The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
A SINGULAR SIGHT.
What Was IT.

We find in the Memphis Register OF
the 5sh the following account of most
startling and unnatural apparasion. Hav-
ing no cause to doubt the truthfulness of
our contemporary, we are little curious
to know more of this singular and, IS
yet, unaccountable mystery:
Friday night. at the ghostly hour of
midnight our reporter wended his
way from tramp through the mud in
search of items, his note book, like him
self, without note of any value, the
drizzling rain falling steadily upon him,
tired, vet. muddy and discouraged be-
cause there were no murders. no runa-
ways for him tn detail for the delectation
of the readers of the Register, he reached
the corner of Main and Madison streets;
the dim light of the street lamps only
served to make the gloom more impress
i've, the darkness of the cloudy night
being supplemented and made more
dense by falling mist, when hearing his
name called in familiar tone, he stop-
ped and recognized leading Front Row
merchant, who had been detained Mt his
CO nting house closing up the weeks
business, and was just upon his way
hOmeward, he said to the reporter " stop,
look yonder, directing our attention to
the top of the new Bethel block, we look
ed and sa " upon the parapet wall iu-
minOus ball which seemed tn move slowly
along the Madison street frunt to- ards
Main Carefully watching with our Front
row friend, this singular apparation, we
saw that il grew larger as it slowly pass
ed along the parapet, and neared Main
street The policeman upon the beat came
up, and another belated wanderer isined
the party who were watching this singus
lar phenomenon. The four watchers
were too much interested to speak, ard
the silence OF the night was unbruken as
almost breathless we looked upon the
strange sight As the ball neared the
street corner, and grew still larger, it
psreeptibly changed its shape; il was
no longer ball but upon the corner,
high up in the air, with the feet Just
touching the parapet, stood the figure of
a woman, arrayed in spotess white For
a few minutes it stood motionless, and
after having waved its hands towards the
river faded from sight The strange
light that gloWed around the figure en-
abied the boxers ION to obtain a fill view
of the face, Itch was that of a young
and beautiful woman a sad and mel,
AhCHOif 4OOA SStul6U 10 peTSdu6 tue
cOuhtenaace. and when the motion was
made with the hands, the face was turned
towards the river, as If she would ask US
to explore some mystery hidden beneath
its waves. Awe>struck and silent we
all stood for srme moments after the
of the strange apparation,
and then spoke only in hollow whispers, |
as if each of us feared to recall by the |
sound of our voices the sad-faced wo-
man we had seen. In short time the !
party separated, each of them fully i'm !
pressed with the truth of the words Of |
Hamlet, that there are more things in |
heaven and earth than are dreamed of |
in thy philosophy. Horatio +"
We shall not attempt to account for !
this singular spectacle, the truth of which |
can te vnuched fnr by four men, who |
each and all saw it, aud were deeply imS |
pressed by the sight