Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-02-08
A GHOST.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE STRANGE
FREAKS OF THE VISITOR.

A friend furnishes MS with the
following strange facts, for facts
they are, he having obtained a
portion of his information from an
eyewitness;
There lives about five or six
miles from Enfield, this county, a
maiden lady, Miss Penina Wallace,
there being no gentlemen on the
premises. For about month past
| she has been visited with strange
noises, chairs and tables have been
moving about in the house aid 9th
er like occurrences. These freaks
contrary TO the supposed habits of
visitors from the spirit world, never
occur at night, the day being Sc
lected as the most appropriate sea-
son, in this instance.
The first time anything of the
kind happened there was no one
present except Miss Wallace and
her niece. Their attention was
attracted by knocking on the out
side OF the house. On going 20
ascertain the cause, nothing could
be seen and they returned, when
the knocking was renewed, this
time in another quarter. Again
they sought the cause OF the dis
turbamce, this time fastening the
door with string as they passed
ont. The door immediately flew
open, breaking the string. This was
repeated and the string again bro
ken. They afterwards fastened it
with a piece of wire, when 1T re-
manned so. After being absent a
short time from the house, they
returned, finding the door as they
had lef: it, as above stated, and on
LexaminaticE, ascertained that the
table had been removed and the
bed clothing pulled off OF the bed.
Chairs and tables could be seen
moving about the rooms without any
visible agency.
On one occasion, Miss Wallace
went to her trunk to get her ball OF
knitting cotton, when, before the lid
of the trunk was raised the ball of
cotton flew ny, struck her in the
face and descended immediately.
paritg gsRP51tthff P5tt igst t.5s before G pre- pls
closet in which she keeps her cook
ing utensils opened and the utensils
came rolling ont and stopped in the
middle of the floor. She placed the
kettle on tine fire and put water in
it and in few miuutcs the water
disappeared from the kettle.
A gentleman Of the county visiting
the house for the purpose of satisfying
himself, and from whom our Inform
ant heard portion of this statement,
removed bucket of water from the
table and placed it on the stair-steps
While lie was watch ng to see If the
table would move. a bench in the
room passed rapidly across the iool
to the opposite side, and while he was
watching the bench, the bucket o.
water which he had placed or til,
steps, tilted over and the water fell il
bulk on the floor, missing the steps
the bucket remaining on the steps.
! While another party was visiting 8
the house a few Sundays since,
rock was thrown by some unknowl
. hand and struck the facing of th'
J door, breaEing it.
\ Other strange things have occurred
which our informant did not remem
Der, such as the above happening
every day, and much excitement pre-
4 walls over the freaks of the invisibl
agent. How can It he accounted for
a The house is situated in a field, s
Z that if any person were playin
practical jokes of the kind, it
thought they could be detected in tn
open day, and Miss Wallace says N
i, one could be concealed in the hous
st and she not be aware of 1t. She say
e she is willing 10 swear to the state
J, meLt and that she is perfectly ignol
e ant of the cause of it all. The ger
s. s. Lleman referred to. who gave our il
6 formant history of what he saw
&c states positively that there is n
hum6ug about il.
No personal violence has been e
feaed Miss Wallace aud she says ST
intends remaining until it is impossi
bile 10 live there.
We give The above statement as OF
informant detailed it to US and as
received it. 1t is strange, to say I'll
least OF it, Weldon NeUs.
A little Chicago four year ol
created a ripple by remalking