New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-27
Sleepy Eye Correspondence.
SLEEPY EVE Feb. o3d. 1873.

SLEEPY EYE, Feb. 23d. 1873.
Editor REv1Ew:-ln my last communication,
spoke OF Il conversation that had with Sleepy Eye
and Little Crow i'll their tlisemboded forms. No.
body doubts my medlumistic powers. can grapple
successfully with any spirit and hold him at my
will. And we hope that our Sleepy Eye friend will
not overlook our superior gifts, but test them both
practically and scientifically. Your praises will
not puff us up with enlargement, and as to your
maledlctlons am confident that you will be spar
ing after giving my powers thorough trial. l
anl sure a large field opens for my profession in
Sleepy Eye, one that must command the patronage
OF our scientific men. We invite the doctors, who
sometimes doubt snch thing;,s spir .t-realm to
our nightly seances, and will prove to them con-
clusively and scientifically, beyond all question,
that such realm does exist. We urge all pro.es-
sional men to give US call, and we will demon
strate mathenatically that we can control spirits
by holding converse through any spirit that they
may name. Now this challenge to an investigation
should meet With ready ac4uiescence. To give
you another test of my powers will give i'll brief
a conversation between the and that p.g so uncere-
moniously dispatched by the cars last Sunday
morning. The testimony is reliable; from it we
ueiluce the conclusion that spirit testimony is en-
titled respectable creence, even though it be the
spirit of a pg Last sunday morning lay on the
track, summing myself. supposed that had I'M
questioned liberty allotted to that day; that
my life was safe; that even on the railway track l
had no thought that an engine labOring under a
paroxysm oflocomotion would dare to deprive me
oil liberty and the pursuit of happiness: but it did
commit egregiOus blunder, when, in the oStent;
tious display ofairs, it invaded my bounds and
made mECe-fneal OF me. Il nau amDGlOn TO live,
and was entitled to food and exercise and supposed
that life safe, but find that even in these days
Of civilization pig has no rights which impos-
ing locomotive is bound to respect. Being in my
spirit kingdon and under the influence of higher
type OF progressive development, my rights are re-
| spected, and not even shreWd and cunning en-
gine- driver can divest me OF them. The spirit of
Sleepy Eye visits often and tells me that loco
motives uncertain things and anything but leni-
Tent towards porkers, as to give them fair
chance FOR li;c shall continually haunt that en-
gineer and be of terror to him long as he
handles the THROTTLE amt satisfied with my pres
lent spkit existence which secures comtortat lie
Irving and guards my rights and liberties.-Under
these Circumstances, the engine is the quickest
mode OF translation to the spirit-land even for a
pig.
I We had supposed that we were going to have a
printing press. The thing has been usider discuss
\ sion for some time. 1t was largely rumored on
the street that the first issue would be printed last
week. But fear that the paper has gone by de.
4 fault. Who will do the putting now?
we are informed that a committee OF scientifc
men were appointed to investigate the late rap.
pings outside of Sleepy Eye, but the Investigation
| did notcome OFF. We are glad that our people arr
" liking up to the fact that there are spirits thai
these spirits communicate by Yappings, and that il
is possible to know what is going on in the regions
1 above Sleepy Eye. If we can't get the pFintin,
office, we propose to try the spirits.