Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-12

would move toward the nea0. I0ey
would stiffen up and swell out. They,
in fact. appeared to be animated with
life. / placed on the bed hat. II
danced upon its edges. Sometimes
there were a number of ladies and
other spectators in the room.
On one occasion, when sitting near
the door, the bedclothes commenced
to move down toward the foot of the
bed in folds. The two Misses Cox
were lying on the bed at the time. ]
turned my head to cali the attention
of Mrs. Teed to the movement, when
suddenly barg against the door LOT
of plaster fell in connection with the
pillows and bedclothes. An examina-
ton of 1t showed what would seem
quite incredible. The plaster could
not have reached the door, no matter
in what direction it was impelled
from the wall from which it was
forced, because the door was around a
jog or corner of the room. After start
ing from the wall it must have re-
ceived a new impulse. Possibly it
may In some way have come in con-
tact with the bed-clothes, and thus
have had its position changed. About
a foot of plaster fell. I am quite sat-
isfied that neither of the Misses Cox
moved the plaster. 1 sent her down
stairs on the occasion. and the
POUNDING ON THE FLOOR
was loud. She became alarmed and
came back, and the pounding contin-
ued until she got above the stairs.
stood in the recess in the cellar
watching her, and the pounding went
on, satisfying me that she could not
have done it, and no other person did.
/ have been sitting In the room day
and evening when the rapping went
on. have repeatedly put her in a
room alone. and the rapping would
be loud. By opening the door sud-
denly, [ was quite assured that she
was not In that part of the room
where the poundings occurred, and
that they could not have been done
with her hands or feet. One night
l heard the rappings on the roof; /
ran out of the house, but saw nothing
on the roof. It-was a bright moon
light night, and could have seen any
visible object that might have caused
it. 1 heard it that. night as far as
Blair's stables, about seventy-five
yards distant, several houses filling
up the space. I have sent her in the
woodshed, and the sound came from
there. The rappings and knockings
appeared toproceed contiguous to her,
and to change from place to place as
she moved round. These manifesto
tions were always preceded by
NERVOUS EXCITEMENT,
twitching of the muscles, and unnat-
ural sleep. heavy breathing, and talk
ing in her sleep. During this sleep
no rappings took place. When she
awoke the rappings would recon-
mer ce. Then when she became wea-
ried and exhausted, and recovered
her natural sleep, the rappings would
and continue through
The sleep at intervals.
Thu xyrifinrr h.
setting fire to the house /
know nothing about. 1 have seen |
he writing going on at different
lines. have often heard scratching |
IN the wall, like a person writing,
It a time when she was in full view
md some distance from it. The most
'emarkable feature in the affair that
personally witnessed was the man.
Ter in which a pillow held in my
land swelled up and writhed and
itself. as if animated by
ife. This took place before a number
If persons present, and it operated in
,ther persons hands in the same way,
proving conclusively to all who wit
lessed it that some unseen power or
lgeDcy was operating. What that
IgeDcy is have no theory whatever
o offer. 1 only give the facts as 1
them. 1 heard of these
manifestations before | went to the
house. and L believed they were an
die talk till L witnessed them for N.Y.
elf. do not believe 1 could have
'een deceived in my own sensations
f hearing and seeing, or that others
ould have been deceived.