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presently ceased; which so delighted the parrot that he cursed him-
self hoarse for joy.

Then the male members of the party moved to the forecastle, to
smoke and gossip. There were several old steamboatmen aloog, and
I learned from them a great deal of what had been happening to my
former river friends during my long absence. I learned that & pilot
whom I used to steer for is become a spiritualist, and for more than

PILOT TOWK.
fifteen years has been receiving a letter every week from a deceased
relative, through a New York spiritualistic medium named Man-
chester—postage graduated by distance: from the local post-oiBce
in Paradise to New York, five dollars ; from New York to St, Louis,
three cents. I remember Mr. Manchester very welL I called on
him once, ten years ago, with a couple of friends, one of whom wished
to inquire after 9- deceased uncle. This uncle had lost his life in a