Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-12
A NOVA SCOTIA MYSTERY.
The Extraordinary "POssessiOn" of a
Young Girl-PillOWs, BedclOtheS,
and Other Articles AMI
mated With Life.

traordinary manifestations in the
house of Daniel Teed, at Amherst,
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
The statement runs thus:
The occupants of the house are Mr..
Teed, his wife and infant, Miss Esther
Cox and Miss Jane Cox. The last
named are sisters of Mrs. Teed, and
are young women past twenty years
of age. Miss Esther Is the central
figure of the story. She Is undoubt-
edly possessed of highly magnetic
temperament, and would be called
powerful medium. Her health has
been good, and she has lived until re-
Gently undisturbed by mysterious in.
fluences, and in ignorance of the the
ories or practice Of spiritualistic medi-
ums. Under ordinary conditions she
might have lived so until the end of
her life, but being Ill and suffering
from severe nervous prostration, ac-
companied by mental excitement, she
became the instrument of the extra
ordinary developments hereinafter
mentioned. The first indication of
anything unusual was a mesmeric
trance, by which she was overcome
during her early illness eight weeks
ago. DR.. It. w. Carritt treated her so
as to overcome her nervous prostra-
ton and bring the system nearer its
normal condition. In this be was ap-
parently successful, but her body con-
tinued surcharged with electricity to
a very remarkable degree. One night
she retired to bed with her sisterJane,
and scarcely had she done so when a
noise was heard in a pasteboard box
scraps of cloths, which |
was under the bed. Little attention |
was paid to this, as it was supposed to
be the work of mouse; nor were the
girls much disturbed when they heard |
It in the straw of the ticking. They
went TO sleep and their
;LUMBERS WERE NOT INTERRUPTED.
On the following night they again
'etired, and again the mysterious
noise was heard. This time it was of
/ more positive character, for the box
vas violently overturned. Much
alarmed, the sisters called their BROTH
II, who responded to their call, right
ID the box, placed the cover on it,
and set it in the middle of the floor.
The effect was most surprising, for
rot only was the box overturned, but
he cover flew through the air and
anded on the top of the table. AS
,ften as the test was made so often
lid the same result follow, and, as
vas natural enough, much alarm was
elt at this extraordinary manifesto
ion.
The unknown 1--WE hardly know the
erm to apply to iU now entered upon
is work in earnest, and for four
lights it continued its freaks, vary
ng Its method of working on each
When the girls went to
'ed 1t would seize the quilts, and
raw them to one corner of the bed,
,illows would be pulled from under
head by the invisible influ-
nee, and with such force was this
one that she was unable to hold on
nd prevent the articles moving.
strange rappings were next heard in s
'arious places where Esther was, and |
Turing the day as well as night. She !
vas separated from her sister and =
'laoed in another room, but with no I
ifferent result. The rapping contin- =
led until the fourth day, at which q
ime Esther was seriously ill. During r
Ter illness for several days the "spir- {
t" was very quiet. and it was believ- r
d that there would be no recurrence :
{ the manifestations. The hope was q
vain one. The brief interval of rest (;
1as succeeded by q renewal of hostil- II
les, and since Friday, the Goth of n
eptember, the scenes around Mr.. Y
'eed's house have been such as to =
1rprise and perplex hundreds of in
elligent men of all classes who have .
altered at the house night after I,
light.
Below will be found the statements :,
the doctor and minister who at ,,
nded during the mysterious mani 4
y
DIR. CARRITT'S STATEMENT. n
The first manifestation 1 witnessed Il
as when / was called to see Miss n
Ok professionally. She was suffer t.
e from nervous excitement. My VI
tention was first called to taps ap- o.
lrently on the wooden stats of the p
ID. and I heard the straw in the s.
ok rustic the same "a if stirred by g
e hand when making the bed. Then Il
e taps left the Stats aud commenced ii
! the walls like beating a tattoo. ia
ben from the walls il ran TO the roof, n
like a heavy hammering. / Il
card these sounds repeated after my Il
rst visit. Sometimes other persons fc
ere present and heard the same. AT 81
rst the family were much alarmed, u
1t, in time, became quite used to it. W
saw the pillows force themselves II
It on the floor. when by no possibil- in
= could Miss Cox have moved them. eI
tried a great many eSBeriments Fec
IN toe pillow. FSo persons t~ok Of
I'D of q pillow it would appeaf 10 Il
impeIled toward the bed. Placed nj
lows at. the foot of the bed-they th