The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-01

-" speech Is SILVER, ont silence Is
golden So we've heard say, and as
we hav'nt silvery voice, we thought
to keep still while and not say any
thing. So we looked on, and listened
and took items. But "never Bit
Of gold rewarded our silent heart,
waiting hands or empty pockets.
The nearest approach to anything of
the kind was the sight of various
pinchbeck ornaments adjoining { y
the person Of several of our young
lady friends. Well, we have been
silently using our ears and eyes, and
we have heard our humble self criti
cized, eulogized, catechized, and dog
matted, and seen the aristocratic
olfactories Of the creme dc Ia creme of
our town elevated to such height
that we begin t. think we must be a
fool, or else don't know anything, or
what we have said mas reached vul-
nerable spot in the pride and sensi-
bilities of some of our worthy neigh
bors. Being unable to determine
which. we have concluded to go right
on in the even tenor of our way
without regard to the dogmatic basso,
the criticizing alto or the appreciatiye
air, that encounter US. The tenor
cleft is the highest and clcarest, if it
has no other advantage.
We heard something else, too,
while we were listening and looking
We heard the ADVERTISER lauded
pretty highly. Heard good many
remarks like this: "The Upton AID
User is getting to be splendid
paper" or " The ADVERTISER is i'm
proving wonderfully or "it is the
best home paper we havc;' which
shows that our neighbors around have
. lively appreciation Of merit and
worth wherever found. But not q
word Of this from one of our Inland
ers, mind you; they are mum on the
subject, though Of course they know
il is SO.
We have been having a series of
meetings, conducted in very able
and interesting manner by our be-
loved pastor, l.. r. Bosch. We
really found i, good to keep still and
listen to his rich and eloquent SER
mons.
We had almost forgotten it was
Leap Year until we were reminded
Of it the other night by a little Incl
dent that occurred after the close OF
the services. A nice young lady
stepped up and accepted the arm of a
nice young man just as he was leaving
church, before he offered it. May be
the gentlemen think Leap year good
time to begin to assert their rights.
| II women have their rights, we're
afraid men's rights will be, nowhere.
They had quite a spirited time
down at Inland Centre the other
night in their Literary Society, we
hear. The members, or a part Of
them, formed circle around the
teachers table and awaited with IN
wearying patience the manifestations
of the spirits. They pretended not
to believe in spiritualism, however
just trying the strength Of their mag
netism. After waiting near two
hours they were amply, and we sup
pose, satisfactorily rewarded, by .
magnificent display Of power Of
mesmcrism, or whatever 1t may be
termed; if it were spirits, there mus
have been an army Of them, for thu
way that solid old table, held dow
by so many pairs Of hands, danced
about was a caution to unbelicvers
If it were only animal magnetism
some of the circle surely possessed
this subtle influence to Remarkable
degree, equal in intensity to six
horse power and exercised rathe
injudiciously in converse directions
as the poor rent, i'll used table bear
ample evidence. A certain younl
; man dropped in to look on and wa
sitting very comfortably by .,a stove
When the unseen influence Of spirit
: began to exercise him powerfully
> cutting him spiritually to sleep sewers
|. times, aud once serving him rather
} Yankee trick. After soothing him
: sleep by gently swaying him kae
and forth, the cruel spirits let hi
fall forward carefully till his fnge