The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
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Years Taken to Work Up the Proper Con-
dition Of Mind Story That Reads Like
Romance but Which is Actual Fact.
Elgin Kan, people have tradition that in the
early sos Colorado miners ing to Missouri
with vast amounts of gold, massacred by the
Usage Indians. Just before this unpleasant event
they had succeeded in burying the metal somewhere
in that vicinity. On this simple tradition the success
full goldbrcking of sensible Kansas farmer has been
accomplished
For several years past Joseph Boulanger living
southeast of Egin, has lantern lights lodging
about the creeks and Upon Investigating the
next day he would invariably find where holes had
been dug. Mr.. Boulanger became strong in the be-
lief that were looking for the hidden gold his
place; 80 when two strangers, one ''from Missouri
came to his place few weeks ago with proposition
to produce the gold shares after locating it by
machine which they had, they found man keen for
trade.
After working over the story for days with Mr..
Bouanger and getting him excited and self hypno-
t1zed they brought to his place day strange
looking machine with sort of compass attachment.
This whirled mysteriousy about several times and
then pointed always toward certain spot. Thther
went the three men, armed with all kinds of weapons
for quick excavating. They dug down two feet and
Were stopped by flat rock. This next removed
and there the treasure, strongly protected by
iron box In it six chunks of dull looking, but
glinty metal Loading them into the wagon they went
back to Boulanger's house.
Sitting by the fire that night in Bouanger's home,
they excitedly discussed their find.
'fIt will not do to let this find be known" said
the Missourian tThe Usage land is not yet allotted
and the government might claim part Of the money.
Then, too, the who buried it might have heirs
who, hearing Of the affair, would come forward with
claims for part Of the fortune. There's just thing
for you to do, Bouanger,' continued the Missouran,
'that is for you to buy my interest in this thing and
then you 60 away where you are not known and sell
the bricks.'' ~ i.~-
This was readily agreed to by Boulanger, who gave
the Mssourian $400 in cash, the best team he had
his farm and a note for considerable Then the
strangers fitted ~. .-.s. -
Mr.. Boulanger ioyously took the metal to Paw
huska, deposited five of the bricks in bank and had
local jeweer assay the other, only to learn that
it was brass Still he did not believe that he had
been goldbrcked,' he went to Kansas City and
had better test made. This done and all six
pronounced brass.
This is probably the best godbrick game that has
ever been played. Mr. Boulanger is we'll educated
astute farmer 1t is certain that years have been
sumed in working up the deal.
We may laugh at the man, but who wouldn't have
bitten bait as tempting that? We con-
WINGED that those scoundrels would have gotten
last dollar.
T. An experience told by DR.. R. NJ. Buckle, formerly
medical superintendent of the asylum for the insane
at London, Ontario, is suggestive. DR.. Buckle says:
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ment, not actually thinking but letting thoughts flow
Of themselves. All at once, without warning found
myself wrapped in famec olored cloud For in
slant thought of fire; the next, knew that the fire
was within myself Directly afterward there
upon of exultation, of immense joyousness
accompanied Immediately followed by intellect
ual illumination impossible to describe. / did not
merely to believe, but l saw that the universe
is composed of dead matter, but is the
trary living Presence; I became conscious in my
self of eternal life 1t not conviction that
would have eternal life, but a consciousness that
possessed eternal life then; I that all
immoral that the cosmic order is such that without
any peradventure all things work together for the
good of each and ALL that the foundation principle of
the world of all worlds is what We call love. The
memory of the vision and the of the reality of
what it taught has remained during the quarter
century which has since elapsed'' .-.:
DR.. Buckle later collected similar experiences in
book called ''The Cosmic Consciousness.
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Every time you take drink of water do you Won
der to yourself if it is filed with millions of micro
scopic boowiggles, tetrabads, meddywobbl ybers
citatooferers, bacibads and punkabuggers7 If you
do you doing yourself injury, matter if the
water is pure that which 81 flowed from Sioa s
riI fast by the oracles,' etc. For your old enemy,
the law of suggestion is after you and is just as
willing to accept !'ts bad for me- he is to take
the better suggestion that ''it can't touch me- -
'Happy is that man. says the scripture. "that
condemeth not himself in the thing which he alloweth
IF Datto Bryan cannot see his way clear ito run.
there is plump friend, Grover Cleveland ''Four
years more of Grover would seem like old times
old hard times.
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1t is sign of spring if your wife twitters when
the seed catalogs by mail.
" ~
In eight or nine weeks the boys will be looking
over the lakes and wondering if it isn't about time
The first fly will show up in the vicinity of the
, butter.
Marbles will be the whole thing on the sunny sides
The street sprinkers will not even think OF com
ing OUT
! Upper Hennepin will be trying to make up its
mind as between dust and mud.
Coal prices will be shaded a few cents
The early crocus will holer at 4:l0 am
Spring will be in the air, praise bel
"A. j. R.
GETHSEMANE.