The Worthington advance., 1878-10-10

NElILGEApIAS AND sATANpHONES
Stop him! Arrest him OF mob him for
he is leading the world astray and ru-
ining the soils of men. He's a wizard
in league with the devil, and his Won
derful inventions are all the "wofks
Of the devil" lie is finding ont things
which no man could find out without
the aid Of the devil, for you know, OH
priestly authority, that God don't al
low his creatures to have knowledge,
for That is dangerous to the church.
Therefore the devil goes about like 4
roaring lion putting knowledge into
the world and this man Edison is one
Of his s!larpcst and wilcst agents.
He's another Gutenberg aud Faust,
bringing such deyil-born inventions as
the printing press into the world to the
everlasting hurt Of the true church and
the priests support. Take this man to
*alem. Mass, and have him burned for
witcllcrart. o, Tor the good old days
when there was some life in religious
people, when the man who dared to do
anything without the consent of the
ruling higots, could be hustled to the
scailold or the stake. Then we could
rid TIE world Of these pestilcnt E,lisons
who are srcll excellent channels for the
works Of the devil =" to flow in among
mankind. just as sure as you live
this fellow will invent a machine for
Undertaking. spirits and will have tel
c:,raph lines from here to Heaven and
ll-hades, and messages flashing back
and forth between angels and men, and
newspapers giving associate press &C.
sp"tc from the spirit world, and
lIarpcr's weeklies giving regular pict-
lrcs Of tie scenes and sceuery in the
Summcrland, such as s. Spirit Residence
of the late Horace Greeley "and "IIome
Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, in
Angc]-town, OH the banks of the new
: river ]ordan,' 'etc. All this and more,
will be accomplished by this willy agent
Of the devil, unless the churches can
somehow combine to suppress him.
Shall we let him go on? we who have
the interests OF immortal souls, the cx-
istcnce Of the churcl, and the support
OF the pric:tli cod at stake? No; "a hur-
drctl times, no! Let his internal and
di;ibulical contriyanccs, apparatuses,
rat-tral@, phonomachimcs, etc., be talk
Ell to Tic public square and burned,
and i.uison himself dlnylc from 4 gall
lows us high as lIuman's above the
smoking ruins Of his Devilgrap!s and
tanl'hones. Thus shall the purifying
clement fire rld the earth Of these
''Works Of tl:e devil"
But to come to facts, here is what
The Capital, published at Washington,
Says about <iiSoN's next invention:
AIr. pulsiftr seems to have had al,
iNtpl1 itW with the great inventor
W'i,'h t;lrow, $. i'll another light on the
rtn;,rk;lllu genius of the Wonderful
.A!nc-;vul. Tuin Riclltson Of school
board ;;l> ,siucl;cy and lead Of oil works
hutoritty, aud Mr.. Pulsifcr something
similar, are both mclmlt Is of the st.
Louis Telephone Exchange. Richie
sons telephone is ii, 4 closet, and few
days ago lie WIS telling Pulsi'cr OF a
curious trl,p,ionic dream, wherein
pul'ifrr had " called him on the cir
cult. and he had gotten up to answer.
BY :" side of the clrStt was II mirror.
WHICH the tclci'l,onic ltichcson faced
T.; lie !''i his car 10 tic Instrument.
"E:.;.ul,.' :;;li;ltllc enthusiastic Rich
;%u., ",,* listened to- the voice from
NE Instrument Iulsi}tr's face, clcal
;;!il Il 'Htinct. his lis moving as ii,
>;:tr"'', ",':";red in the mirror. It was
i.,-'.;r u:;;l s!:;tling, and though |
W.,i Il: scared rs il rohiny 1T my lrini'>
.,3..:;>'. yet it flashed on me ut once that
! A!T. E'l;sAn &!:u;;lI j" told that dream. .
~ ~ :'o::lnr l;nl E,'ison arrived in
II. Louis thai E:chcSon ttIs him lis
t''E'r',on;.' slrcnu-a dream. by the way
Is Wn "'rrful III most as liichter's.
l,.l..;un listened with the patience
AID com" sure OF one accustomed to bt
E;Htin'tZ' Il ca ;li!ecl>tcs, and when tho
'|"tAm VIZ, finished. said the great in
ii'nt"! '::i;"t'y: IL have been working
on K f,r six MONTHS"
IL" aid }.r :On}tl send waves of snilnC
and ;la.:t through the telephone. and i:
:oW experimenting Oh waves Of light
And, he continued, before Il yra
I will E:"..:' YOU see q Mun a thouS;.l.,
mike; ;:Way.'