The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-05-28
ueV the Old Families In Europe are "aInes
IA Preaare Tor that Bourne, &e.

Amysterious knocking,ncver heard al
any other time, tells the Lords OF bamP-
ton that one of their race is bound Tor
the silont land. A stamping by unseen
feet on the palace floor predicts a death
in the family Of the ducal house OF MO-
dcna. A sturgeon forcing It's way up
the Trent towards Clifton Hall is sign
that the Cllftons o: Nottinghamshire
will have to put on mourning. For
some DAYS before tho death OF the heir
of The Brcretons the trunk OF q tree IL
10 be seen floating on the lake near the
family mansion. Two giant owls perch
upon the bat,lements Of WardOur Castle
when an Arundel's last hour has conc
II Dcvonshirc Oxenham is about TO
die, q white-breasted bird fiutters over
the doomed ones head.
A local ballad related how on the bur-
ial eve of Margaret, heircss of the brave
and generous Sir James Oxenham, a sill
ver-6rcasted bird few over the guests Just
Ms Sir James rose to acknowledge their
congratulations. The next day the bride
fell dead at the altar, stabbed by dis
carLed lover. Howell saw tombstone
in stonecuttcr's shop on Fleet street,
in 1862, inscribed with the Danes OF
sundry persons, who thereby attcstcd
tina, John Oxcnham, Mary, his sister;
James, his son, and Elizabeth, his moth
or, had each and all died with white
breasted bird Aattering above their beds.
a family OF Loeb RAMA, Arrcn, know
when one of their kin is about TO Gle by
On invisible piper playing lament Oh
tho bill side. When death Purposes VS.
i,ing Mclean OF Techbary, the unwc!-
come caller is hcralded by the spirit OF "a
battle-slaln acestor ringing the bells on
his fairy bride, as he galiops twice round
the old homestead. As a rule, death
announcing phantoms are OF tho femi-
nine gender. No Lady Holland expects
to shuttle off this mortal coil until she
has seen shadowy counterfeit present
ment of herself. The Middietons Of
Yorkshire, as becomes an ancient Cath
Ollie house, have Benedictlne nun to ap-
prise them of reduction in the number
of Middletons. A weeping, mourning,
earthly sprite warns the S,aaleys OF the
death Of distinguished member OF the
family.
A hairy-armed girl called May Moul-
ZACH brings the like cad news TO the
Grants Of Grant; the Bsdach-am- dun,
otherwise the ghost Of the hill, performs
the Office for the Grants Of R0thiemur-
Gus, and most old Highland families
boast their own familiar hanshec, whose
walling, screaming and weeping tells
them the head of the house must make
room for his neir. Lady Fanshaw, Wis
iting tho head Of an Irish sept in his
moated baronical grange, was made
aware that banshces are not peculiar to
Scotland. Awakened at midnight by an
awful, unearthly scream, she bcheld by
the light Of the moon female form at
the window of her room, which was too
far from the ground for any woman Of
mortal mould to reach. The creature
owned pretty pale face, and red dishev-
elled hair, and was clad in the garb Of
old-very old-Ireland. After exhibit
ing herself some time, the interesting
spectre shricked twice and vanished.
When Lady Fanshaw told her host what
she had seen he was not at all surprised.
"a near relative" said he, "dicd last
night in this castle. We kept our cx-
pcctation Of the event from you lest it
should throw cloud over the cheerful
reception which was your due. Now,
before such an event happens in the tam
lily and castle, the female spectre YOU
saw always becomes visible. She is be.
hsvsd to be the spirit OF woman CT in
terior rank, whom one Of my ancestors
married, and whom no aftcrward caused
to BE- drowned in the moat, 10 exPiatc
the dishonor done to our race"