“Good afternoon. Nice picnic. Many spirits with you, including Madam Ehrenborg and Swedenborg. Nettie, Emil, and Ida send much love to Mr. Helleberg and Mr. Stebbins.”

Number Two.

“Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift’s friends send their greetings from summer land. Also, Mr. Green’s friends and relatives. All happy to be with you.”

Number Three.

“God bless you all, and hope we may all meet on this spot again. Good bye.

“Nettie and Curry.”

We were not only delighted but enthusiastic over the success of our enterprise. Here on this spot, both romantic and famous in history, with illy-provided conditions, we had communed with the loved ones from the land of immortal souls.

As the spirit daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is mentioned as belonging to the party of tourists that visited the planet Mars, and as communicating with others at Split Rock, Kentucky, and for other good reasons, I have deemed it not inappropriate to incorporate herein a letter of Mr. Stebbins to the Spiritual Offering, a paper recently established at Ottumwa, Iowa, and which is ably conducted and devoted to the advancement of spiritualism.

[For the “Spiritual Offering.”]

INDEPENDENT SLATE WRITING,