Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-11-08
very numerous instances of the kind, but
SPACE forbids.

choose this manner Oh PFOCcculuS3 anu
frequently in open day time would they 80
on inside the house and over the yard at
the same moment, and with articles OF an
altogether different size and nature. We
were also shown
A LARGE GREASE SPOT
in the middle Of the parlor floor, where a
bottle of oil is said 10 have fallen. The !
bottle was removed from the house Cor fear
Of its coming in contact with fire, and
placed on post in the back yard, when 1t
suddenly left, passed around TO the front
Of the house, came through the front door
while closed, fell on the floor aud broke
near the table where it formerly sat. The
spot was evidently caused from oil, and it
certainly fell from the direction OF the front
door. as can be easily seen from its shape.
We were tcld that
MRS. SURRENCY
left her home for day by the advice Of
her husband and friends, and with her
daughter went to the house Of a friend (Mr.
Pattersou), some two miles distant Anxi.
Gus to get all the information we could, we
sat out and walked TO Dlr. P's. And just
here comes
THE STRANGEST PART
Of our tale Mis-. S. and daughter did
leave home during the week, and went to
Mrs. P's with th1 intention of remaining
there, and as soon as they arrived at his
house the identical proceedings enacted at
Mr.. Surtency's began at Mr.. Patterson's
and ceased at Suueucy's as soon as the
ladies left. They remained at PattersOns
! for a few hours. and not wishing to have
! his household goods so badly destroyed,
! determined to return home. Miss Surren-
/ CIV II manned at Mr.. PattecsOn'S and her
mother returned, and as soon as she az
t rived home (abOut sunset) tie very
SAME FREAKS
began again. They ceased at Patterson's
/ when she left there and have never re-
! turned, though the young lady remained,
| and was seen there by Your correspondent
! and friends. These strange things have
! never happened except where Mrs. SuTren-
! CIV vas present; and always ceased when
sue left; and it is very clear, assuming it
to be from a supernatural source, that she
is the medium through which it acted.
! She stated to Us that she had never been
! meSmeriZed, never saw Il meSmeriSt CT
spiritualiSt that she knows Of, never read
. a work on
SPIRITUALISM,
and has never thought about it except when
! she heard others mention it. The same
may be said Of her daughter, While Mr..
| Sarrency has always been q strong OppO-
ne.lt Of the doctrine Of spiritualism IL any
form. He is 4 Fl lin, practical farmer, a
well-tO-dO and popular citizen, and has al
excellent name among his neigllbpIs, many
Of whom We met at his house, and al OF the
railroad employees with whom We spoke
seem TO vie with each other in heapinS
praise upon himself and wife.
NO SUSPICION
was ever known 10 rest upon his conduct,
and III politics we We're told he VAS a
>taunch Dtmocrat-in proof Of which
will say hat lie is Subscriber to The Sst-
vannah News. Yuur op0ndeut no
ticed several files O! different papers iii the
house, al.u ak of them were s1aunch Demo
cratic Journals. his is part Of the long
and interesting interviews that We had with
the family, and whether attributed to
',uman or Other a9rh'.y, IT," whole Thing is
A STRANGE MYSTERY,
if true, and we at least have 10 right t.
doubt i. Every word spoken by them
carries with it an ali IF cand,r that 10 it,
telli2ent auditor can disregard. Each ct
them was Gnestir3.r, by ~ apart from ;he
others, and at different times, when they
did not expect it, and each tailed with the
other as closely as possible. What they
said was also SubstaItlated by many OF
their neighb0rS aud away from their pres
! euce. 1t is
CERTAINLY SINGULAR
that human agencies could operate so DIFF
! fusely over house aud grounds, in the
:. presence of hundreds, all on the alert, anC
, vet lot be detected, unless we assume the
improbable position that a mans eyes anC
brains are CT little value to him. That the
| scheme is cOncocted from motives Of profit
is alike futile, as we were assured by dis
interested authority, that in the past weel
, Mr.. Sur1ency had fed no less than
! ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE,
: lodging them at night. end all without
: charging one dime. We ca bear witnes!
} to this to some extent from last Sunday
j observations, and judi4g from what We
saw in the ntighborIrood Of MIr. SurrencV.
cane patch, We would guess that a eoodlS
number had paid court there as well as a
the table. That such things are done by
= either himself or family, is equally absurd
| as it is h2hly improbable that they would
: continue thing
COSTLY AND DEsTRJ GIVE.
: This assertion seems to hurt them very
! much, and they all seem to be quite worn
] out with it, and hope it has gone forever
Nh S. is also painGd to see SO many a rsurt
stories and eXaggerati0ns in regard to it, a
for instance the
. SHAMEFUL TALE
!, about the hog appearing in the house, ant
< also about the whiskey bottle coming t.
n Captain Burns vOlunta rily. Mrs. S. as
: suTed us she had lost several dozen piece
d | of crOckery, glassware, china, &c, ant
4 showed us the only remaining piece Of he
: Old lot, which was a small China saucer
q and which she had fer six different time
j. seen removed mysteriously and by
: AN UNSEEN POWER,
from one part Of the house to another
without being broken. No live object ha
|, ever been seen by any Of the family, tina
j seemed at all my SterioUs, except the appa
q ritiOn seen by the young lady. No mys
h teriOuS voice has ever been heard. n
9 questions have ever been asked from eithe
& party, and no intimations have ever bee1
v given from the unseen power.
:. The whole thing is clothed in dalknes
q and to us bears the
9 SPIRIT OF THE SUPERNATURAL
: and if any one will do as we did, and com
s to any other conclusion, it is more than W
i can now suppose. 1t is at least a Pile
nomenon, and one that We would like t
have explained.
IN CONCLUSION,
. we will return our sincere thanks to MI
: Surrency and family for their untiring al
y tentiOns and Kindness during our brief STAY
= The many questions were met by pIomp
- and cheerful answers, and each seemed l
u aid the other in all those little kindnesse
that 90 to make life and business pleasant
> ST. BERNARD.
We rpUrpt to learn that Onr old frinn