Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-12-06
WONDERFUL PlEyoM2vl.

The New York Tribune o. the goth
Instant contains long statement relative
to certain "mysterious noises" which
have, dur ng the last two years, been
heard in Rochester On. " and vicinity
and which appear To- have caused no little
sensation in that region. These noises
consist of rarpings on doors, ceilings.
| q rors, DC, without any visible agency,
though it is now ascertained that the
sounds are GENERALLY heard only in those
houses in which two Observation-Disclosures
tfemaleS) are Or have been present. At
the dwelling where fir. heard, the rap
ping continued every night for a long
time, and finally commenced in the day
time. 1t was entirely unintellgible to
the inhabitants Of the house.
+ At length, (says the account,) little
girl said, Now do as l dc" and snapped
her finger three times. She WAS an.
swered BY three raps. On repeating it,
she found that it Invariably repeated tho
number she made herself. Another per-
son said, Now count ten" and !. WAS
done. "Now count the age Of Mary"
tone Of the c,ilIrvn.) 1t was done cor
rec ". Another Was tried with like
success. AS it began to display signs Of
INTEL gencc, the family became alarmed
all fed tom the house at night. The
neighbors were called in, but there was
no cessation Vt the sounds The excl.e
mpnt became Intense, and at one time
nea ~ " quite 3oO persons assembled
~ discover from whence the sounds pro.
ceedcd. The NOISE was thoroughly ex'
ahmed fiom garnet 10 cellar, bur, though
the sounds continued, no one ever DIS
covered Tie operator. II Was, however,
discovered that every time IL question Was
put That required an affirmative, a rap
was heard-tor negative, no sound.
The question was put, Are YOU "a spi'
lit 2" The answer was, three raps. by
this means they found that it pu"porled
t. be The spirit Vi II man. Many expedi-
ents were resorted to by whicn 70 find
out the name vi the man whose split
was making these manifestations. Az
/ length stranger asked, III | will cali
the alphabet, beginning with A. Will
you rap wneu | cone 10 the fist lestc;
vi ms name ;" Ine answer Was affirm.
/ a, N 4 -
wien he came to g., there WAS a rap.
Again he Went ON, aud 1t raped at H.,
aDI l." that way he spell Ola. The name
Of Charles Ktsine." As bcluie stated,
these sounds have from that time been
heard III various families IN that place,
tLe.oy,) and IN the c..ies Vi Auburn and
itucncs.cr, anI various other places IA
the vicinity. Although contned 10 this
rapp.ns sound ;~Lne IA ,le ot conmanicA
tloi, HAS Z aluaily imp; owed 50 mat ve:y
| many ca. lous and Astonishing Sentences
have been spelled by the Use Vi the al
p,'abet. /. no Longer puiP"rls To be the
spirit Of one man VI pc. svn; but w.cu
an individual makes Tie lnqul y, !" Whu
Is IL that wishes 10 com.nuil.cate WIN
me ?" he Will generally get the nlnle oI
some friend VI relative - ia,ner, moth
er, sister or b.olilcr, WHO has PASSED
from visible existence. Many persons
have made the thai, and have II d names
spelt out " them vi their friends, I'm
K own To any person pfcseht. Strangers
have tried Tie expe. ,nlett, and had t:'clr
names spe.t ouL before amy person pres
ent kn~ " It or where they came from.
We fist became cquaiAted with LncSe
manifestations about one year since, and
We have taken eve.y opportunity to d.s-
cover, ii possible, them CAUSE. We have
become convinced LiiaL there Is NJ dis
puuny these three facts, VIZ Ine sounds,
tne IN, lIlsence. and the absence OF any
COLLISION ~ deception IN the matter.
| Some two MeeGs SLICE, We We're IN
com pany with SJnic persons whJ were
uettiny comm ncItsoas ION Lnls invlsl.
ule cuInmunlcalur when nlcssage was
spelled out 10 Us u tine import that the
matter should be made mo.e public -
that the time had arrived Ior the people
~ investigate tie whole attar-Ihat il
was tnins whoa will ultimately become
known 10 AL mea. aud That We slo6lJ
immediately take measures 70 have il
ia, s.igaled. Inc g.eaI object with u.
was To start investigator AMI clear those
, WHO had been hGa.ing u tor The last Two
years from imputat'on' Vi f.aai AMI de-
cept'on.
Accordingly on the evening Of Novem.
Der "a. Ice. u.e was delivered ~ Coin
Than hall ~ the Guy VI Rochester. and
full history OF the rise and p.os.cs u
these strange IN sndssti.IIsn' gwen. Da'
,lng the relAlIon Vi these tGcts The sOLnl,
we're distinctly head BY the Persoas ~
Glse hall.
After the lecture. o Committee was
chosen BY the audience. composed Of the
loIIo YIN; persms--A, j. CuInb.. Daniel
N Wsh, NATHANIEL Clark, 4. Jadson, and