The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-12-13

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IlA TIIIERSDAY, Dl
might, viii see enough 70 make his
blood run cold and his hair stand on
fepdg Few pSoplehaye had the har-
dihSod 70 remain nearby from mid,
/ night Ia odsiwn, and those who have
ldeclage that for no inducenient would
sthey nssubject themselves toths
prolonged torturelof such preteranat:.
sif4i spectacles. No one passes the
spot after midnight ifeit can spossi-
3biy Be aSbiaed, and even in daylight
the wayfafer travels in that diree'
lion with more OF less dread u rs
related that, though no person lives
within three miles Of The rendezvous
1.-THE growing ofsa cock is always
heard there as DAY begins 70 break
Fat tho sound Of TIE frst NsFps
innta isom y. nzisihin ananpeib
stantial chahticleer, WITCH ghost
and specter vanish into thin air,
and when dawn falls upon the en-
chanted circle, supreme stiffness
reigns.
Recently there has been revival
of the old stories told SO often about
that strange place, and many new
manifestations have lately occurred.
One night, recently, ]. N. Nelson, Of
Meals store-a well known and most
worthy young man-was returning
home from okalona. The sky was
clear and blue and the stars shone
out like jewels, The murmurs ofthe
leaves and the beat Of the horses
hoofs upon the dusty road were the
only sounds that broke the silence
He reached the witches rendezvous,
when female form foated out of
the darkness on the right Of the road
She made her appearance with the
most inexpressible grace and airness
She was tall, slender, and dressed in
a robe of white. Her long hair was
unbound and fell over her shoulders
in luxuriant waves. Reaching the
middle of the road, she tossed her
arms irethe air and began to dance
with lightness, a charm and swift
ness of motion to mortals unknown.
Nelson did mot move. He states he
felt so spcll-bound that motion was
impossible. His eyes were rivited
upon the woman, His horse had
stopped terror-stricken. A few mo-
ments passed and the figure melted
away with the mystic shadows of the
might in the direction of the witches
rendezvous, -
Nelson is not the only one who
has lately seen and heard supornatu-
raj things in that mysterious locali-
Ity. On the nipht succeeding this
Colonel Parker was riding otrhis re-
turn to Okalona from his plantation;
when he arrived opposite the witch
es' rendezvous he was bewildcrcd by
the sight of unnumbered tents, wag-
ons, horses and figures moving to
and fro. lie passed by it in the
morning and seen nothing. While
gazing upon the ghostly vision, it
suddenly faded from his sight, and
spurring his horse be went galloping
away with the speed of the wind.
About a month ago four young
men, repaired to the rendezvous at
midnight, armed for offensive or de-
fensive operations, aseSigencY might
demand, and determined to remain
and witness what demonstrations
were visible They stationed them
selves on the roadside, immediately
opposite the rendezvous, and fifty
yards distant therefrom. According
to their own statement, which was
published the same week in the Okla
Iona Pilot, they witnessed the follow
ing extraordinary Manifestations
The four young men were seated on
their horses in the shadows Of u
grove of oak trees. The moon was
shining brightly, and the heavens
were aglow with stars. Exactly at
the midnight hour the stiffness that
brooded upon the hill and woods
was broken by n shrill laugh, that
came from the center Of the open
space. The laugh was wild, piercing
and tremulous, and was so loud that
echoes came from every direction