The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-02-10

According to the superstition Of the coun-
try, 1t was deemed Improper to remove
the body through the 1oor OF The house,
and TO convey it threugh the window,
psr, of the " all was removed. Some hints
were dropped that tbs 70 N had been sub
-equeuily haunted by the poor mans
spirit. The gentleman retired to rest
rather uneasy and, ID protect himself,
laid his FIRE srms By the bedside. He
was visited in dream By trightfu APP
paraton, and s~aking in agony, found
himself sitting up in bed with pistol
grasped 10 bis right hand On casting
fearful glance around the room, he dis
covered, By the moonlight, corpse dress
ed in shroud, reared erect against tbs
wall, close by the window. With II uch
difficulty he summoned up resolution to
approach the dismal object, the features of
which, and the miuutest part OF Its funeral
shroud, hs perceived distinctly. lie pass
ed one hand over it, felt nothing, and
staggered back to bed. After some
time and much reasoning with hiu self, he
renewed his investigation, and at length
discovered that the Office; OF his terror
was produced by the mooubeams, forming
long bright image through the broken
window, on which his fancy, excited, by
his dream, had pictured. with michievous
accuracy, tie form OF bod, prepared for
interment 1t is ipdisputably true that
the 81 pearance Of spectiss and phantams
can be very often traced 10 mind Ill at
| ease, and to a conscience torn wiih re
morse lersoLs guilty Of enormous and
unnatural crimea, WHO have during life,
for example, iii,treated their parents. rels-
lives or tIiends to such an extent rs to be
the cause Of their death, or to have been
guilty of seducing from the paths OF virtue
many young and Innocent souls, are pecui-
ia'ly predlsposed for seeing spirits. Con,
science speaks to them of gul.t--its voice
cannot be hushed. They cannot, night
or day, rest for The remembrance Of what
they have done. The victims Of their
crime present themselves to their mind
continually. They trembe, they shudcer,
at the vivid picture before their eyes.
Their indignation becomes so heated, that
in the DART, cas- of night they think they
clearly sss frjghIful pictures rerroacbIrg
and threatening them fer their bad deeds ;
that their fathers are before ;hen On the
way, curslug tDsln. and tEslr wives up
brs!ding them with terrible imprecations.
Apparltions on ghosts can be very often
traced to gloomy or melancholy turn OF
mind ; and il is worthy OF remark that
ghosts Ssr7 never so numerous IN England
AZ during some years after the civil y ar
in 1919. The gloomy tendency Of the
iieid puEtsns Of that period, their posses
sion Of the old family ,eat,, formerly the
residence OF hospitality and good cheer,
bet in thev hanGs dismal. dark and Ce>o~
late and The fsaIfully thrilling stories cir
cuated far and wide by the old rataners
to these establishments after they have
been dismissed, contributed altogether to
! produce widespread terrer unknown III
other periods of the history of the coun-
try. The little that we have said on this
subject will probably explain all the Won
darful things thai Lave teen &C.,. about
ghosts and spirits. AS we said before, 70
We aow say, that the existence Of That se
call spirits il possible, for God is al pow
erfuI, and the sorl Is immortal Ga this
subject We shoul3 incline neither to too
great cfeduiity or 20 absoIuts uuhelief, but
/ hold middle course. Because PERSONS
have BEEN deceived in q ;housal case. OF
apraririons, it does cot follow that in no
case can it be proved that soul he's az
I reared again in his world after death
Nearly sill the accounts Inst have appear
ed of spirits, says Salgues, in bis beck on
popular errors and prrjudices " are form
ed ofpuerilities Ears pulled, bed-clo:hes
removed, tables upsst, cardes esringuish-
ed, vessels broken, curtains drawn asije,
chairs displaced, and The Ike, form the
burden Of stories abou, gh"sts