Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-03-26
GHOSTS IN sAEEPsKlA HOLLOW.
Keys, Spoons, Plates and Tables Hop
ping Around-Beds Heaving Be-
meath the Sleepers - A Rabbi Is
Called to Lay the Spirits.
From the New York SUM-

W 49,
l0.-A strang story not long ago came
from Sheepskln Hollow. near this
place. IL may be n nut for Spiritual
mediums to crack. While the wife OF
a Clergyman "a making pies, a brass
key flew out Of 4 door on tho opposite
side Of the room aud buried itself In n
pumpkin pie. The clergyman's wife
thought that some mischievous boy
had thrown the key. As she was
about to remove 1t from the pie. it flew
up and struck her in the face, and fell
Into an ash.pan. The lady was great
ly astonished, but still more so when
she returned to the table. There she
found the pumpkin pie. dish aud all.
turned upside down. She put her hand
on the plate to turn 1t over, when It
righted itself, keeping the contents In
tact. She called other members OF the
family, and the greatest excitement
prevailed In the household. The pies
were placed In the oven, and further
possible developments watched. In a
few seconds the oven.door was opened,
and the pies were found to all appear
ances completely baked. They were
taken out.
SPIRITS THAT IKE MINcE PIE.
The family began to feel uneasy.
One Of them lifted the top crust OF a
mince pie. and, 10! the contents had
mysteriously disappeared, and could
nowhere be found.
Returning to the kitchen table In a
state bordering ON serious alarm, the
good lady Of the house found that other
articles beside the pies had been cutting
up antics. A sugar bowl was turned
up side down. and a silver spoon which
had been In 1t was gone. 1t was dis
covered afterward In a -four barrel IN
the cellar. On the day first above
mentioned, one Of the family entered
the cellar for a plate containing dried
beef. This was turned with Its top
down, and on the bottom OF IL were
piled some biscuits. There had not
been a biscuit in the house before for
weeks. A piece Of pork taken from
the cellar aud placed in q pan to fry
jumped out of the pan, and the attempt
to fry 1t was given up. Since then
chairs and sofas have been moved about
without any visible cause, and some
times thrown with great force.
THE TABLE DANCED ABOUT II FLOOR
In a most ludicrous manner, and many
other curious circumstances are relat-
ed. The house has been an object Of
great curiosity, aud crowds Of people
have visited il. Some persons say that
on entering the house they were seized
with a pricking sensation In their
limbs and bodies, corresponding with
that experienced from an electric
shock. Mono Of the knowing ones
have been able to explain the cause Of
these mysterious occurrences. The
family intend, II the visitations return,
to remove to more pleasant quarters.
One old gentleman Of S~heepskin
Hollow says that he has noticed SINH
lar occurrences about the same time
every year In this vicinity. Last year
Rondout was the point where they
were witnessed at u house on Has
brouck avenue. An old gentleman,
who boarded with the family occupy
Ing the premises, died. Shortly after
ward the most unaccountable disturb
ances commenced. The manifesto
tions were first noticed by the washer
woman. She was in the kitchen, when
suddenly the lids of the stove jumped
Off and danced about the floor. The
table hoped around with such force
as to knock Off n leg, which was
HURLED At THE A%FFRIoHTLD WOMAN,
Who precipitously fled. Beds jolted
their inmates and pillows jumped to
the floor. Reports from unsce fire.
arms startled the family at times, and
the noise, rs Of troops Of rats pursued
by dogs or cats, were heard through
out the night. Clothing hanging on
pegs In one closet was removed to an
other closet, and In many cases was
torn to shreds. Crockery ratified In
the cupboard, and everything appeared
10 be possessed with evil spirits. The
family were Jews, and becoming great
ly alarmed, Rabbi Wolfe was called In
to cast out the devil. All his efforts
failed. A person who made a specially
Of driving spirits from houses was
brought from Albany, and paid several
hundred dollars to get the best Of
them, but he failed. The family then
Quit the house. and took another In
Union street. But the spirits followed
them there, and the disturbance con.
tlnued for some time. The strange
occurrences could not be explained by
any ono. The circumstance was nearly
forgotten, when the %Sheepskin Hollow
manifestations brought 1t to every
body's mind and greatly alarmed the
Jew family, who have been In daily
and nightly expectation OF a return Of
the spirits. They have escaped rs yet,
but excitement runs high at Sheepskin
Hollow.
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