The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-06-29
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER.

spiritulism is far from being dead or for
gotten, 1t is safe to say that it is no longer
the power that it once was. Nobody tries
to tip table now, and all messages direct
from spirit land, are taken with moderate
grain of salt, for according to the latest
spiritual prenunciamento, a man who was
a first class liar here is not likely to be ma
terally benefited in that respect, by his
spiritual translation. But as the legitimate |
heir of spiritualism, comes the Christian
healer or Christian scientist, as he pleases |
to call himself or herself, and while in the
course of my investigation have discover |
ed heaps of science, failed to see where
the Christian comes in, whether examined
by the Thirty-ninc Articles, the Westmins- !
ter confession or the Apostles creed. As
near as l can find out, the very corner
stone Of the theory is the perfection of the
individual, so one sees after all there is
nothing new about the doctrine, for the
sect of the perfectionist is as old as the
hills, and some of them great deal older.
OF course having arrived at perfection it is
impossible to sin and they give an exceed
ingly broad Interpretation to the text "To
the righteous all things are good"
Foremost in Christian Science circles for
quite number of months, were Mr. and
Mrs. Plunkett, who we're regarded as bright
and shining lights among the healers, and
who understood the whole theory and prac.
tice of it from A to lizard. Mr.. Plunkett
was good average sized, average looking
man, and Mrs. Plunkett adorned in a
French Challey of the latest cut, tan gloves,
a REQ parosol and two-story sky-scraping
bonnet was woman not to be sneezed at
| by any means. Besides, Mrs. Plunkett
was full of magnetism, she was boiling
over with it, in point of fact she was loaded
like dynamite bomb. Plunkett lacked
magnetism but that did not matter much
in their practice, for Mrs. Plunkett had
magnetism enough for both. Their busl-
ness was fairly good and they appeared to
be on the high road TO fortune, when cir
cumstance occurred which has caused a
lively commotion in the healer's camp and
has caused great scandal in the circle. Mr..
and Mrs. Plunkett shrunk from no test in
spiritual healing but were ready to tackle
anything from tic doloreux to a broken leg
they not only cured disease themselves but
they taught others how to do IT. and this
was the rock on which Mrs, Plunkett split.
Among the seekers after light and truth
was fascinating young convert named
Worthington, who had boxed the compass
in number of professions, and had not
made ten strike in any. But Worthing-
ton was hopeful; he had tried mining in
California, but it didn't pan out; he had
wrestled with Blackstone, Kent and Story,
and failed to reach the Supreme bench He
had doomed Ben Harrison in the late cam
paign, but had lived long enough to dis.
cover that Republics are habituallY un-
grateful, for Benjamin hadn't even offered
to make him fifth class inspector in the
Custom House, or third class scrnbber in
the Navy Yard AS l said before, Mr.
Worthington went to Mrs. Plunkett in
search of light and he got it, and wonder.
full to relate he developed powers which
astonished even himself, and that is saying
a great deal, for Worthlngton was not cas-
lily astonished, he magnetsed Mrs
, Plunkett. Mrs. Plunkett discovered quit,
, early in the action, that Worthington wa.
} the affinity that che had waited for so long
, and six weeks after she made the discover,
, she gave Plunkett the grand bounce. Plum
: kett didn't like it and he told Mrs. Plum
kett so, in exceedingly plain English, an(
what made Mr.. Plunkett particularly mac
was, that Worthington had not only appro
{ priated Mrs. Plunkett, body and bones
( but he had also bagged fifteen Thousand
! dollars of Mr. Plunkett's very hard cash
! which Mr. Plunkett had honestly earned il
3 the science of Christian healing. Mr.. Plum
3 kett at the latest writing is resigned to th,
C loss of Mrs. Plunkett, but not the fifteeI
thousand dollars. He has commenced sui
Are affinities part of Christian science
Mrs. Plunkett edits the Beacon Light, ant
she can tell LIS all about it. She says sh
will. Let us see. Meanwhile WorthingtoI
: holds the fort and Mrs. Plunkett.
There has been an exciting time her
among the undertakers this week and al
indignation meeting was called through tn
j columns of that lively sporting paper, tn
Coffin and Stroud, for the purpose of voic
ing the sentiment of the undertaking
. fraternity with regard to The unheard of in
| novation-a reduction of funeral expenses
. AS far back as the memory of man runneth
he has ever been in all climes. at all times
and in all places the abject slave of tw
q classes of merciless rulers-the plumbe
A and the undertaken. The plumber had hin
a while he was alive, and the undertaken go
nim after he was dead
T. Well, burial trust was formed In Tren
U ton, New Jersey, for the purpose of giVin
9 anybody and everybody else decent sem
q off, when their earthly accounts wer
O closed and it became necessary to pos
\ their earthly ledgers. What do YOU say
I good people, to very respectable funeral
q nice coffin, first class undertaken, who wa
never known to smile, extra camp stool
five cents piece, two nice carriages, an,
e everything included for thirty dollars
C Why 1t almost makes fellow feel lik
J. hurrying up to get buried for fear tn
fl market might break and prices go up. Ar
}, you of an aesthetic turn? for fifty dollar
$ we can furnish you with something yer
e choice and unique, silver handles, an extr
o carriage, and lay out that in the regula
e way would cost you one hundred an
twenty. For hundred dollars the Associs
tion engages to furnish funeral fit for
= New York Alderman, and having said thi
l can say no more. A man can paw i
nstallments of twenty-five or fifty cents
= week, selecting his own lay out, and whe
. he has made the payment in full, then b