Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-29
The s.Albenlarle GllOst.s'.

Within sight of "Paindeaing' and about
three hundred yards from the road, is the now
famous house Of Mr.. Moon, where the Abe.
marie ghost has played his strange and dar-
og p1lr.aanks for over eighteen months. Il got
ant Of the ambulance and walked through the
woods to take good look at the house. tits
.tuated some hundred and fifty yards from the
woods with nothing within that distance to
ohsruct the view on any side, and hence the
great wonder that the rascal or rascals were
able 10 carry on their pranks for 50 long q time
without detection, and that too in defiance of
often times from ten to: twenty guards around
the house. 1t is notable fact, however, thas
whenever the students from the University
come down, as they frequently did~in large
numbers, the ghost never made his appear
snce s....-.g. ..-I7 -..-..}., -,~
NV opinion was, when I first; read the ac-
count published lew months ago in the Scots
vile Register, that the ''ghost'1' was somebody
who lived in the house or in the servant s
quarters. Mr.. Moon, whose acquaintance |
had made in Charlottesville year ago, and
with whom met in Scottsville, tells me that
he believes negroes and perhaps some white
men belonging to q band Of horse thieves scat
tered through the neighborhocd, to be at the
bottom of this mischief. He showed me, how
ever, note which he had found tied to fish
iug pole in bis front porch few days before.
tread thus Il will not pester you any more
Mr. Jack. UHosIl
He thought this note, which was printed
With pencil in capital letters, came from
negro, because MIR or Master jack was the
name given him by the negroes when he was
small boy, and because the J. in Jack was
turned the wrong way. :,
After an examination of the note, l could
not agree with him. 1t was written on very
small note paper, ornamented with lowered
border in purple ink. Most Of the letters were
tar too we'll executed to have come from the
clumsy hand of negro who had recently been
taught to write. Turning the the wrong way
vas an after thought of the wr ter as he or she
was writing the last word, and intended to
mislead Ghost was spe!t correctly, bus
that Mr.. Moon attributed to the tact that the
negroes had SO often seen the word printed 10
the Scottsville Register. But to me the con-
elusive part Of the evidence was this: Alter
the writer had finished writing In capital let
ters the words given above, there remained a
opp space between GHOST and the lower
part of the purple fowered border. A portion
was then cut out and the lower portion OF the
border pinned to the upper: and larger piece OF
paper, so that the border just enclosed neatly
the promise, II will not pestcr you any more
Mr. Jack Ghost" ~. .,,.ss @&. ~ .-
The conclusion to my mind was irresistible,
that the writer of the note was woman
white woman and An educated woman. The
ghost had kept the promise so tar and had
not disturbed Mr.. Moon SINCE the night on
which the note was left, nevertheless Mr. NJ
said that, much as he had been annoyed, he
@Ould rather the ghost would keep up hls (or
herr tricks until caught and properly punished.
DOMESTIC WINEs.--Take ripe tomatoes,
cook them just enough to set the juice to dow
Ing freely. 10 every gallon Of juice add one
gallon Of water. To every gallon of the above
mixture put three pounds Of sugar, white or
brown, as preterred). Set it by to termentt.-,
After the lees sink to the bottom of the vessel,
rack off. and add . little more sugar, If necessa-
~ Clarity after the second fermentation, with
slnglass Or white OF eggs as you prefer. =
The above is copy OF recipe given, me by
a lady OF Lynchburg-noW no more'-Who TOOK
great lnterestin everything oil the kind. At the
same time she gave me- recipes for blackberry,
currant aud grape wine, in making of all which
she egcelled have parakenof three OF these,
aud must say, that while [ do not profess to be
Judge of wines, they were, IN my humble
opinion, the best ever made in this State
That Of the tomato was exquisite both as to
color and taste. ltis proper 10 ado, that with
scarcely any variation, she made the blackberry,
Sra Surrant and tomato wine by the same recipe.
iGat INA OF the grape was different. - Southe'%
f'a"ter and Farmer.