The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-02-24
THEY CURSED GOD.
The Terrible Fate OF L Party OF Inpious
Jewellers.


Eeveilers.
Especial to tic CincinnUti EnQuirsr.)
The newspapers last week gave q
thrilling acc',u:nt OF the dreadful fate
nl S:tlnGr! Icctsr. III Harrisburg, H.,
Hhn, wit:,; 'uliiper vi iID.l.i cJlnrad,:s
hal al ini ,;liion uf The Lords Supper,
with bread and beer Ii Tie m!t;,t OF
the lnvckrry san immense ill-turlned
and foul beast, with clovrm icel, point
cil hotu> amsl eyes thai flashed fire."
appeared. Nrr:e: G,cd :, tll;tliac. de-
dtc:..rlug lie lia:t >ceu tho Evil Ouc,
aru was los. Erie i!ls :, case sone-
what similar, only that tive ives were
the pc,ialir Of biaspt!chy, instead OF
''uc. Although the tragic crrI,ls oc-
crrrud haIfa century ago, they have
never appeared i'll the press, notw!th
standing that the Older Inhabitants
tm~uibrr them distinctly. Inc COR
respondent Was shown au old huu>e
in Greenfield Township, cast OF Erie,
Penn, to which is attached a highly
dramatic story. 1t Is large structure
three stories high, and of quaint
architecture. 1t was erected in the
early days OF that county, has been
uuteuanted more than generation,
and, it is said, 10 amount OF money
could induce q Greenfield citizen 10
stay in il over uight. In 1856, when
the house was in an unfinished state,
but nearly ready for occupancy, d
parry Of five men, bent on deviltrl, !,
took possession aud held high revclry
until morning. They were shockingly
lmpiou-, and, deadcniug thei: con-
>clences with libalionS OF whiskey,
brandy and rum, they cursed God in
turn. A Bible was torn up, burned.
and the ashes mixed with the iery
beverage. Then the men, lifting high
their cnpS, drank to the confusion of
HE Christian God and success TO the
Prince of Darkness and Ruler OF He'll
During the dreadful tuasl terrible
Storm sprang up. lightning blazed
from the dark clouds, and L fierce
clap Of thunder shook the house 10 its
foundation, making the bias3hemcrs
pause. Three days later Que of tnem
told the other four he had had fright
iul dream. In the vision he saw him
self and comrades as they were three
nights before. He saw the Sacred
Book blazing and reduced 10 carbon
and mingled with the liquor, and he
recognized in the clap Of thunder the
voice OF God telling the five that pun
lshment was to be yisitei on each. It
is a singular and well-attested fact
that fearful tate betell the pariici-
ANTS, and the >upcrstltious Of Green-
ii regard ii rs the vengeance OF
Heaven Ill iultillment of that vision.
Adam Scnober was the first 10 die.
His end was made horrible by delirium
lremcus, and he raved about everla,t-
lng turmenlS and hideous demons with
spears. Joseph Neil went next, being
| drowned in slagnant pond. The
third, George Hood, perlshed by the
uand Of an unknown assassin, who
.,lungcd q gger into his body in the
dark. Jonas Larkiu was struck dead
on wagon and his horses drew the
body home. The doom OF Peter Full
Ter was suggestive of his pledge to
Satan in that blasphempuS bowl. lie
was imprisoned in 4 burning building
| and roasted alive, and his clarred
| bones were gathered from the ruins.
For many years the place was be-
,ieved.to be haunicd by the spirits OF
the "E'eartul Five" as they were call
I'd. 1t was insisted that upon every
| anniversary of the nnholy orgle their
spectres entered the house and Went
Trough the Bible burning and drink
SCENE again, ater which each was
seized with the agouies peculiar to the
death " hich overlook him. Twenty
| five years ago, when tile evil repuia-
ion Of the house was at its height,
Noah W. Lowell, now the Erie agent
of the American Exp.cs Company,
with party of young and ghostproot
companions, determined 10 dispcl the
tears of the people by having d dan ce
i'll the place. They assemble q
against the advice Of the Oldest ghost
>eers, and in the middle OF waltz q
| mighty rush of cold air exiting uished
| he lights. The dancers shrieked and
fed, each fearful of being seized by the
spirits OF the dead men. Most proba-
biv gust of wind put ont the lights,
ou, many still believe they tad sup
| crnatural warning.