The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-03-08
A Ghost stOry-Haunted House
I'm Erie.

ic-- II tA'~ h"f| htiNhtT0
house, and are making the most of it..
The Dispatch has the following:
We mentioned, day or two since
the existence in our midst Of vcritablc
haunted house, or, at least, ono which
has gained that reputation, whether
rightfully or not we leave our readers t.
judge. We came into possession of tho
information accidentally. As We are al
ways on the lookout for items, VIZ
plucked up sufficient courage to make
the acquaintance Of the owner of the
house and questioned him as to the
truth of the report, Although at first
very rcticcnt on the subject, he at last
invited US to his house to see aud hear
for ourselves There were two proyisos
connected with the invitation, however,
one of which was that, whatever we
should say upon the subject, We should
keep his name aud the locality of his
dwelling inyiolably secret and the 9TH
cr thnt We should come alone. We beg
! gcd hard for the privilege Of compau-
ion, but he was immoyabIe. "You need
not come until ten O'clock or past" said
the gentleman "as you would probably
hear nothing before that time"
On Wednesday evening, runetual to
the hour, We rang at the door, aud were
ushcrcd into the parlor, where dim fire
was burning in the CRATE The gas was
turned on. and in another moment our
host made his appearance. II was half
hoping you would not come, said he
Il don't Ike the idea Of making the
thing public. aud besides yourself there
arc not half dozca people in the city
who have any suspicion Of anything Of
the kind"
We sat for nearly an hour in convcr.
sation aud at last began to despair Of
seeing anything Of an extraordinary na-
turc All at once a childs rocking
chair, which stood within few feet of
us, commenced rocking gently nt
first and then violently. We loaned
forward to touch it, when suddenly it
romvycd itself ont OF onr reach aud then
topped AZ tho same momnni tho gen.
tlomtn touched our arm and said Look
IN the plass The mirror to which he
called attention WIS quite largo and
stood between tao windows Turning
towards il we saw the surface assuming
a singular araaraucc precisely the same
o. ifone wore brtathinsuron IL. You
can scr 1t better with less light" said
Mr.. -, aud he turned the eas down
lfa few moments the indistinet outline
OF a human arm appeared small white /
and delicate, reaching out from the
dukuca which rnyciopcd it with q sort
ofcu,rcatiug bcckoamg motion This .
lasted perhaps, two or three minutes
and then slowly disappeared.
You will see no more tonight, - said |
Mr - "Tho manifestations, If one
may call them so, always eud with that
Some nights they last two or three
hours. They come aud go without any /
apparent reason We hrst beeameaware |
OF something singular about the house
nearly ten months ago, Tho noises
have been irrcgulsr, sometimes making /
themselves heard every night, and then
remaining quiet for months. My wife |
is a woman Of nerve, and We haze both
become SO accustomed to them, that
though unpleasant, they do uot especial
ly trouble us We eau in no manner
account for the phenomena, nor do we
try Sometimes, by the sound Of foot.
steps, one would imagine the room allied.
Often steps 20 up aud down stairs with
out any visible bodies accompanying
them, Furniture Is changed from Que
room to another No injury has ever
been doao, however, to any article We
think that by paying no attention to
it is, tho trouble viii soon
cease. If you care to pursue your in-
vestigatlons further you are welcome at
my time to do So
So ended our first yisit---and, though
ge were somewhat startled, we were not
convinced We intend to
make another trial next week, and, il
possible, sift the thing thoroughly
Fruly, athere are more things In Heaven
md earth than arc dreamed Of in our
philosophy"
The confirmation Of the 0Jserper is
Is follows:
Determined if possible to solve the
MYSTERY, VIC procured, with much diff
.ulty, information of the locality, and on
tuesday evening, accompanied BY the
,wner and two editorial friends, visited
he scene of the ''ghostly1. yisitations.-
from the representations that bad been
,ivon to us, We of course expected to see
ome very astonishing occurrences, but
he things TINT trnnsnirnd exnneded I'll