Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-07
Ytlisfellamepns &eadima,
From the Macon Telegraph,
GHOSTS ON THE RAMPAGE IN GEORGIA

GHOSIS ON IHE hAmfAUE In UCVhUAAs
On Sunday afternoon, it will be remember
ed, we published brief paragraph stating
that strange and supernatural manifestations
had taken place at Surrency, in Appling
county, one hundred and twenty-six miles
from Macon, and about sixty from Brunswick.
Mr.. Surrency is a gentleman well-to-do in the
world, and is universally regarded as one of
the most honorable citizens of the county, and
it would seem his house would be the last one
ghosts would select in which to play nischief
WHAT MR.. sURRENCY SAYS.
Soon after daylight Mr.. Surrency came into
the room and proceeded to tell from the be-
ginning what had taken place upto that time.
On Friday evenings short while before dark,
the family were greatly alarmed by sticks of
wood flying into the house and falling about
the floor, from directions they could tell moth.
ing about, and without any human agency
they could see or find out. The wood would
fall before being seen, and what made the
mystery more mysterious, the room in which
the wood was falling had all its doors and
windows closed. This was in the front room.
Soon after dark they stopped falling and were
succeeded by brickbats, which fell at short in
tervals throughout the night in every room in
the house. Mr.. Surrency, his wife, two grown
daughters, Mr.. Roberts, clerk, and Baptist
minister by the name Of Bitch, were present,
and with the exception of the minister, who
got upon his horse and left, they all remained
awake the whole night. Notwithstanding the
windows and doors were tightly closed, and no
opening left in any portion Of the house, the
brickbats continued to fall but although
sometimes just missing, not one struck any
person. ...E
BOTTLES AND GLASS TAKE A HAND.
Soon after the bricks commenced falling,
bottles, vases and glassware generally com
menced jumping from their usual places, fall
ing and breaking. Mr.. Surrency seeing the
destruction going on, directed negro man to
take four bottles, containing kerosine oil, out
of the house and place them in the yard. No
sooner had he set them down when one flew
back, fell in the middle of the room, scatter
ing the oil in every direction. The whole
family saw this. 1t seemed to come down
from the ceiling overhead, and indeed every
thing else falling did so perpendicularly-that
is to say, came straight down from above.
These strange antics continued, with scarcely
one minutes interruption, until daylight Sat-
urday morning, when they ceased, leaving the
house nearly bankrupt in crockery and glass.
ware, and a large quantity Of brickbats and
billets of wood around the floor. That after
noon, or on Saturday, 10Th, they commenced
again pretty much in the same manner, and
doing about what had taken place the night
previously. The family, which had now been
Joined by many neighbors, watched every nook
and corner of the house to detect, and if pos
sible, to unravel the mystery. But so quick
ly would pitchers, tumblers, books and other
articles Jump from their positions and dash to
the floor the eye could not follow, and broken
fragments were the first things seen, except in
one instance, and that was pan of water and
some books; they we're seen to start.
CHAIRS, SHOES AND CLOTHING
Were tumbling about the house as if the hand
of veritable witch or unseen devil was pres
ent. But the greatest mystery and most in
explicable incident of this day was the escape
of a lot of ordinary clothes hooks from locked
bureau drawer. They also fell on the floor,
the drawer remaining tightly closed as usual.
Nothing else of special note occurred to-day.
All got quiet at half past eight o'clock Satur-
Gay night.
THE OPERATIONS OF SUNDAY.
As stated above our special reporter ar
rived before daybreak and heard the story OF
Mr.. Surrency, as above related. So soon as he
got throug gh with it he stepped up to the
OLD FAMILY CLOCK,
And was about relating how rapidly the hands
had travelled around the dial when the ghosts
were about, on the previous day. All eyes
were turned to it, and much to their astonish
ment the hands commenced running around
at the rate of about five hours minute. 1t
was thirty hour weight clock, and after see
ing it run at this rate for short while our re-
porter determined to at least solve this mystic
ry. He stopped the clock, carefully exam
ined the machinery, and found it not only in
perfect order, but nothing whatever unusual,
inside or out. He could not, for the life Of
him see the slightest thing wrong about it.
THE MAGNET THEORY.
1t has been suggested that there may be
large magnet about or under the house, but
magnets do not attract wooden substances,
and, besides, while the clock was running at
its rapid rate Mr.. L. had his watch in his
pocket, which kept on its usual way, and was
not in the least affected. He set the clock
right, when it continued to keep correct time
up to the time he left.
RED-HoT BRICKBAT.
Nothing else unusual occurred until seven
teen minutes before twelve o'clock, when the
performances reopened by pair Of scissors
jumping from the table to the floor. At that
time Mr.. Lindenstruth was sitting in chair,
when, without the slightest premonition, a
large brickbat fell with great force right beside
him hrookino in +wo Flo Immediately nickel