etch.

"There is wa-ter that we must cross, we must go in a boat musn't
we? Now we're in the boat, and O I see so many put-ty things,
men, and dogs, and ships and things going up and down; such
beau-ti-ful things I have never seened before. Now we are a-cross
the riv-er, and now we must get on the car, musn't we? What car
must we get on? O I see it now, the yellow car. Now we are going
a-long and I can see--O what a pret-ty dress in that store. O what
real nice can-dy that is. I wish I had some don't you? Now we're
at the house. Is it the one on the cor-ner, or the next one to
it, or is it the brick house with the green blinds? No, the wood
one with green blinds; so it is, but I didn't be here be-fore
ev-er in my life. Now we will go in-to the house; I see a car-pet
there and some chairs and some--O what a pret-ty pic-ture, and
what a nice fire. I see a la-dy of ver-y pret-ty ap-pear-ance.
She is a young la-dy; she has got blue eyes, she is stand-ing
sideways so I can't see noth-ing of her but one side of her face.
There is al-so an el-der-ly la-dy, but I can't see much of her.
They appear to be go-ing on a jour-ney, shall I go with them?
Yes, well I will. Now we are on the wa-ter and--O what a pret-ty
boat--now we are get-ting off of the boat--I didn't nev-er be here
be-fore. Now we are on a rail-road, I nev-er seened this
rail-road be-fore but--O what a pret-ty ba-by. Now we go along,
along, along, along, and now we are at the de-pot. I didn't ev-er
be here ei-ther--there is a riv-er here, and a mill and a--O what a
pret-ty cow--somebody is go-ing to milk the cow. There is a town
here--it seems as if I did be here before--yes I am sure--O what a
pret-ty lit-tle car-riage, and what a pret-ty dog. Yes I am sure
I seened this town be-fore, but these rail-roads didn't be here
then."

By this time the travellers were supposed to have reached St.
Paul, and the reliable clairvoyant then proceeded to describe
that interesting young city; and in the course of her speech made
more improvements there than will be accomplished in reality in
less than a year or two certainly.

Among other things, Mrs. Hayes described as at present existing
in St. Paul, two Colleges, a City Hall built of white marble, a
locomotive factory, and a place where they were building seven
ocean steamers.

She then, when she arrived at the house, in the course of her
mesmeric journey, where the people concerning whom Johannes had
inquired were supp