Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-02-25
From the Detroit Tribune.
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/ We have on several occasions alluded tt
the mysterious sounds heafd by the citizen.
iof Rochester, and not long since gave his.
tory Of its origin, and the manner in which
the conversation was carried son. Aifriend
Of ours from that city, visited Detroit last
! fall and during his sojourns here heard this
invisible spirit one night, but was unable to
converse with il. Below wegiye an extract
from a letter received by gentleman in
this city from the individual referred to. The
writer is q believer in his ghostship: We
wish he would coax him to pay 'pur city a
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rust But to the letter: S- "a
-eass ss RocHEsTFR, Dec. u, l849. =
81. have delayed writing to. you, until I
could write something that would interest
you. 1t was not until few nights ago
that I could get a chancs to find out. any
thing in regard to the srapping, bat what
you had been told before by me-. When 1
arrived in this city from Detroit, the people
where this rapping is heard, were holding
public meetings in the city, and committees
were appointed both for the day and eve.
ming, for some time afterI got home, and 1
could not get chance to ask the questions
which you wished me to, until few eve.
nings since. = 50 q sd i-..@ ,ratsas-s-at
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son Saturday evening, the spirit wleih-
er good or bad) gave out that myself ard
wife might have chance to converse with
it atther house at 5 o'clock. We went over
there, but people kept coming in, 50 that we
could not get a chance to converse much a.
lone, without their hearing it. The spirit
told all in the room to go into bed room
off from the parlor. We went in. The room
was perfectly dark. l never wart to place
mysslfi in thesame situation again What
little hairI had on my head, 1 believe stood
erect. Articles were brought in from other
parts Of the house and flew around the room
in manner never dreamed of. In the
first place, an umbrella belonging to gem
tlernan in the room,y was brought in with
utthe door being opened, struck son the
ceiling. over head, and then flew around the,
reomzHke ig htning, strikingf first one and an-
other. but did not seem. to hurt any one.
Then a bible was bought Into the room in
the same manner, thrown down upon $ the
hands lofsa gentle man present. Then several
things in, the room were in motion, slap apping
first one and then another. Then a work
basket was fetched in, which was in some
other room, and placed uI'ouruy ii1andis:--7
Then I was slapped upon my back with a
cold hand several times, and then / was
touched with a finger, as it appeared to me,
on my forehead and face, which I thought
felt cold. Then l was touched on my shoul-.
der with the ends Of the fingers several times,
get enough, and n1adeu my mind that |
would rather prefer light to darkness. I
have seen it raise the tableswhere | was eat
ing, and move it away and shove it back.
again, when the lamp was burning on the
table, and no visible hand or foot touched il.
And, in fact have both seen, felt and
heard enough:It may be good spirits, or
bad spirits, r don't know. which; but one
thing is certain, have tested all L want to-.
I asked ifit1 went4to Detroit with mc.zs 1t
said it did, but would not tell me why it
would not rap for me. Yours &c, >-s e-5f
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