The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-05-26
From the Home Journal.
A Story of the Supernatural.
BY AUGUSTA BROWNE.


,or, There arc more things in heaven and earth,
phy.'
The language of the illustrious Dane
was that of an experience which, though
a passing wonderful, was by no means a
solitary one There are, indeed, more
serious matters than those with which We
have to do in ordinary lifc-matters
which may well mock our boasted philos-
ophy, and battle the ablcst attempts to C.
lucidatc
Nisitants from other worlds are con
stantly in our midst Forms have been
seen, and voices heard, from regions be-
yond the grave-happy spirits glisteniug
in the raiment aud plumage Of the better
land, bearing on glad wing to loved ones
below, messages Of affection and warning
in the character of ministering angels
But others also have been among us, hab
tied in the gloom and sorrow of THEN
prison-house, with far differing mission
outcasts unblessed, intruding on hours
devoted to solitude with whispered sug
gcstions of malignity and temptation. s''
The eusuing occurrences, making due al
lowance for variation of phraseology, and
the possible omission of some minut@ ot
detail, whatever credence they may OBJ
tain, and however difficult, as doubles.
they are, to account for, are, nevertheless
strictly true
The Rev. Mr. e, travelling on 9
ministerial tour through the south of Ire
land, one autumn day, found it impossible
to reach his place of destination, yet dis
tant many miles, before the coming on o
night, which already announced its rapiC
approach by its sombre herald, twilight
During the day, his ride had been sugges
tive Of solitary meditation, as the portion
of the country through which he jour
neyed was, owing to the grandeur and di
versifcation of its scenery one of thu
most picturesque in the kingdom Hi
path had wound through gardens aban
doncd to the rank luxuriance Of the this
tie and bramble, and passed deserte,
homesteads, the histories of which wer
rife with tales of violence, blOodshed, an,
family extinction; and he had oft wit
toll and difficulty guided his good stee
through many of those deep labyrinthin
glens and matted ferns and natural fast
nesses in which the land of the shamroc
glories But all the scenery was not O
this wild character for many, many lov,
ly spots, retaining yet, in their untouche
loyeliness, the impress of the Almight
finger which created them, greeted hi
vision. Yes, lovely spots of exceedin
beauty and romance-for scarce in tn
/ wide world is there a country surpassin
Erin for variety and sublimity of pro
, pect Her valleys are the most fertil
that ever smiled in plenty, and her moui
) tains the most romantic among romant
for there is scarcely one of them lac
ing its own individual fairy, or chivalrol
legend Her sons for knight-errantl
and fighting, and her daughters for spir
and purity, by whom can they be put
the blush and if freed from the shac
les of the rapacious and rebellion-exci
ing spiritual tyrants, who are the so
movers of agitation, and the cause of q
the poverty, ignorance, and other troubl
f devastating the country, her peasant
c would soon be among the happiest al
/ brightest in the universe Let 4
. blighting Upas-tree be but banished fro
the land, and every misery connected wi
~ it will perish from want of nutriment.
I In the earlier part of his journey,
few comfortable homes and farm-hous
y had been visible to Mr. =; but
Y. the day wore on, the way grew inere