Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-22
HERDSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. SATURDAY OCT % 1881
GarGeid's Heavenly Escort.


ghosts aud supernatural objects with
alarming frequency during the last
three weeks. The first instance of things
heavenly having been seen comes from
Royal Oak, Maryland. A little girl,
some three weeks ago, living in the viii
lage, saw after uighttall, before the moon
was fairly up above the horizon, whole
platoous of angels slowly marching and
countermarching 10 and fro in the
clouds, their white robes aud helmets
glistening with weird light. At in
teryals the heavenly visitors would
dance mourntnlly, as il to the sound OF
unseen music and certsinly unheard mu-
sis. She rushed III to her parents and
declared that the heavens had been
spread and betrayed TO her vision sights
somewhat premature, as regards time,
aud then sank down alright. Heriather,
to satisfy his doubling mind, went ont
and was rewarded with sight OF the
i0uearthly spectacle. The news OF the
mystery quickly spread from mouth to
mouth, from house to house, and in an
incredibly short space Of time the IN
hahitants were out en- masse gazing in
open mouthed aslUniShment; while the
white robed hosts, seemingly offended
at the immense amount OF astonishment
and wonder they were unearthing, slow
ly faded from sight, leaving Royal Oak
a firm believer, from the little girl who
was first OIL the spot to the Squire in
winged goblins. But the phenomena
seems to have been especially manifest
in Sussex county, Delaware.
Monday night two weeks ago William
West, i farmer living near Georgetown,
the county seat, at o time almost lden-
tical with the appearance of the vision at
Royal Oak, bands of soldiers of great
size, equipped in dazzling uniforms,
their musket steels quivering and shln-
meriug in the pale, weird light that
seemed to be everywhere, marching
with military precision up and down
unseen avenues and presenting arms at
tie sound OF uuheard commands. The
vision was of startling distiuctness and
lasted long enough 10 be seen by
number OF Vests neighbors, who, after
the uuearlhly military had taken its de-
parture aud been swallowed up in thin
air, reiailed the strange story TO their
eager friends, who had not been so tor
tuua,e a. they. Bur strangest OF all, a
mau named Coverdale, who was driving
through the country aloug a lonely road
at the same time, being then several
miles away from Wes:'s house aud In
an entirely different direction, saw 10
his astonishment aud alarm the same
band of soldiers in their faulless uni
forms. Many people living near Lau-
rel, many miles away, situated in the
lower end of the Peninsula, saw
the same extraordinary phenomena
at the same time. A few 90 as far a.
to say, in spite OF the ridicule OF their
associates, that they distinctly saw in
the midst of the soldiers, and conspicu-
ons by reason Of his size aud command
ing presence, the hero President him
self, pale, but with his every feature
distinctly and wildly portrayed. There
is no doubt Of the fact that there were
many who thought they saw Garfield in
the clouds. In Talbot county the IL
lusion was seen by numbers. a farmer
living near Clara's Point on going out
into his yard after dark saw, ss he re-
lated it afterwards to bis neighbors,
angels aud soldiers marching side by
side in the clouds, wheeling and going
through every evolution with military
precision and absolutely liie-like and
natural. gfon NsWs.