New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-12
q.ha Haunted HOUSE.


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HnSson INV ~ W XIV kiia haunted houae-real
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Sli AM lending Bergen Hl, We pass along
.t ssaS N 1hl5 road sre the Courthouse and the
nss q Ent inst hesnre yeschins fhe CONT
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q SIsh - have reference. Ii il very neat frame
M MI N snqyonnsd Win tssefly laid out
s.,;sS III nieess of scnlnture here and there,
c;r. thst ans e tha nrnnr;etprs. al least. must
hsve bsen person of exquisite taste Adjoining the
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sss;snsJ : tis;ons ona The ;ea 81 III heinr haunted
Al; - r ~ II chanced hnweyer tn
II Il ss ~ ~ de ~ fenant Who mad ~ Dfss;n;no
~ NJ ~ ~ Itch s;r mi If snnerstition e ver1
nart msrnr after fier removal into Tie house. she
1ss seen viii bundle and bendbox. hurryinc along
tIs nod LII Z face and enterinr
ssntv nccnniei ~ srne AZ her conntry.people. She
co,mun;cate the feayfl nteIlioence thai tle house
Was haunted: Ana althourh she Rad seen nothing.
s,e fad Heard s1ch thinrs as .made her blood run
oI,, "A tle assn n, ereen mon her homes This
was The ART intiraton II lie fact and q course ali
RerCen was II, state M wonderment "a one yentur
ina Ia onht the storv cosiderinc that It'd truth was
Verified ~ The sudden departure Of its previous occu
- IVA "A t,is Saaf as sfili f1rher
kv INA hasty removal II he family then n ii. They
had stood * thew said as long as possible for they
MA NE believe in ehosts or shirts or any other an
pernaturaI agency. and were disposed to attribute
ia oiaes NAV heani to natnraJ carsaa INF moi
eie able to discover them and not feeling altorether
coynfoftable in their minds thew resolved 10 leave
lhis was the statement made by them but of what
he noises consisted or what they resembled the good
peonje al BERGEN were alike ionorant - : 20,
A. Il
sned community.in fact, q more beniphted people
nan are to be found in some portions Of the State
would be difficult to and except. probably. in the
Interior Of Pennsylyania. II Is nat s1rnris;np then
tha hannted honsa ansad - ttIa
nd gave rise TO most awfIi stories. MANY aftirme3
hat thew had seen the figure Of a man nassine the
windows having Al niece of rome sanoIinp from tbe 1
ieck Others were certain that thew had heard ham
nerinp Al thew nassed the honse as thnnrh aoe one
vas emnlnvei IN coffin malino Whether tl,;s. yvos
8 or ot however Il could not Re denied that stranee
loises were made nightly II Tia house heavy sSh
would be heard close to your ear as Won law in bed
oitiful means wonld startIe Won Mt midnieht. 4 /
leayy step would be heard Descending the stairs.
We furniture IN the narlor would annarent1v be |
rawn across Tia ioor. Inf mon anternn ti,a room
very article would be found in its place THESE were
yellestablished facts gathered from the former occu
,ants, and for long time the house remained emnty
About a wear or two since, however a family
moved into il. consisting Of a gentleman and ia |
wife and several children Whether thev came from
distant part of the country, and knew nothing of
he stories about the house. or that they were aware
# them and did it to show their freedom from super
ttious fears, we know not but possession they |
ook, and, judging from the quantity of furniture |
hey evidently expected to remain there.
# interest and any amount Of curiosity but nothing
TRANCE occurred. The first day and night passed |
be second, third-a week and still they remained
d the house. But one day no one was to be seen |
tirring there in and about the place everything was
till the day passed away no light was seen at the
windows at night; people began to whisper their |
thoughts TO each other and the next day the excite