Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-29
IA Letter from III On. RE hard,

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Editor Of the Trlnscri ft
AS s Cd desire u sk fetch pf the balance
of my Michigan III can hardly deny
your reader IS he DOR ,;o,la fort of
reading about " hat ;sa 81 my trip.
MISUNDERSTANDING to aceep VIM sturgis'
to 20 with him ant attend !.
the spiriflaiistir camp mesting att
Lansing, tile State; Capital 4 spent a
lew days amusing myself before my !
host was reldy to start out On his trip
/ visited the farm Of Amos. sturgis,
which is the old HON estead OF, his faith
.er. One Of the first objects which he
showed me was q cottonwood tree that
was set ont in the door yard by VIM.
siurgis fifty years ago, when i was but
q tWig g year old. We measured it
three feet above the ground and found !,
the circumference there to be nine feet
and seven inches, conseq uelitly being
oyersthree feet through. This shows
a big contrast with the burr. oak stand
ing by the corner of my house that
have been. there thirty years and are
not over three inches through at the
butt. s4s5. ,@s&s &s2 %a u
< We finally reached Lansing on the
evening Of August IA, and found tho
meeting going on in good ORDER The
next day / went out TO Bath to see my
sister, Mrs. Bennett. and 1 returned
with her to the camp meeting the next
day, and found tbat Mr. sturgis had
returned home, % T put in a day at the
camp meeting with nay sister, hoping
to get insigh I'd spiritualisna. Two
dark rooms were fitted up on the
grounds, one was run by man called
Che Allen boy, and one by the Bangs
sisters, two young married women.
Each Of these rooms had a round table
IN the center with small bells and
banjo upon it, s,nd also a stringed
| N usical instrument in shape nearly
like Il half moon and about three feet
across. No less than ten nor more
than fourteen are admitted at once,
and they sit in CIRCLE about the table
| and all join hands. When all are in
position the door is closed, making
the room dark, and it is desired that
all shall keep s,leht or sing sentiment
al hymns. IT is said that in a very
short space of time q greater or less
number of spirits will come into the
room, ring the bells, play on the mus
cal instruments, and otherwise make
their presence known. One dollar is
the price charged for attending the
| performance, and. ifyou are not salts
fed no pay is asked. + Invent into the
Allen boys room where there was a
circle Of fourteen, but after sitting
| three quarters Of an hour and no spir-
its putting in an appearance Mr.. Allen
said that there was no use to sit long
err. All who. did not wish to remain
until another sitting received their
| their money back. He said that for
some cause 81 failure some times oc-
! ours. / charged this failure to myself,
and sought q test me dunn, and as there
| were large number on the ground [
soon found one, She was an old wo-
man who travelled and lectured on the
subject. In the test she satabout four
| feet from me +and looking at me for
few moments said she saw standing by
my side tall elderly lady, very thin
and emaciated, black hair and eyes. In
| reply to her inquiry I told her I did
not recognize the character, she then
described and gave portion Of the
names of other spirits, none of whom
recognized, Thus my first attempt
to get some experimental light on the
splritualist doctrine has been failure.
On the Goth Of August I left sturgis
for home, spending one day in Chica
so with my old friend Rogers. I Went
to see the great painting the Siege of
Paris'' which, with the Battle Of Get
tysburg', no one should visit Chicago
| without seeing. L. also visited the
tomb Of stephen:A Douglass, which is
in the southern part Of the city on the
lake shore. The inner door stood
open SO that the white marble case in
which his body rests could sbe plainly
seen. The tomb IS a, magnificent
structure situated in q square Of about
one acre, containing beautiful -four
beds, walks and shade trees; slOo, 900
would hardly meet the outlay. Next
to Lincoln, Douglass is the most be-
loved Of Illinois statesmen. = !. 49,
[ came to st. Paul over the Chicago,
| Milwaukee 4 st. Paul road, crossing
! the Mississippi at La Crosse and pass
ing through portion of southern
Minnesota. There appeared to be
much more improvements going on
in this State from st. Paul north than
! from there south. Northern Minneso-
ia is at present the most inviting place
for poor men to get hold of some good
cheap lands and make themselves
comfortable homes. 5s% 81 t z.. | + ]. IN
5=.E N RIcHARDsoN.
At3home in Little Falls, Aug 27.
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