Smyrna times., 1877-01-24
Another Big Ghost Yarn.

talulIy living on Tue EoHl octNVSu
Milford and Pennington, has been the /
center of Il great nrignhorhood excitement |
or ten days past i'll consequence of "a
wonderful manifestation OF spiritual M |
nurnce in and about the house where they |
reside. 1t commenced on Sunday after
noon, january 1th. and continued through.
out the day and III &ht, all Gay on SUNDAY
nd on To Monday night when the vlsltvr
''ook his leave and promised To trouble
them no more; though the knowing ones
think him II liar and believe that he will
come again when it suits him.
On the afternoon above mentioned the
women OF the tnmllN-the men were not at
home-were greatly alarmed by the falling
OF brick uaIs against the h"uHe Iur Mh!ch
they could not account. The bats wtr"
visible, they ratified and banged against the
house, bur no Wopelling person or power
was visible or could anywhere he tounH.
Search was made Of all places where ii
ers N might he concealed hut i'll vain.
The bats flew and Tell about apparently Ot
tLeir own accord. Giving ur the search,
the women sheltered themselves in the
house; hut even then the bats followed
them, for some OF them came into il
through the imprrvious and unpcltorated
walls. when all the doors and windows
were closed and securely fastened! Thee
remarkable and unacoountable pLenomPn"
led the women Ia think that invl>ltl,
81 ir.t> tIum the other world bad lnild then.
!, visit, and they awaited the return "f th.
men oi tie family III & gleatiy Perlurbt"
-p.'.t.
The men returned towards evening but
even their presence iallt Il to check til,
eloStly manifestations. Besides the brick
l,atS, an Old-iaShionpd iron Kettle which
had l., EN- thiown away and was laying oui
in the field. came into the mouse wIthOu
Il AID Of visible hands and took its OLD ar-
,ustcmed place on the hearth. One of til,
women CoII.rIt ItHC,d a lhepHlln% the supIIr.
table ut had SCARCELY Ltsun, when the J,l.
was taken iIcm her iy InvI~Ihlr In,n'tS an
neatly and expeditiously completed. The
bucket OF un.k WL4t.. Gl.r uI luv 6,.N.
houeht in iICm the Cow-l.tn and sat upon.
the table, was almost immediately dasue,,
oil as thought the invisible visitor was
offended. The looking glass hanging oII
the wall suddenly turned its back upon
the family and Its face to the wall. A
print of butter on the tea-tablr WAS divided,
or torn in two hy the same unseen power,
and one.half Of it dashed to the floor, and
still more wonderful the prints of the
ghosts fingers on the butter were left, a.
plainly visible rs though it bad been don.
by Il human, material hand! The truth is,
the devil was to pay generally.
of course all this, and much more, could
not gu on without ;,laIm.ug and tXcItIn-
the whole ncighborhood - that alter
SUPPER the nearest neighh0rs began to drop
in. though many Of them with hair on end,
and eyes starting from their sockets; but
they came without in the least embarrassing
the spirit, ghost OF devil-whntever it wa,
~. ~, trifl 10
BstIs were thrown from str;,,i>. tae cove. ;
ulled of. chairs turned over. garments
Iiucked from their hanging places, and
even the sacred, HAiy Bible thrown from
the table to tie floor.
During tie next day the eXcitem mt
spread for miles around, and on Mon ay
evening some thirty or forty persons came
in to witness the wonders. Even all this
crowd was not sufficient 10 hanish the
mysterious and invisible visitor. Tht
manifestations were continued much a,
before. Hearing enormous racket two o..
three Of the bPavest men Vrntured ui
stars to see what was going on but they
could only discover the chairs, beds, ana
bed clothing moving about and turnin.
tolsy turvy without any visible cause. A
great noise of the rattllng of dishes WA
heard in the cup Oard and on opening III,
door every dish was hOttcm upward and
piled one upun another. Buckets Of water
werr brought into the house without hand
and quietly Put down in the middle of the
floor. All these and many other per.
formances were arried on in the prestnc,
of all the people assembled. A yOunp
women. member Of the family, finally went
TO her bed hut soon came down stairs il
great trepidati@n, stating that the covering
was fOrcibly snatt he'd off Of her as fast a.;
she could put it on. The father sent hel
back to her bed and one Of the men stood
at her room door TO see it done hut great
light so frightened him that he left hi,
watch and tore down stairs. Soon thing,
grew more quiet and after awhile the cir
came quietly down stairs and told tho
family and friends that she was no Longer
afraid, that the ghost was gone and had
promised to trouble them 10 more. Sh,
stated that 1t was the spirit of man and
that his business was with her, Tut wha
this luhiness was she would never tell tC
any living person. She said that after
going the second time to her bed the spirit
took her 10y the hand before she knew it
and twisted small cord or string arounc
her finger after which all her fears vanished
and she saw and conversed with him. Sh,
described him as q man with long hal
hanging down his back, of fair and hand
some features, and attractive to look upon
'r.s>cd neatly in black cloth coat will
white vest. though the sleeves Of the Goa
were as though they had been cut off ju,
below the shoulders ard white linen slip
covered the arms. HIS bu-intss was will
her. and now having settled it to his sati.
factiOn he would trouble them no more
Since that time tI.e q. .s'r-t1tions hav
cease'l and tLe .,n..y "nd nelghbors res
in peace
The young woman j. rot in very soun'
health, and all the excitement in the cas-
evidently comes from her in some manner
II is "a renewal in new place of the oil
spiritual manifestations humbug. Til
family Is well known 10 Us.
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