The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-09
lFor the Daily Empire
nrt, naVs without Food.

he was born In Rhode lsland-has worked
at the shocmaking business since he was
seventeen years of age-has lived In Day
ton tw~cuty-six years, and VIII be eighty
four years Of age on the 18th Of April.
That about seventeen years since he err
tlrely ceased the use Of tobacco and all
stimulating liquors, from n full conviction
that their use tended 10 supply and pre-
vent the development Of those finer feelings
Of his nature.
Some fourteen years since he commenced
the investigation Of modern spiritualism,
and become fully satisfied that spirits out
of the for mcould communicate with spirits
In the form. He became a medium and
| claims that he can converse with spirits as
readily and as intclligeutly as with indi-
viduals, lie says that during the past
winter he had much bodily suffering, but
was compelled to work all the time to sup
port his amily-bccoming discouraged, he
requested his guardian spirits to have his
body examined by some competent phy-
stefan of the spirit world of course and
let him know how soon the machine would
wear out. Ills request was complied with,
and he was informed that It would wear
out before the first of April. That he then
went to work to finish up his jobs and dis
pose of his tools, 60, which he completed
on the 10Th day of February on the 9th he
was attacked with a violent diarrhea, which
lasted two days, terminating with II chill,
with alkthe sensations to him of death, and
he was told by his guardian spirits tllatthis,
according to the usual laws of death, was
his natural physical death, and that all his
physical suffering was now over, any that
they had now taken possession of him to
test an experiment, to see how bong they
could sustain him with food furnished from
the atmosphere, but that the extension Of
DAYS beyond his natural life, should be days
of perfect happiness.
That the morning of the first of March he
took "A little tea with few crumbs ofbreadi IN
it, since which time, he has not eaten any
; thing whatever, aud has had no desire to.
> That he drinks Il couple of tumble~s of
4, water Il dayS That his bowels have been
perfectly quiet and easy, not having moved
u since the 2Sth of February. Hesayshe has
, four guardian spirits-two protect and sup
ply his demands by day and two by night
that they feed him with food extracted
u from the atmosphere, andthat he never used
food So delicious and grateful to the
- stomach aud bowels, as that given him by
-, the spirits.that the food which gives growtl
and volumn to the mighty forest, rs wei
as all other vegetable matter, comes almos
. ..t -. tI. N.,L v1art ,,VNEs,fr a.,
richness of that element In matcriality. We
many would deny these atmosphere
properties, because they are not visible t.
the naked eve, Notwithstanding the fact o
their existence being constantly demon
stratcd in n thousand different ways.
d In reply to n remark ! made, that h
lc might recover his appetite and live to
n much older age; he said that that was on
ID OF the question. That his guardian spirit
,o had distinctly told him (aUd they hal
ne never deceived HIM that his worldly Ia
as bours were at an cnd--and that he nevc
it would again rise from that bed, onl
he by the assistance of others, Says he Ina
NJ had no pain or even sensation of sickness
m since he had the chill, the last day
IN February, the time that should have bee
Id his natural death, is perfectly happy, col
nd verses freely and cheerfully with all VIII
r. converse with candor and intelligence, bl
,r. dislikest to b. annoyed with light and triflin
nm questions. Frequently becomes quite AM
as mated and speaks with a strong voice, an
.Iv will argue his propositions with grei
do clearness. lie says that his life has bee
,ot one of hard physical labor, trouble an
for poverty. and he thanks God for it, as til
hard life tended or rather forced him
rot greater depth of thought in the study
zee, those immutablc laws which govern mi
ne, and matter rs well as spirit, and by I'll
ant means enabled him to grasp great spiritu
truths, by which, when he leaves the bot
ity he will be able to take a position amonl
Iity the happy %intilegences ofthe fourth sphel
ltic Mr.. Brown then drew from n drawer ne
nen his bed the Dayton Chronicle, and wish
.ccs me to read the closing remarks of the &c
site tor on his situation, in which the cdi
says that Mr.. Brown's belief and sltuati
have been brought about by the workin
ere of the devil. This appeared to excite
ing old gentleman considerably, and he sp'
Tor with much animation and used some rat
the pointed sarcasm. lie said If it was
ers devil that was controlling and minister
unto him, he (the deYil) had been M
grossly slandered, and was not the terri
z. character represented, and that he cons
or cred this Chronicles devil n better indiN
utt. ual than the Chronicles GOd-not BET
cad rhan his God, hut better than the Chronic
God. But, said he, | don't wish you to
derstand that | have any bad feeling tow
the writer Of this Chronicle article, fC
rum have not. once had my feelings of !
nan, and revenge, but, under the divine In
oEe' ence of spirituality, or this Chronic
devil, they have all left me, and now
all mankind. But while love all, | i
not lost that charitable sensation of p
WIS and do pity this Chronicle editor for
Ignorance, and his extreme low animal
ture. The troubles, trials, and torture'
lom, will have TO endure, not by a devil, bu
the laws of u just God, before he vii
,ank, developed sufficiently to be able to C
and nreheud these great laws of spiritua