
spirits cast him down, and he did lie there
until the morning was come. And the
thing was nosed through all The region
round about, and the people said one to
another, "where now are those men who
came up from the cities Of Dogtown and
Bella Drum, dbehold they were not.---
And there was one standing, who cried
with loud voice sayiug--"0hl thou
cities Of Dogtown and Belzarorum, how is
thy glory departed--how are Thy mighty
ones fallen.
Truly "the fathers have eaten grapes
and the ohildren's tech are on edge
HopE ON AND EVER.