The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-11-13

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their astonishment the hands com
menced running around at the
rate of abont five hours a minute.
1t was a thirty hour weight clock,
and after seeing it run at this rate
for q short while our reporter de.
terinincd to nc least solve this mys
terry. he stopped the clock, care.
fully examined the machinery,
and found it not only in perfet
order, but nothing whatever nm.
usual, inside or our. He could not
tor the life Of him see the slight,
est thing wrong about it.
THE MAGNET THEORY.
1t has been suggested that there
may be a large magnet. about or
under the house, but magnets do
not attract wooden substances,
and, besides, while the clock was
running at it's rapid rate. Mr.. T..
had his watchfin his pocket, Which
Kept on it's usual way, and was
not in the least affected. He set
the clock right, when it continued
70 keep correct time up to the time
he left. ~
.aas RED HOT BRICRBAT. -,.-f
Nothing else unusual occurred
until seventeen minutes before
twelve o'clock, when the perfor.
mances reopencd by pair Of
scissors jumping from the table
to the floor. At that time Mr..
Lindenstruth WAS sitting in a
chair, when, without the slightest
premonition, q large brickbat tell
with great force right beside him,
breaking in two. He Immediate.
ly picked up piece of it and
handed it to Mason, and both
found it hot. Then taking up the
other piece he tried two or three
times to break it by throwing it
on the floor, but failed. He then
laid this second half on the sill of
window in the room, intending
to bring it home. Resuming his
seat near the front stoop, he was
again startled by the piece he had
placed on the window falling at
his feet, and once more breaking
into two pieces. He did not pick
it up again. At twelve o'clock a
smoothing iron jumped from tho
fire place about six feet into the
room. 1t was replaced, and again
jumped out. He noticed that the
iron was also hot; 4; but this NAV
have been heated at the fire. a,.
A SHOWER OF CORN. i',s d.
At about this time dinner was
announced, when the family and
many guests walked ont to the Ia.
BILE. Soon after being seated an
ear OF corn, apparently from the
ceiling over head, fell between
Mr.. james Campbell. of Macon,
and Mrs. Surreney; striking the
floor with great force itobroke in
two, scattering the grains all
round tho room. Later in the
day another ear of corn fell into
another room, striking near Mrs.
Burns, n Northern lady, who at
tho time had an infant in her
arms. Soon after this. whilst Mr..
D. NJ. McGauley, Allen Walls,
Robert r. Prestell, G. @. Eason,
John M. Walls, j. w. Roberts
and Daniel Carter, of that neigh.
borhood, and Campbell, Lindens.
truth and Macon were standing in
the front room. lhcy were at
the time iniently watching every.
thing visible in the room, but
none saw this until after vessel
was broken. -,
1.-THE EXTRA TRAIN.
So rapidly had the news spread,
ard so great was the excitement,
the Macon and Brunswick Rail.
road dispatched an extra train on
Sunday. 1t arrived at Surrency
ahoTt three o'clock in the after.
noon, with seventy,five people on
board. But the ghosts, spirits, or
whatever else they might be call.
ed, did not choose to give them
any manifestations, and the train
left in about an hour, taking most
of them back. A few remained,
however, determined to see into
the matter. There were at least
three or tour hundred persons on
the ground dnring Sunday, and
up to the time onr reporter left
fully five hundred had visited the
place.
OTHER SIGNS AND WONDERS.
While all these things were 60.
ing on in the house, the kitchen
department was by no means idle.
Butcher knives, skillets and crock.
eryware were falling around loose
to the terror and horror of the
cook. Another mysterous thing