The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-26
A STRANGE VISION.

The Mazatlan correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle says:
"A sensation of some Importance to the
Spiritualists here has excited the public
mind ever since the loss of the Inflated
steamer Continental. The sensation was
produced in this manner: A clairvoyant
physician, an American, who lately ar
rived in this city, and practises his profes-
sion here, had vision on the hight the
steamer was wrecked. In the vision he
saw an old woman, who appeared at his
bedside, and was evidently greatly affiict-
ed At first he was startled by the APP
partition or spirit, but soon Gained down,
and asked the ghost what was the cause
of her sorrow. She then wrote upon the
wall that the steamship Continental had
just foundered at sea, and that number
of passengers had persisted. The spirit
of the old lady, though not giving the
latitude and longitude where the disaster
occurred, was particular in stating that
the wreck took place off Cape st. Lucas.
Having relieved herself of this piece of
information, the apparition disappeared,
and the clairvoyant was left to cogitate
upon the marvel. Next morning the
doctor arose. and he was so strongly i'm
pressed with the strange and mysterious
event of the night, that he told many OF
his friends in private what he had seen
and heard. His friends could not keep
the secret, and so reports Of the wreck
spread rapidly through the city. AS
might be expected, great anxiety was
felt for the safety Of the passengers, and
every person who had relatives or friends
on board was wondering whether the
clairvoyant was right or wrong Such a
strong hold did the report take upon the
public mind, that the authorities had the
doctor arrested and fined him $25 as a
disturber of the peace and one possessed
of the devil. The spiritualists of this
city-and it must be known that spiritu
alism is making rapid progress among
the people of Mexico-were somewhat in
dignant at the arrest, but the authorities
needed no protest and exacted the fine
Precisely eight days after the events
news arrived from Cape st. Lucas, ola La
Paz, of the wreck of the Continental and
the news confirmed in every particular
the story of the clairvoyant. Now the
spiritualists are in high glee, and de
mand that tne doctor be paid back his
fine, and that honors be conferred upon
him, rather than that he should be igno-
miniously dealt with. The case is very
strange one, an0 continues to be subject
of absorbing interest to those who love
the mysterious and marvellous"
How MEAT is PRESERVED AT MONTE
VIDEo-At Monte Video, meat is now
preserved in large quantities for export,
by a process which is thus described A
pickle is made containing eighty five per
cent. of water, with hydrochloric acid,
glycerine, and bisulphite of soda, and in
this the meat cut into Jumps of from five
to fifty pounds weight, is soaked
for some days. When taken out, it is
busted over with dry bisulphite of soda,
and is closely packed in air tight boxes
in which it will keep sweet for years, and
can be rendered fit for use at any time by
soking in a bath of cold water in which
a small quantity of vinegar is mixed.
Patterson, NJ is terribly afflicted with
scarlet fever, which is carrying off victims in
all the wards and streets, and which has des-
olated whole families The particulars given
by the GuardidS are really distressing. The
disease has been diffused in all quarters, and
an alarming ignorance preYaIeu as 10 lIs con.
tagious character. Persons freely visited
families in which there were cases of disease,
and then returned to their own families, or
visited elsewhere, bringing everywhere with
them disease. School children ran around in
focks to see who was the last of their CON-
panions who had died. and how the body
looked. This practice is bad enough at any
time, but it is perfectly awful during such an
epidemic as this.
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A man we have heard of is SO short
that when he is i'll he don't know
whether he has headache or corns.