Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-22
CECIL COUNTY GHOSTS.
The Antics Of Two DBordsTly Ghosts in I
Cecil County (MdJ House

The good people, aud more especially
the nervous portion of the citizens in the
upper part OF Cecil county, Md, are
entertaining a ghost scare to such an
extent that its ghostly Influences are
daily spreading In that community, and
theeateus 10 afford very promising
location for an insane asylum.
\ house is haunted and this dOmicile, "a
frame one, is SAID 10 be located on the
road leading from the Brick Meeting
House to Lombardviile, but In closer
proximity 10 the FIRST named place.
There are two ghosts which do the
spiritual proprletorship Of the house.
One is an old one and the other Is a little
one for cent" These two tenants OF
course dress In robes of white, and they
conilre their nightly crusade Of goblin
ship 10 one room, and Il is situated on
the ground fioor. The little ghost on
account Of It's tender years, is not capa'
bic Of doing much in The sensation way,
and hence the slam.banging Of doors,
throwing Of fence rails and other neat
little missiles falls to the lot of the sepioT
and more muscular ghost.
SO far as we are able TO learn, these
ghostly tenants moved into this ill-fated
house In 1871, and since which time they
have kept a very dlsorderly place, aud OF
late the attractions have been SO great as
to lead the owner Of the house 10 lock the
doors and pocket the key.
Parties have on several occasions, Rs
the story goes. visited the house and toos
their stations inside to witness the pro.
gromme Of the uuearthly performances
several of these men have seen the senior
oh a. a hn a u. "A
ON the doom on which she would Introduce
the little ghost,
On one occasion an axe was thrown
across the apartment, which Just nipped
| the ear of ONE Of the audience In its flight
and struck against door, breaking q
\ panel out and producing a craah very
terrible indeed.
Formerly David Very lived In thu
| honse, aud in further proof Of the ghos
| attractions David's wife tells that she OF
one occasion was dressing her little cir
when the child began crying and Jerking
saying somebody was picking her will
| pins on the shoulders. This enrage,
Mrs. Very, aud she Indignantly Informed
the unseen picking medium to cease sucl
demonstrations on her child. and adde,
If anybody was to be the subject Of sncl
! "
leveled at her. No quicker was this sng
| gestion made to the Iimy power thai
whaBg went table fork by her heal
sinking deep into door, and which wa
followed by chorus OF groans, shrek
and moans that would have done homo
TO the vocal aceompl mplishments OF a trib
Of Ute Indians.
The ghosts arc evidently OF gaddlnl
La Far Ia An 70 uu
them all say, they enter the haunted roou
rom the outer door, slamming IL alter thea
in such a manner as TO create q stron
current Of air IRON the outer world.
The boss ghost Is evidently, from de
scriptlou, in one continual bad humoT
and has within the past few wesks, show
even more venom ana petushness thai
before. This would suggest tbs plausihl
theory that she has suffered some huan
cial trouble 10 the furOre or else she /
mad at the " banged" style Of wearin
the female hair. In either instance "
have nOlhlug TO say in regard 10 be
action not being justdable.
As VIC have before said, the ghost ex
citement is intense in that nlighborhood
and every day crowds assemble aroan
the haunted building, aud In many in
stances endeayor 10 pour cOmfolt upo
the troubled spirits by pouring spirit
down.
There are various theories as TO ho'
came the house inhabited, but we wi
not recite them, and we merely hay
given the above iudicrous ideas as the
Lave been given Us, coming from on
who doesn't exactly believe in ghost
himself, but he has The story from relis
ble parties who do believe in supeInaturi
t1ings.