The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-17
spEcr0AI APPEARANCES.

| II case WHOA 'uIIu'I0u W hno ka'HV'
orthe blind poet Pfetiol, has boou widely
Oircnlaledb by the presspndis we'll known
| shall here mcntion 90 much off as i
essential, PIelIel had engaged acyqpps
Protestant clergyman, Of the Dapq q
Billing as monucnsis.
Tho bHud poet, when he took walk
held Billings arm, and was Icd BY him
One day as they wcro walkipg iu the
garden which was at sOne distance from
the towa, PleffeI observed that OG often
as they passed over acortpiu spot, Bill.
ing's arm lreubled. and the young man
became uneasy ;g 81.
He nada ipquiry as to tie cause OF
Ibis spdsEillisgIAi Las. uqwillipely eos,
fess61 tbal asohai as hepassod oyor tho
! spot, he was attacked by certain s9nss-
lions, over which he had no control, and
which he always experienced where hu.
man bodies lay buried. He added, that
whom he came 10 such places at night,
ho saw strange lhiogs. PleTol With The
Wow of curing tia young mao Of his fol-
ly, az be supposed it TO be. went that
night with him 10 the garden.
When they approached tho place 10
the dark, Billing pOroOivei a feeble
light, aud whOu nearer he saw the deli
cate appearance of a fiery ghost'liEe form
hovorIns 10 the air over ths spot. HS
described it "a female form with one
arm laid across tho body, the other hang.
ing down, hoYeripg inan upright post.
ure. but without movement the feet on
y a few handbrealhs above the soil, ~
Pfefel, as tho young man would not fol-
low him, went up alone to The spot. and
struck at random all round with his stick
He also run through lholspeetFs, but ita
neither moved nor changed TO Billing'sI
eyes. ,d
It was "a when wo strike with . stick
THROUGH a famei ihe'lform always qp,
pe& ed again in the same shape, Manyl
experiments woEetttied during several
months; company was brought ie the
place, butsno change occurred; and tha
ghost seer adhered to his Oaraes! asSer-
lions. and.tu consequence Of them, to
The huspicionsstbat som ono lay buried
s.6sSs a
A.Iast PfsEd bad the place dug up,
At Oonaidsrehlo depth. they dame @ a,
firm layer ofwhito lime, about as long
and aSbroad rs grave tolcrably Thick
and 90 breaking thr5ush this, tho bones
OF human being were discovered. L
was thus ascegiained that come one, he'd
besu buried there, and covered With 81
thick layer Of lime, as 10 usually done in
limos Of peslionoO. earthquakes and sipr
ilar. ralumitieQ, The bones were taksp
out, the grave flIed up with earth and
scattered abroad, and the surface level.
ed. When Billing was now again
brought to the place, the appeprpoce
]
was no longer visible, and the nOclarnplJ
gh9slhad vanished forever. Il 10 hardly
necessary TO point Opl 10 the reader what
! thiuk Of this DIOTSj which caused So
much discussion in Germany, because, il
came to uson the authority Of ous fthe
most trustworthy men alivs,-Gnd receives
from tho theplogians and psychologists Q
thousand lrighiul interpretations. s.se
To nay eyes, II belonged entirely to-
the domain Of chemistry, pad adatted
Of simple and clear scientific explana-
ton, A human corpse ia rich field of
chemicsl ehanges s--for formsuta ion. pu.
tFefsc!'Op,. Justification ami theploy Of pl
GAnnOr Of afinilies, A layer Of dry,
qaicklinei compressed in,o "a deep pitI
adds 10 ils own powerful aiioitios TO or
ganic matters. aad lays the foundation
Of q long and slowaclioa Of these ofiui.
ties. Rain water from above u added;
and the lime first falls to mealy pow
der, aad afterwards is converted, by .hs
walter, which triekled down iulo il, into
a itollow,liko external mass, through
which tho external hair penetntes bu,
slowly. Such masses oflime nave been
found buried in old ruined castles,
where theyhure lain for copluriosi and
yet tho lime hes been SO fresh. that It
has bnpn o,aal cn, Iba n,nsln, Of na,,,