The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-02
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eilea were faliiag around II etea lot aunrp
the pots on the stove, threw them Of, opei.
,ufnea the cefieespot, threw crockery,
mouse. where similar actions took n,acc
Books, glasses, and other things were sfot.
tered ahont the floor. A Younger brother
OF MIR. Surrency was here sent for. nnf RI.
named with the family during the night.
lie was one OF the principal witnesses of tho
| STRANGE SCENES,
aud detailed to US many interesting items.
! one III Ial,lcular was that while standing
ectorc the ire in the parlor, looking towards
soiae nook,sheifes in the opposite end of the
| '"om, NC distinctly saw ahook from the mid
''c Oh Il pie OF six or eight draw slowly out,
| uoscsioe all arch upward from the shelf,
! tneh gradually descend some six or seven
feet from the shelf. and lie quietly on fhc
floor. lie picked il up. laid it hack, and the
| sane motion was gone through again. He
then called Miss surrcncy from mn adjoining
room anu showed il 10 her us il lay on the
| i!oor. and she said that she" had put it lack
rom The SAME position three times that day.
| nc BOOK was quarto volume of Walkers
| Dictionary, and was shown TO It's. 1t is sim
GUAR, to say the least of it, that these THINGS
could 20 on in different parts of the house
at The same time, and that they usually
| chose this manner O. proceeding and IRE.
quentiv in open day-timc would they go on
Inside sthe house and over the yard at the
same moment, and with articles of an alto.
Gcther different size and nature. We were
| also shown
| LARGE GREASE SLOT
i'll the middle Of the parlor floor, where 4
| bette OF oil is said 10 have fallen. The bot
tic WAS removed from the house for fear Of
| lis coming in contact with fire. and placed
on post IN The back yard. when it suddenly
| LEFT, passed around the front of the house.
came through the front door Willie closed,
fell on the iloor and broke near the table
where il formerly sat. The spot was evil
IDENTIFY caused from oil, and il certainly fell
from the direction Of the front door. as CAN
| be easily seen from lis shape. We were told
that Mrs. Surrcncy left her home for day
| by Inc advice Of her husband md friends,
and. with her daughter, went to the house
of friend (Nlr. Patterson. some two miles
| distant. Anxious to get all the information
We could, we set ont at once and walked to
Mr.. fattcr>on'S. And just here comes
| THE sTRANGEST FART
| Of our tale. Mrs. :. and daughter did leave
| home during the week, and went to Mrs. P.'s
with the intention of remaining there, and as
soon n they arrived At bis house the ident-
cal proceedings enacted at Mr.. Surrcncy's be-.
gan at Mr.. PatterScn'S. and ceased at Sur
rcncy rs soon As the ladies left. They re-
| malicG at PatrrSrn'S for Il few hours. and
| not wishing 10 have his household goods so
| badly destroyed. determined to return home.
Miss >urrency remained at Mr.. PatterSon'S,
and her mother returned, and Is soon as She
arrived home (about sunscU the very
SAME FREAKS
began again. They ceased ut Patterson's
when she lett there, and have never return.
cd, though the Young lady remained. and
WAS seen there Ivy your correspondent and
| friends. These strange things have never
| happened except where Mrs. SllrrenCy was
| present. and always ceased when she left; and
il il very clear. assuming it 20 lie from Il SUI
pcrnatural source, that she is the medium
through which il acted. She stated to Us
that She had never been mesmeriZcd, never
saw mcsmcli>t or *pirituali>t that she
knows Of, never read a work on spirituallSm,
and his never thought about it except VIII n
she heard Others mention il. The same may
be said of her daughter; while Mr. Surrcncy
has always been Il strong opponent Of the
doctrine Of sriritlmlism il any form. He is
Il plain, practical farmer. II we-to-do and pop
ular citizen. and has an excellent name among
lis nc;ghhol$, many of whom we met ut his
holI>r: and Ill Of the railroad employees with
| whom We spoke seem Ia vic with each uti!"r
| in hcupn@ praise upon himself and Wife. ""
| SUSPICION was ever known 10 rest upon hi
conduct. This i part Of III" long and inter
c>ting intcrN Jews that we had with III" family.
and whether attributed 10 human OF othcr
agency. the whole thing is
STRANGE MYSTERY,
if true. and we at least have no right to
| Doubt ii. Every word spoken lay them car
ri;S with it un nir Of cantor that 10 intcll-
",nt auditor can disregard. Each Of them
was questioned 10y Us apart from the others,
and III different times, and when they did not
expect il, and each tailed with the other a'
cto.cv as possible. What they said WAS also
S,:b.iantiatGd by many OF their nciShbor>
and away lf0G their presence. 1t i: certainly
>ingular that human agencies could operate
20 di',l,ciy oTcr Ii !lou>c and ground, in the
presence Ui' hundreds, all Oil The alrIt, and
yet not nc detected. GN!c>s We aS>llnc III"
Improbable position That \ mans eyes and
brains arc OF little vaiuc TO him. That the
scheme is rnnructrd from motives Of profit
is alike futile, rs we were assured hy disin-
lcrcstcd authority that in the past week Mr.
Surrency had fed no less than
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE,
odcin" them ut night. and all without charg-
nw tlicil one dime. That such things are
done by either himself or family is equally
absurd, rs ii is highly improbable that they
would continue thing 50 costly and dcSirlc.
tive. This assertion SccmS to hurt them very
much. and they ali seem 10 he quite worn ont
with it, and hope it has gone forever. MIR,
:. is also PANIED 10 see 50 many absurd stories
and cXa"gcrationS in regard 10 il, as, for, III
stance, the
SHAMEFUL TALE
about the hog appearing in the house, and
also about the whiskcv bottle coming to Cap
tain Burns voluntarily. Mrs. :. assured Us
she had lost several dozen piece: OF crorkeiy
glassware, china, &C., and showed lis the only
remaining piece of her old lot, which was Il
small china saucer, and which she had for
six different times seen removed my>tcTlou>ly
and by
Az UNSEEN POWER
from one part Of the house TO another with
out being broken. No live object has ever
been seen by any Of the family that Seeme;!
at ali mysterious, except the appariton seen
by the young lltly. No mysterious voice las
ever been heard. No questions have ever
been asked from either party, and no intim"
tons have ever been given from the unseen
power.
Mark Twain will stay Il year i'll England
| Fanny Ferns second husband, Mr.. :. =