Middletown transcript., 1873-01-04

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isbss ssassssoed - readily % I DO he
Esglish lssessgs. Asd sn ses1dsss
that the pictxrs 10 lifs had % knowledge
Of them. To one Who did not kaow me
would not msks this ssstemsut. Bot to
you. Who know me % we'll. | do % With
out the fear Of exciting even 40 iocredu.
lous smile. 'Tis . PLATA. unvsruished
statsmsnt. The picture made sigus 70
rapidly that the eye eeuld follow then
only with great di6eslsy. Yet my eyes
did follow them. aud, % I before stated.
although bad no previous knowledge Of
their meaning, I interpreted them without
difieulty. nor Lost their slightest meaning.
I msdiiatsd on this surprisingly stsSNlies
affair until long past ny usual bedtime.
I pulled oG my boats. pat % my slippers
aud after some time I prepared 10 retire.
and placed chair at the foot Of my bsd.
on which 10 plsee ny clothing. ! pulled
OF tho right sleeys Of ~ cost, then the
left one. when the right one 6sw back On.
| pulled il Of again, aud tho len was PCT
on agsin. In this way. pulling oG 6rss
ono sleeve snd then the other. only TO 6nd
the sleeve opposite the one pulled, back
on the arm. spent some minutes. when
in trying again to pull Of the right slceYe.
I found the coat entirely on me. and all
efforts to remove either sleeve useless. II
felt ss il unseen hands held it firmly on
me. After firing myself down trying to
pull my coat Of. aud finding it useless. l
walked to the fireplace and %, down upon
q chair, when. in the twinkling Of an eye.
coat. pants. vest and socks we're stripped
from me. 'caring my slippers on. and con.
vcycd to the chair which I bad placed for
thcm. some twelve feet distant.
After q few moments reflection upon
these astounding events. | concluded that
the only thing l could do was to 70 to
bed; and await further developments. |
went to my bed. turned down the clothes,
and was in the act Of getting in, when my
clothing was as suddenly and miraculously
transferred upon me. as when taken of l
sat down BY the fireplace again. when
again was instantaueously disorbcd
After that | sat for long time wrapped
10 wonder at those strange manifes,ita.
tions--detcrmined not TO cndcavor 10 20
to bed ihnt night. but to sit all the night,
il possible, as was. How long ! had
sa, there before the last strange act Of the
nigh, was performed. d, not know. Il,
could not have been great while, how.
ever, for remember having heard the
clock sound the hour Of eleven after har.
ing Jsen put in bed. While sitting in .
chair at the opposite side o! tho room,
from my bed. distinctly felt numberless
unseen hands take hold Of me. and | was
lifted bodily Up and carried eyer the table
to the bed and placed in il. the covering
placed over aud tucked around ne.
| was aroused next morning as usual
by my cook knocking at the door for ad.
mittauce. | got up. opened the door aud
went back to bed. She came 10. built a
fire in tho stove, put on a boiler Of water.
and, as was her custom, went out to do
her milking. After while my cook
who had returned from tho eow-lot to get
breakfast. came into the room with dilated
eyes and an expression Of horror on her
face. Her tale vas that although she had
. good fire in the stoyc nothing would
cook. She cqald pot bake. fly ir broil.
and to use hcr words, 1.-The water had all
gone to ice over . blasting 6re." I treated
the matter as lightly rs possible. and told
Aunt Peggy to take the breakfast to her
own house, about thirty yards OF. and
prepare it. She did so. snd in due time
was asked into the dining room TO break
fast. never want such q meal again.
Nails. Plus, pebbles. sand. gravel aud
every conceivable thing Of the kind fell
into my plate, rs soop % had put food
op il; and among other things there fell
into my plate . plain gold ring. With the
initials ITO l.. Il. p. from J. W. b,
1885," which l Immediately recognised as
the engagement ring | had given the ori.
ginal Of the picture, and which hqd been
lost for twenty-five years. or since the
lsdy's death. she having died in October,
was tried 20 severely that morning
that determined not to remain another
night under my own roof alone. l rode
over to my neighbor's Mr.. Cromwell W.
Pierce. bachelor like myself, to dinner.
aud aster telling my adventures aud being
laughed st for having bssn drunk, crasy,
and the like. bsntc7ed him o return and
spend tho night With mo. which be- readi-
y consented to do. We arrived At my
place little sher sunset. and found the
candlss lighted and supper ready. Moth
log unusual occurred ill about nine
o'clock, when. - my friend aud we're
sitting By the table reading. our books
we're violently snstehed from our hauds
sad thsosn With great force sgsinst the
opposite wsll--thsn commssced the most
violent manifestations Of the unseen pres.
ence. The table span swiftly around 10
tbs centre oe The room, the ssls. chsirs
and wsshsssud wsrs dsscing srouud and
aboss Il. vhils books. boots. shoes, hats.
sasussts Of every description. glassware
asd erookery were rushing through the
cir. 6sddsaly The lamp started swiftly
from its place. rushed ioscibly By us and
wss smashed s0sisst The vail. This len
y y H. dark, ed sstehisg Mr.. r By