Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-18
on that occasion. Won mus, have laughed Ia
body else's sleeve by mistake"


on that occasion. Won mus, have laughed il
SON, body else's sleeve by mistake
II will probably be very "cold day" will
The thermometer ~ rods below zero and III,
snow SIX feet, when the democrats monke,
with the prohibition vote again. The Cleve
land Plain Dealer, the fire. eating organ of tn,
Cleveland democracy, blurts the following
right out in mectin.
There are some indications that the dem.
ocrats Iabored somewhat too zsalously for
Brother Leonard this year
1t is POLITICAL experience that the party
managers will presently acquire that the en-
miiy OF the prohibition party is less injurious
than its friendship.
"li Brother Leonard was shooting At the
republican party, it must be allowed that his
aim Was decidedly bad and that the safes,
place was in front OF his gun.
at might also he stated that a thorough
organization is better as a basis OF success
than blind expectation that the other fellows
are not going to vote
"Especially when democrats don't exactly
see what good it does them TO carry an cleo
ton
Ia Springfield there is positive evidence
tor Brother Leonard In the Fifth ward
such well-known democrats as Messrs. Theo
Burnett, FL IlSuck aud K. Flick are said to
have voted for Leonard. Taken ward by
ward in the city, the list could be swelled in
10 hundreds. The democrats 'honeyed" and
"tahyei' the "prohibs.' so effectuslly. and
fratcruIed with them so lovingly, that even
the members Of the democratic party wer.
hoodwinked and many voted for the annex.
Everyone in Springfield knows Prot. Dyce
the hrlgh'-eyed chronological spiritualis,ic
philosopher OF Mechanic street whose elo-
quence so frequently resounded through the
old city hail. Genl Dyce is accustomed TO
allow the information to oOZe out of him
on all occasions, and he would rather address
convention OF street-car drivers on the
"Hefeness OF the ENtensible" than talk to so
many college professors. | paid a visit 10 tn.
Seventh Day Adyentists camp-meetipg. at
the fair grounds, last week, and found Prof
DyCe iu the midst Of heated con,rov, rsy
with an earnest young man with an incipien,
yellow moustache and drab pants. The
young man was selling Seventh Day Adven-
tst tracks. Prot. Dyce had arrived at
the camp shortly befjre, and finding
meeting of the Seventh Day Adventiss
in session, he Immediately organized
rival meeting by gathering crowd Of rus
tics and persons who had visited the camp
out OF curiosity around him, and holding
forth his theories to them yes" he was
saying when ] arrived, "It's pretty good old
devil If be can give poor widow ! 200 acres
of lsnd-prptty good old devil, that"
1t scens that Dyce had been holding forth
to his auditors on the wonders of the spirit
world and that the young man with the
drab moustarne had come up and cooly in-
formed the crowd that spiritualsm was the
work OF the devil, and that they should flee
from it and Prot. Dyce. Thereupon Dyce
got into vehement argument with the
young man with the iDcipient pants.
"Work of the devil, is it? Why, Just look .
here, young msn. Right here in SPRING
field We have an instance. Four wears ago
the spirits told Mrs. GIly Il think it was
N'llly) that her brother bad died in Texas.
leaving handsome estate of land there,
Mrs. GuIy told her relatives but they didn't
take any stock in the spirits and didn't be-
heNe word Of the estate story. We'll
s'z she, will you give me the estate?'
Certainly, seq they; and the ps-
pers were made out. ssslgniag to MA.
Gilly all rights in the brothers estate, which
borrowed the money to go to New O. leans
and from there went TO Texas. She found
hat the spirits had spoken truly, and that
l1r brother had lett Eer 1900 acres of fine
ani, worth 81 per acre She PROMPTLY took
DOS esson as her brothers heiress; and s,iI
lolds the land. Pretty good old devil eb.
'Oung man, 10 give poor widow s. 900
worth OF land"
. ma ,,al, T.,1, / T.
he story tor he promptly rushed off to the |
ract stand to get buadle OF tracts to sell to
be crowd, 80 as to prove conclusively 10
hem that spirItuslism Is the work of The
evil
Finally Dyce suffered the fate of all re- u
'rmer- and teachers Of mankind he was =,
rawing such q large crowd within few
'et OF the main audience tent OF the advent
ts, that be was ordered 10 move on. and e
reach his damnable heresies elsewhere. n. II
IoYed sadly away, followed by some of the p
Iost earnest OF his disciples How many p
'lrl'uHIi,ts are there IN Springfield, profess
~ ! asked. -Four or five hundred said
'e philosopher, his bright eyes fairly snap
ng. ave used 10 have regular seances
At now these are discontinued We stil o
ave our Psychological society, however. The a!
lrlt- converse with US rs of old That "
Jung man there who says spirtualism is the .
ok OF the devil knows nothing All the
lracies o. the bible are spirtuallsm The u
Die proves spirtnalism in every chapter u u
0 one can answer logic such a. mine. Nv
oughts and arguments reach out to The !"
autl ranus and cllnCh on the other side VI
Ie splrl's come to me AT night and | often "
'rn enough from them to make speeches VI
ur or hye hours long. We have msny ~