Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-07-12
TIE HAUNTED HOUSE AT BRrSHros.

Wueh they adopted Brighton as their
Twenty Second Ward, they came into
possession q that valuable and enter.
esting commodity-a haunted house
Such .s The case however, and hav.
ing Just returned from a visit TO it,
will, i the readers Of the papers
wish, give them al account Of the
TulnoHs mansion.
1t Is not generally eailed haunted,
10 nY5t understand. /On the con-
tTary. tie owner twho loes not live
there, and wishes to sci! the property
speaks Of Il a. - line Did mansion,
though now certainly out Of repair,
AMI everybody wonders Why it is
un!nhahited, and why the family who
take care Of the place 10 not occupy
the more convenient mansion instead
OF IT," farmhouse.
.! course there al" 30 ghosts therel
Certainly not No we.l-educated ard
rightly brought ~ person believes in
ghoa,a nowadays But ask any
member Of the aforesaid family why
they prefer the farmhouse, and with
a glance eYer the shoulder, and in a
mysterious whisper. they will confde
to you there are 100 many noises in
the large house. Mind this is a pro-
found secret.
of course : = Just as profound
a that .! the young lady whom I met
at Al evening party not long since.
While awaiting ior the dancing to
begin she went the round Of tie
dre75inE-room, .onhd!ng TO each Of
her most intimate friends (and their
name might have been LEGION "the
newest -tyle Of doing NJ sr!mps,"
adding each time an audible entreaty,
don't eel. an one, for its a profound
secret.
But nevertheless that Was, once
on a time, fine. old house, though
it nov s'aLd- half ruined, amidst the
81 lendId trees that guard it like faith
fui aentine &c. and many doubtless were
the stately DANES and courtly semitic
men who gathered there
Before VISITING the house, inter-
viewed a. old woman whose father
had charge Of the place at the time
when he Incidents occurred which
gave II the Vnenvlable reputation OF
being haunted, ana from her obtain
ed the following story
Long years ago the estate was
owned by Colonel a Here let me
remark that when my grandmother
Ielates some wonderful. tale Of olden
times, and ! exela.m, why, grandma,
III write a story about that she
always says, Now, Anna, don t, child
There are some folks living yet, and
It might hurt their feelings"
SO, 1t being an undeniable fact that
there are some folks living vet, and
that II would be Unkind to hurt their
feelings, If they have any, dutifully
"don I. All me- how little the world
dreams OF the interesting articles it
thus loses
was about 10 state that the gentle
man IN question lid not receive the
irst letter OF the alphabet either as
las surname. handed down from long
line Of Illustrlous ancestors, or as a
"Aptlsmal aPpsllauon, but in defer
chcc TO my grandmother yIsws on
such subjects, . will thus designate
him, and II YOU are not satisfied with
this, yoD are quite at liberty 10 ,all
hum hy any other letter down TO z
ThUs lar, bat no further, solemuly
Protest against any hero Of mine beng
termed Ampcrsani'
Wei, Co!onc! 4. had great losses
slons amongst tie rest. he WAS possess
SCI 81. 81 hy vsrv lulck temrer.
Nevertheless. lie and his wife and
children managed to live IN
great AIaraut yeacr AMI prosper
ity un,. the eyeut;t! ,asht On which