Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-12

was opened, there was nothing found
there, the knocking having been made
seemingly by invisible knuckles. In that
same mouse thsre was a young woman
vino had II cold hand passed over her
face, and there beng seemingly no arm
attached 10 1t, ghostly suspicious were eX.
cited. After awhile Mr.. Fox and his
family moved into that house and then
every night there was banging at the
door; and one night Mr.. Fox said: Are
you a splritE Two raps, answering in
the Affirmative. Are you an injured
splrltE 1--we raps, answering in the
affirmative. And SO they found out, as
thcy say, that II was the ghost or spiril
OF II peddlcr who had been murdered in
that house, many years before, for bis
5000. Whether the ghost of the. dead
reddler Lad come there to collect his $500
or his bones, | cannot say, not being q
s~plrltualist; but there was a great r.cket
at the door, 50 Mr.. Weckmnn declared,
and Mrs. Wcekman, and Mr.. Fox, and
Mrs. Fox and all the little Foxes. The
excitement spread. There was Il univer
sal rumpus. The Hon. Judge Edmonds
declared, in a book. that he had actually
seen a bell start from the top shelf of &
closet, heard il ring over the people thai
were standing in the closet; then, swung
by Invisible hands, il rang over the PEG
pie in the back parlor; and iloalcc
through the folding doors &c the front
parlor, rung over the people there anc
then dropped on the floor. y. =. Tai
mage, senator of the United states, after
wards governor Of Wisconsin, had hi,
head completely turned with spiritualisliC
! IntAnpLf rutin,g n,an,. nc l, ,,yau t,.cr
ing along the road, said that he was lifted
up bodily and carried toward Ills home
through the air at such great speed nc
could not count the posts on the fence as
hc passed; anU as he had Il hanGsaw anG
a square in his hand, they beat, as be
passed through the ar, most delightful
music. And the tables tipped, and the
stools tilted, and the bcdstcads raised,
and the chairs upset, and it seemed as il
the spirits everywhere had gone into the
furniture business, Wen, the people
said; I've have got something new in
this country; it is IA new religion" q
no, my friends. Thousands of years ago
we find IN our text Il ~spirituaiistic seance.
Nothing in the spiritualtic circles OF
the day has been more strange, mystcr
iOus, and wonderful han things which
have been seen in the past centuries OF
the world. In all the ages there have
been neCrOmanCcrS. those who consult
with the spirits of the departed; charm
crs those who put their subjects in a mes
merle state; sorCcrs, those who by taking
poisonous drugs hear everything and see
everything and tell everything; dreamcrs.
people who in their sleeping moments
can see the future world ana hold con.
suItation with spirits; astrologers, who
could read IA new dispensatlon in the
stars; experts in palmistry, who can tell
hy the lines in the palm OF your hand
your origin and your history. From a
cave on Mount Parnasus, we are told.
there was an eNhalation that intoxicated
the sheep and the goats that came any
whore near il and q shepherd approach.
ing it was thrown 10y that eXhalation into
an excitement in which he could forctelI
future events and hold consultation witt
the spiritual world. Yea, ty re tho
time Of Christ the Brahm,"s wen
through al the tablc-moyiug. all the fur
niture excitement which the spirits hay,
exploded in our day; precisely the same
thing over and over again under the ma
nipulations Of the Brahmins. Now d(
YOU say that spiritualism is different from
these? answer, ali these dcluSionS
have mentioned belong 80 the same fam
lily. They are c~Ahumati0ns from the IN
seen world. What does God think of al
these decisions? He thinks SO severely
OF them that He never speaks of them bu'
with liyid thundcrs OF Indignation. lie
says. u will b. Il swift witness agains'
tie sorcerer." lie says, Thou shalt no
suffer Il witch TO live" And lest yol
might make some important distinction
between sp|'rltualisn and wltChcraft. Goo
says, in 50 many words, There shall no
lac among YOU "A cOnsulicr OF familiar
spirits, or wizard, or nrcrOmauccr; TO
they that do these things are an abomina
ton untothc Lord" And lie says again
The soul Of those who seek after SUED
as have familiar spirits and who 60 whor
ing after them. | viii set myself agains
them and he shall BE- cut of from among
his people" The Lord Almighty, in
score Of passages, which | have not nov
lime 10 quote, utters His indignation
against all this great family Of decisions
After that be a spirituaiist if YOU dare.
still further: we learn from this tex
how it is that people come 10 fall int
Spiritualism. Saul had enough trOubl
to Kill ten men. He did not know wher
to 20 for relief, After awhile he rcsolvct
to go and see the witch of En-dor. Ii
expected that somehow she would alfor,
him relief. 1t was his trouble that drov,
him there. And | have to tell you nov
that s~piritualism find its victims in tn
troubled. the bankrupt, the sick, tn
bereft. You lose your watch, and yo'
20 10 the fortune teller to find where i is
You lose a friend, you want the spi-itua
world opened, SO that you may have com
%munication with him. In a highly
wrought. nervous, and diseased state o
mind. you 90 and put yourself in tina
communications That is why ] hat
spiritualiSm. 1t takes advantage Of on
in a moment Of weakness, which ma,
come upon us at any time. We lose
friend. The trial is keen, sharp, sutfo
eating. almost m~addening. If we COul,
marshal a host, and storm the eterna
world. and recapturc our loved one, tn
host would soon be marshallcd. Til
house is so lonely. The world is so dark
The separation is SO insutTerable.
But spiritualism says: eve will op~
the future world, and your loved ~ ca
come back and talk to you Thong
we may not hear his voice, we may hea
the rap of his hand. SO, clear the table
Sit down. rut your hands on the table
Be very quiet. Five minutes gone Tie
minutes ronp No motion Of tn, table