Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-10-12
MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCES.

MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCES.
A Problem for Scientists or any Gthe
Man-stones Thrown and Windows
Broken by AN Unseen Agency.
| From the Little Traverse Inlependent
In the township of Redmond lives Al
| fred MOrat, an industrious man vel
known to the ci izens OF this village. h
| having worked at wagon making her
during the summer, in the employ of w
K. Parker; his family, meanwhile. liyin,
OIL the homestead in Readmond.
His homestead is one that is cIaimrd b,
AN Indian who abandoned it Drevion,
to MOrats entry. and it has bern un,le.
cided iOI some time whethtr he would be
able 10 hold the Homestead or not. though
he law In the case seems to be OIL his
side. Last spring his COW was found
dead under circumstances which led 10
the arrest of an Indian as heing instru.
mental in cau,ing the cows death.
whether the circumstances mentioned
IN the foregoing Paragraph have any.
lill1g TO do with the subsequent occur.
rences, we know not, but simply state the
facts as possible clue to the ultimate So
luton of The mystery.
During the past two months il appears
THAT this particular homestead has been
troubled with the visitatiOms of donnie.
ynnger or spOok. ami not only one. but
many of them. Until recently tt dem
onstrailons consisted mainly of tearing
up or VINES. cutting 10 pieces of squashes
ana The picking OF corn. One day last
week, however, as Mrs. Morat was wash
ing, out OF doors. she was startled by a
sudden crash, and found that stones were
ho'.'s< fsv-asSsatiSJ WindOW, Hear
which she was standing. No one was in
sight save her little girl, who was sitting
on the doorstep. She is confident that
II the stones were thrown by any person
Or persons she would have seen them, as
ber position commanded view of every
thing within stone-throwiny distance and
IL ihe stones were thrown by human
agency several ersOns must hiye been
engaged III 1t, as the stones came i'm uiIan-
titles, accompanied by sand and chips.
some OF the stones were us large as hens
eggs. ana Kept coming until the window
wLs totally demolished.
Very naturally, Mrs. Mo-at was frigh-
'eiled. and Went into the house. After
l time, seeing that everything was quiet,
NE cleaned up the litter made by the
and broken glass, but Scarcely
Iau She finished. when the head OF a
;hlcken that had been killed that MORN
nS was hurled through the window and
ell upon the floor. She stopped to pick |
up, when 1t arose of its own accord |
Ind passed out of the window as swiftly |
IS it came in.
Mr.. and Mrs. MOrat have two children, |
little girl in her ninth year, AMI boy.
'ounger. For some time past the girl
alkcd of seeing strange people who
you'll go down into the ground out oil
lglt. She would converse with them
nd try TO point them out TO her mother.
ut Mrs. MOrat could see nothing. She
ees people picking corn and squashes,
nj tearing mp vines. but though her
lothtr could see squasheS separate them
elves from the vines, she could not see
nc ciuse. The girl often told of seeing
eople bring ponies and cattle to the
)rlng to drink, anu at one time saw
Iree women lead three cows into the +,
earring, tie them 10 The fence ami come ,
Yer int the garden after sq,lashes tor ,,
lie COWS TO eat. This was inv isiLle to
eyes bnt hers, and her father SAWS !
lere never has been any cows or ponies !
the clearing.
One day Mrs. MOrat put some water In
kettle and placing cover over it set il 1
the stove Tor the purpose of boiling v
,iatoes. There had been notch broker, v
1t of The side of the kettle, lie wing u u
rec cornered hole between the rim O Q
e kettle and the cover. immediately n
ter she had placed the kettle oyer the
e. the little girl exclaimed: L
''See. mama. There's a y0p,.p cton,l;o. f;
the cover. and she throws sand in the C
tile, through the hole" >,
Mrs. Morat raised the cover and was a
rprised to find about quart of sand b
che kettle. s
Occasionally her brother sees the same N
JectS, but not often. She speaks "A
ehci' Germai. and English, having ;
en- taught these languages by her par oI
tS' who speak them fluently. She sa, n
u tie majority OF these people addre: S h'
III 'ne French language. Once she
ported conversation That took place.
-w"eh her parents when she was not
,srnt. She said the strangers heard il "a
repeated it TO her. AT first, the par II,
$ OF the litile girl feared that She was | II
'omiiig Insane, but when they found XII
ir wines being pulled up. stones III
I
er depre iations being committed. al hr
Us Ill broad daylight and with no yisi- n,
agency. they gave it up as mystery
ueep ior them to solve. The demol- q,
iy oil the window adds to the mystic ell
Mrs. Morat wishes to leave the sia
ce' DAT her husband proposes to st,y er,
see the thing ont. b,.
Together there is something decided sto
amy about the affair. and il is certain Po
tue child is too young to accomplish ter
e demonstrations successfully f she tb.
Il. and that it is not an Illusion the hy
tered window makes painfully evil
c. BY What power or agency thes,
igs are done, we leave our readers to III,
'rnine for themselves. The iacls here ,,' -,
ed are as we received them IRON Mr.. SI' S;'
at. o"
the
commission of eminent medical men Re
De sent by the government 10 the an
ow fever zone 10 investigate the cats yea
emedies and prevention OF the d.re Ills
'.se: A weaIthy lady of New Yolk gis
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