The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-08-27
One Ghost Explained.
smous haunted house on the road

., = famous haunted house on the road
ID Yellow Springs and Xenia, Ohio,
Oe'Nsiius .stitious exhibitions were specially
S'Fel'' The people about that region hest
no'eSG' 20 sneak about the place, and its
taCI i;.r;ties we're mentioned in whispers.
le'uD' Dn nv curiosity was aroused, and after
He".r srinc myself to resist any danger that
pr h. occur from the presence of a desperate
IIsn' 41,ctcr, / proceeded to the place and
enal:JJd en;Jod an excellent point for viewing the
PUl;t.,s It would have been a tedious
Fiy,l :noss to wait until midnight, the time
Egsnb ln Ghosts are said to appear. But l did
wax 1--we TO wait SO long About eleven
net .I.., .T' warm stream of air blew up from
CVVs .anth over creek and quarter of
tlS S 'or W more of rich, black, warm bottom
2i I.j As the vapor struck the hillside it
AnG, 3,rsed. and little flying balloons of mist
soluTib Litber and thither. The warm air
rr,,rcd r.~ over and fermented an old pile of
'n5, ,rost decaying straw aud few old
T'ul ,,,Is that we're lying about Then there
'o1, ,,s vaporous, luminous body, which,
'laI :,I * base on the ground and conical or
S, .nJ fcrv. cloud-like head in the air, took
sr. T.. sIqpe of a woman. Crimson and livid
tIs,J-like spots and streaks were about her
.S ,.E and scattered over her dress. She
rs5 Nv, her hands, and her hair foated
t.nt g- IN clouds of light, while her eyes
r,,orad ike the cold moon. Rising
I,rlr from her hidcous bed, the specter
eorS3 bither and thither, as if the wind
.,r,5 with her, and she cared not whittier
i. was taken. At last she started as if
- visit me in my retreat; then turning
s,rnor Of the stable, she nearly disappeared,
,fere being nothing left visible but a long
lirtr-white train.
IN a moment the phantom turned again,
md crept into the broken doorway, stoop-
mo IS she retired. Several minutes elapsed.
,13 concluding that she had collapsed or
worn out her yaporous strength, l was in
be act of leaving the place, when she came
ort through the opening Of the doorway
,ri creyices between the logs Then after
rslking or floating about for a while, her
r,b, went out. and she became thinner
and finally disappeared. The shape of the
.rsriton was such that it was easy for an
imaginative person to see in it the form ofI
sxl-aced or angrycyed restless woman.
Then how eas5 to create a legned filed wi h
details Of a mysterious murder, and make
this the unhappy victim, whose shadow
Nus. haunt the place Of her taking off until
her names are appeased in some legal and
elective manner.
But my evidence makes this baseless
abric Of vision the mere result of the !
ap0rous ezhalations Of compost pile. |
bad very fine pair Of teld-glasses, and
could see clearly the effects produced byI
the stream Of air when it came in contact |
with the compost. The vapor began at
that moment to rise, and this result would
occur at all seasons. Then the luminous
jets aud variegated colors sprang up from
the warm laboratory wherein natures
dentistry was at work, and finally the
yqorous cloud, which really had no definite
shape, WAS carried at the caprice of the soft
zephyr winds which fitted about, and did
not blow sufficiently strong TO carry this
heavier body out Of the regular draughts
through the openings Of the dilapidatcd
hase.-L5pPHcoHs.