The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-04-09

BIZ A G. HoLBERT.

riif our ibiSuSs, MAJ i
hood. ouzzle our mauhood. ano io'
low ali of Us through life" SAID my
friend. The Captain, TO me, one eSeo-
mo as we sat by our Gre quietly en-
-, onr cigers. You sneer al all
sncb ideas. Who csu refaie a sneer
.,me ore said of Noitaire, wasn't u!
Yes. | know il mas have been 'of
,ai-e. COR be was al inveterste snref-
er-his sneers were directed a. every
hiao-and the most exalted iueae
the holiest aspirations. the mos'
sacred hopes of humanity could hos;
aad did NOT. escape the sarczsm "i
his pep. the TOMBSTONE OF une W.
and vet the mockiug spectre rests III
the limb aud mea believe as toes
w,uld nave uone bad Nlitaire never
lived tell you, ghosts are to me .
real presence they hlla oitek 'na'
i 6ilsd by nothing else I've sa'
many a night. whea a boy-aed snaa
I sey 10 riper years Y-sod poured
oyar sane tale. sons Book OF Mur-
dsrssuuiil | could feel nerve, hssn'
and fiber thrill aad creep wltn, WA
not say tue expectati n of'an appear
ancs' hut the Consciousness tna. q
certala somethlng VAS 10 tee very
Air. that. rs NV biood ran Die
conia feel me touch of the icy oapd
Of death passing DER my o'oyi aoo
von too. have thuse fesllogs-aDu
y,n cannot and will not deny the
fact-aud yet I've beard You sneer
at The idea that ghosts of disemoou'
led erestures' revisit earth, and YET
Ills true
Yes. Cap | replied to this ha-
rangue. WHICH was Of unusual length
for hin,, 4 do sueer az the IDEA OF
ghosts. sp ok, &c do deny the
f.ct Of their revising earth 10 irlgn'
n. and | do admit the fact that, spite
of ali my philosophy, have those
ouslmisn feelings 10 wh'en y REFER,
have poured over those books %
murder uotiI ] could feel the colo
thrills Of horror creep over my every
6eer, bat 1 never attributed those
thrills to the 'ciammy baud oil death
passed across my person. pave cd
by the campfire aud heard the oun
tiers aud trappers relate the stories u
which | presume yon, too, have lis
teued many a time aud oil, ana nH''
gone to ny couch, 'neath The starr,
heavens,' aud pillowed ny bead Oh
nv saddle and sunk iutu Il tui dream
Of murder and cf blood, but no De
parted spirit ot The mlgoty dead ha
ever appeared before my actual gs|7
have picketed nv horse-~oe'
solitary aud alone, save my guide
upon more than one spot mac
sacred. if such a thing be p issiole, o.
the shedding Of innocent huma'
bio d. but 40 vail OF the departed
came TO stgrtle me from my needles
slumbers Ny quelms 10 those things
Gao. are the result Of al early ehu
cation, or rather, | should say, mis-
education. As people TRAIN tnel
children into the kaoa0ledge-mind,
dan,t saw belief-thaJ d~srs0ess ]
merely the absence Of light, depend
ent solely upon physical causes, al
mar there are Do supsrnatural occal
reuees more likely TO happen, DC III
natural events more likely 10 cccu
At the one lime THAI al the otner d
thew teach them that The coRd y
death is merely the absence Of hfe
that n body dead is the same bod
over which they may have nuog
The transports If love sud aheehou
that il is as perfectly harmless as
auy other lump of clay that the We
fac, of life implies the fact OF deaf
and that when that event does Gee
it is o 20 be regarded rs an e'
bat as a fortunate release from man
evils; when, | say, all this intern
nonsense. the remainder or rash
the out-croppiog of Pagaoism,
baaished forever; when cbiior'
bear DO more of these old wivt
fables' of ghosts, witches, spoos
devils, Sc, &c when a proper pI
losophy is taught them, When th'
cau look upon the Grand Archlte
of the Universe as a bsnefceat /
ther, aud not as a grim faced Jugg'
naut. who drives his chariot over
way paved with all the best instint
of his creatures, placed before b
through their terrors, then and Q
till then we may hope to see a q
GRAFTON Of sensible people arise, Il
from all such groveligg superstItio
as a belief 10 ghosts. But | fear I
time is far distant
Il have interrupted you, Cap,
your story. and am in a llstenl
mood tonight continue on, v
your
Yes replied the Captain, I'm
the mood for a talk tonight, Q
knowing, as | do, your ideas on ST
subjects, | expected you to say sol
thing in regard to this matter
ghosts, that | have brought up
night. / agree with you entirely
your saving that the whole mat
is a result of mis- educatiou, but Il
education crisis, and | may say '
exist, so long rs the race exl'
You and ] both believe in the div
origin of the Christian religion, &
the very ground work of that relig
is supernatural appearances. bu
am not about TO eDIer upon a serm
i will a plain, unvarnisbed tale
liver and when done you may
your objections. Pass me the Gig
will youH
Having supplied the Caps, wal
be began as follows:
You are doubtless aware that
late unpleasantness.' TO use a ht
neyed phrase originating With,
get whom, led 10 the border Sta
to the severing of many tender |
aud to the formation Of many des
bostilities. Persons who had b
playmates 10 childhood, and frie
10 boy hood, and some who by n
risge had become related 10 a
hood, found themselves separa
through the war, by a gulf deep
wide as that which separated ID
10 bell from Lszsrus 10 Abrahs
bosom, and which equally preclu
ALL return from one to the other.
is Of such a feud and its conseql
ces that / propose to tell yos
night.
In a certain county Of Missouri
-h;,h \ opce resided there were