The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-21
A GHOST IN BLACK.
The Midnight Apparttion in . Far
mers DEMONSTRATING Experi-
ence of the Earheart Family.


Thursday night last vail he remembered
as dark and windy. The residents Of the
peaceful place called Beaman, retired
early, and there was nothing to Indicate
that the usually quiet jog trot life of the in
hsbitant- would he in sny way disturbed.
Among the residents 81 Bezman, is tie
family Of J. ID. Earheart, which consists Of
himself, wife, sister-in-law, little girl and
three boarders. two Of them telegraph
operators, and the other q railroad brake
man. When Mr.. and Mrs. Earheart went
to bed they left the lamp burning. turned
down lox. Mrs. EArheart's sister was left
sitting up and it Was supposed she would
put out the lamp when che got ready and
20 to her own place Of rest. The family Is
an unusually quiet. yell d,sposed one, and
everything in the household moves along
with the regularity Of clock work. Ghosts
never came around the establishment before,
and the tact that
SPIRITS OF ANY KIND
are not common in the building, made the
unusual phenomenon We are about to
record one Of singular interest, not only "a
the student Of spirituallsm, but also to the
deliver in scientific theories regarding the
relationship between soul and body and the
borders Of the supernatural world.
At about twelve o'clock Mrs. Earheart
was
STARTLED OUT OF SOUND SLEEP
by q peculiar noise. She presumed that
this noise was made by her sister and spoke
to her, as she and the little girl occupied a
bed not far from the other. No answer vas
received to this interrogatory, which sur
prised Mrs. Earheart. Who then turned hes
head and saw strange apparitiOn
| Neither man nor woman,
Neither brute nor human"
which was getting INTO the bed
where the sister lay. The creature
vas dressed IN black gown,
but there was an inde6nable something
about the being which proclaimed the pos
sibility Of its being man. 1t go, into the
bed along side the sister, where it fell
asleep and snored. Mrs. Earheart, hall
awake, and still in drowsy state, vaguely
concluded that il VA. her sister and again
went to sleep. But at about half past
three o'clock in the morning, the same
being awoke her again. 1t approached her
bed and attempted to catch hold Of her,
whereupon
| SHE STRUCK 1T
at thesame time exclsiming my goodness
what is this" This circumstace aroused
Mr.. Earheart, who remarked that it was
his wife's sister, which was not the case, a-
thi. last named lady was then sleeping
soundly in her own bed. a. was ascertained
moment afterwards. The ghost then
swept it's black skirts around and went
down stairs, going in the dark. and appar-
entity finding its own way, without any
difficulty and without stumbling over any.
thing. In fact the creature seemed perfect.
~ familiar with the ways Of the house
and reaching the door, went
OFT On THE PORCH
where il stood for moment as II in silent
contemplation Of the midnight prospect,
after which it proceeded noiseiessly down
the road, and was lost to view in the sur.
rounding darkness. The whole house wa-
then aroused by Mr.. Earheart, hut no salts.
factory evidence was gained, regarding the
strange visit Of the supernatural guest.
The object in making the call remains an
un<olvable mystery, though our
sPIRIrCALIsTIC FRIENDS
will see in il . message from the
summer land. and will declare that
there il an unnaturally powerful
medium in that household. The rooms
we're all searched. and it vas found that
nothing Was purloined. In fact theft could
not have been the object, supposing the crea-
ture to nave been . human being, for
when il stood near Mr.. Earhearts' bed,
its feet we're on his pants which con-
tanned his wallet aud money. Neither
could the object have been nights lodging.
for there was an unoccupied bed near by.
which could not have escaped the attention
of the strange and unearthly peregrinator.
Mr.. Etrheart has some idea that the crea.
ture may have been a man in woman's
clothes. though the feet we're bare and very
small. The footprints on the road and in
the yard, As found when daylight appeared.
indicated bare feet, and the steps m the
house were noiseless, though there was con-
siderable banging of doors. The face,
FAN EARTHLY ONE,
was invisible. and no resident Of the vicini-
ty. or any neighbor, is known to have been
ont Of bed at an unreasonable hour that
night. No resident of Beaman is known to
have any kind Of ldio-yncraaSy in the way
Of sleep-walking or other vagaries. and We
leave the subject here, for the reader to re-
fleet upon, feeling that he will share with
us the vague, underlined idea, that the fam
lily Of Mr.. Earheart has been visited by a
creature direct from the boundaries Of an
other world.
They Courted But an Hour.
From the Kingston Freeman.
In q certain ward in this city there re-
sided last week middIe-aged and highly
respected widow. In the town Of Marble
town but a short distance from the
city also lived a widoxer we'll preserved
a little more than middle-aged and a
wealthy farmer. with all the comforts of
life except q wife. One day last week he