The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
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Inc newspapers last week gave q
'nrtiiih2 account of the dreadful fate
oi Samuel Mceter, of Harrisburg, Pa.
mho, with anuniOer OF ribSld comrades
uau an limitation of the Lords Supper,
WIN bread and beer. In the midst of
tue mockery "an immense ill-tormed
ana loul beast, with cloven feet, poiut-
eo nom aud eyes that flashed lire"
appeared. Meter died a maniac, dc.
u'ciarlhS he had seen the Evil One,
"iu was lost, Erie has u case some.
Whal silniiaf, on y that five ives were
tne penalty of blaspheny, instead OF
"uc. ntnough the tragic events uc-
oai'eo haIl a century ago, they have
"e'oi appeared IN The press, notwith-
s'nIioihS that The older inhabilamts
:cm"InDur them distinctly. The cor
respondent was shown an old bIu..
In Greenfield Township, east of eric
Penn., to which Is attached a hiVhiI
dramatic story. 1t Is u large structure
three stories high, and of 0uaiut
architecture. 1t was erected i'm the
early days Of that county, has been
untcnanted more than generation.
and, it is said, no amom of monev
could induce Greenfield citizen to
stay in it over night. In 1886, whom
the house was in an unfinished state.
out nearly ready for occupancy, a
party OF five men, bent on tieviltry,
TOOK possession and held high revelry
until morning. They We're shockingJy
lmplous, and, dcaduniug their con.
Sciences with libations OF wh:skuy,
brandy and rum. they cursed God iIi
turn. A Bible was torn up, burned.
and the ashes mixed with the iery
beverage. Then the Inen, lifting high
thelr cups, drank to the confusion of
the Christian God and SUCCESS TO the
Prince OF Darkness aud Ruler Of Hell
During The dreadful toast IA terrible
storm sprang up. Lightning blazed
from the dai k clouds, and fierce
clap of thunder shook the house 10 its
foundation, making the blasDhemers
pause. Three days laler one OF them
told the other tour he had had fright
iui dream. In the vision he saw bin
self and comrades as they were three
nights before. He saw the Sacred
Book blazing and reduced TO carbon
aud 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 visited on each. Ii
is singular and well.altested fact
that Il fearful fate betell the partici-
I,hnts, and the supcrstitious of Green
field regard it us the vengeance OF
Heaven in iultillmcnt of that vision.
Adam SchOber was the first TO die.
Ills end was made horrible bv dcliriun
tremens, and he raved about cvcrlast-
ing torments and hidrous demons with
spears. Joseph Neil went next, being
drowned III siagnaut pond. The
! third, George Hood, persisted by the
| hand Of an unknown assassin, who
plunged II 4 'gger into his body in the
dark. Jonas Larkin was struck dead
on wagon ana his horses drew tue
| body home. The doom of Pcler Ful-
ler was suggestive of his pledge To
| Satan i'll that Dlasphcmous BOWL. lie
was imprisoned ina burning building
and roasted alive, and his charrcd
| bones were gathered from the ruins.
For many year, the place was be-
licvcd to DC haunted by the spirits of
| the "Fcariul Five" as they were call
eel. 1t was insisted that upon ever,
anniversary OF the Gnholy orgic their
| spcctrcs entered the house and went
| 'nrouSh Inc BlOle burning and drink
scene again, after which each was
seized with the agonics Peculiar To the
death which overlook him. TWENTY
| live Years ago, when the evil rppu, a
| ZION OF the house was at its height
| Noah w. Lowell, now the Erie agcnl
| of the American Express Company
with parry of young and ght slprooi
companions, determined to dispel the
fears of tho people by having Il dan ce
in the place. They assemble q
| against the advice Of the Oldest ghost.
| Scers, and in the middle OF a waltz a
mighty rush OF cold, air cxtinguishcd
the lights. The dancers shricked und
fled, each fearful of being seized by the
sririls Of the dead men. Most proba
| bly, gust of wind put out the lights,
but many still believe they had q sup
crnaluraI warning.