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southern sentinel (plaquemine, parish of iberville [la.]) 1848-1858 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-01-15
Location: plaquemine, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: southern sentinel (plaquemine, parish of iberville [la.]) 1848-1858 · 1853-01-15 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-01-15 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “spirit rapping”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... by running after the supposed spirits who attend at the bidding of persons of very questionable character, to rap out the most ludicrous and lying information regarding the spirit-world and its inhabitants. D-It is remarked bv some writer that ex cess of ceremony shows a want of good breed ing. This is true. There is nothing so trou blesome as overdone politeness. A truly well bred man makes every person around him feel at ease, he does not throw civilities around him with a shovel, nor toss cotnp'iments in a bun dle, as he would hay with a pitchfork. 0"A man that has nothing to do generally does wrong. If you would keep out of ...

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