The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02
CANCEL DANCER" A SUICIDE,
AND NOW THE FOLLOWERS or
MNASON ARE nut SEVEN.
John the baptist" shoots Himself AFTER
VSlnIy TTytnE TO Cast out = Deyll
when Not Under the spell lie Was
Veckoned the best Farmland in JerSey

MNcu Nut AuqleF the Nutu He NNh
Reckonedth BeSt Farmland In JerSeJ.
John the Baptist most fanati al Of
the Angel Lanoers,' that queer New
jersey scot which got itself 20 much in the
papers = dozen years ago is dead by his
own hGnd. It takes another from the
long haired, long bearded colony Of fanatics
on the old Storm place at Woodolih, and
one person Is missed among them in these
days; for the followers Of Mnason the
prophet, who started to convert the world
fifteen years ago, now number but seven.
Their unelect New jersey neighbors, who
look upon the angel dancers as a bad adj
vertisement for a growing town. have
stopped having them arrested for Sabbath
breaking and other breaches Of common
conventionality, and the colony was nearly
forgotten when John the Baptist who was
John McClintock "in the world, brought II
into notice again.
His worldly neighboTs have one great
regret for John. With his passing departs
one Of the most energetic farmhands in
New Jersey. When he was needed on
The Lords Farm the home Of the angel
dancers, and in the intervals Of the spas
modic seasons Of religious zeal. when, he
said, the Lord called upon him to testify
aloud, John worked as a farmland He
put as much energy into hoeing potatoes
or pitching hay as he did into his prayer
and testimony. There isn't a six foot
swede in Jersey who could keep up IN a
days work with this little, wild eyed man,
whose hair and beard. untTimmed for fifteen
years, fell 10 his waist line.
last fall John the Baptist had a vision
of the night. He thought that he stood on
high cliff overlooking a great water
As he looked, the water rose. He tried
10 run, but something held him. It rose
until II reached his chin. He stretched
forth his hand and smote the waters and
they spread ard receded from him
In the morning, after the brothers and
sisters had finished the vegetable stew,
untainted with the flesh Of beasts. on which
they live, Mnason the prophet Interpreted
the dreams which the brothers and sisters
had dreamed in the night. John told his
dream.
The water was the ocean Of human souls,
said MnAson, and thou shalt make II pure
Behold, thy touch shall still the waters
and they shall spread. Go forth and preach
the gospel The Lord has called thee
So the little old man left the colony and
trlidged down the road into the world.
He had no money-nothing but his Bible,
q pack in a bandanna handkerchief and
his suit Of blue overalls.
Where does the Lord will that l go?"
he asked at the gate.
The Lord will give the direction" said
Mnason. John set his face southwark
8rd trudged toward Philadelphia. The
colony heard from him once OF twice during
the winter. The time was ripe for saliva
ton. he said, but men were deaf. The
devil had hardened their hearts. Also,
his body was faint with WEAKNESS.
Its that OLD stomach trouble" said
Archibald Lyttle. when they told him
about II at The Lords Farm Lyttle
is almost the only neighbor with whom the
colony will have any dealings. What he
and some medicine for his stomach. !
think I'll send for him. So Lyttle wrote
10 John the Baptist, whose Philadelphia
address he had found, sending a ticket to
Woodclih
II was last Thursday morning when
John the Baptist came out Of the morning
mist with his long hair hanging in damp
strings over his shoulders his skin beneath
his scraggly beard Paler than ever, his
eyes bright Lyttle babe him TO break
fast. but he could not eat.
The power that walks in darkness II
behind me Work before II is too latel-
he said. Lyttle put him to work setting out
tomatoes Never did plants 90 into the
ground so fast. When dinner time came
John hardly touched his lunch pail.
Now. John said Lyttle, kindly, this
won't do. Your stomach's bad again. /
used to be bit Of an aPothecaTy in the
old country. I've something that will do
you good
Il fight the flesh with the hesh and the
spirit with the spirit cried John. The
lord gaye his apostles power to cast out
devils There's a devil here, he laid his
hand on his stomach--and the spirit shall
cast him forth" With that game burning
energy, John fell TO planting tomatoes
sgain. As he worked, he called on the
lord.
John was a littla more rational by night
He ate a itle. When they called him for
breakfast in the morning he was gone.
They found him down in the tomato patch,
RTubbing madly away.
Get out, de VIII he yelled when l.yttle
approached i have cast thee OUT I'll
osst you all out And be went on plant
ing tomatoes, muttering, For the hour Of
deliverance IL at hands at hand He
kept that up as he worked, like refrain.
In tho middle Of the morning John was
missing. Lvttle searched the farm over,
but couldn't find him. About noon Mrs.
Lyttle started 10 tidy up Johns room
nttle-and she found him. There was a
hole In the side Of lie head and his hands
were clutohing the barrel Of Lyttle's Win
chester.
Mnsson the prophet is away from the
Lords Farm. When Lyttlc told the farm
people they said that his spirit was theirs,
but his flesh belonged to the flesh. SO
the Coroner took his body and il waiting
10 hear from his people In Philadelphia.
The farm life has gone on az ever.
Titus Of the Lords Farm, who IL Garry
Storms 10 the worlds people and who
was onoe a student at Rutgers, spoke yea
terday with calm oomplaisance of Johns
translati0n. Titus, whose clothes are
patched for righteousness sake until their
original material is unacceptable, was
milking.
The Lord has given and the Lord has
taken away said Titus jerking a strand
Of his hair out Of the milk pail. Who
shall criticize tho Lordg Maybe II was
the Devil. Maybe he vas called by the
Lord TO do Il. Mnason i not here and the
meaning has not been revealed
FLED FIRE N MS SPECTACLES.