The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-08
THE KITCHEN,

distinctly hear things similar to those
described, falling in the yard aud
against the end of the house, appa.
rently moving IN the direction of he
kitchen. b. the time She had gain
ed the entrance, brickbsts, bottles,
&C., were falling
IN THICK PROPULSION
on every side. The gentlemen
present were called, and diligent
search made, though no one could
be seen, yet those missiles were fall
ing around. 1t then got among the
pots on the stove, threw them off,
overturned the coffee pot, threw
crockery, knives, Sc, about the
floor, and entered the house, where
similar actions took place, Books,
glasses and other things we're scat
tered about the floor A younger
brother Of Mr. Surrency was here
sent for, and remained with the fam
ily during the night He was one Of
the principal witnesses Of the
STRANGE SCENES,
and detailed us many interesting
items One in particular was, that
while standing before the fire in the
parIor, looking towards some boo k
shelves in the opposite end Of the
room, he distinctly saw book from
the middle Of pile of six or eight
draw slowly out, describe an arch
upward from the shelf, then gradual
" descend some six or seven feet
from the shelf, and lie quietly on the
floor He picked it up, laid it back,
and the same motion was gone
through again He then called Miss
Surrcncy from an adjoining room,
and showed it to her as it lay on the
floor, and she said that she had pnt
it back from the same position three
times that day. The book was a
duarto volume Of Walkers Dictiou-
airy, and was shown to US. We
could enumerate numerous instances
of the kind, but space forbids.
IT is SINGULAR,
to say the least Of it, that these
things could 60 on in different parts
of the house at the same time, and
that they usually choose this manner
Of proceeding; and frequently in
open day time would they 90 inside
the house aud over the yard at the
same moment, and with articles of
an altogether different size and ma
ture. We were also shown a large
grease spot in the middle of the par
Ior floor, where bottle of oil is said
to have fallen. The bottle was re-
moved from the house for fear Of its
coming in contact with fire, and
placed on Il post in the back yard,
when it suddenly left, passed around
to the front of the house, came
through the front door while closed,
FELL ON TIE FLOOR
and broke near the table where it
formerly sat. The spot was evil
IDENTIFY caused from oil, andi certain
ly fell from the direction IF the trout
door, as can be easily seen from its
shape, We were told that Mrs.
Surrcncy left her home for day by
the advice of her husband and
friends, and with her daughter went
to the house Of friend (Mr. Patter-
sony, some two miles distant. AnX~
ious to get all the information we
could, we sat out and walked to Mr..
P.'s. Aud just here comes
THE STRANGEST PART
of OR tale. Mrs. S. and daughter
did leave home during the week,
and went to Mrs. P.'s with the in
tention of remaining there, and as
soon as they arrived at his house the
identical proceedings enacted at Mr.
Surreney's began at Mr.. Patterson's
and ceased at Snrrency's as soon as
the ladies' left They remained at
Pattcrsons, for few hours and not
wishing to have his household goods
50 badly destroyed, determined to
return home, Miss Surrepcy re
NAMED at Mr. Patterson, and her
mother returned, and soon as she ar
rived home (about snnsetl the very
SAME FREAKS
began again. They ceased at Pat
terson's when she left there and have
never returned, though the young
lady remained and was seen there
by your correspondent and friends
These strange things have never
except where Mrs. Sur
reucy was present, and always ceas-
ed when she left; and it is very
clear, assuming i, 10 be from a sup
ernaturaI source, tina; she is the me-
dunn through which it acted. She
stated 10 Us that she had never been
mesmerized, never saw mesmerist
or spiritualist that the she knows of,
never read a work on spiritualiam,
and has never thought about it except
when she heard others mention it. -
The same may be said Of her daugh-
ter, while AIR >urrency has always
been strong opponent Of the doe
rrine of spritnalisln in any form
Tie is plain, practical farmer, a
welI-to do aud popular citizen, and
has an excellent name among his
,,.;,rl,hors manu- Of whom yye, met mt