Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

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"oEi9 S a great state, continued TIE 4
paEsla- -Il = f1ll ~ enterprise ald 4
voters. eoaseq Ilsnlsy q = a sFeat resort
Cheap .5ln1s, tea ssats a 9rl1k, but 4
thera ars tTo k.ads of spirits material I
aI.4 mmaseg.a and i : 9f L1s latter 4
laat 1 propose % speak thls esenlng. /
4nlas.lse partner 0f the former, Ddt f
for the atfer have no time- A lea +
months ago 1 attended aaL s cal.ed .
.sp.ntualst.c seaaes a. the Exposi- i
t.0a building n S. Paul, aad theEe 4
must have Deea abeut nVe thousand f.
people taers. u Eas given - AE sna /
Mss steen. and Al the request u TIE
nled snl Na0 vas a seif made Noman
by the name Il Cataslrphe jaae,
laExr uRos rHg sr&os
To .allar tae spirits Il possible and ex-
A-ot them TO tae az. W che autiSace.
Z aads ap Day Aiat % 10 go betors shs
slaN AS over and make q fecoFd Tor !
myself GOA the stage stood a cabinet, I
sod ol a four-coFn-fed tent, IN
rh The medium and herself and
xed the spirits 70 monkey around,
g.a-ag bells, pounding tambourlness
playing guitars aud such things, while
the medium was hrmiy bound, % a
board na.lcd % the stage, with court
plaster and strong cotton thread. A
bg rope was ted around her feet, ana
fellow ou the outside held it for fear
that she'd make q sneak through
crack iu the h00r when the people
weren't looklng.
sEVENrH-sr. WHISKY.
''l want 10 distinctly understood that
don't take any stock IN nmateral
solrts, but 40 the same time l amt
got the kidney % say that such
an arrangement don't exist after what
saw that night. had taken several
drinks Of seyeuLh-st. whisky before l
went % the seauce. aud Was feeling ~
pretty good condition Tor = picnic OF
tlal kmd. Alter the medium had been
SHUT ap a the cabinet, aud the guitar,
tamhorne and bells had got through
l0urteen-rOund contest, Marquis OF
Queensbury rules, the professor asked
nae % look into the rear OK the cabinet
and see u / could discover any artificial
means for producing the effects. l
drew back the curtain with q Jerk, and
I'm goose plmple K the table didu
rare up on is hlnd legs and make
jump for me, clawIng the ar with Us
Tore feet. I removed myself from the
interior OF the cabinet, and told the
professor I guessed he'd better take me
30 the hospital, as Ia never had them
before, aul / was afraid they might 90
hard with me II d.dn't get good treat
meut. / told him my father was hard
drinker and had died with them. and
vas afraid u 20 OFT the same way. lie
laughed at me. and told me the spirits
had done u. I told HIM / knew it, but
Il got over 70 that time I'd never
drink again. He laughed some more,
and told me 20 st down and keep
nay eye on the cabinet.
dd so. Everything seemed al
right and began 20 think that per-
haps I wasn't so bad OF as l had
thought was, when the professor SAID
there would be manifestations given on
the open stage IN front OF the cabinet.
HoyfELY But A DANDY.
ellie called a woman up out OF the
audience and set her near one corner
0i the cabinet and got the medium near
the other corner and ne placed me be
twcet the two. allowed each woman
% hold my hand. and when we had
hxcd ourselves the professor covered
- all up but our heads. and We sat
facing the audience Ike three mum
mics. The woman who had come up
ont OK the audience was nOmely enough
20 make street car Jump the track,
but she was \ dandy u hold \ fellows
hand. When we were all ready the
professor gave the signal aud the
medium began % whistle FOR her spirits,
bat they wouldn't show up. | sug-
gestCd t0 the professor that he cover
up the womau's face on my right and
GIVE che spirits chance. Just as | was
s-)1tng OF ms mouth somebody
sugged me n the neck. and a guitar
WAS stuck out through the curtain over
INV shoulder aud played eve Won't
Go Home TIL Morning with varia-
lions. I whispered that we'd probably
stay uuIcss somebody uupinned us aud
tle guitar come OF ia r00st and sid
down INTO my lap. / looked down eX-
pcctnC to see it squ.rm. but lt didn't,
and ( had just begun % feel encOur-
t-.A WArA @|H AttNtA-A cAN- az tA(
neck, and pretty soon a lot OF flowers
we're thrown at NE. 7 bowed to the
audience and was just about 90 thank
them for the bouquets, when a 0ig Gala
ilY was stuck into my ear auj twisted
around several times and IN the
cahuct behind me bells began % ring
amt tlc ambOurine began 20 rattle,
and I could hear that table pranciDg
around This was too much for my
weak mi nd. and With a yel I resigned
nv position. and laying down on the
stage. asked the Professor % see that
the papers sa d ( died OF typhoid fever.
Fsmv folks 4 du's know that I was an
lntem0erate man. and 10 would Kill
them % know tnas I had taken rooms
IN drunkarJs : grave. Ihus brought
ths house down and after awhile I got
80 that couh look at my boots with
cut shverlnE. aud stood up.
ARB rec rHRKEi
After the woman Who sat next 20
me bad rcgained consciousness the
medium said s1e wouid give me an ex-
h,b'non with a hand winch was purely
on scientific principles. She SAID she
would stand of at a safe distance and
AK 0sestons. when the hand would
answer bv rapplnE. one rap means
YES. trn raus re. and three raps PER
hsps. she said The band that she
fr0ttrf ont wss h,E enough - hoe