River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-10-31
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There has been so much sad of late
concerning the lynch family, in Cady
that We will give our readers few
items for variety. In addition to the
extract from the Dunn Co. Ne,os We
quote portion of an article by }. d,
Goodrich, in the Milwaukee Ne,cs:
ave will close by relating few things
that happened while we were there
About p. IN. Mr.. Il. and the oldest
boy were out in the field, some distance
from the house, aud we we're talking to
Mrs. l.. near the outdoor cellar, about
six or eight rods from the house, when
we heard noise in the house, as though
the ID was moving things down stairs
the way Gail Hamilton's husband told
her the next time she wanted to get her
trunk down to Boston. There, says
Mrs. Lynch, you hear that, and you
also see that none of the family are in
the house We at once went into the
house, found the table tipped over;
otherwise all was right. Nothing more
was seen or heard that night. In the
morning about $50, things commenced
to move.
One thing peculiar is that you never
can see a thing start, but the minute
you turn your eyes the thing gets up
aud gets. Another peculiar feature is
that where thing strikes there it lays,
neither rolls nor bounds. We took
some Of the same things and threw
tLem number of times, but they would
bound or roll every time. We saw a
piece Of broken cup hit little two-year-
old girl ON the back so hard she nearly
cried. 4 raw potato hoped out OF a
dish near where we were, and Int on the
floor; and while we were watching a
stove handle light in one place, a tin
plate whisked by our head in another
direction
The following on the same subject is
from the Dunn Co. Ne,CS:
Five or six weeks ago we gave our
readers an account Of the marvellous
manifestations occurring at the house
Of Mr.. Richard Lynch, in the town OF
Cady, ST. Croix county, about thirteen
miles from this village. Since that
time stranger things aud more of them
have happened. If collected together
and described in detail, the occurrences
would ill large volume. The limits
of newspaper, however, will admit the
mention of only a small part Of the very
many things that have been seen~ by
scores of reliable and truthful persons
who have from time to time, visited
the afflicted family.
During the last three weeks the man
iiestations have increased in violence
breaking crockery, smashing furniture
tearing and cutting clothing; besides
committing innumerable acts that an
noyed the family in various ways, such
as tipping over dishes and spllllng their
contents, mixing different kinds of food
together in such proportions as to unit
either for use. A few of the more SIN
eular freaks of this devils own agent
may not be uninteresting to our read
ere. We give them substantially as
related by Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch and by
the parties present when these things
occurred.
A Mr.. Knight and Mr.. Coen, who
live on the railroad near Wilson Station
were there one day, and the spirits were
quite lively. While articles were n.y.
ing about the room Mr. knight took .
sheet Of paper ami made a note OF each
occurrence as it happened in his and
Mr.. Cocns presence. In the lev
hours they were there he noted dowr
upward Of forty different manifestations
One time the potato masher lett III
proper place and lit on the floor at The
opposite side Of the room. Mr.. knigh
picked il up aud put it on the cupboard
remarked that he would like TO sec
them do that again" None OF the
family we're near the cupboard, anc
Mr.. knight had scarcely seated himsel
at his 'n0tes" when the masher went
across the room with incredible swift
ness whack into the looking.glass, shiv
Ing il to atoms. IL was at this sam
session that the drawer Of the coffee
mill followed Mrs. Lynch across th
room. She had Just finished griadinl
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