New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-04


| shroulcd statuesque immObile, yet not shadOwy,
Int of distinct outline. Emanatng from 10, and as
| il were a part of its substance. proceeded bright
white light. This light formed the atmosphere that
surrounded it, and being reflected against the wall
of the wing OF the house. was first noticed No
second look was taken. but Heavens aid invoked
and the easement quickly closed. Observing her
watch the hands indicated the precise moment OF
midnight
| One night during the next summer another guest
came trembling to her hosesss door 70 tell her mat
| she had seen the same gruesome VISION. several
weeks after her visit was about to end and late at
night, the hostess was prompted to go to her room
| TO ask if anything additional could he done 10
| make more comfortable the II ountan drive 10 De
| taken early next morning. I" AS the two ladies'
| saws Mrs Dahgren, stood at the open easement
| that looked westward toward the mystic grove,
scanning the outer darkness the recollection of the
mysterious apparition that had twice been seen
caused one of them suddenly and involuntarily to
lean out of the window and eXclaim: What was 1t
that appeared Could it have been a lost soul 7
| Scarcely were these words uttered. when with the
rapidity of the vivid lightning there flashed fcrth
| at some yards distance. suspended in mid-ar, two
| phosphorescent wings, which. for an instant only.
Guttcred wildly open, rs if some wounded doIe had
extended its pierced pumagc, and then as instantly
| closed them rgidly fixed dissOlving back into tho
| deep gloom from whence it came. Let us close the
shutters and commend ourselves to God, shnddeIed
the ladies' as the very instant the metallic notes
of the encofiinod tmepece below struck twelve
mdnightw
Among the rough mountaineers, who are mostly
of German descent linger the author declares, all
sorts of beliefs in spoOks and magic many OF their
tales having curious knshp with the folklore OF
other lands and times Aunt Patty, venerable
| and vigorous rustic, is quoted rs relating many
pquant stories of Indian ghosts in earlier days.
Aunt Patty" said caller, did you ever see these
spooksp
"Lord yes woman! Wonst thar wuz huskin'
| / WIZ list young gal We he'd an oriul supper |
an we wemen folks lined in ter cook 1t, an we he'd
| roarin' time bet We, woman. Wal, my brother |
an Cousin Adam. an the one es wuZ to he my old
man and sum more on lis started touble late a. mite
| to go back. Now, we cOuldened turn OH INTO thc |
woods bekas thar wuz strait lane IRON the |
huskin, an thin the road jis run along Middle
| Crick for a mile an thin we kun to spot whar
| thar wuz big rock like 10 n jnmpin OIL place III
the middle of the crick. Now, before hour road
turned of ancnt the field. wal, we'd st GOT 70 the
ind like. whln Jake, he hat wuz to bc my OLD man
list sawr a big htc and lots of sparks OIL IT, AS we
kim to the crck, we all sawr it was big lnJln
shade with lite in him! He wuz red from the
waist mp. and thin the rst of him WIZ black. lie
wnt strait along in the middle of the crick an we
could see him plain by the lite in him, ana the
shower of sparks that wint up from him. lie wlnt
| smash splash-9n he hoerei teerfnl OkeH-dtI |
hin he kim TO the big rock, he jist gave one leap
in the air. hoilcred Ok-en-jah an wlnt out in the
water; Thin all was dark an still. We wlnt quick
Aunt Patty, did you really see that'" :,
Lord yes woman an morr too My
dad, as knoTed the Inlun . lingo, oo ne seq as
It was no larin matter fur eff you talked back-so
much as one word-theyd git red and chase you |
One night my gran-dad wnz wa!kn along an a
| big Injun with bumin lite in him, an his hands |
all fire. walked alongside of him IL the |
middle Of the stream splash hs splash s Jne
| out rum his finger inds. an he hooped |
an hollered like mad an my grandad list, careless
orful skeered an run. An the lnjun chased HIM |
she opened the door quick FUR INN, an ne Jst 1cil
inside, an the mint the door shet, the mum mol
| Tered orfu Ok-eR-jdh AN Civ thnnderln rap |
on the door, which sissed es ct red-hot iron he'd BIN
| throw'd agn it. an he lift the sign OF his burnn |
knuckes planted in tho door tull the house WIZ tor
down an meny hes seed the door.
The big " Black Dog" is of the IA |
vorite apparitons of South Mountain. |
sturdy farmer whose path crossed one
night by this interesting fend mustered |
his courage to Eight. But to his confusion' as
the creature was attacked, it grew longer" and |
presently seemed to extend across the road making |
no noise but showing a very wide and very ugly
looking red mouth; while, all the time the thick
and heavy blows rained down upon It, the sinewy |
arm of the woodsman met with no resistance, but
lengtbening shadow passed onward. and then the
man, not a little hurried at the strange nature of
the vision, went home nor did he receive The
least bodily harm from this omnOIs combat
Other cheerful shadows of the region are
the White Woman or banshee who foretels
death: and a fearful headlesJ thing that drags
changing chain. A scientific observation impaired |
to the author by old woman living on top of the
mountain suggests an even more dreadful Vsitant.
Uhen one rdikng out Of Il cOd UiHtr's Eight" says
this wise old woman suddenly meets warm current
of air, IT Is THE DEvnw There is a mountain ira
dItion that the demon appeared in horrible
shane TO two stout farmers who were coming mp the
Gorge one evening slowly riding side by side and
talking about their FARMS the weather and the
prospect of the growing crops They were sud-
denly Joined by pedestrian at place on the road
Just opposite an old mill supposed til DO partcu-
larly evil srot.
The men had been so earnestly engaged in con-
ycrsatiOn that the manner of his appearance did
not at first strike them strange or unusual. But,
presently they began to feel very uncomfortable.
Their odd companion would at ono moment walk
close at the side OF horseman; then, without
apparent of transit. he would be between the
two horses; al hOugh they rode side by side; again
at the next instant, he would be on the very OPP
pOsitc side, rs il, indeed, he had walked through
and through both horses ut his pleasure and with
out an effort. This uncomfortable state of things
went OF for some little time, until the shadow had
accompanied the farmers possibly half mile They
both became silent, and quite conscious that they
were Swallowed by mortal man. One of the men
finally got courage to speak to the phantom, and
ask IG Whit was wanted. There answer; a
blank silence cnsued when the other man cried out,
" Let lis say our prayers and ask the help Of Cod"
At the instant Of time that lie uttered this incom
municabe name,-a name adOred by Heaven, and
at which He'll tfemblcs.-he suddenly sent up
in the air. with violence, several feet from
oil his horse yet he came down in the saddle again
without being at all hurt. The demon had
vanished.
Mrs. Dahlgrcn tells many amusing local anecdotes