The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-04
THE LATEST SPIRITUAL EX-
PLOT

The LeavenwOrth Daily Times, of the
25th, contained long account of spir-
itual wedding alledged by prominent
spiritualtsts of that city to- have taken
place there Friday, June 25th, and on
which occasion the bride, groom and
other spirits appeared in materialized
form, expressively attired in the latest
earthly styles of this season, partoOk,
with the human persons present, of the
wedding supper, and then retired back
into the spiritualistic cabinet wherein
sat medium Mott, and were seen no more
To add to the absurdity of the account,
the bride is stated to be the daughter of
Col. Isaac Eaton, the well known Demo
cratic politician of Kansas, said daugh-
ter having died when an infant, some 30
years ago, but had reached the full
statue Of womanhoOd in the spirit land
and the groom is also stated to be the
son of eX- President Pierce, who the SOM
was accidentally killed when a small
boy, and has now also grown up to be a
Democratic voter in the spirit land. 1t
was very interesting affair, and as the
spirits said they had been married in the
spirit land just before accepting the in
vitation TO visit the brides father and re-
ceive u wedding entertainment from him,
their statement of course disapproves
the Saviour's assertion that ain heaven
there is neither marrying or giving in
marriage" The beauty of the whole
- hot II
ing spiritualists positively assert the en-
tire story to be correct, that the wedding,
naturalization, etc, actually took place,
and that they were there and saw and
heard all that is represented to have oc-
Cured. And now all the Leavenworth
spiritualists who were not invited to that
wonderful wedding, are mad, and bitter
ly, cruelty disappointed.
Col. Eaton received, froma certain me-
dunn named Mansfield, in New York,
full account of the wedding, how the
ladies were dressed, etc. 1t was through
the mediumship of this Mansfield he
first learned that his daughter was enjoy
ing the delights Of courtship with Ben
ME Pierce, and also Where the wedding
was to take place. The young lady for
some time teasingly refused to tell ''the
old man" about it, for fear he might
withhold his consent, but when she i'm
parted the information that her fortunes
were to be linked with the son of the
Colonels dear friend, Franklin Pierce,
the Colonel was oh, so happy. He tells
how he wrote his daughter several let
tiers, and publishes the answers. Mans
field even furnishes Col Eaton list of
many of the guests who were present at
the Wedding. They were all, with one
exception, staunch Democrats, including
ex-president Pierce and wife, ]. X. Polk
and wife, and many prominent Demo
cratic politicians. Strang to say, Ben.
Gale, late postmaster at Atchison, who
is said to have been distant relative of
the dear MARY Catherine" was the only
Republican who was honOred with an
invitation. 1t will be noted as u little
strange, among Col. Eaton's old acqualnt-
ances, and with some degree of sadness,
that George Washington was not guest
ut the wedding. Considering the init
mate relations that formerly existed be-
tween the Colonel and the father of his
country" the absence of the latter can
only be accounted for on the ground of
some stupid oversight, which must have
panied Col. Eaton terribly.
But, seriously, Is Ike Eaton getting
ready To join Conway