The Worthington advance., 1881-02-24
the railroad. with a1feelinQe uf.tlistrust.

the railroad ad<witll~a~feelinQ~ of distrust,
| for there seems to be 4 conflict Of inter-
| ests wherever the roads have entered
Their towns. They dont seem to take
kindly to the spirit of American enter
| prise, and tile whites are unwilling to
put up' with their way of doing
ltthings..#. Notably aamonG. .these cases
may be mentioned "A EAlbaquerqne,N. NJ.
Next to Santa Fe, this was perhaps the
most important town i'll New Mexico.
| When the 'Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe" reach Albuquerque, they built
their depot and shops i mile and one
| half from the town and laid out 4 new
! town site. 1t is the junction of the
"Atlantic & Pacific" with the A.. Il. Il
| S. f., and has enjoyed Il rapid growth,
SO that they now have the ''oll town"
and ''new town." the Americans and
| Mexica,s Lying each 10y themselves.
| The post office is in the old town so
that the Americans, merchants and bu-
| siness men must 60 II miles for their
mail. There is now being built 4 fine
| three-story hotel, and next summer
they expect to have the post Office NOV
| ed which will act to the disadvantage
of all business men in the old town.
The weather here at AlAmOso has
| OF January. AlamOso is al American
town of 600 or 500, near the southern
| line of Colorado. It is situated on the
Rio Grande River, west Of the main
range Of the Rocky Mountains, and 130
miles by rail southwest of Pueblo. 1t
is :; shipping point for the San Juan
country i'll :. W. Colorado. \ great
many ''fre,ghters" are lying here wait
| for the SNOW to go off in the mountains
| and then there will be Il heavy imigrA-
! tion to that country when spring o.
pens.
Along with all the roughness of Il
.prospcctor's and freighter's life, one
frequently meets with lauglable Incl
| dents:
At one of the ranches in New Mexi-
co where We stopped for wafer, Il tramp
who had been packing Il heavy load laid
off his bundle and got down on his
hands aud knees to drink ut the trough.
While he VAS quenching his thirst, Il
| pig grabbed up the provision sack and
; started off on the run. AS soon us the
man discovered his loss, he gave chase
and began yelling ut the top Of his
voice, charging around the yard and
making nolse enough for Il whole ''bull-
train''
"What's the matter?' enquired the
proprietor.
">top that-hog! Hes got Il pound of
coffee and three pounds OF sugar All
my gruh's in that sack-Stop that hog!
Stop that logr' aid the louder he yelled
The faster the pig ran.
The other morning Il little shaver a.
bout years old that was gathering up
bottles and gunny sacks came to the
| f..A1, ,3,nr <>E
frtiyhters and asked if they had any
washing. Zach iii his turn plead power
ty and but one change Of underwear.
and finally one Of the dirtiest looking in
the company asked:
"Do yon do washiag?'
mo. My mother does"
"W hat. does she cl,arge?'
1.-Two bits apiece; all the same if
they got grey -backs.' Got any wash
"No. I've only got one suit, and if |
took them off I'd have to go to bed, so
guess III wait till spring comes"
Got all whisky bottles you don't
want?:'
mo. I'm too poor to buy whis-
key"
'Got any gunny sacks you don't
want?''
! "No. use all my old gu,lny sacks
fer making drawers
GLEN AULDoN.
SPIRIYUtL1sM MINNEAPOLIS.
Hundreds Of people were unable to
gain admission into the academy last
evening, and they concluded they lid
not care for spirit manifestations. The
jam WIS unprecedented, and the pres
thce Of several policemen was required
to relieve the human pressure around
the doorWays. Press Jan. 81.
In justice to Miss Eva Fay, who gave
III exhibition of her powers as IL mater
ialiZing medium ut the academy OF mu-
SIC Oh Sunday evening, it is proper to
state that the notice thereof. published
in these columns Monday morning. was
not such as tie merits Of the manifes-
latio.ls deserved. The academy was
packed from the footlishts to the dome
lin addition to which five hundred peo
pie We.e unable.tO gain standing room
| tven), and SO far AS we have heard, e.
ven among outspoken skepticS, the per-
tormancc was entirely satisfactory to
the great majority Of the vast audience.
All the tests, and many Of them even re-
markable ones. were rapidly given un-
der Il blaze Of gaslight, and subject to
the frequent and most searching Scruti-
ny from DR.. Bowman and William
Grmslaw, who were selected by the
audience to act in their behalf as com
mitteemen. With every facility of dis
covering trickery, if there should he
amy, these gentlemen were quite lis
much 1T Il loss to account for the agen-
cy which produced the various marvel
Gus manifestations as were occupants
OF the seats most rrmot Z from the stage.
Whether one believes that these effects
are produced by human or other agen-
cies. they are certainly done handsome
~, and are well worth he seeing. as our
friends in ST. Paul will discover by Wis.,
iting the rt;;,ments to be given by
Miss Fay and her assistants in that
city during Thursday. Friday and Sat-
Urday evenings Of the present week.-P.
Z. Frt. 2.
Joseph Cook formerly rit4culed this
sort OF thing as ''rat-hole revelation."
Latterly he is almost, if not quite. Il
convert to spiritism, and there are
thousands OF Intelligent persons in Or
th"dux churches, and tens of thous-
ands outside OF the churches, who bear
witness to the manifestations, who de-
clare that they have seen the forms of
the departed and heard them speak, and
who have been tod things that only the
dead knew or could know. We have
seen none OF these higher manifesta-
tons, and we are skeptical concerning
them, as we are concerning all alleged
Othef-WOrIl messages or messengers.
Strange it will he if the rat hole reve-
lation' OF these latter days should
bring the world Of mind tending inev-
itably towards materialism back to
faith in things unseen; back to y real.
iZing sense Of responsibility before high
Heaven; back to belief in Bible mira
cles and prophecies and heavenly visi-
tations; back to "a purity of thought and
deed that can face the scrutiny of saints
an! angels; back to belief in immor-
tallty and all endless progression. 1t
were we'll to think on these things