The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-06
CONVINCED.

CONVINCED.
A resident of this county recently re-
ceived u letter from brother in Cali
fornia, and the letter has been placed
in our hands to give the contents if We
see fit. After referring to his sister
Viola, he nays:
She is in spirit life it is true, but new
ertheleSS | converse with her twice q
week. This will seem like strange
words coming from me, but Mt the same
time, it is every word true rs am
speaking it. She can come to me and
does and is delighted to do so, for by so
doing she c;sn direct me about my daily
av0catiOns and directs the what to do
with little Carlos. Size has met her
sister Ann and daughter. They are
happy and Ida Is a beautiful girl. Sho
comes to ME through trance medium
that never knew me or her either and
does not now only as visitor and new.
er knows what Viola has said to me
unless I tell her afterwards. Now, l
do not want you to think that 1 am
crazy, for am not. Neither am
deceived as to the realty of what
lave told you. She came buck
to me Just as she went away. that is to
say, through the last struggles Of
death. She comes to me now mucl,
easier than 1T first and will improve as
she gets strength. This is her own
language.) She says that she never be-
lieved in the return of spirit before she
went away, hut that had m idea of
it, which is 50, and her coming IS posi-
tive proof to me, no matter what the
world may say about spiritual return.
From the pulpit and platform we
constantly hear the man who
dares to follow lis own convictions Of
what is right and true, even il unpop-
ular, Landed to the skies rs \ hero, and
the sentiment always receives the
hearty approval Of hearers, yet if this
ideal hero happens to live in their own
neighbOrlloOd, speakers and hearers
unite in taboOing him, and pointing
him out rs a dangerous man. AS an
abstraction, the proposition to them
is all right, as concrete fact it is all
wrOng.-I.emars Sentinel.
You know Christ said that prophet
was aonorel save in his own country.
lie could not do many wonderful works
near home because Of their unbelief.
Wendell Phillips says that Chas. Sum-
ner was tabooed by Boston ''society."
That is. he Was not invited to the tea
parties and dances of the mercantile
class who wanted Southern trade AMI
who must ''let slavery alone'' in order
to get that trade. Horace Greeley was
not considered ''gentleman" in New
York society, and was generally left
out. Boil, lie and Sumner had to as
sociate with such people as the Long
fellows, 1lolmeses, Careys, Stewards,
11ales, Wilson's, Beechers, Stoves,
Whittiers, Mncrofts, Irvings, Ever
etts, etc. 1t must have been a great
grief to them to Ike deprived of the So
ciety Of what Willis called the FIFTH
Avenoodles." You see, people who
haven't mucl, brains nor character to
run on, have to he careful about the
company they keep.
SIOUX CITY s. ST PAUL RAILROAD
LANDS DECLARED NOT TAXABLE.
In the case Of the Sioux City & St. p.
II. Il. Co against OSceol;. county, the
Supreme Court has rendered Il decision
declaring that the lands of that Com
pany were not taxable until certified by
the Governor. We find the following
digest Of the decision in the Western