Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-27
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SATURDAY, JANUARY %, 1877.
Di<0EslerIy Spirits.

A corrc;puGgaul writes from Dover, DEL.
The fcliowiDg curious ghost story is related
here ty seui!cman of great vcraclty: Il vel
to do farmer, living about three miles FROM
HaTr.Ug OF, n this county, Is The happy pos
SCISSOR Vi LOWE iau :1tar, who had ao at
tachmeuE Of which ne did not approve, aud
cooScQl:n;Iy be ordered the young man frou
the house. The yuuvg lady took to meeting
her lover outside, upon which discovery her
father threatened corporal punishment. The
| meeting agal too. place, when the promised
| punishment vas promptly inf ctcd, such being
| the GU tom o! that Sgc,lDn. Wtisre mcu walk IN
The i0ols:cp, Of their fathers, aud have more
respect iOr har word han in more degenerate
regIoas. A!t,r tnIs tie yOuog lady aud her
| lover arranged !Ur al clopemcut, which was to
have cone DtT Sul!ay night week.
| 1t dii nOt come oft h Wevnr, and that nlgEt
| for { wElie there was tremeDdcu' racket as II
| the house w"s being caDnoaaded, aud upon the
| cruel itth rushing cut TO see what the matter
| was. the brckD bats and other missiles viii which
! the h0us WAS aci2g gSs!!iCd were concentrated
on him, cau,lng rapid retreat. Now comes
the terrible part Of the story, aDi the magnl
Iudp Of the puTI"hmcut Of the cruel father uiay
DC Judged ty the result. The young lady, es
traDyed i,y tins unnatural trea ment, refused
10 rC.na!J IL The aMc room Wlth the other
members OF The family. This continued for L
few Gays, when upon one day, tremendous
racket va, hcart 10 ihe parlor, and upon rush
ing there 10 examine iulo the matter all the
chairs, tables aud other furniture were iouud
piled up in the ceDirc OF the room, and the
young lady stauGigg in ,he corner talking to
some one.
Wn.u Drin. intcrr0ca'cd as 10 who she Was
speaking -, she said TO tins g2ntlcman," 10
ulcatInZ d ccgtlln y '-ltrn, where nothing was
viSiG!e anu b Jug asked who II was, 0amed a
torler lover wnD mad been dead ab1Gt two
years. and stated that his trlends from the
spirit wOrl,! had .Islrraogcd the furniture. She
immediately ct ihe IoJm, aud went into the
kitcnaO where Ike demonstration took place,
the table being tuvnod over and thi 2gs in gene
ral tuulbl>I ab,nt. This thiag was getting
serious, aud when she left th; Kitchen and went
TO her bedroom. aui tnc BID turueG over, the
chairs jumped uD OH i, ald the bed SiatS came
seitlug .iuwn STAIRS as II 4 legion OF demons
were after the.n the mater bccam; Somewhat
alarming.
4 strlc, watch w's kept, and though these
demons TatiJGs constantly occurred, 90 coI'u'
sion III i h. discovered. On Saturday last, as
lie f'ih' y was sl"l'- 1o"' u ''unci Au''
pIcke" Hs:H OK 'Hs j"0'S a1u clt a,e u
nnttsf ",lin 49, y" ne 1'n'c III w.. ,ni., iu,.I
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sudda0ly >-H " D. an'"en haHu5' ah' Ilc 'olA
fofchy iahrn from MS hanu aHo cif''eu AMY
!he rom oui the d1'r ana up stars' "a
Slhnhy th@ yiuHg ilHy wa tahe" ''eA' auu
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Ihr manI'es'auoGS S'i!! continued a"l W Po''
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