Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-09-25
SPIRITUALISN.

"Spiritualism is not running to seed
is not an exploded fraud, and there Is
something in it whether You believe it
or not. Just because you do not hap
pen to indorsc a thing, is it bound to be
false OF that account? hate such men
as you are; you stand in the way OF
progress; you would imprison the men
who say the earth moves if you could.
Il have been forty years a spiritual
ist and have seen and heard things
st anger than are dream, of in your
narrow philosophy, which makes man
clod, and says that there is nothing in
the blue air and space. What good
has ever come of it! PLENTY Of good.
can give you just one instance out Of
many which have come under my own
observation. During the winter of 1871
there lived few blocks from me 4
young man who was confidential clerk
in one OF the leading firms OH Main
street.
'One day as he sat at his desk his ann
commenced to tremble violently. 1t
was broad daylight, and the house was
crowded with customers. Mr.. Jamison,
that is not his name, but it will do
was making out bill, and not knowing
what was the matter Che had never seen
any spiritualistic manifestations he en-
deaYored TO 90 on writing. But instead
Of tracing on the paper 3OSO pounds
clear sides at 14c, the pen wrote, Go
to No. $50 Biddle street without fail.
lie turned white as a sheet, but made n
strong effort TO regain his selt-poSsesslon
and went on writing. Again the pen
traced the same sentence. lie tore the
paper into shreds and took o new bill
head.
"A third time the sentence was trac
ed, and he become so agtated that his
employer took notice of it, aud asked
HIM the cause. He pleaded sickness,
and crumpling the paper in bis hand,
went TO his boarding house. That eve
ming he came to ne Il was then presl-
dent of the st. Louis Society and ask
ed my advice. 1t was to go At once TO
the number indicated. He invited me
to accompany him ard | accepted.
When we came 10 the house we found
a lady stretched on miserable bed,
starving to death-yes, sir, absolutely
starving to death. Her daughter, a
beautiful girl of nineteen, was sitting at
her side, wan with hunger, holding her
mothers hand.
"We learned their story from her lips.
Her father, a wealthy Chicago merchant
had lost every thing by the great fire.
With his wife and daughter he camo 10
ST. Louis 10 engage in the real estate
business, but died in few years after
his arrival. What little money the two
ladies had was soon spent, and in the
dead OF winter, being too proud to beg,
and too honest to steal, they were stary.
ing together in that wretched lodging.
We brought them provisions and coal
and sent for physician. The mother
rallied and was soon well enough to be
removed to better quarters, which my
friend provided. He learned for the
first time on receiving the mysterious
message that he was medium. Dur
lug seance which we neld together, he
again received communication from
the same source, the spirit Identifying
itself as the girls father. A few months
after
'There was a quiet wedding, eh?"
eyes, sir, there was, and he married
that girl, and now they haue three
children as fine as you ever saw-the
second one named Charles H., after me.
Spiritualism never did any good! What
do you think Of that :"
"Why, think it's mighty tough
story; sounds like one of Beadle's, said
the reporter, as he went through the
door.-,St. Louis Times,