The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-09-06
A BABY IN A TREE TOP.



A Reading (Pa.) Eagle correspondent
writing from Morgantown, sends the fol-
lowing strangc account OF the affair,
which reads like weird story OF leger-
lemaiu, or like romance Of hobgoblins
or witches. The letter reads rs fol-
lows
read in the Eagle m account OF n
singular noise Mt the Ringing rocks, near
Pottstown, but we have something on
Tho summit OF the Welsh mountains,
midway between MorgAntown and
Waynesburg, and about one.fOurth OF n
mile in from tho main road connecting
the above places. For the past two
weeks the cries OF child could be heard
by persons passing along the road, and
ut first nothing was thought Of it, but
ono Sunday night,a ,as Robert German, re-
siding north Of Downingtown, i'll conf
pany with another gentleman and two
ladies', were passing the point the cries
became heartrcndiug, and they thought
some one was treating child shame
fully. Mr.. German proposed to his
friend to walk into tho woods and ascer-
tain the cause.-the ladies' to remain in
the carriage. As Mr.. GormGu thought
it only short distance to the house the
child was thought to be il, the Indies
concluded 10 go with the gentlemen, and
the horses were secured to II tree, anl
the company startcl-thc cries still i'll
crcasing. After walking n short dis
tance, ono of tho ladies', Miss Ellie
Parker, who resides near Paoli, stopped
suddenly, and told the party to look up
near tho top Of large tree Just in front
OF them, and there was seen baby seat
ed in small basket, swinging back aud
forth, with but faint cries. The ladies'
became frightened at the sight, and
begged one Of the gentlemen to try and
get up the tree anil bring the child
down.
The distance mp to the first limb was
some twenty feet, and tho gentleman
found it impossible to get up. While
the conversation was going on rs to how
the child could be brought down, the
child gave one scream, and as ii by
magic, the basket fell half the distance
to the ground, causing the ladies' to
scream and the entire party to be more
or less frightened. In less time than it
takes TO write this, the basket and its
contents were back in its place again,
the child crying MI the time. This
movement struck terror into the party.
They watched the movements Of the
basket and saw the baby plainly for five
minutes aftcrward, and all ut once the
basket with its contents suddenly disap.
peared. The party state that the whole
affair is one Of the greatest mysteries
they have ever met with. Mr.. Gorman
said it was child's play, but it neverthc.
less was reality. The ladies' state that
the child wasalive, for they saw it plainly
move when it fell down toward them
4 party numbering some twenty repair.
ed to the place and all saw the same
thing. What it is is grand mystery, as
too many reliable persons saw it to bc n
hoax. Mr.. J. S. Peters, residing south
of Lancaster City, was one Of the party,
and he says he saw the baby in the bas-
ket, saw it move, and saw the falling and
tho disappearance. How long this will
continue I am unable to say. 4 num-
Der from Churchtown are going over to
witness the mystery. If the affair can
be explained I'll write you again.