The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25
IeOrrezpondence Ricbmohds whia.1
TIE Buchanan Ghost
BUCHANAN orErouRr Co Va.

we tntlH ln1t go msui vi NOHla
with u weL-balafroed IniIhiSwii adm
tthat they believe That i~ncurpOreal spiI
its visit ,or good Or evil this terrestrial
scene /; vet tuerc are occurrences some
ttnes which so puzzle bur minds Ina
| we are almost teInIiet to aItribu
them to the agency OF some .,erturbet
spIiit Wei, Lnu, promising or opIn
ION vi ghosts, we wou.It relate sum,
very Curious AMI unaccounIable CIR.
cutaelances trauspiring in the qulel
little Village vi Btc. M know
mug that every bo y loves To heal
OF ghosts aud n~oogoDlins, ptrucularly
When lneIr deeds are mUrr than Usual
iy mysterious.
There lives in the subuI bs of Bu-
chanan worthy mai, lii . Rev. q Z.
T.rasher, husc h use has been for
SIX neeks the tlrriltle o. many curious
d lhostiy exp.uits. 1T (wiIaterer
~ nlay be >orhnIenccd, OF. r~Ltiuus by
exIr.actIi 6 from Tile reve1 enrt gentIe
man.s cU.n CRIB. thrOuyi-u patIiocke /.
III Ior. Il sack vi cCru. and f'uuriIs 1t
out some twenty PAGES from the crib ;
and This circumstance proves that the
spirit must he ut least white, Tor ulie
bearing the hue Oh the XIV TN Amend
iiIenr couiI never have FesIsted the
tcniptItIaiI Of ''toatlHg" it to his
ilatuts. Then night after ii Int it
came, Pcr,orrued Its Fanatic tricks,
opened Windows barred on the inside,
d .Ors locked and guarded, scattered
furniture and the utensils OF the Gull
nary department, hHher, AMI t%iitlier,
and vent away unper. eivrd, de, pite
the q that each sht the house WIS
guarded Inside and around by viyilant
Nc ghb0rs, armed Ia the Teeth, and ell
ger 10 capture OF detect the bold hob
goblin wn" had time and again pass
ed Their ranks un: cen.
One evening last week. whilst AIR.
|. Was wrlung in his siuJy ; ;,bnut
three O'Clock, there was Il bold knock
on the COR several times repeated,
hui iii air. E.'s seizn.sa pistol an,l
rushing to lie door, 10! nothing was
10 be seen III t.Ie vicinity, although |
the sea. cl was iua;ic; and
this knocAi Z occurred Frequently, |
and has been a,tcste.I by gentlemen
of uldouDred veracity.
1
Three ey .niiss a.5, Mr.. T went
over 10 DIR. Wool resi- .ence, and
while tncre heir.i his little children,
whom lie hal lett at hume, ringing n
bell. and ut the same, time head II
.Iolent knocking at the OR, anil on
APP o%ac1inr, being armel with Il shot
sun and accompanied by DIR. Wood,
distinctly heard his little son Inquire
of the unwe.cOme visitor villa, IL WAT
ted. n reply was given, but III an
niu nb:c resembling
as DIR. Wood describ g il, a confusion
of voices comm from tie ground -
Both gentlemen affirm that moi the
least trace of IN person =. thing was
although every nook AMI cur-
ner of the premises were carefully ex
;tinihed ; nor could any ne. son i'll the
produce the .ounls they hcar,l,
being at home 1T the zine ex-
cept his three !It;i. children, he eldest
Il brave Little bay of twelve SUMMERS,
who, with p:stui Ill hand. WIS interiu-
The hong"blin who has puzzled
the grayest heads in Buchanan.
Since two weeks ago Mr.. I. was
watching in lis yard, armed with Il
double barrellcd shot gun, where, a.
he says, something like u thin shad w.
bearing resemblance l., IL human form.
by him, brt swiftly as the wind,
AMI instantly disappear d. This is ali
That he ha G aud strange ell. ug:I,
Il TRACK or II has ever heen ieit
beh nd, although night after night, III
. ION ight and darkness, la cslin ami
storm, the M sterious stranger has
rome, played his curious pranks, the
half of which | have MT told, ana
went-wliere? One would naturally
ask if there :, light not be some place
which a person might co,.c-a
b i'selt for the purpose of playing Al
Joke upon The scveral gentlemen ; bur
/ answer there is nonel EyexTIeok
has been examined time and again
by many persons. airi there cannot
be any ssbserrane:iil rtt.eat
for fIsh u-d bloo.l in . the vicinity.
Tne SURF otinding grounds are lam
and clear, and it seems impo*iole
any PRISON could pass from The
house ~unpeiceiyed, ven in partial
darkness.
This is M hoax-I mean this state
nent-and il ynu doubt it L would
you TO the most respectable
gentlemen Of buchanan and Its vi
and to the Rev. Dir. Thrn.her
himself, who is a g,I.tleman oi hi. h
standing and a minister nf The Bap-
list &. urch Now. what is it ? aud
is it not strange that amy person
risk his life. night after night,
SIX weeks together, and in the
lay time even, Tor the sake of pay
iny a foolish practical joke? Aud
what object could any onc have i'll
to Impress ON The mind al a
tire Insertion OF Hamlet, tiinl
there are more THU rs in Heaven ana
than are dreamed ofour phil So
ply" when it costs his ghostship so
many sleel,less nights tn do SOL? And
t it is the devil unclaimed and per-
to roam at will, .'seekirg whom
he may devour." is it not singular
hat the first person he seizes al ON
ho n RIntisk tuiuiStnr