Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-01

IT. rom Tue hnadlug tuEle ~ Jhu. 9Th.
On the principal thoroughfare in the
classic precinct OF lrishtOwn, is located a
two-slory brick dwelling house which
enjoys the uneuvlabl0 reputation of being
haunted. On the same site, fifteen years
ago, stood small frame structure, and
that "shanty" in its own day was also
the occasion Of good deal Of gossip.
But, without caring to revive old stories
we will simply relate, without any EN-
belliohmcnte, what trauspited inside tile
walls Of the brick structure within the
last six months. We do not ourselves
believe in "spooks," though there ATE
persons who do.
The family which occupied the premises
last summer and fall consisted Of half-a-
dozen members, and all these experienced
the greatest terrier periodically, during
each full moon, when unearthly noises
were heard in the house, and a visible
ghost passed through all the apartments.
from the cellar to the attic. in the dead
hour Of midnight. The apparitlon was
always a woman, somtt mes dressed in a
wrapper OF striped calico, hut generally in
a long white robe. She n I'd red HART Can
uncommon thing for Il ghos), and carried
child dressed Ia white with It's head
hanging over her arm. Tristan iudcscriba-
't' hNlnf NtNAA hN AANttlN 4 Allt NtIltlfs NtlU
| directly the lady and child wond appear
coming up the steps, aud pass from room
10 room On the fret floor aud then mount
TO the second floor, pass through all the
sleepiTg apartments, and proceed to the
garrett Soon the apparition wOAld reuace
its steps into the cellar, when noises were
heard NJ IL The child was crying fearfullv
and the woman WAS signing and moaning
IN tue most pltouuS manner. Not unfre-
! qucntIy the nocturnal visitor would stor
81 the hrad Of tine bed of the adults, and
or ore occasion "a young lady, 10 Years OF
are, sWorr to use the language of out
informant, lat the ghost, when IL raisrd
lts WHITE, cold. claminy land, with lis long
ingrFs, ant slapped her In the face " The
sister of lhis Young badly had company one
night Unit q late hour. The loving cOullt
sat IN the front room, when sbdd,nlv. aus
the clock struck one, fh- rom door ii. ~
open uud tpinhly el,srd with such terri
hlt slUm To- 10 shake thr hoWse aud blow
out the hight. Tie Young man took fright
also TO lis heels, aud daited ont Of the
front door, without his hat, aud never re
turned to " WOO and to win -
One night the "iord OF the manor
came hOme at an unusually late hou
(irom IL lodge meeting, of cOurse). aut
when he opened the door, which he di,
quietly as be supposed, 80 as not to disturb
his "gudc wife," the wind blew out IN
light Violently, although II was a "ealn
and stillY aght,n aud the zephyrs har,ll,
breathed. And when he was about I,
mount the stairs, the stair door slnmme,
shut in his face. After reaching hi
sleeping apartment the light was mys
teriously put It again, and, after he hal
retired to bed, the back door down stair
apparently blew open with such rrea
f violence as TO be forced from its hinge
and tall with a crashing pOise against tn
: middle room door. No examination q
f the premises was made during the night
but the next morning the door was foun
IN It's proper position, closed and locked.
The family now occupying the premise
did not, when they first moved there. be
, lieve In "hob-goblins, " but they have an
paTently changed their opinion. Whe
full-moOn arrived they heard unaccounta
! bic noises-tremendous hammering AT
! crashing in the cellar when they knew n
| living being was there. They heard III
child cry and the moaning of the woman
4 and finally also saw the ghost. Variou
; persons who passed the house at midnigh
, heard the noises in the cellar and informe
. the family Of the fact.
. Blood spots appeared on the stairway
and on the floor in the second story, While
could not be scrubbed out, or If SO the
.. would appear again. Even new board
I were put In the steps without avail, a
/ spots would appear upon these. The fanil
1 became so much alarmed that they ser
r for an "exorclser" 10 cleanse the premise
. of evil spirits. lie came during the la,
. full-moon, 18Th instant, and did il II
q BroWn, for since then tue family have e.
r perienced rest and their SAUNDERS are Ut
disturbed. He made circle in the celia
b beyond which, he said, the ghost cannt
go, and he passed through all the apur
i ments, using his unnatural powers
mumbling OCCUPATIONS abjurations, pra,
q ers and employing all kinds OF mysteriou
n ceremonies.
He placed In the farthest corner of h
r upstairs bureau a queer locking mani
. script, written in a quaint hand, cOpe
from an old "Hexa buch, and stated tbi
so long as that remained In the house Il
family would not be disturbed by an
= visits from the spirit land. The above al
4 only some of the main Incidents whic
= occurred there. We might mention mar
r others, as that of the digging In the cell
A for money-sllver and gold, which WI
n supposed to have been buried there Ion
ngo-sut we will not now.