The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-02-23

In my Times of this morning, in an
editorial article, ! was forcibly struck
with the remark, that
" Most people turn a willing ear to
every revelation OF the marvellous.
Superstition and eredulitv can scarce
ly he regarded as salient features Of OR
nineteenth century civilization, and vet
few OF Us would like to confess how.
after all We have given our faith of the
supernatural Ghost stories. which have
not lost their secret charm for the
wlsest as we'll as the simplest. OF
course, III the light of science and of
reason, al these things, arc nonsense !:
but after all, it is i nonsense for which
sc cannot help keeping . soft spot in
cur hearts
| think it was Charles Lamb who
reasoned that science he'd established
the fact that the subject IF ghosts was
not theory, OF anything of that indef-
mite sort, aud he worked it out in
this way
" Il is now admitted TO be a scientific
truth, that at the end Of every seventh
year Of every mas s life, or every WON
ans life, not q particle OF physical hu-
manitv remains in their system which
was IN It seven years before
80 2''eil } e,i9' ,liele eloie, " man
but another man OF woman. Every
~seven years there has been peeled off
from each n C0ncontrio ring. as from
the cOncentric ring of an onion, Il shad-
owy representative Of the individual
person, which IS cande'iug il space.
60, s11,l9 - ~ ~ i llle en'i ~ every
-. IN T olllo N"a i1ailp , Iiie-
,ro,,', - H.. i-,,i9 i-;.9 'sleH years
,r,rl -. - - oPl s"l "i'ei,
80 - y 'snS 'iihe' aiii
~ -, - = ooi'' ~ = ~
-, i>iii5 y Dvl- = Il
.bnno,ht ,, - - f,,~:,,iS is.'''Si, uaS itcs 'i,ls
faon7,a p.,;l..,. a,',,.,:,,. y
MI ms 'ii''i o'' } '"i
. shail =, @ the departed g9ae "a thee again
Ind tt5a percclqe It not or tbnE,t perbans
lis but The mourful breeze that passes by =
Gittin9 hasida . uintar fro - ,n
evening in y roundabout chan. ,,na, =
solitary hearth. in q house whore the
unwonted sound Of n footstcn Is to no
heard only after the summons of q hon
have YOU never encountered fbnse
"ministcrine spirifs /" | thiul yon
have. / know [ have.
The fact is; that there is not one fam
ily in ten but has it's traditionary Ghost
story. which. when narrated to the
group that gathers round the winter
fireside, excites. according to the aoe
and character of the listeners terror
sympathy. doubt. incrednlitv and rili,
Il
and cherished in after life fo1-it nor
tains to that world Of untried baiuo
which approacEps toward no wifi, H.
slow and nniseIas, i,u} irras;s,iI,In a,,d
overwheiminc movement
The incident narrated below. hy an
old friend and CORRESPONDENT Of mine
6as told first TO me ut his own most
hospitable hearth, and afterwarl. at nv
earnest request. reduced to writing.
from which the present narrative is
greatly reduced. vet contains in com
pact form, all that is necessary for the
full understanding Of the reader The
important point made by lamb as TO
the eccentric theory of asaanad Ghosts
lin rings, ! every seven yaars IN ; wool,
on leo, which docs moi e4nond an1
honreeon. ami fale AMI vanish in
shadow with The burnon system .sthot
j 4ba ,,aatio,, ;, TI,n,..,,.,- .I-,IrIa
incident took place i'm the island Of Do
minica, i'll relation to which there i Mt
present some national agitation. which
promises to increase rs time goes on.
During a period Of considerable ex-
cltement' arising from season OF great
hoi'ahtN among the lhlahltants OF the
lsiana, ID the NtH --- veteran Scot
! sh reginent was stationed upon the
nigh bun OF land which forms one
point of crescentular bay, and over
looks the town and harbor Inland, to-
ward the east, small plain extends it
sell. while, on the west and no. h,
which IS nearest the shore, and almost
oyerhanglng 1t, are several low. one
story buildings, hastily erected, of
wool TOR the accommodation of the
officers OF the corps, and consisting all
o thlee or tour rooms IN each end, with
piazza on ne side toward the sea, ex-
tending the whole length OF the struc-
tufe, ana forming ashaded and agreea-
oie promenade during the GARNER part
oi 'he Gay. Inc rooms opened upon
the piazza and communicated with each
other hy means OF a slde-door, which
was occasionally keptopen Tor the treer
circulation OF ar
In one of these barracks were quar-
tered three officers Of the regiment
MAJOR Hamilton, Capt. Gordon, and a
third, whose name cannot mt this mo
ment recall.
Major H3miIton,s apartr,an+ vas ~
the center. He had lost D leo in the
service; and usually wore wooden pin
or stick shod with iron, and being an