Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-13
A THRIFTY GHOST.
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i llC kuODb OhoAAOoD loo bNSA Va
ceedingly dull of late. The demand
has been small, and a number of
prominent ghost-dealers have been
detected in palming off adulterated
or wholly fraudulent ghosts upon
the public. There are, however,
indications that things are about to
improve, and in the northern part
of the State thrifty and enter
prising ghost has recently made a
brilliant and extremely profitable
stroke Of business.
Mr.. Henry r. Brown is middle
aged man, living not very far from
the shore of Lake Chaplain. He is
a firm believer in the materializa-
ton of spirits. "Didn't | see the
spirit of my wife up to Utica one
day" he is accustomed to say to
those who tell him that he is de-
ceiVed, "and didn't she grab for my
hair the first thing? Don't talk to
me about being deceived after
thatp Not only has the athletic
ghost Of Mrs. Brown appeared to
him, but he has seen, SO he asserts,
upward Of one hundred and fifteen
different ghosts, and thinks no more
of shaking hands and conversing
lamiliarly with disembodied spirits
than he does of converSing with
contiguous farmers in the flesh.
Last January Mr.. Brown lost by
dea tn his only daughter, at.the age
of tVenty-one. OF course, he was
\ anxious to have an interview with
: her spirit, but just at that time his
fayorite medium was arrested for
forgery, and was unable to hold
seances in Jail. a few weeks ago
another medium, Of the female sex
and of remarkable powers, came
to the village where Mr.. Brown re-
sides. He promptly went to see
her, but she failed to summon the
required ghost. However, she in
formed Mr.. Brown that were she TO
hold a sesnce at his house she could
certainly summon the spirit of his
missing daughter, and that such
was her respect for him as an ar
dent spiritualist that she would not
charge him anything for her
seances.
The next afternoon the medium,
accompanied by her travelling agent,
visited Mr.. Browns house, and af-
ter having passed a few minutes in
his deceased daughters reom, in
order that it's magnetism might
permeate her system, she put up a
screen in the parlor, sat down in a
chair behind it, and with the light
carefully turned down. proceeded
to work. In few minutes the
ghost of a young lady arrayed in
white came out from behind the
screen and was Immediately recog-
nized by Mr.. Brown as his daugh-
ter. She did not speak, but she
put her arms around Mr.. Browns
neck and kissed him as successfully
as the most exacHng man could
desire. She then walked slowly tc
the door, beckoning Mr.. Brown to
follow. She led the way to his late
daughters bedroom, where she
seemed delighted to meet the col
hedstead OF her early youth and The
bureau of her maturer days. ShI
hunted inside of the drawers of tn,
latter until she found a hair-brust
with which she "did" her back hal
before the glass in a way so lifelikt
that il brought tears to her father
ewes. TIen she selected a ring anC
a handkerchief from the propert,
OF the departed Miss Brown, and
returning to the parlor, disappeared
behind the screen, and was dul.
dematerialized.
Mr Brown was delighted. Th
medium assured him that his daugil
,er's ghost had taken the ring an,
the handkerchief to the spirit-lan'
with her, and that the fact tina
the ghost desired those articles wa
a convincing proof that she wa
really the late Miss Brown. Ho'
anybody could doubt the truth Q
spiritualism after such a demonstra
ton as this Mr.. Brown could no
imagine, and he insisted upon hay
ing another seance as soon as possl
bic.
The enext evening the ghost {
Mr.. Browns daughter appeared
carrying in her arms an infar
ghost. At first Mr.. Brown was il
olined to resent the appearance (
this intrusive infant, but the med
um's agentexplained that it was Il
ghost Of Miss Browns baby brotl
or. When Mr.. Brown stout
averred that no such baby ever e,
listed the agent said that very pro
ably it never did, but that the j
iantile ghost was that Of the bal