The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-05-31

they ever ovcrdone the thing, aud we got
tired OF their company, how easy we could
get rid of them by au improved process
very likely, the right for the use Of which
we would have to pay some other chap fifty
or hundred dollars year as license
money. But then IL would be so conVen
lent you know, il our visitors get trouble
some, for we would only have to snap ouI
tugers and say Zip, and away they would
go in jify
How muoh better than the present fash
ION of following our earthly bores out tc
the front gate, standing an hour or so IN
the chilly air, 80 as 10 got stopped mp IL
the head, while tho dinner is getting cold
and all that sort OF thing.
QuBuLERs own EXPERIENCE.
now come 80 what happened in my own
case in connection with spiritual sounds
or whatever it may be, | am not in the
habit of jumping at conclusions. but prefer
| like the boy with tho watch, to pick thing
TO pieces, aud see what is inside of it.
cannot so far in the direction Of the undis
covered country; but, as before stated,
can 20 MS far as any one else. The seeing
of apparitions has sometimes been at
| tributed to diseased retina the eF3ct OF
the imag inatiou on the sight, &c. But how
about the sounds? Are they imaginary
too? Suppose we admit all that's how
about the death Of onc's friends Just after
he has heard tho sounds? There is no
much imas sinaton about that, Iguess.
ANOTHER CASE.
Some two years ago or less, awalled il
! the Tight from refreshing sleep, aud
moment after heard the clock strike twelve
| cCuuted the strokes, and when the SOUND
had we'll diel away | heard at the foot q
my bed noise OF different kind 1t adj
peared to me that some person had dropped
square piece ot light pine wood endwisC
upon stone floor. The pieco should bt
about an inch square and eight inches long
OF the lightest wood, and then when dropped
endwise it will first give out ringing
CLASSY sound as it rebounds from the stone
then it will fall over upon one corner, anC
then upon fat side aud so lie still. Tha
| is the noise heard, for have had piec,
of wood since, and made the same idenica
sound. | heard it once at twelve o'clock
and thought of it, may be, for half min
ute, then turned over and went to sleeI
again.
But Mr.. Spirit was not to be balli il
that manner. Whether he went of to thu
other world and told now little impression
his performance had made on me, or not
do not know. What do know is, that
walked again, suddenly, from deep slum
Der, heard the clock strike three, and, q,
soon as all had become silcut again, hcart
the same identical sound, ~ of the falling
of piece OF wood ct the foot of my bed
| This time my wife was awake. aud sh,
spoke Immediately and asked if har
heard noise. told her heard the clocl
strike three.
mot that" she replied didn't yol
hear sound Ike that of block of WOO
or something failing upon the tleor?"
"Yes," said |, Il have heard the sam
thing twice to night" and with that W,
lit a lamp and examined the room to se,
If any blocks of wood were lying a6ou
loose, but no block
The next morning ! began to think seri
ously about the sounds had heard, and
wrote letter to my mother, who lived in
distant State, to know if she was well
Before | got the letter mailed received
telegram stating that she had been takei
suddenly sick, and calling me to her bed
side. went and n,y mother died.
Such has been my experience in regarC
to the dark mysterious So much | know
aud no more. II amy mau does know more
let him tell it.