The New York herald., 1874-10-26
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to dematerialize myself, and have possessed the
power since my birth. Before being able to talk
with men and women spirits were my famliars,
and my essence sported with them in the air
while my body lay in the cradle These
excursions into the unknown were gradu-
ally extended as L was carefully guided by
familiar, and grew TO know all space and its in
habitants. When became a man took up the
profession OF journalism. Therein had time and
scope to enjoy my faculties to the full; and in
that profession l acquired an inquisitiveness,
desire for information, that tinctured my
inmost spirit Therefore, on my excursions
into the space which envelops the planets,
Isought to learn everything, to know the beings
that inhabt the planets as well as the risky
sprites VINO roam ceaselessly l would write a
book to tell all know, but that remember An
drew Jackson Davis treatment by the world. He
has but part OF my knowledge. How then would
an "ower true tale" from me be treated ? "Lu-
Macy" '1unatic,n would be the contemptuous
words with which my book and would be dis
missed by the reviewers. Well tney would
be right unknowingy. Lunacy Is one OF my affec-
tions. In my spiritual niahts l have explored
every planet and have learned the inhabitants
and the aspects of each. know them ALL yet
since first went to the moon my heart has re-
times to return to that planet. which
Is not drear to me but is rendered
joyous by the hospitality Of the wondrous
being who is known on the earth as the "Man
in the Moon" 1t Is beyond my power TO describe
him accurately. If you will remember Mliton's
suggestions as to the height and physique or
Satan, you will conjure up semblance TO
the body of 'the Man." But his face
is the feature that captivated me at
| first, while the hearty way that he used me
chained my affections to him. 1t Is face
round and rosy. For centuries SOL warm-hearted,
hot-headed Sol, has been trying to nebriate the
"Man in the Moon" with the wine of light. he has
| even drenched him with Is; yet the only evidence
that Mana, the proper name OF the Man in the
| Moon, gives OF being wine-pbber Is In his face.
| The features OF that dial-ike countenance are
| not according to earthly ideas OF beauty. The
| nose is bridgeess and sunken at the GEN.
tre, so that it's end is tp-tilted, and
its nostrils very wide The eyes look
out from Sits, like orifces; the mouth as long
breach in the dial; and the ears might be useful
on earth for windmill sails. Yet for all these
| things love the .Man in the Moon" My latest
visit was paid to the moon last night. was cor
daily received by the Man. whose face is again
| splendidly ilumined. said to him, "What were
| your feelings last nightS Undoubtedly you were
much put CUT but were you angry at the
! earth ?"
MAN IN THE MooN-Well, though l have been
| eclipsed often before, can never be calm under
| the punishment. l need light at all times. lend
much to the earth, and SO feel all the more sor-
rowful when that planet ungratefully oeprIves me
! OF Illumination. It's kind of ''dog in the man.
| ger' proceeding. The earth don't get the
light Of which it derrves me, and it only
| acts toward me Just as ! have often
/ u1n
pect that what you call evil earth is not the
men, but in their planet that 1t has vents in cer-
| tain places which can't see from here and that
| the men who live or are born over these outlets
| are the worst.
! REpoRTER-By the way you can see everything
| that men do on earthY
| MAN IN THE MooN-Yes, almost every thing.
/ take great interest in them And here is another
| reason for me to get mad at an eclipse. / can't
see through the shadow to amuse myself with
mems doings Men do q great many things
| before me that they wouldn't DO before
| SOL He's a good fellow, but he let's out
| too much. Everybody likes me. Down In
| New York last night all the people were praying
| and waiting Tor me to come out all right. Why
they oil had their glasses turned toward me. /
know it, for when came out OF the shadow they
all took last look, and, slapping each other on
the back. they went capering home.
1 REpoRTER-You must have seen some strange
| sights. Would YOU
THE MAN IN THE MOON interrupted me by say
! ing:-Yes I've seen strange doings on earth.
don't blab, but I'll tell you something about your
State politics. The funniest fight have ever seen
| is going on in New YORK. know all about it, and
the prize fought for is the Presidency. look long
enough into the window OF both Dix and Tiiden.
and what do see? Why, in one room sits Dix
| trying to study Latin, or improve his trans
| lation OF the "Dies IrG," but all the time his
fingers are tracing the shape OF the White House
| on the paper. Tilden sits writing a letter TO the
secretary OF a local committee, but every once In
q while his pen slips, and before he gets command
| OF 1t again 1t makes q series OF lines that ac-
curately show the route OF Pennsylvania ave.
nue. and the outlines or the Presidential grounds.
| But the funniest figure In this connection Is
that OF Myron II. Clark. Why, he has
In his library q lay figure, holding out a wooden
| goblet in one hand and a pipe in the other, and
crowned with an old white hat. he has it labelled
| "a typical gin-seller," and every night soon
he enters the room, he strikes out at 1t. First,
he hits 1t under the chin, and before 10 falls he
catches it and gets in two or three more
blows. Then he nops all around the room
with the figure, always keeping 1t under
| him. Well, It's just the funniest sight
i've ever seen. Myroa's In earnest every time he
| hits. I'D pit him against Homer Lane as wrest-
ler for that gnseller's symbol is the trckiest Jay
! figure that ever was made.
| REPoRrEE-well going from state to national
poltics-what do you think Of the third-term ques-
tonf
| MAN IN THE MooN-Why, what's thatf | guess
I've never seen anything aoout that
/ REPORTER, (pltyingly) Don't you know that
! President Grant wants to be re.electedp
| MAN IN THE M0oN.-WelI, l want to knowl tBy
the way, learned that phrase from Southerners
| WHO have gone through the moonJ never could