Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-15
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ST. YINCENT's CHURCH. /
N. LOUIS, Mo-, JuRe 2. 1877. !


Mrs. Adelia Mitchell
MADAM - Your favor of the 25th
reached me on the 3lst ult. / went to
Mobile, Ala and thence came to this
city. | hasten to reply at my earliest
convenience.
You credit me with having attended
Mrs. Julia Allen, your aunt and god.
mother, in her late illness. about the 10Th
OF April OF the current year, at Mobile,
Ala You are positivs she entrusted me
with a legacy for you. Good news are
always welcome. You are pleased to
state that The spirits, whose accredited
organ you are TO intelligent associates
OF Jefferson, grew weary Of my hardness
10 transmitting the bequest to its proper
destination. | am ever glad to see a
lonely lady having devote and true
friends. Choice as you hold the present
ones to be, | should wish them much
better. My m%inistrations to your aunt
and god.mother, my Withholding the
Legacy and the superior gallantry Of the
spirits in seeing justice done to a lady,
are, no doubt, public items iu the City Of
Jefferson, Texas. Allow me, therefore,
TO request you, madam, to read my reply
to your fellow members of Primary
Circle No. z, and such favored citizens
as may be present. | promise you not
to detfact one iota from the just merits
Of your gallant inlormers Of the spirit
World" yet | hope to establish the abb
sence Of the imputed neglect.
take pains in performing this duty,
not so much in my own defense, as to
caution you and others against eommu-
nieations from spirits in the future. You
will be slightly surprised TO learn that l
have not visited the city of Mobile, Ala,
since February, 1876. Belonging un.
Worthily to an order whose members are
required to be present, even in the
plague stricken chamber and hospital, to
administer the consultations of religion to
the sick and dying, is it probable | at
tended any one in Mobile about the 18th
Of April, 1912 Fortunately for my case,
have not led a very retired life for some
months past, greatly against my taste. |
have been collecting for a mission in
Alabama. This undertaking has forced
me before the charitable public during
that period, / have been in this city on
a second visit since the LIST of March,
and enjoying the hospitality Of the good
fathers of St. Vincent's Church since
the llth Of April. The sacred privilege
of attending the sick, and permission to
collect in this city, have been granted
me, and yet | can truthfully state | was
not fortunate enough to obtain, in the
months Of April and May, $3.50, the sum
which the spirits aver | received on an
April day ia Mobile. Thousands in this
city, like yourself, are in straiteued cir.
cumatances, and unable TO exercise the
charity tor which St Louis is proverbial
Pray, madam, ask the opirits II, like Rip
Van Wrinkle. they do not slumber too
long to testify correctly.
Do you remember the history Of the
first woman2 A willy spirit prevailed on
her to believe certain valuable gifts we're
withheld from her possession. You,
madam, are a descendant Of that woman,
and perhaps the identical spirit that re,
ports the details Of a Mobile event which
did not occur at all may be the willy one
who imposed on the credulity Of the
mother Of the human race.
OF this | am certain-the spirits with
whom the sensitive delieacy OF Southern
ladies and the respect for your aunt dc
not debar you from associating her sou
are not natives Of Mobile. They revea.
an offensive ignorance Of the precise
language aud eeclesiastical divisions o.
that ancient and refined city. They
made you address your letter Catholic
Cathedral, Mobile parish WHO has
ever heard OF but one cathedral in Nc
bile2 and what inhabitant Of that city
does not know Of the several parishel
therein2 In musical harmony with theil
style, the spirits might have added o
Mobile, situate on the west water o
the bay" | am inclined TO excuse theil
errors, as they are tutors only to a "pri
mary class" or circle (room) No. 2
l desire to plead for a light sentence
Of eensure on you. You are the medi
UNI Of the spirits and communicate onll
what they are pleased to reveal. Bot 70
your secretary, a gentleman with q man
mind and a mans heart, TO officially sab
scribe to the sad and sickening folly 0
your letter, / can offer no %exteRuatinI
!, circumstance. AM / justified in infer
ring from your own words, that you wer
formerly a Catholic2 Alas poor lady;
so, you have wandered far away Ipra.
our Heavenly Father you may speedil.
return and withdraw others from tn