Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-11-21
EBENsBURG. Pi. lVEDNEsDlE5 5soVEHDER q, 1860.
MISCELLANEOUS.
supcrnatural ReyeIation.

perusal. ezsecially by those who believe Ia
| supernatural revelations:
L am tHasried man As may be inferred
| from the fcFeeoing [ have wife. Only
one. Chrzdrsn, two. a boy aud girl
The boz S Daue is John. The girls Mary.
l hired te.tement on street few
| days ago. was told tha. it had all the mod
ern impro s<noents. [ was not aware OF the
nature OF sss of the modern Improvements
| Had l kIiF yhit think should have made
! an0.hcr :seo.ce5 80
! l lived in uninterrupted domestic bliss for
| two months.
On the night of the 7th inst, I returned
home from my business at the usual hour
| My wife and children met ne In the hall with
kindly greetings.
| After supper. the children having been put
! to bed, as myself and wife were setting by
the fire the candles were suddenly eztinguish-
ed. Thinking that it was occasioned by a
draft, l rose 10 relight, when | was startled
BY scream aud au angry.
Quit that, you" from my wife [ cody
relignted the candles, when my wife, some
what fustered and disordered iu appearance,
informed me, excitedly, that somebody had
squeezed her As Mrs. p is still good
looking woman. was lot surprised to hear
I l.
found 70 one. may remark that | am not
unduly excited. l am seldom astoDished, and
am not what is usually termed supcrstitious
y few moments sfterward we heard sue
cession Of piercing shrieks from the nursery.
| followed my wife composedly into the room,
and found my children lying on the floor
Mary had been kicked out of bed, as she iu-
formed me, with great trepiditioD, aud Johnny
had the conteuts of the pitcher emptied
his innocent head. Both had been spanked
q careful examination convinced me of this
fact. picked up the half clad darlings and
endeavored to sOothe their alarm and sought
my apartments with GOODNESS, although l con-
fess l was ct q loss TO account for this siDgu-
lar disturbance.
Reaching our sleeping apartments with my
wife. L threw myself on q chair to reflect,
when it was Instantly plucked from beneath
me, and seatd myself iavoluntarily upon
several of my wile's hair pins, inficting a
painful but not dangerous wound
l vas morti6ed-but not frightened.
Instantly uly wife vas dragged from her
couch by the hair 0! her head N most IN
pTecented lnzuner, thrise around the room,
while chorus Of sepuchral voices. chanted the
popular negro refrain:
'Oh, haiut glad
Come out vi the wilderness"
After suffering for sono time. as Judged
from her shrIeks; she was lifted violently to
tim ceiling, where she remained suspended
| made several efforts TO remove her, but
with no effect [ concluded to let her re-
main where she was, while proceeded with
my investigation L immediately took my
children into the nearest EeigGbors, FIRST Ia
king the precautIon 10 tell ny wife TO remain
I -.,A - tt,.
the supeFstitous fears of my little ones. who
appeared actually frightened
procured quantity of TIRE arms aud re-
paired TO the house. resolving to probe this
mystery TO the quick My pulse beat even
y, was rot alarmed, but perfectly cool. L
l met friend on the side walk. He said:
How are you, old feiF L replied, rather
s9lubrious," ior | felt the necessity of being
calm.
On entering the house the aspect of things
had materially changed. a troop of striped
monkeys, with their tails partly burnt otf'
but yet smoking IN a noxlous anu disagreeabie
ulauner. occupied the ceutre of the parior--
The ceiieiDgs aud curtains were tessIoned with
rattlesnakes A few ourang-outangs were
going up aud down the bell rope, hand over
hand, " hiie an equal number Cf chlmpanzees
Skinned Up snd down the bannIsterS. Ihe
back room bad been changed into an accurate
representation of the last scene IN Lucrezia
Borgia. A being, shall not attempt 10 de-
scribe was seated upon coffin. beating
thighbone on a skull In imitation OF the an-
vii chorus IN IL. Troyatore, while number
OF bow strung eanuchs were chanting the
Misrerc, from the same opera. Tee effect,
observed to ay wife. was irharmonIous. Ny
grandfather, many years, deceased, was sit
ting on a tombstone, singing negro songs
ron the open window, distant view OF
Lone Mountain lit Up by bengola lights, com
pletcd the ,abeau Tue scene was unusual,
and to many might have been thought strange.
[ was, | coDless, astouished
| immediately discharged my firearms into
the entry, without waiting 10 observe the et-
feet l moved the next day My wife re-
joined ne the next morning. bat was suffering
from severe headache, which L attributed
to having been up the night before.
Strict veracity inpels me 70 state that L
did not see spikes Nor dId the lights burn
blue There was disposition in the can
dies to run down one side and gutter which
attribute 70 the Inferior quality of the ada
mantiue.
As think this matter requires explanation,
you are at liberty to publish my real name.
which you will find in the Directory for 1860.
Also my residence and occupation.
rA- The lady who knit her brows," has
commenced pair of socks. Her sister was