Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-15

invitation to dine, chicken being the
entire bill Of fare. She found il,
"ccoked head feet, intrais and all" eX-
pressed her disgust in amusing style,
and finally made the application, de-
claring she could not'swallow Jonah
whale and ALL" The greater part o.
her lecture was in poetry, commence
ing, like a parody on "where can the
soul find rest" and Distressing as
above. Your correspondent was
anxious to obtain copy of this poem,
but was told by Il spiritualist that
she only recitcd it by inspiration,
not knowing until she came upon
the rostrum, what she would b
called upon to say /; outside of spirit
ualism her lecture was indeed a lit
erary treat, eloquent and elegant
in both language and address, she
closed her lecture with Il benediction
"May the blessing of man and wo-
man rest upon you ALL"
Mrs. Silverston, of Chicago, then
descended in the audience and gave
tests, she declared various spirits
present, described and named them.
She told us that an old man, stood
with his hand upon the shoulder of
your correspondent, described him,
and said that he told her his name
was John, though he must be a rela-
ton, his kith, however, failed to reccg
nize him if so; 1t is said that nothing
exceeds woman's curiosity, so your
correspondent with one other lady of
the party. determined to see little
more of this spiritualism so had Il
private sitting, and must confess TO
hearing some most astounding facts,
and some accurate descriptions OF
persons not only of the past but the
now, but forbcar giving them to the
public. We hurried from Mountain
home, whittier we had gone
to this "Sitting," and drove for Rock
city found the route rough and
rugged but exceedingly picturesque
We entered by stone gateway
formed by two large rocks, sixty feet
high, ana about fifty feet long. Our
driver goes round to the suburbs
and we walk through, here the
cactus grows wild, and ferns greet
rs on all sides. We pass on and en-
ter narrow ravine with high walls
on each side Of gray limestone
rocks washed entirely smooth. In
many places they are GO feet high
and not more than foot in width.
Your correspondent begs to 90 round
the "fat mans misery" all exceeding
iy narrow and rough pass that leads
up to the summit of the rocky battle
ments above. The party are ineXo-
rable, and declare that there are to be
no "Lot's wives in this party, so the
inevitable is bravely faced. There
are no elevators, so it requires much
physical force, eXcrtcd by extended
hands, and one by one we pass, "fcel-
ing like a rat in an exhausted air re-
ceiver," from one deep ravine to an
other, and so on to Rocky City Bluff,
and Just from this point is seen the
widest view of Lookout Mountain
that overlooks Chattanooga. Here
are in full view the Missionary
Ridge and Chickamauga battle fields
Chickamauga Bluff and Balance
Rock are points of interest. We pass
Pin Cushion Rock, Noah's Arc,
descend the Rock City Avenue to
pass through narrow gateway to
find street covered with loan and
well-shadcd with elms and poplars
We see the steamboat but do not try
to sail, hurry out and look longingly
in the direction of Lulu Lake, bu;
find we have not the time to see it,
80 turn our faces reluctantly toward
| Chattanooga, and return by the new
road, and descend the mountain in
quite little storm, which has stolel
upon us unawares.
OLIVE BRANCH.