The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-30
s GH0STLY PHENOMENON IN LAW
RENCE, MASS. ID

From the New } ork Herald

from tHe new OK Herald.
Since the fall of the Pemberton mill
the city Of Lawrence has known NJ
such excitement as that produced on
Saturday, the 10th inst, BY the unac
countable appearance of females fea
lures in light of glass in the window
of house on Broadway. 1t appear:
that few days previous to the discov.
cry of the phenomenon, an elderly la
dy, after long and wearing sickness
had died. The day succeeding that on
which the funeral occurred. o lady who
was visiting one of the tenants of the
same house, in passing, saw figure in
the attic window, which she instantly
recognized as that of the deceased lady,
and with great CONSERVATION commu-
nIcated the fact to the other occupants
of the building, and in o short time the
entire neighbOrhOod was made ac-
quainted with the strange and exciting
discovery. The window of the room
in which the woman had died was i'm
mediately under that in the attic, anj
was the sitting place of the deceased.
Some supposed that by some means
her face had become impressed upon
the glass but the fact that it was not
in the room occupied by her, and in q
room that was usually unOccupied, dis
places all belief in this idea. During
the day and evening, the story of a
ghost on Broadway was widely circu-
lated throughout the city, and early
the next morning, which was the Sab
bath, people commenced to gather
about the ill-fated and haunted house,
much to the annoyance of its inmates
and immediate neighbors. None pro-
fessed to believe word of the wild
story, and were only convinced upon
an actual view with their own eyes.
A sister of the deceased, bearing of the
matter, visited the place, and pro-
nounced the likeness to be that of her
relative. The only remaining MEM
bers of the family are two small chill
dren. The excitement momentarily
increased, as also did the crowd in the
street, and by noon it was so great as
to render the passage of the horse cars
quite difficult. The inmates tried va
riOus means to remove the figure from
the glass, but were unsuccessful, and,
with q view to sending the crowds
away, removed the sash to the rear of
the building; but as a means of scat
tering the people it was only successful
in drawing them away from the front
of the building to the rear, where the
face was seen to still better advan-
tage, though it seemed to have a some
what different appearance. 1t was on
ly when tie sash had been removed
and secreted in the house that the
crowd began to disperse and wander
back to their homes, each having an
idea as to the cause of the singular Wis
ion, and all agreeing that there was
something in it, any way.n
Early on Monday morning another
crowd gathered around the house, and
DIR. VIM. d. Lamb, a prominent ply
sician, obtained permission to remove
the sash to his office, on Essex street.
Here it was placed in his window
opening upon the main business street
in~the city, and every one could get a
fine view from below. The window
was examined by intelligent and scien-
tific men, aud while some We're of the
opinion that it might be the result of
the action OF lightning, when some
person had been sitting near, others
thought this theory one of fimpossibility.
Of course the many superstitious We're
we're satisfied that it was the "ghost of
.he dear woman and nothing more.u-
There is one thing about it at least,
hat seems strange, and that is the fact
)f 10 lace or figure, to be seen in look.
ng out from the inside. During the
lay firm of photographers, after sew
,ral attempts, succeeded in getting o
very good likeness of the sash and the
ace it contained.
No one can account for this strange
but men who are practi-
al and possess good share of COM
non sense conclude to it must be one
,f those curious defects that will some
lines appear in window glass. The |
trangest thing in its connection is that |
was not discovered until after the
leath of an inmate of the house. Those !
Who believe in the spiritual" are MAX
Dg the most of the circumstance, and |
doubtless there seldom occurs such in |
tances upon which they can surely
each the superstitious mind. Ghost
II not, there has nothing occurred in
he city of Lawrence of this nature that
las produced such wonde rment as the |
stories of various ap-
in connection with the fall of
he Pemberton Mills. 1u |