The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-02-27
THE PARAMOUNT GHOST.
Something About his Ghostship and
Acquaintance
Spiritual Excit -ment In the village
And surroundings.

The d.nizen. of the village Of Fairmount
ten miles from tbi. city, have been in hist
state of excitement for the past ten days,
owing to the presence of Teutonic Ghoet
and its willingness to hold Communication
with flesh and blood representatives, who
walk this mundane sphere. The appearance
of his ghostship, together with frequent meet
ings of the members Of an organization
known a the Liberal Progressive Associa-
ton, have rendered rural life in that locali-
ty anything bat dull and epiritless. To give
. spice or zest to the excitement, the spirited
Mrs. Parry spoke twice in the school house
of District No. Sc, and the announcement OF
her lectures was sufficient to Gil the building.
With . view of somewhat allaying the ex.
element supsrinduced BY the appearance of
Mn. Parry and the Dutch ghost, the slow
Flooding portion of the Fairmount poPula-
ton Who find ienough work in this world
to occupy their mind without IT,
vntigating the spiritual domsin, held
. nesting in the Town Hall, of Paramount,
and resolved, % to speak, to condemn their
neighbos who associated. with the spirit of
the defunct German. The meeting. how
ever, want enthusiastic, and after
1t adjourned the attendants walked
scroo the country to hear Mn. Parry. who
Va holding forth at the School House.
The truth ls now, as near a. We can get At it
fsm this distance. that very many of the
hsst people Of the township associate with
his shostsbip, and ali attempts to cut his
acquaintance, and deny him acres to the
highest circles of Paramount society have
been fat failures.
Yesterday we had = conversation with
farmer who reside. about two mile. es.t If
Paramount, and from him obtained some
particulars about the haunts of the ghost.
We inferred from the conversation that the
ghost was none Of your brszen, inn
pudent ghosts, ready to insinuaie IL
self into your presence, and speak
whether or not you wanted it to speak;
but, contraiwise, inferred that it was
gentle, modest, and altogether reticent spirit
which refused to hold intercourse with a
stranger unless an introduction was first had.
The ghost made its appearance about one
year ago, on the road between Mr.. Geo.
Morris farm and Mr.. Deuel's place, and
represented itself TO bethe spirit of German
teamster who was murdered in that imme-
diate locality. Mr.. Morris having been ac-
quainted with the teamster while he lived,
had no difficulty in obtaining an audience
with his spirit, and at one of the interviews
the ghost desired message cent to Coving-
ton, KY, and delivered to a sister. This
request, Of course, was granted, besides sew
eral other little services rendered. AT
length the ghost was invited to sppear at one
Of the ''circles" held at a house in the
neighborhood, and after persistent urging
agreed to accept the invitation, and did at
tend.
We asked our informant If thee were
many ''mediums" in that locality. He re-
piled by saying that the Society-Liberal
Progressive Association-was still in its in
fancy, and of course little progress towards
the development of mediums had been made,
but he added, to show that the society had
not been altogether idle, that they had one
medium thoroughly developed, and eighteen
partly developed mediums. We assured
him that this was q good showing for young
ciety, considering the inclemency OF the
weather and the hard times. He then left
o., with the remark that Capt. Smith, Y. C.
Deul and others of the neighbors would pre-
pare full account OF the spiritual revival
for publication in The TINES.