The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-03
\ Weddin: in High Life.

correspondence ia submitted, consisting OF
letters from the dead child to her living
father and replies. The Colonel in the
beginning Of the correspondence is anxious
to know Ii his daus shfer, Sarah Catharine,
ia engaged TO some young angel man."
The young lady, after the fashion Ct
young ladies, il rather shy OF making
the confession; she remarks that il ia mot
quite time 10 bring him into the family"
Colonel Eaton in his anxiety to receive IN
formation gets up and writes a letter at
five o'clock in the morning, whereat his
daughter in her reply "by due course OF
mail, We use Col. E,ton's own Language,
demonstrates with him about getting her
ont 80 early, snd says he will know all
about the engagement when he gets into
his office at Washington. 1t appears, how
ever, that even a spirit cannot tell what
Democratic House will do, and the Col onel
did not get his Cftice. His daughter says
il ia all for the best, and reveals the i'm
portant secret at last, that she is TO be mar
ried to no less a person than the son of
"Frinklin Pierce, once President of the
United States" and adds "Tell mother I
have the incest intended in all my sphere"
Col. Eaton, like an afiectiona,e father,
gives bis consent to the marriage,
aud begs to be informed when the
wedding is 10 come off Here hitch &C.
ours, there ia no shopping TO do she says,
but 'Bennie" wanted to keep num-" he
gave way, however, as prospective BRIDE
grooms are apt to. and she names the day,
June 20, 1879, the ceremony TO begin at Il
a. m and continue till 2p. m. This an
nouncement was made march 23d, 1875, and
Col Eaton ct down and wrote immedi-
ately to Emanuel Swedenborg asking him
TO officiate. Swedenborg kindly replied, 81
am booked to perform that ceremony" Col.
Eston also wrote to Rev. David Powell,
formerly of Ohio, but for the last thirty five
years OF the spirit world, asking him TO be
on hand. Rev. Mr.. Powell cheerfully ac-
accepted the inviIation. Miss Eaton about
this time visited Leavenworth. More cor
respondence snsued among all the parties,
especially with Swedenborg, who appears
to be gallant old gentleman, and Gays; 81
hsve Just met your daughter and Aunty
Jewe't on their usual rambles among
the flowers and shrubbery. The young
Miss WAS looking chsrmingly." This end
ed the correspondence for the time. On the
20th inst, two persons from Missouri
named Mott and ID ,oley, came 10 Leaven-
worth. and cabinet being arranged in Col.
Eaton's psrlor, the wedding feast was
spread, chairs being reeerved Tor Mr. ard
Mrs Pierce, and then the guests, Col. H..
D. Macksy, of Leavenwortn, and few
Others, went up, and looked in the cabinet,
and saw b nj. Fierce and Sarah Catherine
Eaton. The bride wore, according to some
accounts, white dress; the groom had on
the conventional swallow tail, white vest,
etc. After receiving the congratulations of
their friends they departed on their we'd
ding tour in the spirit land.
Since the wedding Col. Eaton has re-
ceised circums,antial evidence of the
affiir from DR. Mansfield, medium in
New York The Doctor saw ii spiritu-
ally, and represents it as very
select affair. The Mrs. Pierce he saw
wore a dress Of mile green" not white, as
seen at Leavenworth. A very large party
was present. including the two Wesleys,
John and Chsries DIR. Manstild gives a
list of the guests. and il is a singular fact
that all the politicians present, or persons
whose politics were known to us when
alive, were Democrats. But one known
Republican, the late Major Bep Gale, Of
this city, il on the list of the invited. This
shows that party spirit is KEEP; mp on the
"other side" and this fact coupled with the
statement that Col. Eaton made TO gen.
tiemsn in this city, that whisky is used in
the "summer laud," gives Democracy the
comforting assurance that their party, even
if it peters oul" in this world, will he in
full force and effect IN that bourne from
whence it would appear. iudgirg by this
singular story, that travellers frequently re-
turn.
The Kind Of Faith that Moves Noun
Gains.
kansas City MALL
There is no accounting for The vsgarie.
of human belief. Men credited with
superior culture and we'll balanced minds,
like Judge Edmuuds and the School Super
intendent of New York City, have become
belize ers in splrituaIistic pretensions which
the great body of their contemporaries
have regarded as humbugs too transparent
to impose on any sane perron. AT the house
of Col. Isaac Eaton in Leavenworth the
other dAv there was regular wedding
banquet, to celebrate the marrisge in spirit
land of his infant daughter, who died many
years ago, with the sou OF President Pierce.
The bride and groom houored the occasion
with their msterialized presepce, were seen
and conversed with through a hole in
the door Of a darkened pantry, and
quite plumber Of departed spirits. includ-
ing Ex-Gov Shannon, accompanied them.
The performances were conducted by Mott,
of Memphis, No, and the living guests and
witnesses have not the slightest doubt of
the absolute realistic verify Of the whole
thing. If the persons endowed with this su-
perna;ural credulity are sace, then all
mankind but very small element are in
sane, and the human intellect is a delusion
and q snare. mere ignis fatUus to lead us
astray and deceive us in regard to the real
ities of life. Lsst fall and winter Col.
Eaton was profoundly convinced by spirit
messages that Phelps would be elected Sem
ator in Missouri, but no amount Of rational
refutation can shake the faith of believer
in modern miracles.
Actually Believed 1t.
IHiawatha SUM-
Wednesdays Leavenwortb TINES con-
tains a lengthy account of the spirit mar
riage ofa daughter Of Col. Eaton, who
died about thirty years ago, with the son OF
Franklin Pierce, who also died about the
same time. 1t was . graphic scene accord
ing to The TINES account, and many who
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