Juliet signal., 1846-08-04
"A Ghost Story.
Y A COUNTRY PHYsfcIAN.

lsst1 ne itt0 OF q physician sDriifgS snfn in
contact with many strange events, aud
that of country practitioners is often made
up of, as great a variety ofincidents as the
city could afford. ia s57i
The following incident the writer of
this can youch for as having occurred as
related, and if it did not turn out ..real
ghost" at least itcame very near being
one. The initials only of the parties are
given. a3a gttb5 itslt.s aaY.
m DR.. Co. was the principal physician
ia the village of ST. in Massachusetts.
He had been attending all infant child of
a young couple, whose residence was a
mile from the village, but the child died
and was buried. and the mother was more
than usually afflicted atthe loss other first
born.r <.r
One night week or two afterthe bur
ial of the child, the worthy doctor was ri.
ding at late hour past the village bury.
ing ground, The moon was shining
brightly and acool March wind was whis
Ting through the tops of couple Of tall
pines which ornamented the grave. yard.
(Some ,Vandal hand has since DESTROYED
them.) The doctor was musing upon we
know not what when suddenly his old
white horse pricked up his ears and began
to snortin a very unusual manner. The
doctor looked around but could not discov-
er anything. The nag, with instinct more
acute began to shy away from the old
grave yard fence, as if he had no nten.
tion of coming in contact with any spirit
which might walk there. The doctor was
not superstitious, he got off his horse and
climbed the fence into the grave yard, to
see what had afrightedhis staid and steady
animal.
The doctor was man not easily fright
ened, hut it must be confessed that his
hair almost stood up, and cIutched the end
ofhis riding whip convulsively, as he look
ed and saw among the tall white tomb
stones figure in white, with long dis
hevelcd hair, kneeling beside a new made
infants grave. The figure was rocking
to and fro, as ifin pain or grief and was
so near him that he could see that its
white drapery was scanty and the cold
wind tossed the long hair about wildly
A moment and his resolution was formed
Carefully and firmly he approached aud
spoke, but he received no answer. He
laid his hand gently upon the figure; it was
evidently flesh and blood. The Doctor
felt relieved. The second look told him
that twas a female, clad, notwithstand-
ing the inclemency Of the weather, in a
thin night dress. She ,0as asleep 1t
was the Young mother at the grave of her
infant child. Her mind had been so
wrough hit upon by its death that even when
sleeping she was not perfectly mistress of
her actions. She had risen from her bed
and walked more than mile from her
residence to the burial ground, mot waking,
and as may be supposed, was horribly
frightened when she found herself among
the tombs. The good Doctor quieted her
fears and wrapping her in his ample cloak
and placing her behind him upon the horse
returned with her to her residence. Her
husband had not awakened during her
absence, and could scarcely believe the
story which the doctor told him.
CASE OF La FAYETrE ESHELBY.--There
is great deal of excitement at Lexington,
Kentucky, in conseq fence ofthe aequit-
tai ofShelby, the Murderer of Mr.. Horine.
On Monday the 18th inst, quite serious
demonstration was made, as we learn from
a correspondent of the Union: