, 1841-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE BARBER.S .

HE OiIDS |.
The following story is old but a p~reciou
good one. We laughed heartily over ii lion.
time ago.: and preSuming many of our rea
ders never heard of il. we serve il up TO
their edification:
"a gentleman travelling some years sine,
in the upper part of this State, called at
tavern and requested entertainment for tho
night. The landlord Informed him that il
was out of his power 10 accommodate him
as his house was already full. lie persisted
in stopping as he as well as his horse were
almost exhausted with travelling.
SITTER much solicitation the landlord con.
sented TO his stopping provided he would
sleep in Il certain room that had not been
occupied for long time. in consequence of Il
belief that it had been haunted by the ghos,
OF a barber who was reported TO have been
murdered in that room some years before.
Very we'll" says the man, I'm not afraid
of ghosts
After having refreshed himself. he inquired
of the landlord how AMI in what manner the
room in which he was to ioi-e was haunted.
Tie landlord replied. that "shorr'v after
they retired II rest, al unknown voice was
heard in 4 .remb.!aE anI pror.1rtel accent.
Saying, d o w-a-ut 10 pc Sh:v"4.'
SWELL" ren!iaI tie mxu. -! he comes he
NAV shave me-"
lie then requested 20 h, s..oNn to the
haunted apirtmcnt: IN r,il- IL which. he
was conducted t'!rou-I ! Ltr- r,on. where
were seated Il great number al persons II 4
gaming table. Fee,iu- Il c1ri1sl'v which a.
most every one possesses liter G.liH. heard
ghost stories. lie c1r":I.iv searched every
corner of his room. hu, cnu,i &! cover moth
ing but the uSut! i~uIui;u:" al tie apartment.
He laid dowa. but did not close his ewes to
sleep ilnodirt'!y. AMI in a few INMATES he
Imagined he heard Il voice saving. I'm yoH
10 al Mt 10 BIZ St-a a-r,i.' lie arp>r from his
bed. and searched every par o! the room.
but could discover noting. lie again went
TO bed. but no sooner had lie BEGAN 10 com
pose himself TO sleep. than the question VAS
again repeated. He a.ail rose aud went 10
the window, the sound appearing to proceed
from that quarter. and stood awhile silent
after a few moments of anxious suspense, he
again heard the sound distinctly. and con-
vInced that it was without, he opened the
window, when the question was repeated
full in his ear. which Startled him not Il little.
Upon a minute examination. however, he
observed that the limb of 4 large oak tree.
which stood under the window. projected so
near the house. that every breath of wind
to a lively imagination, made Il noise resem-
bling the interrogation, DO you Want to be
sh-a-a-ved?
Having satisfied himself that the ghost was
nothing more or less than the limb Of Il tree
coming in contact with the house, he again
went to bed and attempted 10 get TO sleep;
but he was now interrupted by peaIs Of
laughter, and an occasional voliey of oaths
and curses from the room where the gamblers
were assembled. Thinking that he could
turn the late discovery to his own advantage,
he took a sheet from the bed, and wrapped Ii it
round him, and taking the wash basin in his
hand, and throwing a towel over his arm.
proceeded to the room of the gamblers, and
suddenly opened the door, stalked in, exclai-
ming in a tremulous voice. DO you w-a-nt
70 be sh.a-vedr Terrified at the sudden ap-
pearance of the ghost the gamblers were
thrown into the greatest confusion in al
tempting TO escape it; some jumped through
the windows, and some tumbled head over
heels down stairs. Our ghost taking advan-
tage of a clear room, deliberately swept a
large amount of money from the table into
the basin, and retired unseen to his own
room.
The next morning he found the house in
the utmost confusion. He was Immediately
asked ifhe rested well; to which he replied
in the affirmative.
"Well, nc WONDER" replied the landlord,
'for the ghost, instead of going to his own
room, made a mistake and came to ours.
frightened us all out of the room, and took
away every dollar of or money!"
The guest, without being the least supect-
ed, quietly ate his breakfast and departed,
many hundred dollars richer by the adven-
ture.