Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-09-18

L, THURSDAY, Sci
steed becoming suddenly unmanage-
able, when he is fortunate il he passes
through the mysterious dangers which
be encounters without meeting with
some serious accident. Only a week
ago farmer was returning home af-
ter visit made IN the neighborhood
driving, late in the afternoon, a pair
of sturdy old work horses, not in the
least likely to be fretted and disturb
ed by anything not Of the nature Of a |
material obstacle. But hardly. had
they begun to descend the hill when |
they broke into ''cold sweat" and q
gallop, and with one impulse dashed
pell nell down the road, overturned
the heavy farm wagon, dashing it to
pieces, fred the family and the farm
er broadcast, and tore straight home
in frenzy Of fear. This was on
Friday, August 29, and few days
previous two young ladies visiting in
the neighborhood, 'n4acquainted with
the perilous characteristics Of the
"Haunted Hill" were returning that
way from a drive, when the horse
broke, whisked the buggy over a
boulder at the roadside and dumped
the two young ladies in sand bank,
with the buggy turned neatly over
them, whereupon the animal stood
shaking in his shoes and viewing the
wreck, because he could neither get
away nor drag the reversed vehicle,
until some men in a field near by
came to the rescue of the disconcert-
ed maidens.
A WANDERING APPARITIoN.
Naturally, so many and such fre-
quent material disasters have given
rise to all sorts of blood-curdling mar
ratives, which are related by the peo-
pie of Mexico and the surrounding
country with the greatest possible
zest. The ordinary ghost Of the pc
riod is served up in every imaginable
form, accompanied by the most fear
full and horrifying characteristics. He
is mounted on "pale horse;" he is 8
gigantic figure, clad in pure white,
apparently floating in the air; be is 6
grisly skeleton, surmounted by &
ghastly death's-head, in the shape o1
a specially horrible, grinning skull
But one story which is universally be
lieved and generally related, states
that last year there appeared in th'
neighborhood of the haunted "hill,
an apparition or mysterious being o
which there are twenty different We
racious descriptions afloat, which wa
seen by many persons, among then
lone John Greasy, whom it scare'
nearly into fits in every instance, an
which was believed to make its spe
eiaI habitation in large, lonely cav
in the woods back of the summit Q
the hill road. Hunting parties wer
formed for the exploration Of the re
gion where this nondescript made it
appearance, and the whole surround
ing country was secured and the cav
thoroughly examined, but withou
any success. Suddenly the startlin
visitant ceased to make his appear
ance, and it was from this time tbs
the long series of disasters began t
, take place.
AN UNsoLvED PROBLEM.
II The mystery still remains unsolvet
and the affrighted townspeople {
Y Mexico, Mo. have made so much ad
\ about the matter that it has begun
g be the talk of the county and even
i the State. No theory is advanced I
i account for the mystery; no horrib
D murder was ever known to have bee
: committed in that peaceable part
I the country; no wicked miser who i
8 treated his wife and lovely daught'
p is reputed to have returned from tt
+ grave to wander over the earth in e.
! piation of his sins. There is literal
r lno occasion, reasonable or groundles
e for such a state Of things as has bee
n reported, and it would take tt
n Psychic Society of London to accou
d for them.