The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-12-25
Ghost Story.

A Dayton special to Cincinnati Ga
zette tells the following. Another ghost
has been heard in the vicinity Of Ger
mantown; and it is a singular coinci-
dence that the apparation was discover
ed in the neighborhood of Sam. Stivers,
on little Twin Creek, where a ghost was
unearthed about three years ago.
A few evenings ago couple of chill
dren were going from Eli Stiver's to the
Reed farm couple of miles north of
Germantown, when they heard a little
child crying. They went to the place
whence the wailing came, but did not
see anything human, or anything that
could make human sound. When the
children resumed their walk the cries
were repeated, and they returned and
made the second search, with the same
result.
When the Silver children got home
they reported what they had heard, and
expressed themselves as positive that a
little baby was lost out in the woods,
where they heard its cry. Several mem
bers of the Silver family that night
walked over to the mysterious ground,
and they distinctly heard the whining
of a child; yet, after the most thorough
search, they were unable to find any liv-
ing thing, and they returned home fill
ed with superst1tious fear.
The next day the rRmor of crying
child in the Reed woods which could
not be found, was pretty widely circula-
ted, and in the evening a considerable
number of persons repaired to the woods,
and they were rewarded by hearing the
crying of child, but they could not
find "hide or hair of one" At length a
nervous woman declared that the sound
proceeded from the earth under her feet,
and thereupon messengers were dis
patched for picks and spades, and when
they returned with the tools, the work
of excavation was bugun in earnest.
While the digging was being prosecu-
ted with the vigor of men who were af-
ter great treasure, the crying child was
heard several rods away from the scene
of actionl And then rush was made
for the spot, but the crowd was again
doomed to disappointment, for nothing
could be seen that could even suggest
the presence Of baby.
Thus the people were baflled for sew
eral nights, (they could hear nothing in
the day time) with nothing to reward
them for the extraordinary interest they
took in the investiga ton.
This evening I conversed with persons
who solemnly affirm that they have dis
tinctly heard the cries Of a child in the
woods, near the line between the Reed
and Silver farms; that the cries are heard
at intervals of few minutes, and that
when the spot whence the cries proceed
is approached they suddenly cease, and
are resumed when persons leave the
place. At times when people stand neal
the spot where the cries are made, sup
pressed wailing, as though under the sod
can be heard.
The people in the neighborhood are
really alarmed on the subject, and some
of them are so nervous that they car
scarcely go to sleep at night. 1t is a
strange affair, and altogether inexplica-
BILE on ordinary principles. learn that
"soothsayer" from the neighborhood
of West Alexander is to visit the scene
| of mysteries tomorrow evening, and
dive into the inexplicable. He viii
have the good wishes of large commn
nifty.
The readers of the Gazette will prob
ably remember the remarkable ghos
story told them three years ago, of the
Silver spook The crying child promis
es to exceed that one in interest. But
will await the report of the "soothsay
err"