Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-05-04

nothing at all would happen for hours, and
again succession of falling, or throwing in
cidents would occur within a few minutes of
each other, and in different parts Of The house.
The gentlemans son, lad of some twelve
or fourteen years of age, far from alarmed,
found great amusement in chasing and pick
ing up the moving articles.
One evening he thus ran into room ad-
joining that in which the family was sitting,
from whence had proceeded the noise of
something falling TO the floor, and immedi-
ately uttered piercing scream. His friends
going in found him on the iloor writhing in
a fit. He was taken up and cared for, and
recovered from it the next day, when he
said that the cause of his screaming was that
somebody caught him around the body just
above the hips, and was lifting him up, as he
feared, through the ceiling. OF the fit he
was not conscious The next evening and
every evening for some ten days thereafter,
at the same hour, and occasionally during the
day time, the boy was seized with similar
fits, which would last one or more hours, and
then pass off.
To enumerate the articles thrown, and the
manner and appearance of them, and, above
all, The impressions made upon neighbors and
strangers who frequently were Witnesses,
would require not only whole columns, but
whole newspapers We shall have room for
but few, and, in selecting them, we shall not
refer to what we have already narrated.
They are vouched for in the most unequivo-
cal manner by gentlemen who are in no way
connected with the family, and who could
not for moment be suspected OF the least
collusion, and are the result Of examinations
made by them al the request of the family.
On one occasion, two gentlemen Of our ac-
quaintance made thorough examination of
the upper part of the house, leaving the whole
of the family below stairs. Having looked
through the different rooms without observing
anything unusual, they were retiring down
81 'irs when tire-poker, which they had no.
liced hanging on nail in one ofthe chambers,
passed near their heads and stuck into the
floor before them near the foot Of the stairs
| They returned and once more re-eyamined
the premises. Nothing, and no person could
be found. The door of the chamber in which
the poker had hung was closed, just as thcy
had left ii, but the poker was not i'll lis place.
! Moreover, the door was so situated that il
| could not we'll be opened without attracting
their attention, until they had passed further
down the stairs than they had done when
the poker whizzed by
a gentleman and his wife who reside in
the vicinity, and had been with the family
frequently while these strange things were
going on found, at another time, il a room
into which they, as well as the family, We're
passing and repassing every few minutes,
nine figures representing females in a kncel-
ing posture, before each of which was Bible,
opened, and passage therein marked by
the turning down of leaf TO ii, or by small
piece OF paper laid upon it. These figures
were dressed with great precision, every
hook and every button was fully adjusted,
aud their preparation wonld be the work OF
many hours if attempted by human hands.
The dresses belonged 10 the young lady and
her mother, and were hanging up in closets
within a short time of the discovery. The
passages in scripture were chiefly in the pro-
pheces of the Old Testament, and were
very appropriate 10 the mystery which ap-
parently existed in the house.
Not the least wonderful Of these things
was the discovery in different parts of the
house, generally in The morning, of Il species
of hieroglyphic characters upon the walls, and
on the floor of the piazza, and also on oiled
paper, One of those on paper was of exceed
ingly high finish, fully equalling engraving
on STEEL Across the top were characters il
Hebrew, and below, inup and down columns
others similar in appearance 10 Chinese. The
Hebrew characters were deciphered by in.
lelligent neighbors, and found to be "The
Key to the Mystery" OF the Chinese, OF
other characters, nothing has yet been dis
submitted 10 gentlemen in this city, who are
acquainted with the Chinese, Arabic anu
other languages.
Up to the 18th instant these manifestation:
invariably occurred in the day time. On the
night of that day they were maintained will
increased violence, and without cessation
until about four O'Clock in The morning. Du
ring that time considerable damage was done
to various articles of furniture, and severa
panes of glass were broken from the window.
all under the eye of another gentleman
from those previously mentioned, aho, at the
request Of the family, was endeavoring, by
all means and ingenuity at his command, tc
solve the mystery. The particulars of all the
unaccountable things which took place du.
ring that night we must pass over at leas
for the present confning ourselves, as we
have hitherto done, TO the more striking and
extraordinary ones.
While at the supper table the previous
evening, he was amazed more than once al
the falling upon the table of knife, or fork
or spoon apparently from the ceiling over.
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