The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-10-07
KENosHA,. WISCONSIN,, THURsDAY3 OCTOBER r 1852
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A aleae Man Visits Living FFienz, Embraces
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Our Ansiness is to tell a story as it. was
told to us, by the gentleman who under
went the experience, and who, by the way,
is plaiE, sensible, business man, guilt
less of any practical joking, whose on.
ly care is to increase his store and faith
fully discharge all the duties and obliga-
tions imposed upon him as good citizen.
There is not a particle of sentiment in his
lcomposition, and he disbelieves the spiri-
tuaiistic theories. So much for the man |;
now for his story 5s--iF,zs2 ~ 51s1'g3 -
on Saturday evening last, he arrived at
his hotel, the American Exchange, hate
for dinner, and so had to take the meal
/ at French restaurant This was about
$3.50 o'clock. With his dinner he took
about half bottle of claret.o He ate or
drank nothing more during the evening.
1t IS we'll to bear this fact in mind, as 1t
shows that his system was in perfectly
the time of the visitation.] Feeling very
much fatigued as the evening drew on,
on account OF attention to business on that
day, and for several days proceeding, he
came Go the conclusion that his great
need was a sound and undlsturbed nights
rest. To obtain this, he determined to
leave his room in the hotel, for that
night, and occupy a furnished apartment
In the building where his store is situat-
ed. He changed his room to escape the
inevitable morning noises at the hotel,
and thus be allowed to sleep as late into
Sunday morning as he chose. He was
not conscious ofany other motive for do
ing so, though some spiritualists may say
Re was impressed to make the change:
de reached his room about eleven
o'clock, lit the gas, and set about prepar-
ing for bed. He had Invested himself
at the day clothing, and was standing in
trent of large mirror, 'buttoning the
neck band of his shirt, with his face at
the same time toward the door of his room,
leading to the hallway. His mind was
dwelling upon nothing particular at the
time, and he was humm1ng an operate
air. Suddenly he became conscious of a
presence other than his own, and then
was clasped about the body SO tightly
that the pressure was almost suffocating.
He found himself face to face with Frank
-------, who died about three months ago,
Tand with whom he was on intimate terms
during his lifetime. There stood his
friend fronting him, looking straight at
him. The face was closely shaven, the
eyes bright, and the lips parted in a half
smile as in life Even the clothes in
which he was dressed were the same as
worn by him on the day preceding his
death. Still holding him in his emil brace,
Frank spoke to his friend. ~
Harry, you are a good soul You
have been kind to me and good to my
wife since I left" He spoke further
about some business matters, but we do not
feel at liberty to repeat the words. ] .3'i
BY this time, Harry had withdrawn from
Franks embrace, when the latter grasped
his hand, and said i
"Good-by, Harry. There is much hap
piness In store for YOU" -
Here he had partially recovered him
self, and was about to speak but before
he could frame the words, Frank was
gone, melted, into thin air. The door
did not move on its hinges; there were
no footballs in the hallway outside but
as suddenly as this strange visitor had
come, he departed, and Harry was left
alone, filed with astonishment, but, as he
declares, without any feeling of fear. The1
result of the interview was such that for a
moment he doubted if his friend was
dead; but he had been present at his flu
neral, and dropped a handful of earth on
his coffin-lid that he was sure covered
his mortal remains. Then he thought
some one had played practical joke to
terrify him but there was no one
besides himself in the building, and all
the doors were securely locked and bar
red In despair at the task of accounting
for this strange affair, he lit cigar to aid
him in his perplexity; and finally sought
his couch, where he slumbered peacefully
for the rest of the night.
The ghost (if such high pressure Wis
itor can be called ghostly) left memento
of his visit behind HIM. Harry declares
that at the time he was being so tightly
embraced, his thumb came in contact with
a button on Franks coat, and he felt con-
siderable pain. In the morning, on ava
kening, he felt the pain, and, looking at
his thumb, found the skin slightly abra-
ded. s1a orc e.ae5 Z 49,
That is the story as it was told to us.
Harry, as we said before, is q sensible,
practical, unromantic, business man, and
no believer in spiritualism. He has moth
ing to accomplishin deceiying his friends,
and as joke, it would be sorry enough
70 be beneath contempt. 1t may be con-
sidered one of the marVels OF the latter
days-not to be believed by many; inca
pable of solution by all. ag %,
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