The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-12-13
Esta abIished 1926.


ln ten minutes.tbey returned, and saw
one OF the cDHldrsp, the younger. Iy.
ling upon the H3sfsixah It's head unds,
the stove. wbilcsaM ,otber Law upou
the very edge Of We faLle-bolb n
tho font roomI 1sSey spfe.at once
taken from their perilouss y kitions
and then, on looking around.4he wo
man saw the dog. with piece Of
string tied around its neck, hanging
on the knob of The folding door :
AT noon Mr Bushnell retusoed.-
The incldenus wers related TO him
aud he determined to remain at-bome
during tie rest OF The day. and try Il
discover some causes Tor these rnyste.
rious doings Dinner was prepared
and the family SAT down to partakc oi
1t. Scarcely had they done 80, when
large. stale c0d6sL fell upon the
shoulders Of one Of the women Ii
was removed and in moment or two
Loaf of cake which Mr. b WAS about
to take up and cut was thrown from
the tab .le 10 the floor, as il was aimo Il
IN his grasp.
During the afternoon these manifes.
ialiOns continued
The large cover on the stove was
suddenly removed and slid across the
hoor; the spittoOn would roll out in.
to the ball u small tin dust pan was
thrown into the room, as also u small
iron kettle, q little china mug. and n
tin tobacco box, neither of which ar
ticles had ever been seen before by
any of the family. The piece Of
cloth sent the night before mysteri.
fously disappeared before their very
eyes. but to-day was found again.
A basket Of onions was taken from
the closet and set in the hall at the
head OF tho stairs. AT times the dog
would howl and whine. and struggle
as il some one had hold of his tail, and
nc was trying TO get a. ay.
In the evening, while the officer
was present, saucer was thrown
across the house aud fell without
breaking; match box jumped from
the bureau and danced across the
| floor
Late last night, or rather at an err
ly hour this morning, and while off :
Ger NJ. G SavIn was present, similar
demonstrations occurred, which We
must omit to specify, as space is lack
ing-slmply mentioning, that beds,
in whic women and children were
trying to sleep. were moved from
their positions and then jammed vio-
lentIy against the wall. An iron
skillet, which Mrs. Skeels ayers had
STOOD in the hall for several days pre-
vious, was by some unseen agency
conveyed to the bed room and drop.
ped on the floor close to the bedside
OF Mrs S, and WAS Immediately picked
up by The policeman.
This afternoon, while a policeman
and a gentleman named e H. Eddy
were present. II towel which WAS ly-
ing near the wall in the front room,
moved slowly toward u rocking chair
and was gently folded over the rocker.
A portfolio locked up in trunk in
the bed room was, at an early hour,
whisked ont of the trunk and hurled
to the floor of the front room These
together with many similar incidents,
were related to our reporter who
visited the room this noon, by the
above named parties. who avow their
Willingness 10 make oath 10 these
facts. 4
The premises are now in posses
sion of the police, under direction Of
Capt. Kennedy.
We will add that the parties living
in the room are not Spiritua,ists, .
in any sense of the term, and have
never had anything whatever TO dc
with the investigation Of the SO called
spiritual phenomena.
They are members of orthodox
churches, and are persons of intelli-
gence.
One or moro OF our reporters will
spend several. hours TO night in the
rooms, for the purpose Of making fur.
ther ersonalinvesiigation oi the phe-
nom ma, and should other manifesto.
lions occur, our readers shall know
the particulars in due limo