The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-28
Garfeld's Heavenly Escort.
Delaware People See the Late President
Surrounded by Soldiers In the sky.

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Peninsula people have been seeing
ghosts and supernatural objects with
alarming frequency since the death OF
President Garfield. The first instance
of things heavenly having been seen
comes from Red Oak. Md. A little girl
living in the village, saw after nightfall,
before the moon was fairly up above
the horizon, whole platoons Of angels
slowly marching and COMMUNICATING
to and fro in the clouds, their white
robes and hemlets glistening with
weird light. AT intervals the heavenly
visitors would dance mournfully, as II
TO the sound Of unseen music and GER
tainly unheard music. She rushed in
TO her parents, and declared that the
heavens had been spread and betrayed
10 her vision sights somewhat prema-
ture, as regards time, and then sank
down in alright. Her father, to satisfy
his doubling mind, went ont and was
rewarded with sight Of the unearthly
spectacle. The news of the mystery
quickly spread from mouth to mouth,
from house to house, and in an incred-
IDLY short space of time the inhabitants
were out en- masse, gazing in open
mouthed establishment, while the white
robed hosts, seemingly Offended at the
immense amount OF genuine astonish-
ment and wonder they were unearthing,
slowly faded from sight, leaving Royal
Oak firm believer, from the little girl
who was first on the spot TO the squire
in his little office behind the church, in
ghosts and Winged goblins. But the
phenomena seem to have been especial
ly manifest in Sussex county, Delaware.
On the night of the Presidents death
William West a farmer living near
Georgetown, the county east, saw, at
time almost identical with the appear
ance of the vision at Royal Oak, bands
of soldiers of great size, equipped in
dazzling uniforms, their muSket steels
quivering and shimmering in the pale
weird light that seemed to be every
where, marching with military precision
up and down unseen avenues and pre-
senting arms at the sound of unheard
commands. The vision was of startling
distinctness and lasted long enough to
be seen by number of Vests neigh
bors, who, after the unearthly military
had taken its departure and been swal-
lowed up in thin air. retailed the strange
story to their eager friends, who had
not been so fortunate as they But
strangest of all man named Coverdale,
who was driving through the country
along lonely road at the same time,
being then several miles away from
Vests house and in an entirely different
direction. saw to his establishment and
alarm the same band of soldiers in their
faultless uniforms. Many people living
near Laurel, 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 as TO
say, in spite of the ridicule of their as
sociates, that they distinctly saw in the
midst of the soldiers, and CONSPICUOUS by
reason of his size and commanding
presence, the hero president himself,
pale, but with his every feature distinct
ly and wildly protrayed. There is no
doubt Of the fact that there were many
who thought they saw Garfield in the
clouds. In Talbot county the illusion
was seen by numbers. A farmer living
near Clara's Point on going out into
his yard after dark saw, as he related
it afterward to his neighbors, angels
and soldiers marching side by side in
the clouds, wheeling and going through
every evolution with military precision,
and absolutely life-like and natural. -
Wilmington (DeL) NewS.