The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-20

and civli liberty.
From the Spirtual Universe
An Enormous story.
Ne,s Developments in Glostology-Spirits
Taking aloud and Baking .SlaiJaek.'
HARrFoRp, Trumbull CO, O., JAN g.
s. W. Smith Esq-Dear Sir The facts
given in the enclosed affidavit of John Rich
ardson. are Of public notorety here, and can.
doubt. be sustained by any amount of evil
dence lou are Al liberty to make any of
the affdaviis YOU choose
Respectfully.
WILLIAM J BRIGHT.
The State Of Ohio. Trumbull county, So
Before me, Vim. J. Bright. a Justice of TIE
Peace in and for the county aforesaid person.
sonally came John Rchardson. who. being
duly sworn, deposes follows: l am a resi-
dent of Pamy ,anlany township. Mercer CO..
Pa. live four miles east of the centre of Hart
tord, Ohio; have lived where / now reside
some nine months. AboH fve weeks ago nv
attention was arrested by very sharp and
loud whistle, seemingly in a small closet in
one corner OF my house. This was followed
by loud and distinct raps. as loud AS person
could conveniently rap with the knuekles. The
closet door is secured or fastened by wood
This button would frequently turn, and the
door open without any visible agency This
WAS followed by loud and distinct (appa-
rentlv human voice. which could be heard
perhaps. fifty rods.
After repeating very loud and shrIil
scream several times. the voice fell 10 a lower
key. and in tone about as loud as ordinary
conversation, commenced speaking in plain
and distinct manner, assuring the family that
we would not be burned. and requesting us
TO have no fear OF any injury. as we were in
no danger. These manifestations being alto
gether unaccountable to myself and family,
we searched the entire house to find, il possi-
bic, the of this new and startling phe
! nomenon, but found no one in about the
premises but the family. Again we
startled By repetition Of the screams, which
were repested, perhaps dozen times,
when the voice proceeded to inform US that
the conversation came from the spirit Of TWO
brothers calling themselves Henry and George
Force, and claimed to have been murdered
+ some eleven years since. and then gave us
what they represented as the history of the
tragedy aud insisted that We should call in
some of the neighbors to hear the disclosure.
John Ranney, Henry Moore and some dozen
others We're then called in, to whom the his
tory was detailed at length. We could readi
/ ly discover difference in the voice protesting
to come from the TWO spirits.
About the third day after these manifesto
tons commenced. my wife brought ham of
meat into the house, and laid it on the table.
and stepped 10 the other side of the house,
when il was carried by some invisible agen-
ey from four to six feet from the table and
thrown upon TIE floor. At another time
a bucke. Of water was, without human
hands taken from the table, and thrown upon
the floor. This was followed by large di
ming table turning round from its position at
the side Of tie room. and carried forward To
the stove, distance Of more than six feet
This was done while there was no person
it. The same table has, since that time been
! thrown on its side without human agency,
and often been made 10 dance around while
the family We're eating around IL A one time
dishes, knives and forks were thrown from
the table 70 the opposite side oi the room, break
ing the dishes TO pieces
On another occasion the voice requested
Mrs. Richardson to remove the dishes from
the table which was done Immediately, when
the table commenced rocking violently back
and forward. and continued the motion, SO
that the dishes could not be washed upon it,
but were placed In vessel and set on the floor,
from which number few from the tub to the
chamber floor over head. and were thus bro
ken 10 pieces What crockery remained we
attempted to secure By placing it in cupboard
and shut the doors, which were violently
thrown open. and the dishes flew like light
ming, after another. against the opposite
side, and broken against the opposite wall
And this kind Of demonstration has coniin-
ued until nearly all the erockery about the
house has been broken and destroyed.
At difeTen. times the drawers of stand
sitting IN bed room have been taken out, and
at one time carefully placed bed. A
large stove boiler has been, while on the stove,
filed with water, tipped up. and caused to
stand on one end, and the water was turned
out on the floor. and at this time was taken off
from the stove. and carried some six feet, and
set down upon the floor. and this while un-
touched by any person. A tea kettle has often
been taken fran the stove IN the same manner
and thrown upon the floor. At one time. .
spider, containing some coffee for the purpose
Of browning. was taken from the stove, car
ried near the chamber door. and then thrown
upon the floor And frequently. while Mrs.
Richardson has been baking buckwheat cakes
on the stove, the griddle has. in the same
accountable manner, been taken from the
stove and thrown across the house: and often
cakes have been taken from the griddle, while
baking, and disappeared entirely
AT one time the voice, speaking to my wife,
sad j, 1.-THE spiri,) could bake cakes for George
boy eating at the table Mrs. Richardson
stepped away from the stove. when the batter
faiready prepared for baking cakes, was by
some unseen agency taken from The crock
near the stove, and placed upon the griddle.
and turned a. the proper time. and when done
taken from the griddle. and placed upon the
boys plate q. the table The voice then pro-
posed to bake cake for Jane. nv daughter.
Who wa- then A. work about the house The