The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-22

She again raised the cover, and it was
again closed. Determined to circumveni
her enemy, she tled large knot in the
cord, and, after drawing Il down tor q
third time, she pressed the knot into the
cleft made In the side Of the cleat and the
swell OF the moulding. The knOtwas I'M
conquersble. The cord was violently
pulled and stretched in the mysterious
efforts to loosen it, but the teachers de-
vice was too effective, and the attempt
soon ceased,
Upon the teachers desk are two bells
of different sizes, one Of them the larger
being comparatively new, while the 9TH
er is an old one. The latter Is frequently
rung by the unseen hand, while the new
one Is never touched. Within three
weeks the children who were playing
"soldIer" in the yard were called to school
by the ringing of this bell, which they
Instantly recognized. While they were
clamorfng st the door Of the empty
schoolhouse the teacher appeared, CON-
ing down the street. Il was quarter
before the hour for opening the school,
and the incident betrayed the spirit for
once in q tacetious mood.
A more empathic exhibition took place
one afternoon In the passage, upon which
five doors opened. One Of these, the
street door, Is supplied with an ordinary
mortice lock, which was fastened as usu-
al, with hekey on the inner side. An
other door, the ono leading tn the cellar,
has, besides It's latch, Q common iron bolt,
which, when shut, Is very secure. The
remaining doors have no locks, mere
latChes and turn-knobs, which. however,
answer the purposes fol which they are
intended, and are In good repair
On the day In question Miss Perkins
closed one Of the doors, which was open,
but It Immediately few back again, as did
another which had been tightly closed,
one after the other, but they at once flew
opcu, together with the remaining three,
and all five swung to and fro upon their
hinges. Perplexed but not idapnted, the
teacher attempted again to accomplish
her object, but she was similarly defeat
ed. No sooner would she secure one door
and hasten TO the other, then the first
would open again, in spite other efforts.
She then pushed the cGllar.door to, with
difficulty, and threw the bolt into It's
place, and at once seized another, But
The bolt was pulled sharply back and the
door flung open with such violence, that
il struck an iron coat.hook and Wasinden-
ted byik y . Us-..il-s' ~ 90 o''-@
As these strange doings became known
in the community, visitors, began to
throng the school; and their presence was
valuable, Tor the reason that they were
enabled, by their unpreiudiced minds to
give a more severe scrutiny to- the modes
and character Of the disturbance Butno
solution was offered In any case, and the
presence Of an unexplainable force was
admitted as proved.
On one memorable day, the teacher,
annoyed beyond endurance, exclaimed:
"Why do you make such 9 nolse2 II
you went anything, why don't you ask for
It in proper mannerg ! am tired out
with your behavior !"
Silence instantly ensued, and presently
several light knocks were mysteriously
delivered upon her desk, as If in token Of
acquIescence The school was thus left
in quiet for the remainder Of the day.
There are two phenomena more impress
sive than those that have been detailed,
and which are as fully attested as the 9th.
ers. One Of these Is seeming attack OF
atmospheric currents upon the building.
Several scholars protested at the same
time that they were prevented from stu
diving by rush Of air which made their
ears sing and their heads ache. The
teacher, on investigating the matter, dis
covered that there was circling rapidly
about the room over her head q strong
breeze, which was gradually gathering In
concentric circles toward the open yenti-
lator, and with loud, rushing noise.
After 1t had been apparently swallowed
In q vortex, presumed Us activity, but in
the reverse order-that Is, the wind cir
cled outwarlly from the centre, until It
reached the limits Of The ceiling, when It
whirled round and round with great
force. All the time there had been no
agitation In the air outside; the day was
perfectly calm.
Another phenomenon, even more ex-
trsordinary than this, consists Of the
illumination Of the entry asif by strong
sunlight Tho glare is,to be seen through
the window In the partition by all the
scholars while sitting in their seats. It
Is uniform in It's strength, and does not
appear to proceed from any one particu'
lar point. It is naturally more vivid on
stormy days when the sky Is overcast,
and the appearance O prolonged one,
lasting at times for hours. On two or
three occasions this spectacle has been
varied and heightened by . vivid electric
glitter, which shoots from one end Of the
passage to the other, resembling the
action Of "chain.lightDiDg."
Up to this point the writer has describ'
ed manifestations OF character with one
exception) which might possibly be &C.
counted as the results Of partially under.
stood, but still natural causes; yet there
would still be enough Of mystery left to
please the most practical
The one exception referred TO Is the
case 10 which the cellar door was drawn
back. This act seems very clearlyto in.
volye an intelligence plus the force; and
1t is Of such combinations that people
hear and read with the strongest protests.
Besides the disturbances already de-
scribed, It seems that appariionA OF
various descriptions have tormented the
institution, and It is these that have made
II famous. rTI
As long ago as the early part of last
spring the pupils of the school began to
call the teachers attention to people who
seemed to be standing in the entry. Now
and then child's hand would be raised,
and he would point to the window say
ing, with unmistakable conviction: "There
is q boy out there" "There is somebody
looking in"
These incidents became more and more
frequent, but 1t wss long time before the
matter. of.lact mistress permitted herself
to be disturbed by the new form Of an
noyance. She succeeded for while in
calming and persuading her children, on